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Posted by Leafy Green
on September 24, 2007 8:56 AM
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Filed Under: Life, Food |
The PB&J Campaign has a simple goal: to encourage people to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches more often. Some peanut-buttery facts from their web site:
Next time you have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich you'll reduce your carbon footprint by saving the equivalent of 2.5 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions over an average animal-based lunch like a hamburger, a tuna sandwich, grilled cheese, or chicken nuggets.
That's about forty percent of what you'd save driving around for the day in a hybrid instead of a standard sedan.
If you were going to have a ham sandwich or a hamburger, you save the equivalent almost 3.5 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions.
You'll save water: about 280 gallons for every PB&J that you have instead of a hamburger. If you have three peanut butter and jelly sandwiches a month instead of hamburgers you will save as much water as switching to a low-flow showerhead.
It's fascinating stuff. We all know our dietary choices have a huge affect on our environment. This site does a good job of illustrating how making one simple change can have a huge impact on the environment.
» The PB&J Campaign