Comments on: 10 Best Ways to Give Up Carbon for Lent – Ash Wednesday 2009 http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/ Twilight Earth is dedicated to saving the Environment through shared News, Discussion, Advocacy and Activism Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:13:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Becky http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5148 Becky Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:06:29 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5148 Any time, Libby! Cutting back on meat feels tricky at first, but it gets easier once you get the hang of it, I promise! Any time, Libby! Cutting back on meat feels tricky at first, but it gets easier once you get the hang of it, I promise!

]]> By: Libby Schleichert http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5143 Libby Schleichert Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:28:09 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5143 Thnx, Becky! I appreciate your input. Libby Thnx, Becky! I appreciate your input.
Libby

]]> By: Ulrich http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5133 Ulrich Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:56:01 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5133 Adam, could you please substantiate your claims about 270 antibiotic injections into a pound of beef? I don't know about car mileage, but burning a 100 Watt bulb for 20 years consumes 17 520 kilowatthours, a truly astonishing claim for one pound of beef! Your claims are simply ridiculous and invalidate the whole point about a "carbon fast". Adam,
could you please substantiate your claims about 270 antibiotic injections into a pound of beef? I don’t know about car mileage, but burning a 100 Watt bulb for 20 years consumes 17 520 kilowatthours, a truly astonishing claim for one pound of beef!
Your claims are simply ridiculous and invalidate the whole point about a “carbon fast”.

]]> By: Becky http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5095 Becky Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:30:12 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5095 Hey Libby - There are so many amazing meat subs out there aside from tofu! You might want to be careful with soy, anyway - too much can be troublesome, esp. for kids. Seitan, made from wheat gluten, is my favorite hands down. Brands like Celebration make all sorts of roasts, sausages, and even cold cuts using seitan and grains. I think the real key to cutting back meat isn't subbing it out, anyway...more like relearning what a meal is like? Hey Libby – There are so many amazing meat subs out there aside from tofu! You might want to be careful with soy, anyway – too much can be troublesome, esp. for kids.

Seitan, made from wheat gluten, is my favorite hands down. Brands like Celebration make all sorts of roasts, sausages, and even cold cuts using seitan and grains.

I think the real key to cutting back meat isn’t subbing it out, anyway…more like relearning what a meal is like?

]]> By: Libby Schleichert http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5093 Libby Schleichert Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:10:41 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5093 Hi, Like ur list. I am working really hard on giving up red meat and actually feel better! But hard to find endless varieties of tofu dishes when I was raised in the old meat-and-potatoes kind of style. Keep up the good work! Libby (Ranger Rick editor) For a glimpse of my other hat, see my energy healing web site at: www.boydswellnesscenter.wordpress.com Hi,
Like ur list. I am working really hard on giving up
red meat and actually feel better! But hard to find endless varieties of tofu dishes when I was raised in the old meat-and-potatoes kind of style. Keep up the good work!
Libby (Ranger Rick editor)
For a glimpse of my other hat, see my energy healing web site at:
http://www.boydswellnesscenter.wordpress.com

]]> By: Adam Shake http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5067 Adam Shake Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:51:17 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5067 efrueh, My wife and I volunteer every year for the Chesapeake Watershed Clean Up. Last year we pulled 15 lawn bags of plastic bottles and bags out of a quarter mile stream bed, in addition to a car hood and some chain link fence. Thanks for keeping up the good fight, yourself. And thanks for the comment. Adam efrueh,

My wife and I volunteer every year for the Chesapeake Watershed Clean Up. Last year we pulled 15 lawn bags of plastic bottles and bags out of a quarter mile stream bed, in addition to a car hood and some chain link fence.
Thanks for keeping up the good fight, yourself. And thanks for the comment.

Adam

]]> By: Adam Shake http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5054 Adam Shake Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:35:18 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5054 Leslie, I agree with you on Beef...we try not to over consume it either. I would say that I eat some type of beef twice a month. Much better than the everyday beefeater I used to be. Thanks! Adam Leslie,
I agree with you on Beef…we try not to over consume it either. I would say that I eat some type of beef twice a month. Much better than the everyday beefeater I used to be.

Thanks!

Adam

]]> By: Leslie - La Mama Naturale' http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-5030 Leslie - La Mama Naturale' Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:43:20 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-5030 Hi there, Giving up BEEF...not a huge eater but it does land on the menu occassionally. It's out for the lent. I'm already doing a lot of the things mentioned above and will work harder at it during the period of lent. I like the dishwasher idea and not eating out. Thanks. Great tips!!!! Hi there,

Giving up BEEF…not a huge eater but it does land on the menu occassionally. It’s out for the lent. I’m already doing a lot of the things mentioned above and will work harder at it during the period of lent. I like the dishwasher idea and not eating out. Thanks. Great tips!!!!

]]> By: Becky http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-4990 Becky Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:39:01 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-4990 What a great list! I didn't know that about light switches! If I hit up my local hardware place, what would I ask for to make this improvement? What a great list! I didn’t know that about light switches! If I hit up my local hardware place, what would I ask for to make this improvement?

]]> By: Matthew Hooper http://twilightearth.com/carbon/10-best-ways-to-carbon-fast-for-lent-ash-wednesday-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-4987 Matthew Hooper Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:19:07 +0000 http://www.twilightearth.com/?p=3167#comment-4987 How about not incinerating a bunch of palm leaves and smearing the carbon on your head for Lent? How about not incinerating a bunch of palm leaves and smearing the carbon on your head for Lent?

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