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A C T I O N: Fund their defense: Joe and Lamoy Andressohn’s conviction for feeding their kids a
raw, vegan diet is on appeal to the US Supreme Court. Help them set
the record straight and a new standard for the health of our children.
Lower courts are in conflict: criminal court ruled for
15 years probation; family court ordered a raw food diet with soy. Mail
check to: Marcia J. Silvers P.A., 2937
S.W. 27th Ave Suite 101, Miami, Florida, 33133; call Lamoy
786-447-1875 for a personal ‘thank you’ Join
EarthSave:
Membership is tax-deductible (501C3) – includes subscriptions to: Vegetarian
Times, EarthSave News, ESMiami Newsletter plus free events admission - via
check, cash or credit card in person- or online www.earthsave.org
(also give Gift Memberships) Volunteer: EarthSave Singers is
recruiting voices, instruments (Bonnie- boddicke@fiu.edu)
Attend our literature table at So Fla events (Linda Bower, Coordinator 305
228-1116) Donate: used laptop, photos of past ESM events Urban
Paradise Guild
re-creates native habitats in Miami-Dade and promotes sustainable models for
healthy living that safeguard, enhance and integrate the human and natural
worlds for the benefit of both. ‘If Mother Nature is given a little help the
urban areas we live in can become Paradise again-’ Sam Van Leer,
Executive Director http://www.urban-paradise.org
Pulse
of Health Freedom click > "Food Safety" Bill:
Bad News for Supplements (Ties U.S. to Codex), and Gives FDA Control Over
Farming!< The
Senate’s version of the “Food Safety” Bill ( S-510)
…includes a Codex provision that absolutely must be amended out in order to
protect free choice about supplements, says American Association for Health
Freedom http://aahf.convio.net/site/PageServer
"Organic
Is the Answer to Climate Change!" Watch
new video from the Rodale Institute's Demand Organic Project and learn how, if
the world's 3.5 billion tillable acres were transitioned to organic agriculture,
organic farms could sequester 40% of yearly carbon emissions. Then, tell
Congress Rodale Institute's Demand
Organic TAKE ACTION
Equinox
Documentaries' 2nd Annual Young Filmmaker's Prize is accepting entries
for Florida Nature Documentaries. Contest open to amateur filmmakers 18-
30 years of age, as well as those currently enrolled in film school. First
place cash award of $1,000 and his/her film will screen at the 2010
Orlando Film Festival. http://equinoxdocumentaries.org/yfp/index.php >New York City made history City Council Resolution about critical role that food choices play in
the climate change crisis. The Foodprint Resolution calls on New Yorkers to eat
lower on the food chain and consume local, organic fresh fruits and vegetables.
Click> Get started on a Foodprint
resolution in your own community Health
Survey of
Vegan, Live Food Babies/ Children designed to investiate the health
of babies from birth to five years of age who have vegan parents and eat a vegan
live food diet. The results from this survey will be published with the
intention to support parents who choose to bring up their children on a vegan
live food diet. Preliminary results will be published as a Masters Thesis
in late July with the support of Gabriel Cousens M.D. Mother
& Baby Survey http://susanmillercoaching.com/drupal/sites/default/files/VeganLiveBabySurvey.pdf
Expert/
Researcher Survey http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cl9Nd2tKLUVuWWdZQ2s4ZWJOcmJNb0E6MA A universal
declaration of resistance to mandatory vaccinations
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/a-universal-declaration-of-resistance-to-mandatory-vaccinations Easily
convert an old Garbage pail to Composter: Dade County residents can
compost in their own backyard. Study the elementary science of composting
with a few minutes of web research, turn food waste and grass clippings into
healthy soil in a few months >Learn
more about Kid-Safe and the need for national toxics policy reform here. Host
a Video Event Have
a mini-potluck in your home with invited friends. EarthSave will supply a
great video such as EATING 3rd Edtn, DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA and free
literature. Write miami@earthsave.org A
participatory project
by Butterflies Katz http://www.veganpoet.com/veganvoices/ Join
Sustainable food and urban gardening hub http://localfoodmiami.ning.com/ an
online social network for anyone passionate about growing a sustainable local
food economy and culture in South Florida. Events, workshops Miami Sierra Club says “Choose 75% recycling, that MSW is
not a renewable fuel, and that you want plastic bags drastically reduced.
Post comments on the DEP website” http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/recyclinggoal75/default.htm;
and http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/retailbags/default.htm The
Florida Department of Environmental Protection recently released a draft report
recom-mending that the state Legislature prohibit retail companies from
providing single-use paper and plastic bags. Due to pressure from the
Retail Federation they have withdrawn their preliminary draft. Write: retail.bags@dep.state.fl.us web
forum: (http://depflorida.com) Earth
Learning invites local Organic Gardening Projects, barn-raising-style
volunteer efforts help set-up organic garden beds for others and then
garden recipients are encouraged to help do the same for someone else. If
interested > e-mail
http://www.healthy-planet.org/HSLP/index.asp
http://www.healthylunches.org/index.htm http://www.choiceusa.net/
Petition “We call on our federal government to help schools provide
vegetables, fruits, legumes, grains, vegetarian foods, and healthful nondairy
beverages in school meal programs” P.C.R.M.
Petition No
Impact Experiment
is a one-week carbon cleanse. It is a chance for you to see what a
difference no-impact living can have on your quality of life. It’s not about
giving up creature comforts but an opportunity for you to test whether the
modern “conveniences” you take for granted are actually making you happier
or just eating away at your time and money Video explains http://noimpactproject.org/experiment
Urban
Oasis Project
‘Let’s get growing’ in South Florida (vegetables, composting, etc) http://www.urbanoasisproject.org
Schedule
a humane education program with Susan Hargreaves kind2all@bellsouth.net
561-575-5517 http://www.humaneeducatorsreachingout.com/
Caring
Fields Animal Sanctuary Education Center offers for all ages and interests
http://caringfields.org/Educ.html C
O O L S T U F F: If you are experiencing flu-like conditions, upper
respiratory, fatigue & depression, unusual asthmatic effects or emotional
disturbance, www.vibehealth.com
recommended health solutions: organic raw fruits and vegetables, alkaline
water above PH 7-9, oil of oregano (Mediterranean source), grapefruit seed
extract, clove, thyme & oregano drops in a bath Our National School Lunch Program spends more than half a
billion tax dollars with the dairy, beef, egg and poultry industries. Only $161
million is offered to buy fruits and vegetables. Stop
Global Warming One Bite at a Time
http://www.biteglobalwarming.org/ 7
Foods That Should Never Cross Your Lips http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100246775&page=1 A
Preliminary Injunction to stop mandatory vaccinations has been issued in
the United States District Court of New Jersey. This comes after a federal
lawsuit opposing forced vaccines was filed in that court by Tim Vawter, pro se
attorney, on July 31st with the federal government as defendant http://www.ireport.com/search/ireports?q=vawter
Printable version: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18474936/VAWTER-v-FEDERAL-GOVERNMENT-Complaint-Related-Documents-1
general info: www.theflucase.com SouthFloridaEco
is all about Green, Blue Skies, Clean Water and Air. Do chemtrails and
chemical clouds have any impact on public health and environmental quality?
Concerned Citizens bringing all Eco groups together. DRUM/DANCE/ECOTHEATRE-ECOMUSICALs
to Entertain/Educate. BLUES SKY BAND with CLEAR the AIR DANCES. Share a
song or a dance for the Environment: 954-401-4535 Hodin Videos of our
west coast tour at: www.FloridaEcoNetwork.com
www.youtube.com/Hodinfilms www.vegweb.com is
all about veg*n food Code
Green Comicstrip Stephanie
McMillan creates the comic strip ’’Minimum Security’ for United Media’s
comics.com http://stephaniemcmillan.org/codegreen
Vegetarian
Survey Vegetarian
Resource Group figures show an additional 3.5 million U.S. vegetarians; there
are now over 9 million vegetarians, and over 3 million of those are vegan.
Collectively, this change has saved 332 million more animals from a live of
abuse and pain in America's factory farms Mayor
Carlos Alvarez “For South Floridians who want to buy
local…the shopping experience is about to get even better. Thanks to a
partnership with Publix Super Markets, more than 1,000 Publix stores will soon
feature locally-grown Redland Raised fresh produce World
Vegetarian Day Croatians ended the Veggie
Challenge The Global Oneness Project is exploring how the radically simple
notion of interconnect-edness can be lived in our increasingly complex world. Our living
library of films is available for free —in the fields of sustainability,
conflict resolution, spirituality, art, economics, indigenous culture, and
social justice http://www.globalonenessproject.org
A new report by the
respected Worldwatch Institute shows that livestock operations contribute
more than half of all greenhouse gas, global warming emissions. So meat
production by far surpasses the eco-damaging effects of all forms of
transportation combined http://www.facebook.com/l/8b441;www.worldwatch.org
GreenFaith
inspires, educates and mobilizes people of diverse religious backgrounds for
environmental leadership http://www.greenfaith.org
New
York Times front page article "The Burger That Shattered Her Life,"
by reporter Michael Moss, opens with a description of a young woman permanently
paralyzed after having eaten an e-coli tainted burger. It then describes the
process by which the burger got to her dinner plate http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html Harvard
Medical School’s ‘Harvard Women’s Health Watch’ Oct. Newsletter features
a major article ‘Becoming a vegetarian’- Avoiding meat is only one
part of the picture. A healthy vegetarian
diet should be chock-full of foods with known benefits New
labels listing the carbon
dioxide emissions associated with the production of foods, from whole
wheat pasta to fast food burgers, are appearing on some grocery items and
restaurant menus around Sweden. People who live to eat might dismiss this
as silly. But changing one’s diet can be as effective in reducing
emissions of climate-changing gases as changing the car one drives... SwedishLabelsfor
co2 >Global Permaculture Solutions
Mark Robinowitz has created "a political map to connect the
dots" between ecology, energy and economy >Judge Overturns the Government’s Approval of Monsanto’s
Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets. Gary
Yourofsky’s lectures on Veganism deeply
affect college students. From a typical testimonial “i heard your lecture
today. your lecture made me realize that ignorance is bliss. after hearing
your lecture today i almost can’t look at food. in an effort to make my
parents see the animal cruelty that goes on i showed then a video and i was
surprised at my parents lack of emotion towards the video because my parents are
both sweet and sensitive people http://www.adaptt.org/index.html
Veg*n
Business Referral Network http://www.snootyjewelry.com/referral.htm#top
Snooty Jewelry also emphasizes ‘Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle, Restore’ Poultry
litter— manure, feathers, spilled feed, bedding material and dead rodents—
allowed to be fed to cattle. It's disgusting, inhumane and unsafe > www.NotinMyFood.org
Vegetarian Spider Found All 40,000 species of spiders in the world were thought to be
strict predators but scientists have found that a small Central American jumping
spider has a uniquely different diet: the species Bagheera kiplingi feeds
predominantly on plant food http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/News-vegetarian-spider-found-101309.aspx
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just released 10
Tips for Following a Vegetarian Diet, and you could knock me over
with a feather. It’s not just that it takes a positive approach; it actually
takes a vegan approach- Virginia Messina, MPH, RD ‘The Vegan Dietician’ >
Vegan
Dietician article “What we put on our forks is
one of the most powerful actions that we make every day. Every time we
take a bite, we turn our forks into weapons of mass destruction or tools of mass
compassion depending on the choices that we make...” –Julia Butterfly Hill New
Facebook group > South Florida Vegans and Vegan want-to-be's
‘Veganism is not a diet! It's an ethical stance that rejects the system that
sees animals as a commodity rather than feeling, conscious beings... Vegans
don't buy products tested on animals. They don't vote with their dollars to have
animals perform for them, race for them, fight for them, entertain them, or die
for them. Vegans don't support slavery. And vegans walk this earth with a clear
conscience and they feel happy and healthy!! Make a stand and go vegan Alliance
of Religions and Conservation (ARC) works with 11 faiths world wide, embracing
85% of the world's population, to care for the environment www.arcworld.org Rainforest
alliance vs. Fairtrade labeling:
Mcdonald's, chiquita, mars, wal-mart, and kraft apparently now all have products
certified "sustainable," sharing, among other things, the little green
frog label of the rainforest alliance. On the other side of the labeling world,
we have fair trade, the original product certification initiative aimed at
building equitable and sustainable trading partnerships and creating
opportunities to alleviate poverty. What's the difference? http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18372.cfm The
Rise of Carbon Trading Carbon
permit prices flashing on electronic screens in Wall Street trading rooms
reflect a complex political movement to reorganize and redistribute power and
knowledge. The carbon markets associated with the Kyoto Protocol, the EU
Emissions Trading Scheme and the US's Waxman-Markey Act… the ill-fated attempt
to privatize the climate itself http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/pdf/document/Neolib&Calc.pdf Book ‘No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty
Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About
Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process’ - Colin Beavan http://www.organicgardening.com/feature/0,7518,s1-26-27-1215,00.html Organic
gardening advice
for Florida on monthly basis In
honor of National Community Gardening Week, Farm Sanctuary put together some
> Tips on Veganic Gardening
to tickle your green thumb Pulse
of Health Freedom…
half of all health workers, including doctors, would reject the swine flu
vaccine due to concerns about its effectiveness, side effects and safety.
The AP emphasizes the risk of doctors and nurses spreading swine flu if they
don’t get vaccinated. We’d like to suggest a different thrust for this
particular story, that doctors and nurses don’t think the swine flu vaccine is
either safe or effective! naturalhealthsciencenews.org
The Living Centre (www.thelivingcentre.com)
is run by Shantree Kacera and Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera. Their educational
programs are aimed at holistic human development, with teachings that promote
peace, spiritual growth, physical and emotional health, and eco-sustainability.
They teach and practice bioregionalism, deep ecology, and permaculture Biodegradable*
- Compostable: Disposable
products such as plates, bowls, cups and cutlery are commonly made out of PLA (Polylactic
acid), bagasse (sugarcane fiber) or vegetable starch. It is
environmentally-preferable to use disposable products that are labeled 'compostable'
rather than just 'biodegradable' http://www.greenhome.com/products/food_service/index.html
http://www.worldcentric.org/store/fiberplates.htm http://www.treecycle.com/bagasse.html#bowl http://drclarkstore.com/rlesearch-articles.html
'Anything that gets people to stop eating meat, I'm for that.'
- Joan Jett Say NO to GM …the process of
‘engineering’ genes from unrelated species into food crops is far from
precise www.healthfreedom.net
Time
magazine “What the World Eats” http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373690,00.html Over
50 raw food demonstration and health related videos, Q&A blog posts, “Transitioning
to Living Cuisine” book info and information about area classes http://www.reneoswald.com Let
us: resolve to live up to our task as tenders of the Garden; commit
ourselves to planting the seeds of renewal to insure that the gift of earth’s
bounty is not bartered away in pursuit of our own short-term goals; pledge
ourselves to living lightly; obligate ourselves to simplicity; promise
ourselves, our children and each other’s children to do all we can to see that
the Garden is restored and that the world is a little greener, a little cleaner,
a little brighter for our having been its guardians ‘For The Well-being of
Our Planet’ (modified, from ‘Unhewn Stones’ - Rami M. Shapiro) Long-awaited:
"It is the position of the American Dietetic
Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total
vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide
health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases.
Well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all stages
of the life-cycle including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and
adolescence and for athletes." Address
to Int’l Vegan Festival by
Dr. Michael Klaper from the National Health Assn. Conference- a compelling view
of veganism and its future as meat prices are predicted to skyrocket.
Recorded CD available at www.healthscience.org Sprout
Carefully:
countertop minifarms convert beans, nuts and seeds into wholesome sprouts but
not all are created equal. Premature harvesting of lentil and green pea
sprouts (before tiny green leaf appears) may lead to serious joint inflammation,
or worse Dietary
factors have been associated with both prostate and ovarian cancer. Food for
Life Nutrition and Cooking Classes are full of lifesaving information on the
value of a healthy diet to fight cancer, helpful cooking tips, and
delicious food samples, but none available now in So. Florida, so pick up The
Cancer Project’s new book, The
Cancer Survivor's Guide: Foods That Help You Fight Back
http://www.cancerproject.org
The
Eco-Philosophy Center hereby promotes a true vegan diet, and indeed a
vegan lifestyle, as an ideal for us all to strive for. It need not be 'all or
nothing,' but clearly, the more vegan the better. To this end we will be
sponsoring lectures on the benefits of veganism, and distributing informational
literature. To achieve a truly Vegan Planet will take years, but we must start
now. Every small step toward this end will make a difference — for the
animals, for your health, and for the Earth www.ecophilosophy.org
The farm animal sector is the single largest anthropogenic user of
land, contributing to many environmental problems, including global warming
and climate change http://www.hsus.org/farm/resources/research/enviro/global_farm_animal_production.html Veg*n
restaurants in South Florida http://www.soflavegevents.net http://www.VegSouthFlorida.com/
http://www.meatlessmiami.com/ Mountaintop
removal:
see the location and track of the status of the permits pending before the
EPA… and see videos of nearby communities threatened by mountaintop removal http://ilovemountains.org/epa-permit-list/ 'If we
can make vegetarianism, veganism work on the road, you can make it work at
home… none of us eat meat' - Tim McIlrath, Singer, Rise Against band
>summer
vegetarian tour Access
to Water - Key
for World's Poor http://www.truthout.org/082209G?n The
Appalachian Advocate reports: The Declining Power of Coal …coal
industry front-group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity is spending
tens of millions of advertising dollars attaching the inappropriate word
"clean" to our dirtiest source of energy… > coal
accounted for less than 43% of US electricity production and falling
> Front
Porch Blog Honeybees
Hurt the Environment ...the
reduction of honeybee populations would be positive because they crowd out…
not only other bee pollinators, but also birds, honey possums and other insects http://www.vegetus.org/honey/ecology.htm
There's
only one Everglades in this world, and I feel the mandate has been given already
to repair the damages, so let's make it more resilient to global climate change
by elevating those 10 miles of the road which unfortunately blocks water
to the Park- Editor How Green Is Your School? Savvy college
applicants are paying more attention than ever before to the green credentials
of colleges and, to attract these stellar students, universities are stepping up
their sustainability game. Sierra magazine just released its latest
ranking of America's coolest schools, based on steps that more than
100 campuses are (or aren't) taking. Fish
are not swimming vegetables http://www.prijatelji-zivotinja.hr/index.en.php?id=1068
Online
magazine celebrates raw vegan cuisine and lifestyle www.rawfoodsnewsmagazine.com FREE
raw recipe
of the day www.southfloridarawcommunity.com Healthy
foods for school lunches-
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/campaign/time_for_lunch/ Child
Nutrition Act http://www.mnn.com/food/markets-groceries/blogs/why-dont-all-students-eat-like-the-presidents-daughters
Veganism's Essential Role In Preventing an
Unprecedented Global Catastrophe http://worldpeacediet.org/
free,
daily ‘Veg Inspiration For The Day’ Reconstructionist Judaism teaching: “Now all that I am going to
create for you I have already created. Think about this and do not corrupt
and desolate My world; for if you do corrupt or desolate it, there will be
no one to set it right after you" >Tobacco
Wiki article about tobacco industry PR tactics < describes
time-tested corporate PR strategies, like commissioning favorable research,
reframing the debate onto more advantageous terms, fostering public confusion,
changing the focus of the issue, broadening the issue, staging fake
"grassroots" uprisings, generating controversy where there really is
none, manipulating the media and legislators, undermining science, creating
phony economic statistics, inducing fear among the public and harassing and
intimidating opponents… Core
Truths
is a groundbreaking compilation of the most current research on organic
agriculture. This highly readable and graphically stunning 108-page coffee table
book documents the verifiable health and environmental benefits of organic
products https://www.organic-center.org/liveCore_v1.php The
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has filed a lawsuit in New Jersey
to require labeling on hotdogs to remind people ‘consuming hot dogs
increases their risk of developing several types of cancers’ http://www.care2.com/causes/health-policy/blog/should-hot-dogs-have-warning-labels/ Dennis Kucinich
Proclaims June 21 Vegan Earth Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMt9_qgDfLE Being
a vegan bodybuilder For general questions about the vegan athlete
lifestyle, please visit our forum ... We have a thousand vegan athletes there
who can answer nearly any question ... http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=contact JERUSALEM
(JTA) -- Israel's chief rabbi wants to revoke kosher certificates from fruit and
vegetable growers who use too much pesticide To
the Editor, NY Times Online: Inhumane Food Policy Thank you
for Nicholas D. Kristof’s plea for food-policy reform (“Lettuce From the Garden, With Worms,” column, June
21). Though factory-style production worsens it, the root problem is animal use.
