I AM
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Win a copy of the I AM documentary by Tom Shadyac by answering two questions and providing your snail mail address.
1. What’s wrong with our world?
2. What can we do about it?
This moving, inspiring film won the Audience Choice Award and the Student Choice Award at the Mountain Film Festival in Telluride Colorado in May 2011. More info about the film http://www.iamthedoc.com/
1. What’s wrong with our world?
2. What can we do about it?
This moving, inspiring film won the Audience Choice Award and the Student Choice Award at the Mountain Film Festival in Telluride Colorado in May 2011. More info about the film http://www.iamthedoc.com/
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What do you want to do before you die?
Frank wants to experience love again and Cafe Gratitude thinks they might be able to help. |
Howard Lynman, the 'not so' Mad Cowboy |
Howard Lyman was a 4th generation farmer for 39 years. He talks from personal experience when he says animal agriculture is unsustainable and ecologically dangerous. His experiences range from working in large organic dairy farms, to beef cattle and animal factory feedlots. In 1979, Howard suffered a spinal tumor and was paralyzed from the waist down. The consequential operation he had to remove the tumor changed his life forever. As a result, he decided to dedicate the rest of his life to teaching people about the truth behind what they eat. His revelations are astounding. http://www.madcowboy.com/
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In a world where violence and cruelty is considered normal, veganism is the only antidote. On a planet ravaged by human gluttony, veganism is the ecological environmental solution earthlings need. Veganism is humanities only civilised step into a cultural revolution designed to eradicate violence on earth. Human acceptance of vegan living is about 21st Century leaders refusing to buy into the cruel and destructive practices of an industrialised past. It is about creating a sustained, ecologically enlightened history of human unification called freedom for all.
“I am the change I want to see in the world"
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"It doesn't matter what species you're from, any more than it matters what race or gender you're from, the pain is the same. So we should all have the same sort of respect, morally speaking" - Dr. David Ryder
“When I entered the theater to see Mark Devries's film Speciesism: The Movie I was a speciesist. When I came out I could no longer justify the treatment of animals with any rational arguments because they were all demolished in this brilliant and compelling film. The intellectual debate over speciesism is now over.” – Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, |
"when something is happening in our world, the cry is always the same "we want to be free"..
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The Economics of (human) Happiness
globalisation is the powerful force of change today. It is the fundamental cause of many of the problems we face today, and an ongoing threat to self-reliance, happiness, spiritual well being and people focused cultures.
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Humans aren't physiologically designed to eat meat, said Cardiologist William C. Roberts. "I think the evidence is pretty clear. If you look at various characteristics of carnivores versus herbivores, it doesn't take a genius to see where humans line up," read more....
living the great compassion
"This beautiful documentary (below) shows us, how works an embodiment of unlimited compassion. Great inspiration for our lives. May all beings be free from suffering. May all beings live in freedom, peace and happiness" ~ Peter Randis
Dr. Paul Gilbert is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and Director of the Mental Health Research Unit, Derbyshire Mental Health Trust. He has has authored over 20 books, including The Compassionate Mind. See his Workshop on Compassion on Change Psychology
Putting the Horse before Descartes
Global economics is already out of date. The renewal of localised economies of scale is the only option a cultural community has left, to ensure its humanity survives environmental change.
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture. She is the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh and co-author of Bringing the Food Economy Home. A particular focus of Norberg-Hodge's is the impact of the global economy on culture and agriculture and in particular the root causes of our social and environmental crises.
If you were aware of just how much 20th Century industrialisation continues to normalise human cruelty, you'd also be aware that human cruelty is the key reason why we will not survive earth. Not buying the by products of cruelty is the easiest way to erase another's violent acts from our infecting our guts. Diabetes, heart attacks, strokes and cancer are all by products of accepting abused, growth hormone and antibiotic medicated, animal carcasses commonly known as meat. The animal abuse industry is also the biggest contributor to global warming. Not buying meat products will stop animal abuse from abusing you. Protecting yourself and your family through not buying meat, will also protect the species that you used to eat from further abuse. Diminishing the number of domesticated animals being abused will force true farmers back to caring for the earth we all need to not only live but survive.
