Marine Life: Coming Up Dry

By Jenna Bower As a wise shark from Finding Nemo once said, “I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food.” As many as 2.7 trillion animals are pulled from the ocean each year, and as global…

Ralph Wilson Stadium is Filled with Food Waste

One in four calories intended for consumption is never eaten. This is equivalent to going grocery shopping, buying four bags of groceries, dropping one of the grocery bags in the parking lot and just leaving it there to rot. The Problem Groceries are expensive. If American households are wasting 25% of the food that they…

WATCH: Must See Documentaries

The Cove This Academy Award winner depicts the gruesome ritualistic slaughter of bottlenose dolphins in Taiji, Japan. Not recommended for the squeamish. Home Visually stunning aerial views of the Earth that illustrate the complex web of ecosystems on the planet, and how, along with sunlight and water, they make life possible. Narrated by Glenn Close….

Holy Shit: How Cow Farts and Our Meat Addiction are Destroying the Planet

By Jenna Bower, Co-Founder In 6 years of being a vegetarian: I have saved 1,730,500 gallons of water, saved the lives of 1,212 animals, didn’t consume 1,170 lbs of meat, as the average American did, and saved 9,653 lbs of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. I became a vegetarian my junior year of high school,…

Dorm Recipes: Top 10 Coma Inducing Grilled Cheeses

Written by Shelby Marra, Co-Founder If you can cook it in your dorm complex, you can cook it anywhere. Here are some vegetarian friendly grilled cheese recipes for the environmental foodie!   Remember: Buy local, buy in bulk, and vote responsibly with your food dollar! (*Note: Vegan vs. Vegetarian diets – “Most vegetarians and all…