How Green Is My Diet? Try PETA's Carbon Calculator Widget

Global warming is considered one of the gravest environmental threats that we face today. Studies show that the greenhouse gases that cause global warming, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), will increasingly lead to catastrophic disasters—like droughts, floods, hurricanes, rising sea levels, and disease outbreaks—unless we drastically reduce the amount emitted into the atmosphere.

The good news is that you can help reduce these emissions immediately. It's as simple as changing what you eat. A 2006 United Nations report found that the meat industry produces more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes, and ships in the world combined. And science shows that one of the most effective ways to fight global warming is going vegetarian.

Use PETA's new carbon calculator widget—a small interactive tool that can be added to your Web page—to determine how much a change in your diet could change your impact on the environment. Simply enter your age, gender, and current eating habits, and the tool will instantly tell you how much carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) you'd prevent from polluting the Earth and the number of animals that you'd save by ridding your diet of meat and other animal products. Go ahead! Give it a try!

After testing out the widget here, copy the code or click on the MySpace or Facebook icons to add the widget to your blog or profile. By adding this to your personal Web page, you can easily help others make the connection between eating meat and the devastating effects of global warming.

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