http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/3/a-la-peanut-butter-sandwiches.html A la peanut butter sandwiches By Trystan L. Bass| Posted Sun, 21 October 2007, 8:45pm
The Amazing Mumford on Sesame Street may have been right: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are magic. They could help save the world. According to the PB&J Campaign's website, this classic kid's sandwich lowers your lunch's carbon footprint by 2.5 pounds of CO2 over a tuna sandwich, grilled cheese, or hamburger. How does this work? Well, simply explained, a meat-based lunch requires a lot more energy, land, and water resources to produce than a lunch that comes from plant sources. Peanut butter, jelly, and bread are pretty low-impact foods. If peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth, the campaign has recipes for equally earth-friendly alternatives. Cook a batch of vegetarian chili, stir up some black bean soup, stuff a falafel in a pita, try General Tso's Tofu, or roll together a bean burrito. They're all tasty and can help slow global warming. But the easiest way to start is with good ol' PB&J. Pack a sandwich for yourself, your kids, and your spouse today. Grover will be proud. http://www.chooseveg.com/meet-your-meat.asp The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. -Albert Einstein __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
