Save the planet. That’s the message Arizona State University
professor Nicole Darnall delivered recently to a roomful of
savvy planet huggers at the Women’s Wellness Forum. The daylong
event drew about 240 women to listen to speakers on an array of
topics. Darnall offered a gripping presentation that started
with global disaster, but ended with a reassuringly doable list
of steps individuals can take to solve the seemingly
overwhelming problems. She also offered some startling insights.
For instance, when it comes to warming the planet through the
release of carbon dioxide, methane and other heat-trapping
gases, what’s worse fuming cars or munching cows? The cow, dude.
Definitely the cow. “Livestock generates more greenhouse gases
than all the planes, trains and automobiles on the planet,” said
Darnall. In part, that’s because the methane from, well, the
other end of cows, has 21 times the greenhouse gas warming
effect as carbon dioxide. And don’t hold your breath (yet): The
United Nations Food and Agricultur