Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, vegetarianism on April 18, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Food miles don’t feed climate change - meat does:
An analysis of the environmental toll of food production concludes that transportation is a mere drop in the carbon bucket. Foods such as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer’s carbon footprint.
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, vegetarianism on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground:
Potatoes are a great source of complex carbohydrates, which release their energy slowly, and — so long as they are not smothered with butter — have only five percent of the fat content of wheat.
They also have one-fourth of the calories of bread and, when boiled, have more [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, vegetarianism on April 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As conservative Democrat economists go, Paul Krugman is decent, but he’s a typical well-meaning rich guy, so simple truth slips past him. The latest example is in Grains Gone Wild, where his focus is on the rising price of grain:
Over the past few years the prices of wheat, corn, rice and other basic foodstuffs have [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged buddhism, dalai lama, Tibet, vegetarianism on March 15, 2008 | 42 Comments »
1. He is not a pacifist. Though the CIA-supported rebels in Tibet began fighting in the mid-1950s, he did not tell them to stop until 1974, after the CIA cut off their funding. As recently as 2005, he said, “The Iraq war—it’s too early to say, right or wrong.” (Dalai Lama brings his brand of [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged buddhism, dalai lama, vegetarianism on March 14, 2008 | 39 Comments »
In The Dhammapada, the Buddha says:
If a person does not harm any living being…
and does not kill or cause others to kill-
that person is a true spiritual practitioner.
Yet this is admitted on the Dalai Lama’s web site:
His Holiness is not necessarily vegetarian.
The definition of “not necessarily” is in the Dalai Lama’s claim, “In the early [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged race, vegetarianism on February 24, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Percentage of vegetarians within each of the US’s largest racial groups, from How Many Adults Are Vegetarian?
6% White (excluding Hispanic)
7% Black (excluding Hispanic)
8% Hispanic
Yes, I note this because of a post about vegetarians at Stuff White People Like, a blog that uses “white” as code for “rich.”
I became a vegetarian in Minneapolis because a [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged inspiring, vegetarianism on August 13, 2007 | 33 Comments »
via Mondoweiss:
The great biologist and student of ants, E.O. Wilson, was on C-Span the other day, endorsing, among other ideas, Einstein’s belief that we must all become vegetarians or turn the earth to powder. There are more than 500 vegetable species we could rely on, Wilson said; we have limited ourselves to five.
At the end [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged long life, vegetarianism on February 8, 2007 | 5 Comments »
If you want to eat to help the planet and vegetarianism seems too tough, there’s an alternative: Calorie restriction. Most mainstream articles about it are condescending, but that’s just because it’s not mainstream. I’ve cut back to 1,500 calories a day. Will it help me live to 120 years old? by Emily Yoffe in Slate [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged vegetarianism on February 2, 2007 | 21 Comments »
Take two: Emma says I was having fun instead of casting light with the first version of this post. She’s very right, so I’m revising it. Which means the first seven comments may make less sense. But it does give me the chance to incorporate a few points made in those comments.
“Plants are living things, [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged vegetarianism on January 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants…. A little meat won’t kill you, though it’s better approached as a side dish than as a main. And you’re much better off eating whole fresh foods than processed food products. That’s what I mean by the recommendation to eat ‘food.’” Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemna, [...]