Since using animals is cultural, not part of our biological nature or in any way
necessary, animal use is by definition inhumane — unkind where we could as a
society choose kind. It is inhumane to humans as well, E. coli or not, since
animal protein and animal fat in the diet significantly increase chronic-disease
risk, and using animals is a huge environmental problem regardless of method. So
the solution is simple. But our colleges of agriculture and our state and
federal governments prefer the problem to the solution, responding to years of
reasoned requests for change with public relations exercises. David Cantor,
Founder and Director, Responsible Policies for Animals Friends
or Dinner?:
A Toronto Subway System Campaign Stops the Public in Its Tracks
"Why love one but eat the other?" is the
provocative slogan of the recent
campaign launched by concerned citizens of Toronto and U.S.-based
animal advocacy organization, Mercy
for Animals. Free…Free…Free materials to GO VEG www.vegpledge.com http://www.bornfreeusa.org/chooseveggie/ http://www.goveg.com/order.asp
http://www.veganoutreach.org/guide/ http://www.afa-online.org/starterpack.html
http://www.mercyforanimals.org/vegan-starter-kit.aspx http://www.vegkit.org
Storing
precious fresh salad greens:
Place greens in a plastic bag, close the top of the bag lightly with your fist,
blow into the bag and fill it with air (carbon dioxide). Then seal the bag by
twisting the top a few times before closing it firmly with a twisty-tie. Place
it in the fridge and your greens are good to go http://www.fitsugar.com/336887 LA
PAZ, Bolivia, July 14, 2009 (ENS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed
the world's first law prohibiting the use of both wild and domestic animals
in traveling circuses ‘New
Study Reveals Major Health Problems Linked to Genetically Engineered Foods’
“…Organic Consumers Assn. demands the systematic publication of the results
of these tests, which we could only obtain on a case by case basis by taking
legal action... It [the study] brings to light a significant underestimation of
the initial signs of diseases like cancer and diseases of the hormonal, immune,
nervous and reproductive systems, among others... The health crises may be more
important than the international financial crisis because of the lack of
transparency of the regulators." > study published in the Journal of
Biological Science David Sandoval authored ‘The Green Food Bible’.
Our bodies are not equipped with enzymes to digest the red blood cells in meat
because such enzymes would likewise break down our own cells. Hence, that
component of meat toxifies the digestive tract, enhancing its environment for
colo-rectal cancer. Green herbs and veggies, including the superfoods, do
the opposite. As a fundraiser www.miamiEcoCenter.com
offers Purium Health Products in ‘Online Store’ Spoon Revolution You
can achieve much more by taking meat off your dish than by participa-ting in
marches, politics or charity www.spoonrevolution.com VegSource reports: “Come this fall, many governments will have a great deal of swine
flu vaccine stocked and ready to go. There's big money to be made selling. The
government and media fear-mongering is already starting. On Thursday, July
9, 2009, US health officials said the government would like to institute
mass vaccinations of
school-aged children starting in October. Should this happen,
we will be removing our children from school rather than let them receive this
vaccine. Why?
Well just watch the two videos below, from the last time the government got into
the swine flu vaccine business.” VIDEOS at: http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/media_swine2.htm Her viewers trust Oprah Winfrey. Oprah’s 21 day Vegan
Challenge Day #1:
Introduction to Going Vegan. Day #2:
Essential Cookbooks Day #3:
Avoiding Nutrient Deficiency Day #4:
Eat Your Veggies! Day #5:
Taking Nutrition Seriously Day #6:
Learning from the Counterculture… etc http://www.vegan.com/articles/oprahs-21-day-vegan-challenge-support-page/ Organic Coffee House in Miami http://sweatrecordsmiami.blogspot.com/ Mario
Yanez, deep local ecology references: Earth Learning www.earth-learning.org;
Genesis Farm http://www.genesisfarm.org/
Blessed Unrest video http://www.blessedunrest.com/video.html;
Transition Initiatives www.transitioncultures.org;
Transition Florida www.transitionflorida.ning.com;
Edible Forest Gardening www.edibleforestgardens.com;
Perennial Vegetables www.perennialvegetables.org;
ECHO Global Farm in Fort Myers www.echonet.org What’s
On My Food?
www.whatsonmyfood.org
is a searchable database designed to make the public problem of pesticide
exposure visible and more understandable 10
of the most outrageous comments in Congress, as
the House debate on Climate heated up, so did the hyperbole http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=44458 Sierra
Club’s ‘The Green Life’ http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/200907/enjoy.aspx#power Fish
oil doesn't help
heart attack patients in biggest study: "Omega-3 fatty acids, abundant in
the organs of oily fish including salmon and sardines, didn't help heart attack
patients prevent another cardiac event, a study found. The report, presented
today at the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida, contradicts
previous smaller studies that suggested a daily supplement may help ward off
repeat heart attacks, strokes and death. After taking a gram of purified
fatty-acid supplements each day for a year, patients in the latest research, the
biggest of its kind, fared no better than those who were given olive
oil..." Mad Cowboy N-Ltr Happy B-Earth-Day: For many parents, planning a child's
birthday party opens a box of eco-guilt filled with balloons, wrapping paper,
and landfill-clogging trinkets. Echoage can help http://www.echoage.com/ ‘The
Daylight Diet’ a
new book by Paul Nison. Did
you know when you eat is just as important as what you eat? It can determine
your total health and wellness. Raw Food Chef and Author Paul Nison has studied
the topic of health and digestion for years and will share information no one
else is talking about! Virginia License Plate for Vegetarians & Vegans VeggiePlates@live.com The
National Academies says ‘adverse effects of extreme space weather on
modern technology- power grid outages, high-frequency communication blackouts,
spacecraft anomalies- are well known and well documented, and the physical
processes underlying space weather are also generally well understood’ http://www.nap.edu Sustainability Is More Important Than Ever
(by David Almy) One of the real concerns of sustainability advocates is
that the stagnant global economy will put pressure on businesses to freeze,
moderate, or even eliminate sustainability-oriented programs and messages. At a
time when corporate profits have cratered and nearly everyone's job seems at
risk, the belief is that spending on sustainability will be lumped in with other
examples of unnecessary corporate excess, like corporate jets and stadium luxury
suites. A review of recent studies and surveys suggest that, in fact, the
opposite is true… http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.printFriendly&art_aid=106817 30%
of the world's species face extinction > Warming
and Wildlife campaign Sally Bingham's “Love God, Heal the Earth” By
Rabbi Julian Sinclair, as published on www.GreenProphet.com
Twenty years, ago, Sally Bingham went to her local bishop and announced that she
wanted to be ordained so that she could become the world's first priest for the
environment. She was received with some skepticism. Undeterred, she
embarked on almost a decade of study and became an Episcopalian minister in
1998. She went on to found Interfaith Power and Light (what a great name for an
organization). Today IPL has some 2000 affiliated congregations in 26 states Rabbi
A. Waskow
“Lie down for an hour of simply breathing, not on a ‘meditation mat’ but
on the naked earth, buzzing with grasshoppers and grass seeds. Let the earth
"swallow up" your mind, attune your politics not only to human justice
but to the seasons and the interbreathing of the trees and mammals - for what we
breathe in is what the trees breathe out, what the trees breathe in is what we
breathe out. We are earthy earthlings. Bottled
Water: Not a good idea (Originally
shared by Linda Drake of SNE Div. for Sustain- able Agriculture) http://www.cityofbatavia.net/content/articlefiles/5314-Bottled%20Water.pdf Vegetable Gardeners of Havana: Climate change,
drought, population growth - they could all threaten future food supplies. But
global agriculture, with its dependence on fuel and fertilizers is also highly
vulnerable to an oil shortage, as Cuba found out 20 years ago http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8213617.stm
Almost
every country can become
energy independent.
Anywhere that has sunlight and land can produce alcohol from plants. Brazil, the
fifth largest country in the world imports no oil, since half its cars run on
alcohol fuel made from sugarcane, grown on 1% of its land http://www.permaculture.com/ Natural
Agriculture emphasizes the
integrity of nature and the purity of soil, water, and air… a profound
reverence for Nature and its practice. Shumei's founder, Mokichi Okada
envisioned it as not only a means of cultivating pure and wholesome food but as
an art and spiritual practice…http://www.shumei.org/environment/environment_00.html
Call
for expert assistance http://www.expertsofconscience.org
Green Week is a unique opportunity for exchanges of experience and good
practice. Some 3,500 participants are expected from EU institutions,
business and industry, non-governmental organisations, public authorities, the
scientific community and academia Vegan
Bodybuilding http://www.veganbodybuilding.org/ All who subscribe to our fun and
life-affirming sporting ideals may consider themselves members of the Extreme
Vegan Sporting Association http://www.extremevegansports.org/ Corporate
abuse
of our food begins with the seeds and in the soil that nurtures all life. The
fast food industry demands enormous quantities of cheap, low-nutrition and
uniform crops, encouraging the widespread use of toxic pesticides, industrial
fertilizers and genetically modified seeds. These practices deplete our
environment and threaten both our health and the livelihoods of family farmers http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/content/seed-soil Another
State Bans Gestation Crates and Veal Crates … Maine’s
new law
will protect farm animals by banning veal crates and gestation crates, making
Maine the sixth state to prohibit certain types of extreme confinement of farm
animals Vegan
Relationship Survey Results Find out what vegans from all
over the world have to say about questions like: Does
being vegan influence how you relate to others? How do you meet vegans? http://www.veganpoet.com/SurveyResults/Results.html The
city of Ghent in Belgium will declare every Thursday a vegetarian day in
an attempt to fight climate change Religions
are embracing the EarthSave mission http://www.hsus.org/religion/
or is it the other way around? Ten
Reasons to eat more like a vegetarian:
http://godsdirectcontact.us/com/vegetarian/alternativeliving/10/english.htm THIS
GREEN LIFE Sheryl
Eisenberg, author of NRDC’s monthly online journal of green living, questions
her daughter's decision to save the life of a common pigeon, but is surprised by
what she learns from the experience. In This
Green Life discover why all species are worth saving -- and how
every one of us can make a difference in protecting wildlife www.nrdc.org Purple
corn
is being classified as a functional food. It is loaded with phenolics and
nthocyanin, and has just about the highest antioxidant rating of any food
including blueberries. The health benefits of purple corn are pervasive, and it
has a normalizing effect on many systems of the body. Purple corn has even been
shown able to shrink cancerous tumors. As the healing value of purple corn
becomes apparent, researchers have jumped in to document its many benefits, and
supplement companies have rolled out purple corn extracts. The
only thing missing from all this is someone to put purple corn in the produce
sections of the local grocery stores http://www.naturalnews.com New Harvest was founded in 2004 to support the development of
meat substitutes, with the long-term goal of delivering economically
competitive alternatives to conventional meat production. The organization funds
applied research in food science and provides a forum for sharing technical
innovations. http://www.new-harvest.org
In
a victory for local dairy farmers and consumers, Gov. Sebelius vetoed
controversial bill that would have limited rbGH labeling on dairy products in
Kansas Genetics + Environmental Chemical Soup = Autism?
In the not-too-distant past, the rate of autism in the US was listed as 1 in
10,000 children. It is now acknowledged to be 1 in 150 children and as high as 1
in 93 children in New Jersey. Some point to better diagnosis as the reason for
the increase, but little consensus exists for the reasons why as many as 1 in 6
American children are labeled as learning and/or behaviorally disabled Autism
Link China
Study says
“Diseases of Affluence: Colon cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer,
leukemia, diabetes, coronary disease, brain cancer (0-14 years), stomach cancer,
liver cancer Diseases of Poverty: pneumonia,
intestinal obstruction, peptic ulcer, digestive diseases, nephritis, pulmonary
tuberculosis, non-TB infections, parasitic diseases, eclampsia, rheumatic heart
disease, metabolic and endocrine diseases other than diabetes, diseases of
pregnancy other than eclampsia” First
Lady Michelle Obama broke ground on the White House's first organic kitchen
garden since the Roosevelt Administration. Would you like resources and tips
for growing or expanding your own victory garden? http://organicconsumers.org/transitions/index.cfm A
study of more than 500,000 middle-age and elderly Americans found that those who
consumed about a quarter-pound of red meat a day were more than 30 percent more
likely to die during the 10 years they were followed, mostly from heart
disease and cancer. Sausage, cold cuts and other processed meats also increased
the risk, says Rob Stein in The Washington Post Red meat diet ups odds of early death Faiths
United for Sustainable Energy
(FUSE). Our mission is to educate and mobilize faith communities to act on
the increasingly harmful effects of our country's dependence on fossil fuels.
FUSE works with all faiths www.fusenow.org Big
Coal's "Worst Nightmare" Bruce
Nilles, director of the Sierra Club's Move Beyond Coal campaign, was named by Rolling
Stone magazine as one of the "100 People Who Are Changing America"
(he's number 74) with nearly 100 coal plants like this one stopped
so far EarthSave
News archives-
superbly informative articles http://www.earthsave.org/magazine.htm When
we break the cycle of oil dependence, new things become possible. Electric
cars transform the relationship with people and the planet. www.betterplace.com #3 on Amazon's bestselling nonprofit books- http://www.idealist.org/handbook
Will
Allen,
urban garden guru and winner of a 2008 MacArthur Foundation “genius
award’’ received his award for "transforming the cultivation,
production, and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban
populations." He began developing in 1995 the farming methods and
educational programs that have grown into Growing Power (www.growingpower.org)
http://www.beautytruth.net/
Click on Beauty Scams for healthy choices Dirty
Dozen
of the produce department have the highest concentrations of ‘cides’: Peaches/Apples/Sweet
bell peppers/Celery/Nectarines/Strawberries/Cherries/Pears/Grapes
(imported)/Spinach/Lettuce/Potatoes http://www.foodnews.org/ The
Environmental Protection Agency has a huge green/health/safety website for kids,
teachers and parents http://www.epa.gov/kids/ Quoted,
Jeff Novick: “When you understand the concept of "Burden of Proof: and the
way science really works, you eventually begin to realize that most of the news
stories you hear and the reports of "breaking news" are all making the
same mistakes and/or assumptions in the way these studies (and/or products)
are either done, and/or reported, and you learn what to look for. If
you do listen to the news, one day fat is good, one day fat is bad.” http://www.greenpeople.org/subscribersignup.cfm
lets users sign up for coupons, announcements, learn about employment
opportunities and find green businessess for sale Corn
syrup is an industrial product
that just happens to use corn as it primary ingredient. Recently revealed
studies which the FDA apparently has been sitting on until now reveal that in
two different studies 1/3 of tested foods with corn syrup found traces of
mercury. It did not exist until the 1970s http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/546.html http://vegandad.blogspot.com/ Feeding a
family from a dad’s viewpoint Society
of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians
SERV is an interfaith effort to gain a more humane, just, peaceful, and
environmentally sustainable world. We believe that applying spiritual values to
scientific knowledge encourages plant-based diets, with major benefits for
humans, animals, and the environment. (718) 761-5876 http://www.serv-online.org Response
to Anti-Vegetarian Articles by Jack Norris, Registered Dietitianhttp://www.veganhealth.org/articles/cdcsurvey0109 Reclaiming
Food Production
International Decade of Nutrition and the Valley of the Moon(TM) Eco
Demonstration Project www.NaturalSolutionsFoundation.org Get
Healthier in 24 days
http://www.greensmoothiequeen.com/xmas.php Eco-Eating
website
http://www.brook.com/veg/ www.goveganic.net
may
be the best form of agriculture/gardening Podcasts,
archived http://www.vegcast.com http://www.eatlowcarbon.org
Calculate the carbon footprint of your meals Alliance
for Natural Health As dietary supplements become more popular and threaten the
bottom line of traditional medicine and Big Pharma, studies and articles try to
convince the public that dietary supplements are useless, unregulated, or even
deadly. Often these studies are bad science and inaccurate reporting
http://www.anhcampaign.org/ Chemicals and artificial production
methods are causing beehives to collapse- not so with organically-kept bees
http://www.foginfo.org/
Florida’s umbrella org for organics List of foods’ Nutrient Density Scores http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/article17.aspx How
many customers order meatless meals when they dine out? Vegetarian
Resource Group poll results, April http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2008issue3/restaurantpoll.pdf Center
For Food Safety (CFS)
addresses the impacts of the food production system on human health, animal
welfare, and the environment http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/
http://www.chooseveg.com/
Reasons and ways to adopt a compassionate eco-diet You can buy a big, bold metal V E G A N belt buckle
with non-leather belt at: www.snootyjewelry.com http://www.ivu.org/religion/articles/argument3.html
How to win an argument with a Meat- Eater http://www.vegansworldnetwork.org/
says “Strive for a gentle world” Metamorphosis: Poems to Inspire
Transformation, by M. Katz http://veganpoet.com One of the best vegan message
t-shirts http://www.veganshirt.com/
Go
vegetarian to save money Staples such as rice, corn and beans can make trips to a
grocery store less expensive. But the biggest savings may come in health-care
costs years later http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/GoVegetarianToSaveMoney.aspx?page=all
Organic Consumers Assn calls for education and action about
essential organic food standards http://organicconsumers.org/sos.cfm How
to feed vegan dogs and cats and advice from Vegan Vet http://veganpoet.com/articles/dogs-can-be-vegan-too.htm
http://www.sustainabletable.org/getinvolved/ Sustainable
Table brings you the Meatrix videos and a program of community action Pesticide Cocktails Cause 99% Mortality Rate in Frogs” The journal Oecologia
indicates that when pesticides mix in the environment, they form "chemical
cocktails" that are more toxic than previously estimated. Researchers at
the University of Pittsburgh discovered that when 10 of the world's most
commonly used pesticides combine, as they regularly do in the environment, the
chemicals caused an astounding 99 percent mortality in leopard frogs VEG*N
ATHLETES RULE http://www.adaptt.org/athletes.html
At Yale, Professor Irving Fisher designed a series of tests to compare the
stamina and strength of meat-eaters against that of vegetarians. He selected men
from three groups: meat-eating athletes, vegetarian athletes, and vegetarian
sedentary subjects. Fisher reported the results of his study in the Yale Medical
Journal. His findings do not seem to lend a great deal of credibility to the
popular prejudices that hold meat to be a builder of strength. "Of the
three groups compared, the ... flesh-eaters showed far less endurance than the
abstainers (vegetarians), even when the latter were leading a sedentary
life." Vegetarian
Marine:
Marine
Captain Alan Jones of Quantico, Virginia: Although crippled by polio when he was
five years old, Jones is another candidate for world's fittest man and has
amassed a record of physical accomplishments unmatched by any human being that
ever lived. Not only does he hold the world record for continuous situps
(17,003), but in one particular 15-month period he accomplished possibly the
most remarkably array of physical achievements ever attained by a human being:
Lifted a 75-pound barbell over his head 1,600 times in 19
hours / Made 3,802 basketball free throws in 12 hours, including 96 out of 100 /
Swam 500 miles in 11 days through the Snake and Columbia Rivers / Skipped rope
43,000 times in five hours / Skipped rope 100,00 times in 23 hours / Swam over
68 miles in the University of Oregon swimming pool, without a sleeping break /
Swam one-half mile in 32°F (0°C) water, without a wet suit, in the Missouri
River / Being
a vegan bodybuilder Vegan
Muscle Power For general questions about the vegan athlete
lifestyle, please visit our forum ... We have a thousand vegan athletes there
who can answer nearly any question ... http://www.veganbodybuilding.com/?page=contact M
E D I a:
(OnLine, Videos are Subject to Change) 24/7 ethical vegan webcast http://www.suprememastertv.com Coal Country, a
feature-length documentary, companion book and soundtrack avail. Sierra
Club Productions and Sierra Club's Beyond
Coal Campaign
Sierra Club urges everyone to view the new
outstanding documentary "Nicotine Bees" and to take action to save the
honeybee, a major pollinator! http://NicotineBees.com http://www.sierraclub.org/biotech/whatsnew/whatsnew_2009-11-10.asp
Jonathan Foer recently appeared on
‘Ellen’ to talk about his new book, EATING ANIMALS, which foods are most unhealthy and most
cruel
http://vegsource.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/news/512434719721/ TV’s
Dr. Oz convinced a very sick, very overweight meat-loving cowboy – named Rocco
-- to go vegan for 28 days. Rocco lost 30 pounds and saw some other
amazing health changes http://www.vegsource.com/news/2009/11/rocco-the-vegan-cowboy-went-vegan.html Interesting
film 'Veni,
Vidi, Vegani' Video:
The Engine Two Diet Austin Texas firefighter, Rip Esselstyn, made a
bet with a fellow firefighter, JR: if JR would just eat the way Rip ate for 28
days, then JR's cholesterol would come down from 344 to 196. JR's father
and grandfather had both died in their 50s from heart attacks- Rip won the bet. http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/media_rip1.htm
Jens
Holm, the former MEP from Sweden, Lectures in Croatia Food
and Climate Lecture Paul
McCartney and other celebs launch Meat free Monday Campaign http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ZlshYwby8&NR=1
Video
thumbnails the livestock-global warming connection http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=gTS2Yp-UgI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etfBXbJZXp8&feature=channel_page
Vegan Solution to the 350ppm movement A
Chemical Reaction
tells the story of one of the most powerful and effective community initiatives
in the history of North America. It started with one lone voice in 1984.
Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist, noticed a connection between her patients’
health conditions and their exposure to chemical pesticides and herbicides
Trailer www.chemicalreactionmovie.com
http://www.rawveganradio.com/wordpress/
Rawspirit
rawk radio with
Kennedy RawK-ON Tuesdays @ 7PM PST - 10PM EST EARTHSAVE ON THE PROGRESSIVE RADIO NETWORK (PRN) LIVE -
Every Wednesday, 3-4pm Eastern Time http://www.earthsave.org/radio.html
Join EarthSave International's Executive Director, Caryn Hartglass during the
live Internet Radio Broadcast. Call in with questions or make comments at
1-888-873-4643; or email your questions and comments during the week to info@earthsave.org.
Can't tune in to the LIVE show- listen to archived shows Hip, earthy, interesting radio team appeals to ‘under 40’
http://www.veganfreakradio.com/ Go Vegan Radio with Bob Linden. Live Web-radio or 218 archived broadcasts.
Fascinating, hard-hitting and motivational. Bob’s opinions, superb
guests, cutting-edge vegan advocacy. Some listeners may overlook a sharp
political edge to find quotable substance, compassion and humor http://www.goveganradio.com/veg/1003/Listen_to_Past_Shows.htm Vegan World Radio Shirley Wilkes-Johnson, 1-800-864-3501 http://veganworldradio.org/vegan_world_radio-main.php
6-min
clip of Gary Yourofsky’s vegan lecture to college students... stirs
questions and key concepts: No religion mandates meat eating; golden rule
includes animals; is slavery peculiar to the human race? can you humanely
slaughter animals? www.youtube.com/watch?v=bagt5L9wXGo
‘Glass
Walls’ is in production, here’s a 3 minute clip: the true story of three
people who agree to do one thing: change what they eat. For six weeks, these
meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers from different backgrounds adopt a vegan
diet and a whole new way of thinking about food http://www.kindgreenplanet.org/programs/glasswalls
A
Cowboy Goes Vegan-
a powerful segment on the Dr. Oz's new TV show, in which a nearly pure-carnivore
cowboy agrees to go vegan to deal with his heart disease, diabetes, and weight
problems. http://www.doctoroz.com/ 'The Age of Stupid' documentary from the Director of 'McLibel'. This
enormously ambitious drama-documentary-animation hybrid stars Oscar-nominated
Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055,
watching 'archive' footage from 2008 and asking: why didn't we stop climate
change while we had the chance? http://vimeo.com/6143388 Healthy
Home Tips for Parents
overview of the health risks from common toxics in the home and how to minimize
them > watch
this informative video Jeff
Novick reveals food label mysteries http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/34.html Chemtrails
vs Contrails
‘HAZE’ is a leading Eco-Doc films on www.youtube.com/Hodinfilms Flu Factories: Tracing the Origins of the Swine Flu Pandemic
60 min. video. Dr. Greger explores the role factory farming played in the
emergence of the current flu pandemic, which has likely infected more than a
million Americans HTTP://WWW.HSUS.ORG/FARM/RESOURCES/PUBS/SWINE_FLU.HTML
Mercy
For Animals
just released a brand new Iowa hatchery investigation video — the facility
filmed is the largest layer-hen hatchery in the world. If this video
doesn’t get someone off eggs,
nothing will http://www.vegan.com/
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/698.html
Ron Paul on Swine Flu The
school lunch scam http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/30.html
Intro
to The World Peace Diet, 12 min. video http://www.facebook.com/l/;worldpeacediet.org/videos.htm …When
schools care- healthy school food http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/31.html Urgent Message from Supreme Master Ching Hai passionate
speech outlines our problem and specifying Veganism as The Short-term Solution
(worldwide savings of $32 Trillion) http://suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sos_video&wr_id=117&url=link3_0#v
CNN Video explains impact of meat production on global warming
to mainstream America. (Wait until commercial is done) http://edition.cnn.com/video/# Got
milk? Got Disease?
Dr. McDougall’s 43 min. video http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/29.html Http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/media_vitd.htm
Video: Widespread
Vitamin D deficiency Today it takes special effort to get Vitamin D and Vitamin D is absolutely
essential for health, especially for boosting your immune system. Studies show
it helps prevents cancer, Leila
Masson is a Harvard-trained pediatrician working in one of the most exciting and
promising areas of medicine -- the treatment of autism. At her
clinic in New Zealand, Leila and her colleagues have been successful in halting
and reversing the symptoms of autism. She has a very high success rate
http://vegsource.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/news/874230757297/ http://www.organic-center.org/news.video.html
6 min. video explains the
organic movement and how switching to organic food can benefit not only your
health, but our planet PETA’s short video is strongly-worded and chillingly-explicit at Meat.Org Dr.
McDougall on Health (in ‘Processed People’) John
McDougall MD discusses how you can avoid the fate that awaits
most people in the Western World. He comments
on what could happen that would cure most of the population from
ill health in a flash -- a global depression where potatoes, fruits and
vegetables were the most affordable foods http://vegsource.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/news/245271044507/ Should
kids eat a vegan diet?
Dr. Leila Masson’s response: http://vegsource.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/news/078082536184/ Woman
goes raw, loses more than half herself CNN reported: Angela Stokes, 30,
was miserable, unhealthy, weighed 300 pounds. She began a raw vegan diet
after reading a book about its health benefits. Stokes lost 160 pounds in
two years, improving her emotional, physical health. She now weighs 138
pounds and has written several books on "raw foodism" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk4sw_rYucg ‘The Shift” a movie being made by a Movement http://www.theshiftmovie.com/
THE
SHIFT is not only a movie-in-progress and a web sensation... it’s a
transcending movement that stems from an uncompromising longing for cultural
reform all across the globe. U Can participate ‘Nutrition
& Behavior’
by Russell
Blaylock, MD http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/page/22.html Severn Suzuki, a young teenager, addresses the U.N. Conference On Environment
And Development http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=dlv6jazflro&feature=related http://www.ci.miramar.fl.us/media/tv/video/green.html
City of Miramar video about its Green Champion Kickoff ‘Food,
Inc.’ The
veil on our nation's food industry is lifted, exposing the highly mechanized
underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer…at a theatre near you Most
of the social change documentaries can be accessed free of charge from
any computer. The streaming is pretty good depending on the connection, and most
are available full screen that can be connected to an LCD projector in case you
want to use them for a movie time http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php ‘Home’
by the very famous photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand ("Earth From
Above"). Released on the same day in over 50 countries and in every
format: TV, movie theaters, DVD and the internet http://www.home-2009.com
or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU&feature=player_embedded. ‘Indigestible’ A new doc will do for the perils of mass-produced food what An
Inconvenient Truth did for global. From conversations with gentle
activist-journalist Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) to scenes of meat
processing plants grinding bone and gristle through ammonia before packing it in
plastic-lined boxes and sending it off to the National School Lunch Program,
director Robert Kenner paints a picture of a highly industrialized food system.
Review: http://www.elle.com/Entertainment/Movies-TV/Indigestible NYC
Veggie Pride Parade 2009
On May 17, EarthSave TV was in Greenwich Village at the 2nd Annual Veggie Pride
Parade, organized by Pamela
Rice of the VivaVegie
Society. Watch this half hour program containing great interviews "Super
Size Me"
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/634.html Are
hospitals killing people via
mistakes in treatment, unnecessary surgeries, drug reactions,
infections...and food http://www.therealfoodchannel.com/videos/getting_dad_off_the_death_diet.html Dan Piraro, creator of
‘Bizarro’ comic strip has numerous cartoons on
veganism. Dan’s intelligent pig character discusses “are human beings
natural meat eaters?” http://www.examiner.com/x-6041-Denver-Vegan-Examiner~y2009m4d12-Animalfree-isnt-so-Bizarro http://www.rawfor30days.com
Reversing
diabetes, a living experiment ‘Vegan: the fastest way to cool our planet’ http://tinyurl.com/veganpart1of4
http://tinyurl.com/veganpart2 Author
of “The Face on Your Plate: The Truth About Food,” former Freudian
analyst Jeff Masson, gave a beautiful talk, captured on video by Jeff and
Sabina Nelson http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/masson_booksoup.htm ‘Why
Be Vegan’ http://veganvideo.org/ What
really makes you sick?