If humans were industrially farmed what do you think the conditions of that farm would be? Is it that we are all being infected by industrial farms without being aware of it? How does animal abuse influence your tummy? Do you truly want to eat chemically induced, war abused, dead domesticated animal slaves?
Do you believe that you should do unto others as you would have done unto you?
Peacefully stop human cruelty by not buying into the tortured life of another. Eating chemically induced, physically abused animals condones the sadistic practice of animal abuse, no matter how it may be packaged. Don't be their devil. Refuse to eat meat.
If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian ~ Linda and Paul McCartney
There is a substantial body of research showing that when a person is cruel to animals, they are more likely to be cruel to people as well, that animal abuse is more prevalent in homes in which domestic violence occurs, and that when any form of violence is present in a home, no one is safe... read more
Why do humans continue to scavenge animals when modern living now allows us to be the civilised human beings we profess ourselves to be? When humans first discovered they could eat the flesh of another by cooking it, would it be fair to say the practice of eating whatever dead bodies you could find was good for the survival of the species? Yet today, in an age of 7 billion people who need a bio-diverse eco-system for their survival, would it be fair to say that the scavenging instinct has way passed it's use by date? Being conditioned into eating the carcass of another living being is not the same as needing to eat that carcass of another to survive. Especially when medical scientific evidence keeps pointing to the eating and drinking of other species as the essential reason why humans get inflammation of the intestine and gut and diseases like diabetes, colon cancer, arthritis, obesity, gout and coronary heart disease that Dr Daniel Amen says is as a direct result of an unhealthy brain. Eating meat is not healthy for our brain!!
The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which occurred by at least 2.6 million years ago by human scavengers... read more
The first major evolutionary change in the human diet was the incorporation of meat and marrow from large animals, which occurred by at least 2.6 million years ago by human scavengers... read more
When philosopher Bernard Rollin was six years old, he visited an animal shelter and was told about unwanted dogs being put to sleep. The event shaped his moral outlook and initiated his concern for how animals were treated. In his irreverent memoir, Putting the Horse before Descartes, Rollin provides an account of how he came to educate himself and others about the ethical treatment of animals and work toward improvements in animal welfare. Rollin describes, in witty, often disarming detail, how he became an outspoken critic of how animals were being treated in veterinary and medical schools as well as in research labs. Putting the Horse before Descartes showcases the passionate animal advocate at his best. He recalls teaching veterinary students about ethical issues. He also recalls face-offs with ranchers and cowboys about branding methods and roping competitions in rodeos. In addition, he describes his work to legally mandate more humane conditions for agricultural and laboratory animals. As public concern about animal welfare and the safety of the food supply heighten, Rollin carries on this work all over the world in classrooms, lecture halls and legislatures, meetings of agricultural associations and industrial settings, as well as in print. Putting the Horse before Descartes, ultimately, is more than a memoir. Rollin offers a wide-ranging discussion of ethical issues in many settings and he testifies to the myriad ways that people of good conscience accept their ethical responsibility in regard to animals.
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It’s been more than two decades since the first edition of this landmark book garnered public accolades for its sensitive yet honest and forthright approach to the many disquieting questions surrounding the emotional debate over animal rights. Is moral concern something owed by human beings only to human beings?
Drawing upon his philosophical expertise, his extensive experience of working with animal issues all over the world, and his knowledge of biological science, Bernard E. Rollin — now widely recognized as the father of veterinary ethics — develops a compelling analysis of animal rights as it is emerging in society. The result is a sound basis for rational discussion and social policy development in this area of rapidly growing concern. He believes that society must elevate the moral status of animals and protect their rights as determined by their natures. His public speaking and published works have contributed to passage of major federal legislation designed to increase the well-being of laboratory animals. This new third edition is greatly expanded and includes a new chapter on animal agriculture, plus additional discussions of animal law, companion animal issues, genetic engineering, animal pain, animal research, and many other topics. |
The superiority of humans
respect begins at HOME
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