Roman emperor, animal rights, environment, and our attitude

Our apparently noble attitude towards animal rights, environment, and some other issues, is not all that noble. What is the problem? This is a talk Mahat gave at the Krishna Lounge on March 25, 2010. To hear a more indept analysis of this topic, hear this: [Audio clip: view full post to listen][download]

Local Garden

You may find the following video of interest especially nowadays when more and more people talk about local economy, local food production, eco issues, etc.

Global warming?

Hey everybody, what do you think about this one? The first video is a hook. The major body of the argument, or it’s substance, is presented in the second video. Note that this presentation is nicely linking with our post titled “Cap & Trade.” I must add that I by no means support industrialization of [...]

The Story of Cap & Trade

The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the “devils in the details” in current cap and trade proposals: free [...]

Meat the Truth

Livestock produces 40% more greenhouse gas emissions than global transportation. 16 pounds of grain is needed to produce one pound of beef. Every year 760 million tons of grain fed to livestock = it could solve global food shortage 14 times…