John McDougall, MD, can tell you. It's the food. A one minute video
explains… http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/media_mcdougall1.htm A
Meal To Die For
at The Heart Attack Grill http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4632991n Hemp
cultivation was
criminalized; Ron Paul and Barney Frank have introduced a bill http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/591.html http://www.earthsavetv.com
Going
Green with Caryn Hartglass ‘A
Delicate Balance – The Truth’ is a film documents discoveries by prominent experts on
nutrition. Watching this film will help you make informed choices about your
health and the environment around you and how to reduce your personal impact .. read
more People
in the media talking about the connection between factory farming and human
health… one vegan newscaster who has her own show on CNN is doing just that http://www.vegsource.com/articles2/media_swine_flu1.htm Vegan
Parenting video http://www.shalomveg.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=200&Itemid=90 Short
Film on All Aspects of Vegetarianism/Veganism Leonardo
DiCaprio's The 11th Hour - Purchase a copy online for $5 www.11thhourfilm.com Trailer
for documentary, SHADES OF GREEN: Sustainable Initiatives http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnWijnv5yAM
Susan
Spinnato, Ex. Producer. WKLG Inc. "The Unity School of Christianity and Spiritual
Vegetarianism,"
Part 1 and Part 2. www.earthsavetv.com http://www.carynhartglass.com/activism.html
www.asacredduty.com http://www.mikehudak.com/Presentations/RP_M.mov
http://www.goodfoodthemovie.com/
http://www.nonviolenceunited.org/veganvideo.html
www.ravediet.com
http://adelicatebalance.com.au/userpages/trailers.html www.storyofstuff.com
E
V E N T S 4 U: (Mark your calendar) Jan
30
6:15pm Vegan PotluckSouth The
Latest in Human Nutrition
Dr. Greger has scoured the world's scholarly literature on clinical
nutrition and developed this brand-new talk of the latest in cutting-edge
research. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in
peer-reviewed scientific nutrition journals, here’s practical advice on how
best to feed ourselves to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic disease in an
engaging, interactive quiz show format. Speaker:
Dr.
Michael Greger is
a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, physician,
author, internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public
health issues http://miami.earthsave.org
305-228-1116 Feb
13
8-2am Valentine’s Eve Gala Hosted by Brook Katz Vegan
appetizers and desserts Dance and romance the night away at Island Bar and
Grill 7111 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac (5 min from Fla Tpke, east of
University Dr.) Door prizes at midnight! $15 adv, $20 door
(Admission + Food + 1 free drink + Door prize entry) RSVP vegangirlie@gmail.com
or 954-971-4432 Brook VEGAN
‘CANTINAS’
Fresh Daily Home/Office 3 Course Lunch Delivery. Entrée,
raw/cooked + Soup or Salad + Dessert, raw/cooked. **January Special $8.99+/day
+ Delivery Menu/info> http://galeriegourmet.shutterfly.com/lunchmenu
Galerie Gourmet 138 NW 37 St, 33127 -one blk from Midtown Mall [PAID
ADVERTISER] C’ M O N, T
A K E A C T I O N: Rebuild
Haiti SUSTAINABLY!
After a disaster permaculture design can help bring order and rapid recovery:
simple, low tech solutions to create a safe, sustainable water supply, to grow
food rapidly from existing resources (cultivating local edible “pioneer”
plants which do well in harsh environments, and gradiently incorporating a
stable, sustainable, mature food system while those plants sustain people),
create shelter rapidly from existing resources (earth, fiber, rock, etc),
produce energy locally. DONATE NOW> http://help-for-haiti-from-permaculture/ Environmental
education contest www.SaveTheEarthContest.com
Sponsored by local Sierra Club, developed by Maria Papazian 21-Day Vegan Kickstart Switch to a
healthy, plant-based diet with PCRM’s three-week introduction the vegan
lifestyle. Sign up online to receive daily emails, meal plans, vegan
restaurant guides, and webcasts from Dr. Barnard. Plus Alicia Silverstone share
her vegan diet tips www.21DayKickstart.org!
>
101
Solutions group on Climate Crossroads features a different one every day
until April 22 (the 40th anniversary of Earth Day) Green
Foods Resolutions http://www.farmsanctuary.org/greenfoods/
promote conscientious consumption in your municipality- convince a city council
member to introduce a resolution that encourages constituents to reduce their
“foodprint” by eating lower on the food chain. Though non-binding, a Green
Foods Resolution focuses attention on the animal suffering and environmental
devastation caused by factory farming The
fine print on a can of Raid, a bottle of Cutters contains the words ‘inert
ingredients,’ thousands of chemicals that the pesticide industry is allowed to
keep secret. Center For Environmental Health discovered that some are anything
but inert, causing cancer, genetic damage, reproductive harm, and other serious
health problems. EPA is accepting public comments on a Right To Know
proposal until Feb 22 > http://Pesticide
ACTION Documentary project to showcase the Christian vegetarian movement - looking for genuine, thoughtful email inputs from people who can articulate their beliefs and their lifestyle choices with charm and conviction christianvegetarians@gmail.com USDA
is finally coming out with new rules to better enforce the longstanding
requirement that organic cows must graze on pasture, rather than be
confined in feedlots True
Food Network says ‘Contamination of organic and conventional seeds and crops
by Monsanto’s GMO Alfalfa is widespread. A recent report documented 39 cases
in 2007 and more than 200 in the last decade. Comment to USDA
by Feb 16 > http://GMO
Action? Sabina Fund awards $500 – $1,500 grants to small grassroots groups in over
30 countries for promoting a plant-based diet and respect for animals
www.SabinaFund.org The
government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia calls on the peoples of the
world, social movements and Mother Earth’s defenders, and invites scientists,
academics, lawyers and governments that want to work with their citizens
to the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth’s
Rights to be held April 20-22, 2010, in Cochabamba, Bolivia> http://links.org.au/node/1447 Join EarthSaveMiami’s Facebook and Meetup groups Do
some web research on composting then easily convert your old plastic garbage
pail to a Backyard Composter- recycles kitchen plant food scraps and yard
clippings into healthy soil, saving money on fertilizer, too. M
E D I a:
(Online Links
May Change) Video,
45 min T. Colin Campbell describes his journey from dairy rancher and
animal-protein advocate...to vegan and disease prevention researcher, showiing
that cancer tumor growth could be turned on -- and turned off -- just by raising
or lowering animal protein intake. Only 2 to 3 percent of cancers are
attributable to genes. The rest has to do with lifestyle, and diet is the
primary driver behind several common cancers http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/01/meat-dairy-cause-cancer-video.html Food Sleuth Radio Satisfy your
hunger for "food truth." Join MELINDA HEMMELGARN, M,S., R.D.
(Freelance writer, inspirational speaker, award-winning columnist) for
interviews with the nation's leading experts on food, health and agriculture>
www.kopn.org
EarthSave Radio:
Its All About Food Wednesdays 3-4pm http://earthsave.org/radio.html
Co
O O L S T U F F: Quoted:
Miguel Melgar “In the case of most diseases one does not inherit the
disease but the propensity to that disease. Throughout the evolution of man
these negative genes appear through mutations. Since they are not
triggered they get passed on to the next generation. This has been going
on for thousands, possibly millions of years. In the last 30 to 50 years
we have been triggering these negative genes through the ingestion of
ingredients that are not part of our ancestral diet. This includes
excessive sugar, artificial additives and allopathic medicine.” ‘Veggie
burgers and faux chicken nuggets are making their debut on South Florida school
cafeteria menus’ reports The Miami Herald > School
Cafeterias Expand Vegetarian Options
Hydrochloric Acid The human requirement for vitamins,
minerals and other nutrients remains relatively constant throughout adult life
but our ability to properly digest food and absorb vital nutrients declines with
advancing age, partly through reduced hydrochloric acid production
Medication
side effects are the #4 leading cause of death in the U.S. annually (JAMA
1998). Information to help you and your doctor make informed, intelligent
choices about medications and natural alternatives to maximize the benefits and
minimize the risks of treatment, free of drug company or government influence.
Jay S. Cohen M.D. www.MedicationSense.com
Water
utilities nationwide detected more than 300 pollutants between 2004 and
2009. More than half of these chemicals are unregulated, legal in any amount.
Despite this widespread contamination, the federal government invests few
resources to protecting rivers, reservoirs, and groundwater from pollution in
the first place. Miami Dade results http://Mami-Dade-Water
RESULTS or search by zipcode The USDA recalled 1.24 million pounds of salmonella contaminated salami... So which stores sold the stuff? Bill Marler >posted the details In
the past 30 million years flowering grasses evolved into the forerunners of
wheat, corn, and rice, which now account for half the calories in the global
human diet. A whopping five trillion calories of cereal grains are consumed by
people every day, and two trillion more in the form of sugar, tubers, veggies,
and other foodstuffs made from flowering plants. Added to that, every pound of
meat we eat conservatively represents thousands of calories of commercial
cereals and wild grasses ‘Be
a Flexitarian’ Compass Group executives worked closely with The HSUS
to promote flexitarian eating in it's 8,500 U.S. corporate and academic food
service cafeterias, expanding the variety and supply of meat-free options —
promoting healthier, more sustainable, and more humane eating Mercy
For Animals
is a national non-profit animal advocacy organization. Now over 12,000 members
strong, MFA works to create a society where animals are treated with the respect
and compassion they so rightly deserve The
Peaceable Table
is
published by Quaker ‘Friends Vegetarian Society of North America’ www.vegetarianfriends.net
As
Americans look to make better food choices, Hostess Brands and their
products—Twinkies, Ding Dongs, and Sno Balls—have been taking a beating. The
company lost $144 million in 2008 and just spent four years in bankruptcy Eating Animals J. Foer asks What
justification do I have for eating other animals, but not eating dogs? Yes, dogs are intelligent,
feeling beings, but so are pigs, cows and chickens. Properly cooked, dog meat is
as healthy and nutritious as any other meat. It is also said to be delicious. In
fact, since many people now advocate eating locally produced food and stray dogs
are killed in their thousands in most big cities every year, dogs are the ideal
local meat W
I S E R A D V I S O R: Cultivate friendships- the happiest people typically have at least
10 friends (The Hygienist) EarthSaveMiami
S I N G E R S: Repertoire-
Jay Mankita(Junk Food Man, Sun and Wind, Soil and Rain) Linda Singer(Keep The
Animals Off Your Plate) Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton(Soy To The World, Free The
Cows, Veggie Wonderland) Tim Tye(As You Want To Be) Dana Lyons(Cows
With Guns, The Tree) Suggest your favorite lyrics / join us with
instrument or voice. Contact Bonnie boddicke@fiu.edu A C T I V I S T
C O R N E R:
The Natural
Solutions Foundation is an international NGO. Mission: to discover,
develop, demonstrate and disseminate natural solutions to the problems facing us
and threatening our health and freedom, achieving and maintaining a healthy
self, community and world. At a minimum true Health Freedom requires the free
flow of truthful information about these matters of personal concern. That's why
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote in Thompson v. Western States Medical Center,
decided on April 29, 2002 - 535 U.S. 357: "If the First Amendment
means anything, it means that regulating speech must be a last - not first -
resort." Organic
Consumers Assn: When the organic revolution is complete worldwide, we'll have a
stable climate, a clean, healthy environment, economic self-sufficiency, food
security and good-health for all... following the Via
Organica, the organic
way, we will conserve precious resources including fossil fuels, water, and
land, and thereby eliminate the root cause of resource wars... It is a
revolutionary movement, because it is working to undermine and eventually
replace a rich, powerful, and politically connected industry based upon
life-threatening chemicals and GMOs and exploitation of farm and food workers Free materials to GO VEG
E
V E N T S 4 U: Jan 15 6:30pm Movie
Night
Eating 3rd.
