Recommended Sites



EarthSave TV - Watch videos how to prepare delicious, healthy food, download recipes. They are ready when you are, 24/7 at www.EarthSaveTV.com


It's All About Food, Internet Radio Show - EarthSave's Executive Director, Caryn Hartglass provides lots of great information on why and how to go vegetarian. CALL 1-888-872-4643 and ask questions! Every Wednesday 3-4pm (Eastern Time). Or LISTEN at your convenience to any of the archived shows at Progressive Radio Network.


EarthSave International Newsletter Archive - A goldmine of information at your fingertips, ready for download in .pdf format. We have archived many years of EarthSave Newsletters, packed with information about healthy, plant-based diets. You can find them at www.earthsave.org/magazine.htm.

Lime.Com -

Get fresh ideas, videos and articles on how to live a greener, healthier, more balanced life.

Gratefulness.Org -

A Network for Grateful Living is a world-wide community for grateful life and action. Our mission is to challenge and inspire people to go beyond mere thanks-giving and find in grateful living the key to personal fulfillment and to a universal family spirit.

HealthyChild.Org -

HEALTHY CHILD HEALTHY WORLD is the national non-profit leader protecting children%u2019s health and well-being from harmful environmental exposures through education and prevention strategies.

HolisticLocal.Com -

Holistic Local is a social networking community and conscious business directory for people who love holistic health, green living and personal growth.

GreenMaven.Com -

Green Maven is your gateway to the Green Web. We're a search engine that focuses on green, conscious, and sustainable websites.

GreenPeace.Org -

Greenpeace is the leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.

PETA.Com -

PETA's animal rights campaigns include ending fur and leather use meat and dairy consumption fishing hunting trapping factory farming circuses bull fighting rodeos and animal experimentation.

Change.Org -

Change.org is a social network for hundreds of social causes and over 1 million nonprofit organizations. Change.org aims to transform social activism by serving as the central platform that connects likeminded people, whatever their interests, and enables them to exchange information, share ideas, and collectively act to address the issues they care about.

TreeHugger.Com -

TreeHugger is a fast-growing web magazine, dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible. Our goal is to make sustainability mainstream and to be the one-stop for the environment. If you want doom & gloom, this is not the place. We are looking for solutions, constructive developments and positive initiatives.

One.Org -

The ONE Campaign seeks to raise public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts to fight such problems in developing countries.

BeliefNet.Com -

Beliefnet offers features on religion, spirituality, faith, health, prayer, the Bible, holistic lifestyle, and much more. They are the largest independent spiritual website and are not affiliated with any spiritual organization or movement.

SpiritualityAndPractice.Com -

Multifaith website on ways to practice spirituality in everyday life. Book, audio, and film reviews; ideas and links for 37 essential practices; e-courses; online practice circles; teacher profiles; inspirational quotes; video and audio clips; articles; daily celebrations; discussion guides; galleries and art meditations; blogs.

DrWeil.Com -

The premiere resource for timely, trustworthy information on natural health and wellness, based on the insights of Andrew Weil, M.D.

ChooseVeg.Com -

ChooseVeg.com is a guide to vegetarian and vegan living, providing news, videos, vegan recipes, and information about the positive impacts that a vegetarian diet can have on animals, the environment, and your health. Becoming vegetarian is one of the most important and effective actions you can take to ease the strain on our Earth%u2019s limited resources, protect the planet from pollution, prevent global warming, and save countless species from extinction.

GoVeg.Com -

Your source for great-tasting vegan and vegetarian recipes, information on all aspects of vegan and vegetarian living, news about PETA's campaigns to stop factory farming, tips and free stuff to help you promote a vegetarian lifestyle.

Greenopolis.Com -

Greenopolis is a really cool site where you can practice the Spirit of Greener Living and visually measure your individual progress. Greenopolis planning all sorts of online and offline activities and resources to reinforce individual greener behavior for the greater green.

NRDC.Org -

National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) uses law, science and the support of its members to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. This web site provides in-depth reports, how-to-guides, photo essays, facts and figures, links, news and issue highlights on topics such as forests, parks & wildlands, green living, wildlife and fish, and more.

Hugg.Com -

Hugg is a source for user-generated green news. It's simple. How many times have you found an article, a video or a website that you've wanted to share with all your green friends? Well, Hugg lets you to share this stuff with everyone. Plus, it lets other users rate shared stories by Hugging them.

Awesome Non-Profit Corporations

Kids Green
http://www.kidsrgreen.org/krg.html
Kids interactive website to learn how to be more green in your everyday life

Growing Green Kids
http://growinggreenkids.org
Bringing garden-based education to your schools.

Oceana
http://www.oceana.org/international-home-nao/

Rainforest Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

AFF American Forest Foundation
http://www.affoundation.org/

Captain Planet Foundation
http://www.captainplanetfoundation.org/

C.O.O.L Conserve our oceans legacy
http://www.oceanlegacy.org/

TreeHugger
http://www.treehugger.com/

Energy Watch Inc.
http://www.energywatch-inc.com

The Nature Conservancy of New York
http://www.nature.org/newyork

Riverkeeper
http://www.riverkeeper.org

Earth Pledge
http://www.EarthPledge.org

Council on the Environment Inc
http://www.CENYC.org

Green Mountain Energy
http://www.GreenMountain.com


Community information on organics, transportation and more!
Junior Energy
http://www.juniorenergy.org
Junior Energy seeks to educate and empower students around environmental issues. We offer schools curriculum, an engaging 7 minute video staring Curly and Jet Tree and a fantastic website geared toward students in order to support our CFL fundraiser, which gives 100% of funds raised back to schools for environmental programs (after the actual manufacturer cost for the bulb).

