For those who want to celebrate Thanksgiving without a turkey this year, as in “save the turkey”. Here is a neat freebie, from another cool blog i write at, a thanksgiving vegetarian starter kit, that comes with ideas on how to have a wonderful feast sans turkey.

 

The kit will contain:

“Our free Gentle Thanksgiving Veg Starter Kit has everything you need to make the holiday right. We’ve got vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes (in addition to those we offer online), suggestions for what to use as a centerpiece instead of a turkey, nutritional information, and other helpful tips”.

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Do you love recycling things and giving them new life? Then CraftBits is for you, this site specializes in crafts of all types but they also have a section just for creating crafts out of recycled material.

Take a look at the recycled dog collar made from old shirts you already have in possession at home or get some cheap ones at your local thrift or resale shop. You make these out of the shirt collars. The cool thing about this site is that all the crafts come with a mini-tutorial on how-to create these recycled masterpieces yourself.

Great idea on how-to recycle shirts that no longer fit or are just a tad worn.

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We fear them the most but perhaps we just don’t understand why sharks were placed into existence by whatever origin they game from. They are terrors of the deep but once man has his way of drugging and hunting them down, their entire clan may just be insufficient for anyone to see at some point in time.

Sharks being tagged as dangerous sea mammal should not be a reason for man to drug them. It is simply something where both must learn to co-exist. Just like most animals that are slowly becoming extinct, we may yet soon see sharks following the same plight as well.

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Well this is what some scientists are predicting that over two thirds of the worlds polar bear population could be killed off leaving them in a virtually untenable position, and hardly in a position to recover. Though the count would be different in depending on where they are located.

The population of Polar bears in Alaska would be totally wiped out by then, the only place that these bear would be able to survive is Greenland and Canada.

At the moment there are around 16,000 polar bears, but this amount will decline over the years because of the sea ice that is melting away is where they catch their food.

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When the Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin died, nobody could help but to feel sorry for his daughter Bindi. Now she has grown up and is in the limelight herself as she has launched her own clothing line.

She was in Las Vegas this week to launch the eco friendly clothing line that will have messages of a green nature on, will be made from recycled materials and will use recycled rubber to replace any leather.

The clothing line will include cloths, shoes, bags and belts are already in great demand with many US department stores getting into the queue to have the chance of getting them in their stores.

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Do you remember how the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were created? It was through some stored gene species in test tubes to which they were mated with another specie frogs. While this may not be totally the same with the current issue at hand, groups such as Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) have proposed that the same be used to help avoid potential extinction of farm animals. Yep, you heard it right, farm animals and not the usual wild animals.

Unlike for wild animals, the case of farm animals is based more on food consumption and demand by consumers all over the world. While there are still some good supplies of the common farm animals, they may not last long if the breeding is not done properly and seriously.

An over-reliance on just a few breeds of a handful of farm animal species, such as high-milk-yielding Holstein-Friesian cows, egg-laying White Leghorn chickens, and fast-growing Large White pigs, is causing the loss of an average of one livestock breed every month according to a recently released report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The black-and-white Holstein-Friesian dairy cow, for example, is now found in 128 countries and in all regions of the world. An astonishing 90 percent of cattle in industrialized countries come from only six very tightly defined breeds.

Source: Rare Breeds Of Farm Animals Face Extinction

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The veggie way of life is taking the UK by storm, with almost twice as many Brits taking to the veggie lifestyle as there are Americans and that’s official!

According to a report by Mintel around five to six percent of the UK population are vegetarian, in the states the figure is only 2.3 per cent. It seems that being a veggie in America is not as hip as what it used to be.

The figure for animals being killed for food has fallen in line with demand in the UK, the figures show that the slaughter of animals is at an all time low, meaning that there were 20 million chickens, 2 million turkeys and 70,000 pigs not killed for food, until next year that is.

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Now you know that you are interested in this little bear, he is made from tofu or rather the remains of the soybeans when they have finished going through the processing that makes tofu.

 

The bear is as you would expect totally chemical free and biodegradable. This would make a great gift for any eco friendly person, young or old.

Priced at $31, though there are various styles and sizes of bear, they are all eco friendly and natural.

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According to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, which lists all of the problems that the country is having keeping its plants and wildlife alive, the list is getting longer as more flowers and wildlife are falling foul of the eco unfriendly things that are going on the country.

 

Amongst those newly added are the house sparrow, harvest mouse, cuckoo, garden tiger moth, grass snake and the hedgehog, which just goes to show how bad things are, however this is a preventative measure, which should see the number of these little creatures increase significantly over the next three years.

