--- Brenden and Julie Raymond-Yakoubian
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> Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 18:04:05 -0800
> From: Brenden and Julie Raymond-Yakoubian
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Sustainable Consumption Committee Spring
> 2004 Newsletter
> To: Brenden Raymond-Yakoubian <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hello!
>
> The Sierra Club’s Sustainable Consumption Committee
> is pleased to announce
> the availability of its Spring 2004 Newsletter.  The
> newsletter is posted on
> our website at
>
http://www.sierraclub.org/sustainable_consumption/newsletters/
>
> In this issue you will find information about the
> following:
>
> True Costs of Food Campaign Launch: American food
> production has a huge
> impact on the environment.  The Sierra Club
> Sustainable Consumption
> Committee has launched a new, national grassroots
> campaign, focused on the
> one major aspect of American consumption that's
> probably the easiest to
> change: our dietary lifestyle.
>
> Sustainable Food Choices: We all need to consciously
> think about our food
> choices in terms of sustainability and appreciate
> the effect these choices
> have on the environment.  Find out about some ideas
> and suggestions to
> consider implementing in your personal food choices
> to help minimize our
> impact on the environment through the food we eat.
>
> Meat, Human Health and the Environment: Think BSE is
> the only cause for
> alarm from eating high on the food chain? While the
> public currently focuses
> on the risk of BSE to people eating meat, this may
> be just the tip of the
> iceberg when considering risks to human health and
> the environment.
>
>
> We’d love to hear your feedback about the newsletter
> and general interest or
> questions you have with regard to the Committee and
> its campaigns.  Please
> email Michael Beck ([log in to unmask]), the
> Committee's co-chair, or
> myself with any questions, comments or suggestions.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Brenden Raymond-Yakoubian
> Newsletter Editor, Sierra Club Sustainable
> Consumption Committee
>





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