BuyKind
http://www.buykind.com
We will research to the best of our ability that the product has been ethically produced and is fairly traded. The food must be
delicious. Non-food products must be beautiful.

Green Gift Guide
http://www.greengiftguide.com
outlines alternatives for food, clothing, beauty & household items.

Evergreen Organic
http://www.evergreen-organic.com
Living organically as close to nature as possible is a goal that many share. Those of us seeking natural alternatives often elect to find healthier low-chemical choices in our food, clothing, beauty aids, and household items. Some of these options may be organic, some may simply have less chemicals.

Greens
http://www.greens.org
Global green indexes

The Growing Connection
http://thegrowingconnection.org
The Growing Connection links people and cultures in a revolutionary campaign that introduces low-cost water efficient and sustainable food growing innovations hand in hand with wireless IT connectivity. It provides a sound educational foundation, and offers hundreds of families, both in America and abroad, a concrete opportunity to earn income and climb out of desperation.

World Changing
http://worldchanging.com
Links to (and analysis of) those tools, models and ideas that may have been overlooked in the mass media that together can form a toolkit for changing the world.

Transportation Alternatives
http://www.transalt.org
Transportation Alternatives is a 5500-member NYC-area non-profit citizens group working for better bicycling, walking and public transit, and fewer cars.

Sustainable Style
http://sustainablestyle.org
The Sustainable Style Foundation (SSF) is an international, member-supported nonprofit organization created to provide information, resources and innovative programs that promote sustainable living and sustainable design.

Global Green
http://competition.globalgreen.org
Advancing the Sustainable Rebuilding of New Orleans & the Gulf Coast

Natural Resource Development Committee
http://www.itsyournature.org
The NRDC (Natural Resource Development Committee) is the nation's most effective environmental action organization, protecting human health and the environment by taking on corporate polluters and government indifference in court, Helping companies and institutions see the 'green' light; and making smart sustainable policies the law of the land.

Green Trust: Tips
http://tips.green-trust.org
Reviews of products that make it easier to live more sustainably

National Resources Defence Council
http://www.nrdc.org
National Resources Defense Council - RDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. We use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.

Care2
http://www.care2.com/greenliving
Healthier Solutions - The global network for organizations and people who Care2 make a difference!

Carbon Footprint
http://www.carbonfootprint.com
Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide. How big is yours ? Find out here!

Mother Earth Quiz
http://encarta.msn.com/quiz_253/mother_earth_quiz.html

Thre Green Guide: Quiz
http://www.thegreenguide.com/quizzes/greeniq
How Green Are You? Test Your Eco IQ

Debra's List
http://www.debraslist.com
Covers a wide variety of products and services that are currently available with life-sustaining health and environmental benefits

Ideal Bite
http://www.idealbite.com
Sign up for free daily emails featuring easy eco-living tips.

Recycle Now
http://www.recyclenow.com
The Recycle Now campaign has been created and is run by WRAP, which stands for the Waste & Resources Action Programme. WRAP will be working closely with councils and retailers to make sure the recycling message is heard in the UK.

Energy Refuge
http://www.energyrefuge.com
EnergyRefuge.com provides alternative energy news, environmental articles, and energy saving tips.


News / Media


Plenty
http://www.plentymag.com
Plenty - leading magazine for eco living, offering a fun, irreverent look at today's environmental news and issues.

The Green Guide
http://www.thegreenguide.com
National Geographic / The Green Guide - green living tips, product reviews, environmental health news, etc.

Lazy Environmentalist
http://www.lazyenvironmentalist.com
Website featuring the radio show with host Josh Dorfman, author of The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish Green Living, live daily to discover easy, stylish and convenient ways to green your lifestyle. Catch in-depth interviews with the green designers, entrepreneurs and visionaries who are at the forefront of the new green economy.

Grist
http://www.grist.org
Environmental News & Commentary

Stop Global Warming Virtual March
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org
The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is a non-partisan effort to bring citizens together to declare that global warming is here now and that it is time to demand solutions. Global warming is the most urgent issue of our time, and while the problem is of worldwide significance, we recognize that the United States is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, responsible for 40% of the industrialized world's emissions, and doing the least about it. The necessary first step must be to encourage Americans to take action. This online grassroots movement is about change -- as individuals, as a country, and as a global community. We are all contributors to global warming and must all be part of the solution.

 


Veggie Lifestyles

The term "vegetarian" was coined in 1847 by the founders of the Vegetarian Society of Great Britain. Various sub categories have evolved over the years, including:
  • Vegans: Strict vegans eat only plant-based foods, excluding all flesh from animal sources (meat, fish or fowl) as well as any item made from animal products, such as dairy, eggs and honey. Vegans also avoid products with animal derived by-products such as gelatin and beeswax.
  • Lacto Vegetarian: This diet consists of plant-based foods plus milk and products made from milk, such as cheese and yogurt. It excludes meats, fish, fowl and eggs.
  • Ovo Vegetarian: People following this diet eat plant-based foods plus eggs but exclude meats, fish, fowl and dairy products.
  • Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian: This diet includes dairy products and eggs along with plant-based foods but bans meat, fish and fowl.

HEALTH BENEFITS

The health benefits associated with eating more vegetables and fruits and less meat are indisputably clear. In general, vegetarians consume less saturated fats, cholesterol and animal protein than people on an average American diet, and they consume higher levels of fiber, magnesium, folate, vitamins C and E, carotenoids and phytochemicals. More specifically, studies have shown a positive link between eating a vegetarian diet and a reduced risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, coronary artery disease and some types of cancer.*

The American Dietetic Association (ADA) affirms that, "appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases." The ADA goes on to say that "Well-planned vegan and vegetarian diets are appropriate for all stages of the life-cycle including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence."