Be worried. Be very worried

Do you believe? Leonardo Dicaprio is a vegetarian. And so are Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt, Jackie Chan, Steven Spielberg, Natalie Portman, Tony Maguire, Alanis Morissette, Maggie Q and Demi Moore.


Check out the 3 videos. Being a vegetarian, driving a Toyota Prius and trying to reduce global warming.

Global warming is a serious threat.



(a) Deaths due to climate change (updated May 15, 2007)

A study, by scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) determined that 154,000 people die every year from the effects of global warming, from malaria to malnutrition, children in developing nations seemingly the most vulnerable. These numbers could almost double by 2020.

(b) Increasing Storms and Floods
(c) Weather-Related Natural Disasters
(d) Killer Heat Waves
(e) Islands are Endangered by Rising Seas
(f) Coral Bleaching
(g) Decline in Antarctic Krill
(h) Severe Diseases Caused by Climate Change
(i) Forest's Enemy, Beetles
(j) Threat to Animals
(k) Coastal Flooding
(l) Wildfires Increasing
(m) Wildfires as Source of Airborne Mercury
(n) Warming Ocean Waters Kills Plankton
(o) The Danger to Birds
(p) Australia may be facing a permanent drought



President Herbert Hoover promised "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." With warnings about global warming reaching feverish levels, many are having second thoughts about all those cars. It seems they should instead be worrying about the chickens.

Last month, the United Nations published a report on livestock and the environment with a stunning conclusion: "The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global." It turns out that raising animals for food is a primary cause of land degradation, air pollution, water shortage, water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and not least of all, global warming.

That's right, global warming. You've probably heard the story: emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are changing our climate, and scientists warn of more extreme weather, coastal flooding, spreading disease, and mass extinctions. It seems that when you step outside and wonder what happened to winter, you might want to think about what you had for dinner last night. The U.N. report says almost a fifth of global warming emissions come from livestock (i.e., those chickens Hoover was talking about, plus pigs, cattle, and others)--that's more emissions than from all of the world's transportation combined.





For a decade now, the image of Leonardo DiCaprio cruising in his hybrid Toyota Prius has defined the gold standard for environmentalism. These gas-sipping vehicles became a veritable symbol of the consumers' power to strike a blow against global warming. Just think: a car that could cut your vehicle emissions in half - in a country responsible for 25% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions. Federal fuel economy standards languished in Congress, and average vehicle mileage dropped to its lowest level in decades, but the Prius showed people that another way is possible. Toyota could not import the cars fast enough to meet demand.