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'''EarthSave''' is an international, non-profit organization was founded in 1988 by author [[John Robbins]]. The organization was born out of the overwhelming reader response to Robbins' 1987 publication |
'''EarthSave''' is an international, non-profit organization was founded in 1988 by author [[John Robbins]]. The organization was born out of the overwhelming reader response to Robbins' 1987 publication ''[[Diet for a New America]]'' which described what he saw as the wide-ranging human and social impacts of human food choices. |
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Robbins claims that food choices have a powerful effect on the environment, human health, and non-human animals and encourages a shift toward a healthy, [[plant-based diet]]. The head office for EarthSave is located in New York, USA, but there are dozens of local chapters across the United States and Canada. |
Robbins claims that food choices have a powerful effect on the environment, human health, and non-human animals and encourages a shift toward a healthy, [[plant-based diet]]. The head office for EarthSave is located in New York, USA, but there are dozens of local chapters across the United States and Canada. |
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==Aims of EarthSave== |
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*To lead a global movement of people from all walks of life who are taking concrete steps to promote healthy and life-sustaining food choices. |
*To lead a global movement of people from all walks of life who are taking concrete steps to promote healthy and life-sustaining food choices. |
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*To supply information, support and practical programs to people who believe that their food choices impact environmental and human health. |
*To supply information, support and practical programs to people who believe that their food choices impact environmental and human health. |
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*[http://www.tasteofhealth.org/ Taste of Health: A Healthy Food Festival presented by EarthSave] |
*[http://www.tasteofhealth.org/ Taste of Health: A Healthy Food Festival presented by EarthSave] |
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[[Category:Environmental organizations]] |
[[Category:Environmental organizations based in the United States]] |
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Revision as of 03:56, 18 October 2007
EarthSave is an international, non-profit organization was founded in 1988 by author John Robbins. The organization was born out of the overwhelming reader response to Robbins' 1987 publication Diet for a New America which described what he saw as the wide-ranging human and social impacts of human food choices.
Robbins claims that food choices have a powerful effect on the environment, human health, and non-human animals and encourages a shift toward a healthy, plant-based diet. The head office for EarthSave is located in New York, USA, but there are dozens of local chapters across the United States and Canada.
Aims of EarthSave
- To lead a global movement of people from all walks of life who are taking concrete steps to promote healthy and life-sustaining food choices.
- To supply information, support and practical programs to people who believe that their food choices impact environmental and human health.
- To support individuals in making food choices that promote health, reduce health care costs, and provide greater independence from the medical system.
- To raise awareness of "the ecological destruction and cruelty linked to the production of food animals."
Taste of Health is EarthSave's annual vegetarian food festival.