Extinction is such a terrible thing, and these days this sort of thing should not be happening in this day and age it is totally unforgivable in this day and age.

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Evolution is a husband and wife team run vegan pet food company based in Minnesota. They specialize in drumming up animal-free and eco friendly food for our four-legged companions.

There selection of vegan pet food can be found at downbound.com and one of the things i really like about DownBound, is their detailed and thorough product descriptions. The Vegan Cat Vegetable Stew looks divine, they have both the ingredients and a nutritional analysis listed on the site.

Here is the list of ingredients for the Cat Vegetable Stew:
“Filtered Water Sufficient for Processing, Peas,
Potatoes, Brown Rice, Carrots, Wheat Germ, Oat Groats, Dicalcium
Phosphate, Soybean Oil, Brewer’s Dried Yeast, DL-Methionine, L-Taurine,
Guar Gum, Sea Kelp, DL-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate (Vitamin E), Vitamin A
Acetate, Ergocalciferol (Vitamin D-2), Choline Chloride, Ferrous
Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Oxide, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate,
Copper Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2),
Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin,
Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Sodium Selenate, Arachidonic Acid”.

If you want to treat your dog or cat with an animal-free diet, then take a good look at Evolution.

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Wise investment in green education is a good way to point people in the right direction when it comes to observing the whole environmental issue. Elders and kids are hearing all about the global warming and green efforts but surely lack the educational knowledge and orientation to know what they can do to prevent them.

For this farm that showcases educational tips, some animals that are aligned towards nearing extinction are also present to help the green cause. Ranging from recycling and reducing the use of some things, perhaps through animals, people can learn something for a change.

The entire article can be read here: Going green farm calls in the bullfrogs

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Chris over at Lighter Footstep wrote a great piece on why folks should consider animal-friendly clothing and footwear. Animal livestock operations and farming practices contribute a great deal of greenhouse gas emissions on our dear planet, more so than our automobiles.

As Chris points out it has become mainstream for manufacturers to create clothing and footwear that is not leather-based. There are many good durable, strong, healthy, clean alternatives such as canvas, jute, cork, straw, hemp, bamboo, and organic cotton.

Simple is one mainstream footwear retailer that specializes in eco-friendly and animal-friendly shoes and sandals. They have a shoe line called GreenToes that only uses natural and non-animal based materials. If you’re thinking that their styles are not fresh or hip, think again, they have fabulous designs. Simple is one of my absolute fave earth-friendly shoe retailers. But there are many others also, i have done numerous posts here on Keetsa about the vegan shoe selections over at MooShoes,Terra Plana, and many others.

If you have never bought anything in hemp, canvas, jute, or bamboo why not consider some of these sustainable fabrics. These materials can sometimes be pricey because the demand is not yet there, but if you search around enough you will find moderately priced green items. I promise.

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It seems that everyone wants a piece of Second Life these days, and green issues are most definitely up there with the rest of them.

The World Wife Fund (WWF) are about to set up their own island on the fantastic site, where anyone can become a virtual person and in fact live out their lives there, a bit like reality really, who is to say that we all are not living in a huge second life type world?

The island is going to be called Conservation Island and it is animals that run the island, and it is going to be powered by wind power too.

Naturally there is going to be a serious side to this, as the aim is show visitors how conservation issues are affecting the world and the wildlife that inhabit it.

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Howard Lyman is known for several things, one is his Mad Cowboy book in which he speaks of his days as a cattle rancher who had his own feedlot and factory farm and his personal account of feeding chemicals, pesticides, and even feeding other chemically-laced cows to cows.

Howard is also known for his highly publicized trial that included Oprah Winfrey against Texas cattle farmers. He is perhaps best known as the “the cowboy that won’t eat meat”, he went vegetarian (then vegan) many moons ago.

His latest publishing offer is a book called, “No More Bull! The Mad Cowboy Targets America’s Worst Enemy: Our Diet”. In the book he talks about what is keeping the meat industry afloat, an update on Mad Cow disease, and he discusses the plant-based diet known as vegetarianism.

Howard Lyman’s story is a compelling one and a must read for anyone interested in living a more meat-free life.

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The best collar that you can get for your dog has to be made from hemp, this eco friendly material which is fond into fibers and woven into a strong fabric type material, which is durable and sturdy.

These Hemp collars come in three brilliant colors, green, purple and orange.

Sizes Available:

Small = 3/4″ wide, adjustable from 9 inches to 13 inches.
Medium = 3/4″ wide, adjustable from 12 inches to 19 inches.
Large = 1″ wide, adjustable from 18 inches to 28 inches.

The small colors have plastic buckles, while the other sizes come with a stainless steel buckle.

Prices are from $15.95.

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