Snippets and Soundbites

• School lunch menus are getting a vegetarian makeover. CNN reports about a middle school outside Atlanta that has started including and labeling vegetarian options, like vegetarian chicken nuggets, salad, grilled cheese sandwiches, apples, and veggie burgers. It is estimated three percent of teens are vegetarian. School officials want to give those students a good selection and encourage all students to eat healthy and balanced meals. Watch the minute-long CNN report here.

• Have you seen the Truman Show? In this 1998 movie, Jim Carrey plays Truman Burbank, an oblivious man whose entire life has been broadcast on television and whose family and friends are all actors. With this movie in mind, doctors have found patients who display what they call the “Truman syndrome,” a delusion afflicting people who are convinced that their lives are secretly playing out on a reality TV show. This is a combination of mental illness and pop culture. Read the full story here.

• The millions of cars on this planet and their emissions exacerbate global warming. One earth-friendly car made the first 32,000-mile journey around the world to convince the U.N. and others of its capabilities. It was completely solar-powered. The 36-year-old Swiss schoolteacher and adventurer who made the 17-month trip says we can reduce emissions by 100%. Read more here.