Saturday, March 13, 2010
Meat causes 51% of climate change
According to a new report from World Watch, animal byproducts are responsible for 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide human caused greenhouse gas. It’s even worse than we imagined…
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Bonus post:
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Friday, March 12, 2010
5 ways to look at a mountain
Born in the glorious violence of two tectonic plates pressing against each other until the land lifts and folds over itself, mountains link the sky to the ocean floor and have fired human (and animal?) imaginations since, well...forever.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
5 ways to look at a shark
Peter Benchley, author of the book that truly started the shark frenzy, once said: “If we kill everything in the ocean, and if we pollute the ocean to a point where it can’t sustain life, we’re committing suicide.”
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Some March Madness for ya:
My March Madness:
*Doing a panel at the Left Forum on March 21
*Speaking at the Tribeca Barnes & Noble on March 22
Besides requesting that New York-area regulars and other visitors here attend at least one of these events, I really need your help in spreading the word...especially for the Barnes & Noble talk. Thanks…
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Poem: “It was all innocent fun"