Greenpeace has been promoting the message that kangaroos are greener than you’d think. In a release touting the Australian icon as the perfect protein for the environmentally conscious meat eater.

At home in Australia, the Rural Industries Research and Development Corp. have funded a strategic plan to improve the image of kangaroo meat worldwide by publicizing its health benefits: low fat (under 2%), most of which is polyunsaturated, and only 98 calories per 100 gram (3.5 ounce) serving.

The controversial Greenpeace report is claiming the main reason kangaroo meat is ‘green’ is because the animals don’t ‘break wind’ as much as other farmed animals. Cows and sheep release higher quantities of methane through belching and flatulence, which means if only 20% of beef consumption was cut in favour of kangaroo, it would reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by an astonishing 15 megatons by 2020. They need less food than sheep or cattle, are better adapted to drought and are far less damaging to the fragile topsoil than their sharply-hooved bovine counterparts

Personally I think this is going to be one of my one million acts of green… (See Donnelly’s post from Oct 23rd) http://green.cbc.ca

Read more and see what you think http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/skippysizeme

Tags: australia, ENVIRONMENT, greenpeace, kangaroo, meat

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