National Wildlife Refuge or National Wildlife Refuse?

Posted on March 30, 2009 by zoeweil

Recently, my husband and I spent a day at Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge in Steuben, Maine. This refuge, located on a thin peninsula in the Gulf of Maine comprises a few miles of rocky beach surrounding heath, bog, and forest. It’s a beautiful spot in a sparsely populated county in a sparsely populated state, [...]

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Gratitude for MOGO Options

Posted on March 27, 2009 by zoeweil

We’re in the midst of our first MOGO Online course – a month-long opportunity to participate in activities, exercises, and an online forum with fellow classmates, all designed to help participants utilize the 3 Is of Inquiry, Introspection, and Integrity in their effort to make MOGO choices. One of the participants in the class is [...]

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What is MOGO Communication?

Posted on March 25, 2009 by zoeweil

I find it very challenging to consistently communicate effectively and non-judgmentally about those issues that passionately concern me. In a recent blog post I wrote about my friend who didn’t want me to say anything about her McDonald’s lunch (not that I was going to); but, what if I had such great communication skills that [...]

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Weapons of Mass Instruction

Posted on March 23, 2009 by zoeweil

I recently finished John Taylor Gatto’s new book, Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher’s Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Education. I highly recommend this book. It’s a passionate, and controversial, indictment of schooling, and as a humane educator who’s trying to work within the existing educational system to bring humane education courses to [...]

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Cascade and Me: The Power of Advertising

Posted on March 20, 2009 by zoeweil

I grew up watching about 6 hours of TV per night. I always hated the commercials, and that’s when I’d do my homework or get something to eat. I was always amazed that companies wasted their money on ads because, I thought, who would believe them? In fact, I remember clearly thinking this about the [...]

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An Apple by Any Other Name: Language and Change

Posted on March 18, 2009 by zoeweil

In this month’s issue of Ode Magazine, editor-in-chief Jurriaan Kamp writes, “What do the terms ‘organic apples’ and ‘social entrepreneurs’ have in common? Both are pleonasms; they contain unnecessary repetition.” I pride myself on avoiding sexist, specieisist and biased language. I use humanity not mankind, and she or he, not it, when referring to animals. [...]

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Zoe Weil Interview on WERU Radio – Listen Live!

Posted on March 16, 2009 by zoeweil

Zoe will be speaking on WERU FM radio tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17 at 4 pm EDT, about the Institute for Humane Education and about her new book, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life. Tune in or listen to the live stream online. (Posted by Marsha Rakestraw, IHE’s [...]

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Most Good, Least Harm in Sacramento Book Review, Body & Soul Magazine

Posted on March 16, 2009 by zoeweil

We at the Institute for Humane Education wanted to share the great news that IHE President Zoe Weil’s new book, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life, received a positive review in the Sacramento Book Review, calling it “…an amazingly useful way of thinking and acting….” And, a [...]

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McDonald’s, Integrity and Choice

Posted on March 16, 2009 by zoeweil

I remember many years ago when a friend sat next to me on a bus with her bag from McDonald’s, and while I said nothing about her food, she turned to me and said, “Don’t tell me anything about McDonald’s, Zoe. I don’t want to know.” I was shocked by that. I couldn’t relate at [...]

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Gratitude to Unsung Heroes: Undercover Animal Rights Investigators

Posted on March 13, 2009 by zoeweil

I’ve always been so grateful for those people willing to do undercover investigations. Such work requires such courage, commitment, and sacrifice, and I consider undercover investigators profoundly unsung heroes. In Time, you can read an interview with one such investigator who has been working undercover in the animal agriculture industry. Now I’m even more grateful [...]

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