Green Christmas Dinners

In 2006, over 22 million turkeys were consumed in the US, alone. Several times as many cranberry dishes and enough wine to flood the Low Countries were consumed with them. In fact, just a few days of the Christmas holiday account for over 10% of the rubbish tossed out in most Western countries. One UK research group found that the average Christmas dinner in the UK travelled nearly 50,000 miles when all the ingredients are accounted for! However, between the food waste, food miles and the empty containers, there is ample opportunity to make your Christmas dinner more ecologically-friendly by making some very simple adjustments to your Holiday routine. While some may be resisted by members of your family, others are far easier to implement. read more...