To listen to episode 008 of the Earthix Podcast, please click here or search for Earthix on iTunes. NASA recently discovered seven Earth-like planets that orbit a dwarf-star named Trappist-1. Some of these planets are within a habitable zone, meaning not too far from, and not too close to, their sun, making this the most realistic … More 008 | Life on Other Planets
Last week a leopard shark, limp and near death, washed ashore on a local beach in Monterey. After being wrongly hooked and dragged through the water in a fight with a local fisherman, the shark was released, only to be pummeled by the tides, its ocean home suddenly an unforgiving onslaught. My friend happened upon … More 273 Million Thoughts on Why We Must Stop Eating Fish
Civil rights advocate and scholar of critical race theory, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality in 1989 to describe how multiple forms or types of oppression combine to affect people differently depending on their various social identities. In our latest podcast we discuss our own experience learning about intersectionality in activism, including: what first … More Intersectionality & Veganism | 007
Germany has gone and done the seemingly impossible. Its Ministry of the Environment has banned meat. Yep. Barbara Hendricks, Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety under German Prime Minister Angela Merkel, has banned meat at official environmental ministry functions. Hendricks cites the environmental degradation associated with meat consumption as cause for the … More Germany’s Meat Ban and the Enforcement of ‘Belief’
There are days that feel hopeless in our fight for nonhuman animals. Days when we wake up to another horrific undercover investigation at Tyson Foods. There are days we see yet another, “but bacon though” commented below a Toronto Pig Save video that has us choking back tears at our desks. As vegans, we know … More One Conversation, One Small Win
There it is again. It creeps like a shadow and stinks vaguely of something rotting under the floorboards. That low grade sense of hopelessness pervading our days, making our time spent as human beings feel futile, lulling us into apathy and chronic, emotional fatigue. I read all the same headlines as you do, and though … More Five Films that Will Change the World
In episode 006 of the Earthix podcast we talk about how we want to contribute to the greater good by doing good. We discuss various certification programs we are completing, plans to help others minimize, veganize, and zero wasterize their lives all with the hopes of unearthing what truly matters: contribution and compassion. Mentioned … More Earthix Podcast 006: Plans & Vision
