“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Forks Over Knives
I finally watched Forks Over Knives and it is provides convincing evidence and arguments of the health benefits of eating a whole-food plant based diet. It also briefly discussed the environmental problems of eating animal products, and hinted at animal welfare issues. It wasn't much but it provides the seed for caring about farm animals.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Sue Coe is my hero
Sue Coe is an incredible artists who raises awareness of invisible social injustices. She's done powerful sketches about war, HIV, apartheid in South Africa and animals. Please watch an interview with her here and a great video of her art set to music by Black Angels.
Sue Coe: Art of the Animal from Our Hen House on Vimeo.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The value of zoos
Here's a great little article by Marc Bekoff about zoos and their lack of conservation effectiveness and concern for the animals they house. Here's a quote from the article,
"... we need to accept that we humans are the reason these and numerous other animals are imperiled and keeping them in cages and flying them here and there allowing them to make babies does nothing for them or their (very few in some cases) wild relatives."
"... we need to accept that we humans are the reason these and numerous other animals are imperiled and keeping them in cages and flying them here and there allowing them to make babies does nothing for them or their (very few in some cases) wild relatives."