As many of us try to reduce our impact on the earth and live our lives in accordance with our awareness, I’m hoping that more and more people will consider a healthy, vegetarian, turkey-free Thanksgiving.

For the reasons why see gentlethanksgiving.org.

Also see my recent op-ed in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/opinion-let-s-strive-for-a-sustainable-thanksgiving-1.1622822

November 25, 2009 By BETH FITENI

And on an unrelated note: Right before Thanksgiving, I got to meet James Hansen, top  Climate Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies! He is truly a history-making figure, and I was beynd honored to meet him. His newest book, “Storms of my Grandchildren” is alarming and poignant. Anyone who wants education on climate change should consider it a must-read.