Duck, Duck, Boot! & Shi*t Hits the Fan for 24 Hours

• It’s going to be a rainy autumn. A reader recently wrote in saying how much he loved the aesthetic of duck boots, but wanted to avoid the leather and wool (me too, dude). I pointed him in the direction of Hunter’s “Bormio Combat Boots, which can be had on the Saks website for $150 big ones. No dead cows, all water proof.

Kenneth Cole also offers a classic men’s boot, but with the protection of a rubber:

Electric Rain Rubber Boot - Kenneth ColeElectric Rain Rubber Boot - Kenneth Cole

• I love these clever ad spots created for The Climate Reality Project‘s “24 Hours of Reality” campaign. They are pretty self explanatory (although I wish they’d do something themed around the single greatest cause of GHG Emissions, the livestock industry). Al Gore, who is the Chairman of the Climate Reality project, said “Industrial agriculture is a part of the problem,” during an interview with FearLess Revolution founder Alex Bogusky. “The shift toward a more meat-intensive diet,” the clearing of forest areas in many parts of the world in order to raise more cattle and the reliance on synthetic nitrogen for fertilizer are also problems, he added.

The United Nations Urges Veganism (again).

a cattle farm at Estancia Bahia, Mato Grosso in Brazilhttp://global-warming-truth.com/images/livestock-factory-farming.jpg

A new UN report clarifies the  message that slowing global warming requires a shift towards a plant-based diet for humans. “A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change,” explained the UK’s Guardian today, but this will probably, again,  fall on deaf (or greedy, stubborn, infantile) ears. Just read the comments! Something tells me we’re doomed; when faced with hard facts people are still willing to sacrifice the planet for their palate.

The recommendation follows advice last year that a vegetarian diet was better for the planet from Lord Nicholas Stern, former adviser to the Labour government on the economics of climate change. Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has also urged people to observe one meat-free day a week to curb carbon emissions.