Conscious Cooking
Protecting our planet and health,
one meal at a time -
For our children's sake.
Our Mission
We show how eating less meat is healthy, crucial to curb climate change, cruelty-free, and deliciously doable!
We here at consciouscooking.org want everyone to know one of the most important ways to fight climate change is to eat less meat and dairy, and we will show you how to do it!
We offer 2 introductory videos to get you started with basic facts on how meat-centric diets in 2024 affect the environment and our health, and then provide a wide range of movies, books, studies and articles for a deeper dive. Our easy, tasty recipes will make you a believer. Hopefully our site can serve as a tool to help you spread the word, as global change to more plant focused diets has been declared by United Nations scientists as vital to achieve global warming goals. Visit our blogs for informative and controversial topics.
We'd love to hear from you. Please join us, for our children's sake. We have no time to lose.
Did you know that eating meat and dairy:
Causes Profound Environmental Damage
Eating less meat and dairy can be the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet.
Significantly Contributes to Global Warming
The UN Climate IPCC report calls for dietary change, especially eating less meat, to meet 1.5 degree goal.
Negatively Impacts Our Health
Harvard researchers have identified four common healthy eating patterns that can help reduce the risk of an early death by up to 20%.
We take immediate and substantive action by:
Reducing our consumption of meat and dairy, while also spreading awareness.
Enjoying the delicious recipes we offer.
Checking out these videos to see what the latest science is saying about diet's impact on our health, planet, and children's future:
Eating Less Meat to Heal Our Planet
Eating less meat is vital if we are to meet climate goals. Find out why it's the most substantive action we can take to protect the environment.
Eating Less Meat to Heal Ourselves
This video presents some of the largest studies to date proving that a more plant-focused diet is best for our health and may increase our lifespan by 12-20%.
Do you know these mind blowing facts?
Eating a plant-focused diet is the healthiest thing you can do for yourself, reducing your risk of chronic diseases by 80% and risk of death by 14-20%.
Recent analyses say we cannot meet climate goals without changing our diet. (See also The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg: Chapt 4.12 Michael Clark, p. 250)
77% of all agricultural land on earth is devoted solely to growing crops for livestock and for grazing, and yet it supplies only 18% of the world's calories.
Giving up just beef in the US would reduce greenhouse gas emissions the same amount as all US homes produce. It would be like putting solar on every roof! (The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg: Chapt 5.5 Gidon Eshel, p. 341)
Eating less meat can be "the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth... It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car...
People who follow a plant-based diet account for 75 percent less in greenhouse gas emissions ,75 percent less land use, 54 percent less water use, and 66 percent less biodiversity loss.
Be surprised how significantly your food choices affect greenhouse gas emissions by trying the BBC's interactive climate change food calculator.
For other eye-opening topics, visit our blog site that discusses evolving thoughts on drivers of climate change, protein, sustainable foods, the health aspects of plant burgers, gut microbiome, supplements, gmo's, milk, coconut oil, coronary calcium scores, and more.
Meet Our Founders
We are the founders of Conscious Cooking, motivated by love for all children and the state of the planet we are handing down to them.
Drawing from our diverse backgrounds in environmental chemistry, geology, education, architecture, art, journalism and medicine, we understand the deep connection our food choices have on environmental and personal health.
We take immediate, decisive and substantive action against climate change by pledging to eat less meat and dairy.
We join countless others to get the word out!
Resources
Not the End of the World
A must read: where we're at, what works, what doesn’t, and what we urgently need to focus on. Straight talk from this Oxford scientist dispels myths and gives hope.
Recipes
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Lasagna
This lasagna will make you a believer! Everyone loves and requests this simple recipe. The planet will thank you. Serve with crusty bread and a hearty salad!
We can help eliminate a major source of climate change ourselves.
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Contact Us
Questions? Comments? We’d love to hear from you!
"A Taste of Plant-Based Cooking" on March 28 is currently sold out, but cancellations are possible. If you would like to be put on a wait list, please contact us below. Also, please check out other upcoming events on our blog site!