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Climate Change: are we doomed unless the world goes vegan?
In a recent e-mail interchange including both vegans and non-vegan recipients, one of the questions raised was whether we (the vegans) thought that the world was doomed unless the world goes vegan. This sounded like a rhetorical question, as if … Continue reading
Methane — a bigger problem than we thought?
We have a “Post-Carbon Institute” to address our reliance on fossil fuels. But there is no “Post-Methane Institute.” Methane, the second largest human-caused contributor to global warming, often doesn’t get any respect. The constant focus on “carbon” leads people to … Continue reading
Is Veganism a Religion?
Is veganism a religion? This is an important question because it affects how we perceive veganism as a social movement. I am not so much interested in dictionary definitions of veganism, but in how veganism actually operates in practice. What … Continue reading
Move Over, Meat: A More Wasteful Use of Corn
Vegetarians used to be able to say that most corn grown in the U. S. went for livestock. According to the USDA, that won’t be true this year. Something which is even more wasteful, even more mind-boggling in its stupidity, … Continue reading
The Nutrition of a Natural Foods Diet
A Vegetarian Sourcebook was first published in 1983. What revisions would I make to section I of A Vegetarian Sourcebook (AVS) on “Vegetarian Nutrition,” if I were to rewrite it today?
The Great Sourcebook Giveaway!
A Vegetarian Sourcebook: The Nutrition, Ecology, and Ethics of a Natural Foods Diet is now 28 years old. It is the book for which I am best known and has sold thousands of copies. And now, I’m giving away my … Continue reading
Giving Up Potatoes (and getting Yam Salad instead)
There it is — “Potato glycoalkaloids: true safety or false sense of security?” by Yaroslav Korpan et. al. I was alerted to this study by Michael Greger’s series of DVDs on issues in nutrition (which you can look at online … Continue reading
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Interview: Why the environmental issue is important for vegans
Last January 21, the KPOV show “All Things Vegan” aired an interview of me in which we discussed a number of issues, the most important of which is why the environmental issue is important for vegans. The following clip gives … Continue reading
“Year of the Dog” — a good or a bad movie?
[Spoiler alert: in case you haven’t already seen the "Year of the Dog," this article totally gives away the plot.] “Year of the Dog” is a 2007 “dark comedy” about Peggy (played by Mollie Shannon), a young single woman and … Continue reading
Responses to “Pearls Before Swine”
After writing “Pearls Before Swine” (March 11, 2011 blog), in which I argued that promoting vegetarianism within Christianity didn’t make sense to me, I received several interesting responses.