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It immediately made me think of 18th and 19th Century attitudes to slavery - not because the Bangladeshi factory workers were enslaved like African-American slaves - but rather because our collective attitudes to these workers and the clothing industry they’re part of seem comparable ...
Our world is complicated enough and one surprisingly simple change will benefit your health, the environment and animals. Go on give it a go - become vegetarian for a week! • Don’t think it’s difficult, it’s not – be positive. • Get your hands on a copy of the Vegetarian Society’s Goi...
The UK's new position is at odds with its European neighbours. Supermarket chains in Germany, France and Austria are increasing their use of non-GM soya in livestock production in response to consumer demand. French supermarket giant Carrefour is launching a label to signal to its cus...
The Matsés men hunt for animals such as tapir and paca – a large rodent – using bows and arrows, traps, and shotguns. To increase courage and hunting ability, the Matsés rely on the fluids of a green tree frog known as ‘acate’. Men collect the fluid by rubbing the frog’s skin with a s...
One of these states is the “fascination” that occurs when a person is immersed in nature. Entering this state of effortless attention can occur in a variety of ways—walking in the woods, hiking along a trail in a totally natural environment, or sitting by a stream watching water tumbl...
One of these states is the “fascination” that occurs when a person is immersed in nature. Entering this state of effortless attention can occur in a variety of ways—walking in the woods, hiking along a trail in a totally natural environment, or sitting by a stream watching water tumbl...
We live in a third world country! Around 80% of everything we eat comes from other countries. If the food trucks stop rolling in to restock the supermarkets in our towns and cities we will have nothing to eat! We rely on being fed by countries who can sometimes not even feed themselve...
Another group of people who may react badly are migraine sufferers. This is because most raw food diets contain a lot of cacao (or ‘raw chocolate’). If a regular chocolate bar that is bulked out with sugar and dairy products creates a headache, then imagine the effect of pure cacao. T...
