Elizabeth Puccini explains how easy it was to bring Meatless Monday to three New York City schools.
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Meet Elizabeth Puccini, Powerful Parent
Parent Power Wins Over NYC Schools
One person who believes parents should make informed decisions about what their kids eat is Elizabeth Puccini, the parent who convinced The Children’s Workshop School to go Meatless Monday, the first school in NYC to do so.
Sustainable Dinner Party Kit
Take one part CSA menu, one part carpool transportation, throw in a screening of The Real Dirt on Farmer John and a gourd for table decoration, and what do you have? The Sustainable Dinner Party Kit!
Tips for a Healthy 2010
2009 was a landmark year for health reform, nutrition education and preventative medicine. Whether you’re trying to eat right, quit smoking, or exercise more, take the lessons of the past year to heart and start having a healthy 2010! Here are our tips for better health in the year to come, along with some of the events that brought us here.
Top Meatless Monday Moments
The new decade is quickly approaching, and many of us are reflecting on where we’ve been and what we hope to accomplish in the years ahead. Our Monday Movement grew by leaps and bounds this past year — thanks to all of you who are making an effort to improve your personal health and the planet’s! We look forward to what 2010 will bring as the momentum continues to grow. Here’s a look back at some of 2009′s most notable Meatless Monday moments.
Pledge for the New Year!
New Years is fast approaching. It’s the season of sober resolutions and hopeful (but too often hopeless) personal pacts. What will you commit to in 2010? Why not consider a resolution with a built-in weekly reminder? Why not pledge something that can have a huge impact? For your own health, and the health of the planet, take the Meatless Monday Pledge and resolve to start each week by cutting meat!
McCartney Urges Europe To Go Meatless
Sir Paul McCartney has teamed up with climate experts to urge cities worldwide to go meatless on Monday! McCartney spoke to legislators at the European Parliament on December 3rd, citing Baltimore City Public Schools as a major victory and calling on international cities to follow suit. He encourages all of us to help protect the environment by going meatless on Monday.
Eating Down the Fridge, One Week at a Time
The holidays, particularly Thanksgiving, are often a time of gluttony and overindulgence. This Monday, give your belly a break following last Thursday’s gorge. Take the next week off from grocery shopping to challenge your household to eat from ingredients already in your pantry, refrigerator and freezer.
‘Eating Animals’ Enlivens Issues
Jonathan Safran Foer’s new book Eating Animals looks at the ethical and environmental quandaries posed by our appetite for meat.
No Impact Week Goes Meatless
No Impact Week has kicked off – encouraging people to reduce behaviors that negatively impact our environment. It’s a community based project — based on the film No Impact Man — offering new themes and challenges each day of the week. We’re delighted that Meatless Monday is highlighted as the perfect way to cut your personal carbon footprint!
We Need Preventative Medicine
Our nation is in the midst of a lively debate about public healthcare. What seems to be missing, however, is a discussion about preventative medicine. Gradual behavior change, coupled with health education, would make a dramatic impact on the lives of many Americans while reducing overall expenses.
Baltimore Schools Go Meatless
The Baltimore City Public School system is about to become the first fully Meatless Monday school system in the U.S. They’re joining a growing international movement of individuals, organizations, communities and cities making the commitment to lower meat consumption and enjoy a plant-based diet on Mondays.
Eating Green At “The” Garden
The beginning of autumn marks the point when many of our favorite fruits and vegetables are ripe for the picking. This year, harvest has become a national affair. Michelle Obama’s famed White House garden is in bloom and ready to offer its bounty to a country hungry for nutritional guidance.
Good Nutrition Starts at School
Kids need fresh, wholesome and nutrient-dense foods to ensure proper brain development. Talk about a no-brainer! You can’t nourish children on a steady diet of processed foods full of fatty, empty carbs and sugary soda or juice. Blogger extraordinaire Kerry Trueman argues that the real food renaissance must begin at school!
Site Expands, Movement Grows
The Meatless Monday movement is growing around the world, continent by continent, as we’ve reported. But we’re also growing right here – on our website! This week we introduce a whole range of new features to help you go meatless on Monday: Video, Q&A Corner, Letters To The Editor and Recipe Submissions. Take a look around, then tell us what you think!
No Impact Man Makes A Splash!
No Impact Man goes meatless in making that rarest of things: a funny, feel-good environmental documentary.
Going Meatless Has Gone Global
The movement we began in 2003 is spreading around the globe! From cities in Europe, and religious institutions in Asia, to city school systems right here in the U.S., people are cutting back on meat one day a week to improve their health and the health of the planet as a whole. It’s an extremely exciting time as we wonder what city, which celebrity, which organization will be next to go meatless? Have you taken the Meatless Monday pledge?
Slow Food Shifts Into High Gear
Once the work week gets underway, it seems that sitting down to a civilized meal becomes all but impossible for most of us. Slow Food USA is determined to reverse this trend.