Edition 88 min Over 20 million
viewers. Dr. Crowe and Dr. Esselstyn are from the world-famous Cleveland
Clinic Foundation. If you know someone with heart disease - who doesn't?-
this will probably be the most valuable film they will ever watch and The Rave
Diet is being promoted in wellness clinics throughout the world. Donations
Accepted. Presented by Risen-Sun and Marcus Thomson. Earth-n-Us,
7630 NE 1 Ave, 33138 RSVP 954-856-3775 Jan
16
4-3am 12th Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert at
Tobacco Road 626 So. Miami Ave, Brick ell 305-374-1198 $10 Advance.
Music, Spoken Word, Dance and Movement, Live Painting, Community Speakers
(Patients Out of Time, NORML), Vendors events@ploppypalace.com
Jan
16
8pm Movie Night It's
A Wonderful Life 130 min/1947/B&W Classic Jimmy Stewart.
A good but slightly ineffectual man tries to off himself after an error that
really wasn't his fault. In Christmas Carol fashion, his crusty-but-lovable
guardian angel shows up to give him a tour of the world without his presence,
and it isn't a pretty place. Presented by Risen-Sun. Sugg. movie
donation $5.00. 6:30 3 course organic raw/vegan meal $15.99.
Galerie Gourmet, 138 NW 37 St, 33127 (305) 640-8383 http://galeriegourmet.shutterfly.com/63
Jan
23
10-5pm Mother Earth Fest Unitarian Universalist Cong, 7701 SW 76th
Ave. Eco-Art Show, vegetarian food, Grant Livingston sings, family fun.
Carol
Reiter 305-661-0023 EarthSave Singers will perform and free literature at
EarthSave’s table. Jan
25 7
pm P.A.T.H. Meeting EarthSave’s table distributes samples of healthy
vegan food and educational materials. Museum of Science www.pathusa.org
Jan 26 7pm Free
FIU Lecture
Food
Connections to social issues
Mr.
Gary Yourofsky,
www.ADAPTT.org
Host: Students for Environmental Action "We recognize that throughout this nation's history, other individuals,
acting from conscience have similarly violated certain laws and ordinances. In
our own time, these same principles of nonviolent disobedience to unjust laws
have been applied by such individuals as the Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi and the
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., both of whom were—as was Michigan's Gary
Yourofsky—sentenced to jail for their actions." FIU
TamCampus Rm WC130
786-683-1905 Jan
30
6:15pm Vegan PotluckSouth The
Latest in Human Nutrition
Dr. Greger has scoured the world's scholarly literature on clinical
nutrition and developed this brand-new talk of the latest in cutting-edge
research. Focusing on studies published just over the last year in
peer-reviewed scientific nutrition journals, here’s practical advice on how
best to feed ourselves to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic disease in an
engaging, interactive quiz show format. Speaker:
Dr.
Michael Greger is
a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, physician,
author, internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public
health issues... http://miami.earthsave.org
305-228-1116 Feb
13
8-2am Valentine’s Eve Gala Hosted by Brook Katz Vegan
appetizers and desserts Dance and romance the night away at Island Bar and
Grill 7111 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac (5 minutes from the turnpike, just
east of University Dr.) Door prizes at midnight! $15 adv, $20 door
(Admission, Food, 1 free drink, Door prize entry) RSVP vegangirlie@gmail.com
or 954-971-4432 Brook SUNDAY
BRUNCHES
11:30, 1:30 seatings for healthy, mouth-watering raw/cooked vegan Feast from
$12.00 RSVP @ 305-640-8383 VEGAN
CANTINAS
Home/office delivery. Lunch Plans: soup or salad, main entrée, raw/cooked
dessert. **Special $8.99/day + Deliv. Menu/info>
http://galeriegourmet.shutterfly.com/lunchmenu
Galerie Gourmet 138 NW 37 St, 33127 -one blk from Midtown Mall [PAID
ADVERTISER] C’ M O N, T
A K E A C T I O N: Rebuild
Haiti SUSTAINABLY!
There is much confusion after a disaster, and permaculture design can help bring
order, in a way that will assist more rapid recovery because it will put the
elements of long-term sustainability there from the beginning.
Permaculture offers simple, low tech solutions to create a safe, sustainable
water supply, to grow food rapidly from existing resources (cultivating local
edible “pioneer” plants which do well in harsh environments, and gradiently
incorporating a stable, sustainable, mature food system while those plants
sustain people), creating sustainable shelter rapidly from existing resources
(earth, fiber, rock, etc), and producing energy from available resources DONATE
NOW> http://www.permacultureguild.us/help-for-haiti-from-permaculture/ Tell USDA That You Care About GE
Contamination of Organic Food> http://GeneticModifiedCONCERNSAction
Sign Petition
Asking President Obama to Give Up Eating Meat JVNA advisor Arthur Poletti
set up this petition http://Obama No Meat March 20 Great American Meatout Caring people in
all 50 U.S. states and two dozen countries will publicize the benefits of
plant-based eating. Observed annually since 1985, this year marks Meatout's 25th
anniversary. Activities include leafleting, information tables, exhibits,
feed-ins, video screenings, walks, festivals, and more. This year's theme
is "Eat for Life - Live Vegan!" Join EarthSaveMiami’s Facebook and Meetup groups Jan 30 World Day for the Abolition of Meat
Worldwide six million sentient beings are killed for their meat every hour! That
figure doesn't even count the fish and other sea animals, which of course are
included in the demand for the abolition of meat. Meat consumption causes more
suffering and death than any other human activity and is completely unnecessary www.nomoremeat.org
The National
School Lunch program meals are an important part of 31 million children's
overall nutrition, yet are often high-fat, high-cholesterol and high-calorie
foods. Request non-dairy food and beverage options http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFtcr/zkCf/Bf48 ‘Do
Something... and Soon’ about
Climate Change. Economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman has called
government indolence on the issue “treason.” NRDC attorney Robert F.
Kennedy, Jr. has called it “a crime against nature.” Environmental
journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert has described “a technologically
advanced society choosing to destroy itself,” while James Hansen and Rajendra
Pachauri, perhaps the world’s leading climate scientists, have said inaction
in the next several years will doom the planet Vote
for EarthSave Canada
(currently in second place) to receive charitable funds from Matt and Nat’s sam-sara.ca
campaign. Thank you, Nancy Callan. Do
a bit of web research on composting then easily convert your old plastic Garbage
pail to a back yard Composter- recycles kitchen plant food scraps and
yard clippings into healthy soii M
E D I a:
(Online Links
May Change) ‘Global Dimming’, an extreme process related to Global Warming, is a new factor in
the climate equation >
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/757.html
Al Gore: “I'm not a vegetarian but I have cut back
sharply on the meat that I eat” http://www.youtube...AL
GORE You
‘herd’ Noel Cleland’s rendition of ‘Cows With Guns’ at the Nov
28th Turkey Free MegaPotluck. The charming video Animation
(Animation by Bjorn-Magne
Stuestol, music by Dana Lyons) has been seen by millions on myspace.com,
youtube.com and other servers http://www.cowswithguns...animation
We
Are All One Environmental
Message video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCnWZncHH2Y&feature=related Meet
Your Meat video
Paul McCartney, narrator “If Slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be
vegetarian” www.meat.org Dr.
John McDougall's
1 hour+ video from the 2005 Healthy Lifestyle Expo shows why dairy products are
probably the most unhealthy aspect of the standardWestern diet > http://vegsource.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/r/news/508058358648/ Do
pharmaceuticals make you healthy? The Health Ranger, Mike Adams, offers Big
Pharma $10,000 health challenge, explaining that pharmaceuticals don't make
you healthy; they make you sick! http://www.naturalnews.com/023475_health_Big_Pharma_fitness.html
EarthSave Radio:
Its All About Food Wednesdays 3-4pm http://earthsave.org/radio.html
Co
O O L S T U F F: EarthSave's
message
echos far and wide. London's prestigious medical journal, The Lancet,
recently came out with a series on health and climate change showing that
actions to mitigate global warming can actually benefit human health,
recommending a 30% decrease in livestock production! Top
5 advantages of Eating Raw, fresh, whole fruits, vegetables, and nuts: NY
Coalition for Healthy School Food’s
pilot program entering 15-30 additional schools in NYC >Project Cool School
Food Cool School Food is
healthy, delicious, and it helps to keep our planet "Cool".
Plant-based main dishes contain no cholesterol, are low in saturated fat, and
are high in fiber and phyto-nutrients An extensive list
of cruelty-free food items which contain
EVERY vitamin, nutrient and mineral that the human body requires. A
majority of plant foods are a meal in and of themselves; açaí, alfalfa
sprouts, apricots, asparagus, avocados, broccoli, cacao/chocolate (a bean),
chlorella, garlic, green leafy vegetables, nutritional yeast, pears, spirulina,
strawberries and wheatgrass appear in several categories. www.adaptt.org
(click
ALL ABOUT VEGANISM then click VITAMINS, MINERALS & OTHER NUTRIENTS)
Organic
Empowerment 2010: Ten
Strategic Local Campaigns
Religious
leaders of Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, and other faiths have formed a
growing movement to transform society from their pulpits by emphasizing the connection
between ecology and religion. Their sermons inspire, educate and
mobilize people with topics including climate change, renewable energy
technologies and public policy to cut greenhouse gases. This doesn't mean
environmentalism is turning into a religion, Browning explains, but that
religion harnesses the power of love and faith, both of which bind us to nature,
other humans and the health of our planet and inspire us to take action when
these are in danger > takeaction@edf.org
If
your body temperature or blood sugar changed by 10 percent you'd be in big
trouble. This condition of equilibrium and resistance to change is called
homeostasis. It characterizes all self-regulating systems and applies to
psychological states and behavior as well as to physical functioning. Homeostasis
doesn't distinguish between change for the better or change for the worse. It
resists all change. So... how do you deal with homeostasis? www.chiDiet.com Canines Rocky and Sugar really want this string bean because they
love veggies. Rocky raided Giulio DiBenedetto’s (Miami organic
gardening guru) garden, eating a whole cabbage and a broccoli- who knew?
http://tinyurl.com/yb666b9
Scientist Wendy Brown has found that dogs can thrive on a meat-free diet.
