It’s meat and drink

Image source: sundancechannel.com An article in the New York Times last week drew attention to two instances of local governments looking to reduce their ecological footprints in recent weeks. First of all, the Belgian city of Ghent has declared that Thursdays will be a “meatless day” on the grounds that eating vegetarian meals will improve [...]

Where did swine flu come from?

Image source: thinkingfinance.net It occurred to me the other day that despite the huge publicity surrounding the H1N1 virus, there is very little discussion about the cause of the outbreak. One of the few thoughtful pieces I have come across is to be found at the ecomii website. According to a recent post at the [...]

Time to throw a veggie pattie on the barbie

Image source: plan59.com The headline news in The Observer today is that we have to cut back on meat consumption if we want to get serious about addressing climate change. This ‘controversial’ statement (according to the article) made by the Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, [...]