Aug 16, 2012

Laurel Roth's Weird, Wonderful Hand-Knit Pigeon Sweaters

Artistic elegy to extinct bird species and some humans' feather-brainedness .. Renwick's 40 under 40 winner: Laurel Roth's Weird, Wonderful Hand-Knit Pigeon Sweaters

New Year for Animals: The Time Has Come – Jew and the Carrot – Forward.com

"When you juxtapose our Torah against the horrific treatment of farm animals in our industrialized agricultural system, you will see a yawning gap. BEH refers to it as a “yawning gap” not just because the gap is wide, but because we seem to be collectively sleeping while animals suffer. We don’t hear their cries or screams."
Read more: http://blogs.forward.com/the-jew-and-the-carrot/161159/new-year-for-animals-the-time-has-come/#ixzz23jANZ0uENew Year for Animals: The Time Has Come – Jew and the Carrot – Forward.com

Aug 15, 2012

Xtreme Athletes Powered by Plants

Frank Medrano: Powered by Plants

Meat's Place on the Campaign Menu: How U.S. Environmental Discourse Negotiates Vegetarianism | HumaneSpot.org

Meat's Place on the Campaign Menu: How U.S. Environmental Discourse Negotiates Vegetarianism | HumaneSpot.org
A drastic reduction in meat consumption is needed to mediate the effects of climate change. However, environmental organizations tend to only advocate modest reductions, even when they recognize the greater sustainability of vegan diets. The author recommends working towards including vegetarianism and animal protection in environmental discourses.

Aug 7, 2012

Aug 6, 2012

Helping Pets in Need, And Also Fighting Large-Scale Cruelty

Helping Pets in Need, And Also Fighting Large-Scale Cruelty

Keeping Chilly Lab Mice Warm: Key to Better Science?

Keeping Chilly Lab Mice Warm: Key to Better Science?: (Image Credit: Brianna Gaskill, Purdue University) Joseph Garner imagines how much happier and healthier lab mice would be in a kinder, gentler environment than the stark cages in chilly laboratories – and how that, in turn, might improve the outcome of research that underlies...

Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau is so cool | CapeCodOnline.com

Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau is so cool | CapeCodOnline.com

Eat Like An Athlete: 8 Amazing Plant-Powered Foods

Eat Like An Athlete: 8 Amazing Plant-Powered Foods

Environmental groups say 10,000-hog farm pollutes waterways - Health/Science - NewsObserver.com

Environmental groups say 10,000-hog farm pollutes waterways - Health/Science - NewsObserver.com

Activists grill producers of modified corn

As the Midwest crunches into sweet cornseason, a new type will be appearing on grocery store shelves — even though shoppers have no way to recognize it. It's genetically modified sweet corn from the
 giant MonsantoActivists grill producers of modified corn