Pacific Spirit Marine Institute
Friday, November 2, 2007
The British are no strangers to food rationing. In fact they are well known for their ability to hunker down and do what it takes to contribute to the war effort. The British refused to be starved into submission during WWII, and it looks like they aren’t going to let a little thing like climate change loosen their stiff upper lips.
Brittan’s Environment minister has called on the public to stop their wasteful ways and cut back on the amount of food they are tossing in the dust bins.
The minister is warning that food scraps are an even larger problem than food packaging when it comes to stressing the environment. She says, “We cannot fail to do what is necessary”.
Waste & Resources Action Programme has come up with a slogan for the British: “Love Food, Hate Waste”.
Enlisting the help of the famous Hell’s Kitchen chef Marco Pierre White, the full court press is on to remind the Brits “There’s a use for everything.” People are over shopping and throwing away as much as 1 bag full out of 3 that come home from the market. Over shopping and proper food refrigeration seems to be 2 major issues.
Several popular TV chefs, cricket stars, and actors are busy creating the new London Blitz: Plan your shopping, use your food before it goes bad and learn to make more meals from leftovers.
Waste & Resources Action Programme says half the people under 24 years old have very poor cooking skills and is providing recipes for “Luxury from leftovers”.
The Minister for Climate change also said, “At this rate we will not have a place to live which is habitable if we don’t address climate change globally and the UK has to make its contribution.”
Leave it to the thrifty Britons to roll up their sleeves and pitch right in helping to fight the war on global climate change. The Minister, Joan Ruddock says research has shown that 1/3 of the food purchased is thrown away to rot in land fills and emit methane gas which is fueling global warming.
Ruddock is calling for a ‘cultural’ movement against these wasteful and expensive practices.
In the U.S. there are a spattering of ads reminding people to stop buying every thing they lay eyes upon. Feed the pig is the motto making reference to the piggy banks we used to have when we were little tykes. These ads are sponsored by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and have less to do with protecting the climate than protecting America’s economy.
Americans are being reminded to do everything necessary to prop up the economy, while the British are being reminded to help save the planet….
Your homework: Compare and contrast and eat that left over chicken from last night!
Labels: British, Climate Change, Global Warming, Hell's Kitchen UK, Methane, Nuclear waste, Waste Resources, landfill
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British Rationing Food: The War On Global Warming Underway?
