Fireworks are considered exciting entertainment by a lot of people. However, many cities have been taking a closer look at the harms that fireworks can cause to animals, the environment, and humans. Perhaps alternatives are needed.
This holiday season was unusual for all of us. For me, one perk of a quiet holiday was extra time to experiment with new recipes. Cooking and baking, even with no dinner parties to attend, helped me to embrace the calm and coziness of the season and bring some warmth and joy into my home.
Remember, we didn’t all come together and decide that eating a diet heavy in animal products is a good idea. A lot of factors got us to where we are, but for most of us, we just grew up eating what our parents gave us and continued with a similar pattern in adulthood because that’s what we knew.
The United States is losing soil 10 times faster than it can be replenished; the rate of soil loss in China and India is over three times that. Pimentel reports that over just the last four decades of the 20th century, some 30% of the world’s arable land became unproductive. Half of the topsoil in the breadbasket of North America has been lost since 1900.
Shelley also wrote about how a vegetarian diet is better for the environment, noting: “the quantity of nutritious vegetable matter, consumed in fattening the carcase of an ox, would afford ten times the sustenance if gathered immediately from the bosom of the earth.”6 It is interesting to see how, despite being so long ago, Shelley touches on many of the modern arguments for a vegan diet.
The commercial plant-based dog foods available today do an excellent job at meeting the nutritional needs of our dogs, without the deleterious environmental, health, and animal welfare impacts of meat-based dog foods.
It seems clear that the recent attacks on “veggie burgers” and dairy alternatives are not really about protecting consumers from being misled.
The authors find that widespread adoption of vegan diets would be – again, by far – the most effective approach.
Ahead of the big day at the end of the month, I wanted to share some vegan Halloween resources, tips and tricks I’ve come across.
I’ve compiled some vegan stand-up routines for some comic relief during these difficult times. Comedy can play a critical role in temporarily relieving pressures of grief and melancholy, whether about job loss, being stuck indoors, loss of loved ones, the inhumane treatment and mass killing of animals, living through a global pandemic, or missing friends and family overseas.