As part of the team of scientists who monitored the health and performance of
Siberian huskies over a 10-week sled-racing season they concluded that
hard-working dogs can perform just as well on a meat-free diet as they do on a
meat-rich diet. However, preparing an adequate vegetarian diet for a dog
is more difficult and time-consuming... As dogs belong to the order
Carnivora, it's often assumed that they are exclusively carnivorous, but in fact
they are omnivores, belonging to the same superfamily within the Carnivora as
the bamboo-eating giant panda and the omnivorous bear W
I S E R A D V I S O R: Each day you’ll consume approx. enough calories so... prioritize carb
calorie contribution to minimize protein and fat for long term health benefits EarthSaveMiami
S I N G E R S: Current
Repertoire- Jay Mankita (Junk Food Man) Joyce DiBenedetto-Colton (Soy To
The World, Free The Cows, Veggie Wonderland) Tim Tye (As You Want To Be)
Dana Lyons (Cows With Guns, The Tree) Suggest your favorite lyrics/join us with
instrument or voice (Contact Bonnie boddicke@fiu.edu) A C T I V I S T
C O R N E R:
Brainwashing
doesn't have to be complicated. http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/770.html
A
powerful exposition by Mary O’Brien on so-called "Risk Assessment"
...what is "acceptable" is a political judgment. What is deemed
"acceptable" is a matter of raw political power. Thus risk assessment
is not a "scientific" exercise -- it is a highly political mixture of
prejudices, biases, guesses, estimates, some scientific facts, and many ethical
judgments -- all masquerading as "objective" science. Risk assessment
always asks the wrong question: it asks how much damage is safe instead of
asking how little damage is possible. Furthermore, risk assessment
conveniently never asks, "Is the proposed activity needed?" It never
asks, "Is the proposed activity ethical?" "All potentially
environmentally degrading activities, public or private, should be subject to
public scrutiny of alternatives. The public deserves to know that those who
pollute, extract, consume, emit, incinerate, or abandon are aware of their
technological options for minimizing disturbance of the environment." > riskassessment
critique
E
v e n t s 4 U PARTEE
was
deemed a huge success as 100 enjoyed Tim Tye message songs, EarthSave Singers
accompanied by Bonnie B, Noel’s rendition of ‘Cows With Guns’, Gladys’
exotic dance, music by DJ Miguel, Dean Richardson’s organic produce, VegJokes,
fab food and great company. Jan
30
6:15pm Vegan PotluckSouth ‘The
Latest in Human Nutrition’ Dr. Greger has scoured the
world's scholarly literature on clinical nutrition and developed this brand-new
talk of the latest in cutting-edge research. Focusing on studies published
just over the last year in peer-reviewed scientific nutrition journals, here’s
practical advice on how best to feed ourselves to prevent, treat, and even
reverse chronic disease in an engaging, interactive quiz show format. Speaker:
Dr.
Michael Greger is
a founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, physician,
author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and
public health issues... [details at http://miami.earthsave.org
Watch
for EarthSave’s table at upcoming community events where we distribute samples
of healthy vegan food and educational materials SUNDAY
BRUNCH
starts Jan 3 at Wynwood’s newest organic vegan cafe, Galerie Gourmet.
11:30
or 1:30pm Seating. RSVP at 305-640-8383. Put a twist on your Sunday
and join us for a healthy, mouth-watering feast. Prices start at $12.00.
Located at 138 NW 37 Street, Miami 33127 -one block west of Midtown Mall.
Info and location map> www.galeriegourmet.shutterfly.com
[PAID
ADVERTISEMENT] C’MON, T A
K E A C T I O N: Miamians
in the running- Dr.
Flora (on Pg 28) and Tim Tye (Musician) are among 100’s of raw food
educators, musicians, products vying for your vote https://VOTE
Now Join
local Sustainable Food and Urban Gardening Hub http://localfoodmiami.ning.com/ The National
School Lunch program meals are an important part of 31 million children's
overall nutrition, yet are often high-fat, high-cholesterol and high-calorie
foods. Request non-dairy food and beverage options http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFtcr/zkCf/Bf48 Vote
for EarthSave Canada
(currently in second place) to receive charitable funds from Matt and Nat’s sam-sara.ca
campaign. Thank you, Nancy Callan. Do
a bit of web research on composting then easily convert your old plastic Garbage
pail to a back yard Composter- recycles kitchen plant food scraps and
yard clippings into healthy soii M
E D I a:
(Online Links
May Change) Bernando LaPallo, 108 year old man, dispenses health advice,
stress avoidance, prevention, vegetarian food to Paul Nison
http://www.giveittomeraw.com/profiles/blog/list
‘Food,
Inc.’ online!
Filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing
the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American
consumer. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of
corporations that often put profit ahead of: consumer health, the livelihood of
the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Google
for download sites... Angry
Mermaid Award given to Monsanto:
among 8 corporations responsible for impeding action against global warming,
Monsanto wants RoundupReady soy to be considered a “climate-friendly” crop
www.angrymermaid.org <video award
presentation "If it comes in a box,
bag, bottle, or can -- it's automatically suspect. The only safe place in
the supermarket is the produce department. "The subject of BPA comes
up from time to time and then is quieted down. Video> http://controversy
BPA EarthSave Radio:
Its All About Food Wednesdays 3-4pm http://earthsave.org/radio.html
Healthy
in 2010 Based
on research by Neal Barnard, M.D. the 21 Day Vegan Kickstart gives you an
all-access pass to: Celebrity Tips, 21-Day Meal Plan, Community Forum,
Daily Messages, Nutrition Webcasts, Restaurant Guide http://21day_vegan_kickstart Video
in Spanish:
Razones para no comer Carne
- Sabiduría Védica Interesting
film 'Veni, Vidi, Vegani'
6-min
clip Gary Yourofsky’s vegan lecture to college students... stirs
questions and key concepts- no religion mandates meat eating; golden rule
includes animals; is slavery peculiar to the human race? can you humanely
slaughter animals? www.youtube.com/watch?v=bagt5L9wXGo C
O O L S T U F F: “We,
the people, are as healthy as the environment (soil). If the soil is laced with
toxic chemicals, our bodies will also be. We are never separated from the
environment. Healthy Soil = Healthy Produce = Healthy Life” -Rafael
Rodriguez 2010
New Year's Resolution: Eat Organically "USDA
Organic" seal means: * Food is at least 95% organic * Contains
No genetically modified organisms * Not irradiated * Employs
positive soil building, conservation, manure management and crop rotation
practices * Provides outdoor access and pasture for livestock *
Refrains from antibiotic and hormone use in animals * Sustains animals on
100% organic feed * Keeps records of all operations * Inspected
annually by accredited Third-Party Organic Certifier EarthSave's
message
is echoing in more places. London's prestigious medical journal The Lancet
recently came out with a series on health and climate change showing that
actions to mitigate global warming can actually benefit human health, and
recommending a 30% decrease in livestock production! U
of Rochester research shows that experiences with nature can affect our
priorities and alter what we think is important in life. In short, we become
less self-focused and more other-focused. Our value priorities shift from
personal gain, to a broader focus on community and connection with others http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=moral-call-of-the-wild
Organic
Consumers Association
(OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit 501(c)3 public interest
organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability; deals with
food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health,
corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key
topics; the only organization in the US exclusively promoting the views and
interests of an estimated 50 million organic and socially responsible consumers
http://www.organicconsumers.org Kids
Love Mother Earth
wants to build the foundation, an environmentdren will experience the –
“Mother Earth” to child relationship - and vice versa. This learning
environment will allow children to explore, touch and learn about Mother Earth
without fear and encourage children to protect and promote the protection of
Mother Earth to their parents, relatives, friends, and the world www.klme.org SCIENCE
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Dec 22 Basics:
Sorry, Vegans: Brussels Sprouts Like to Live, Too By NATALIE ANGIER Want to eat more ethically? It may be more complicated than just giving up meat. [This article tantalizingly implies that vegans should live on air and water. We humans are part of the natural order with rights to our appropriate nutritional sources. These happen to be plant-based, so let us develop a sustainable system of raising food, manage the entire process humanely, and minimize collateral damage within the organic Web of Life- Jeff’s View] Episodes
of food poisoning may have serious long-term consequences -- including
kidney failure or mental retardation -- particularly among children, researchers
say... most foodborne pathogens can cause severe disease in some small
probability of cases... kidney failure, paralysis, seizures, hearing and visual
impairment, and mental retardation
http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/16990
The
Organic Center predicts that in 2010, GMO corn seed prices could be as
much as three times higher than prices for conventional corn seed. GMO soy seed
prices are expected to be 42 percent higher than the original 1996 GMO soy. The
medical toll remains unknown http://www.anh-usa.org/new_site/?p=1493
Tomato Seed Extract Thins Blood,
by Justine
Van Der Leun Could millions of people trade in their daily dose
of aspirin
for tomato extract? European Commission confirmed Fruitflow,
contributes to healthy blood flow, and allowed manufacturers to use such claims
in advertising. Like Aspirin it can reduce the severity of a heart attack.
However, aspirin increases the occurrence of gastric
ulcers, abdominal
bleeding and bleeding in the brain during a stroke http://fruitflow-tomato-seeds
Changing the World Vegan
Outreach recently distributed our 11 millionth booklet! And everywhere, people
are talking about factory farming, the downsides of meat, and the benefits of
vegetarianism. From new ballot initiatives and legislation, to Meatless
Mondays in schools, to investigations of brutality and exposés on E. coli, to
Time’s cover story “The Real Cost of Cheap Food,” more and more people are
considering their food choices www.VeganOutreach.org
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