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Sustainable Living: Is Your Dog an Environmentalist?

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Echo and Inky are looking for a home and will be the first tell you that adopting instead of buying from a breeder helps combat overpopulation. They must be sweeties because they’re our dog Major's siblings. Available at Tylers Rescue Inc. in Sag Harbor. TYLERS RESCUE INC.

Echo and Inky are looking for a home and will be the first tell you that adopting instead of buying from a breeder helps combat overpopulation. They must be sweeties because they’re our dog Major's siblings. Available at Tylers Rescue Inc. in Sag Harbor. TYLERS RESCUE INC.

Poppy checks most sustainable lifestyle boxes. Small, so doesn’t eat a lot. Eats mostly dry food, which is much more environmental than wet. Reduces food waste by eating her person's leftovers. Go Poppy! FRANCIE MANN

Poppy checks most sustainable lifestyle boxes. Small, so doesn’t eat a lot. Eats mostly dry food, which is much more environmental than wet. Reduces food waste by eating her person's leftovers. Go Poppy! FRANCIE MANN

North Haven resident, Bear, does what he can for the planet. He won’t give up his chicken, but has sworn off environmentally taxing lamb and beef. He also makes sure his master recycles New York Times bags instead of buying new plastic poop bags. JULIA HUBBARD

North Haven resident, Bear, does what he can for the planet. He won’t give up his chicken, but has sworn off environmentally taxing lamb and beef. He also makes sure his master recycles New York Times bags instead of buying new plastic poop bags. JULIA HUBBARD

Cleo, a picky eater according to her people, goes for Cricket Cookies by Jiminy’s. In “palpability testing,” cricket kibbles scored 95 percent and use far fewer resources than beef to farm. KEN DORPH

Cleo, a picky eater according to her people, goes for Cricket Cookies by Jiminy’s. In “palpability testing,” cricket kibbles scored 95 percent and use far fewer resources than beef to farm. KEN DORPH

Major calculated his carbon paw print a few different ways on the website Eco Offset, and was really surprised to discover that the carbon footprint between vegetarian and a regular meat diet wasn’t much, but “premium” human-grade dog food had a much worse carbon impact. KESHA WOOTTON

Major calculated his carbon paw print a few different ways on the website Eco Offset, and was really surprised to discover that the carbon footprint between vegetarian and a regular meat diet wasn’t much, but “premium” human-grade dog food had a much worse carbon impact. KESHA WOOTTON

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Sustainable Living

  • Publication: Arts & Living
  • Published on: May 10, 2023
  • Columnist: Jenny Noble
I am not a dog person. I am, however, a person with a dog. Or rather, my son’s dog. When we started fostering our rescue dog, Major, he seemed to... more

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