Posted on July 10, 2009 by zoeweil
“Full disclosure: I love to eat meat. I was born in Memphis, the barbecue capital of the Milky Way Galaxy. I worship slow-cooked, hickory-smoked pig meat served on a bun with extra sauce and coleslaw spooned on top.
“My carnivore’s lust goes beyond the DNA level. It’s in my soul. Even the cruelty of factory [...]
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Posted on June 1, 2009 by zoeweil
I was kayaking on the bay where I live this morning, enjoying the bobbing seals who didn’t seem to mind my presence, and breaking a line through the thick carpet of spruce pollen that floated on the ocean. When I turned around to return home, I was struck by several newly constructed mansions on the [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2009 by zoeweil
With the Swine Flu (H1N1) scaring people away from eating pigs, articles like “Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat” in the New York Times, and environmentalists’ success at drawing connections between beef and global warming, more and more people are eschewing red meat. Unfortunately, many are replacing red meat with “white” — that is, [...]
Filed under: Environmental Preservation, MOGO (Most Good), animal protection, food and diet | Tagged: animal protection, food and diet, pigs, MOGO choices, factory farming, veganism, environmental protection, cows, chickens, white meat, red meat, animal welfare, fishes, plant-based diet | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 6, 2009 by zoeweil
The New York Times March 29 magazine cover article was a profile of renowned physicist Freeman Dyson. Freeman Dyson does not believe that global warming is a problem. While he admits that he cannot know this for certain, it’s his contention that concerns about climate change are overblown and misguided, that other issues (e.g. poverty) [...]
Filed under: Environmental Preservation, Least Harm, global warming, systemic change | Tagged: climate change, climate skeptics, Freeman Dyson, global warming, physicists, precautionary principle, systemic change | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 4, 2009 by zoeweil
Swine flu has been renamed. Why? Largely because pork producers are worried that people won’t eat pig flesh from fear that they will get swine flu from bacon. And this could negatively impact the industry, which, during a recession, nobody but animal and environmental protection advocates seem to want. It’s true that you can’t get [...]
Filed under: Environmental Preservation, animal protection, food and diet, language, politics, systemic change | Tagged: animal protection, CAFOs, disease, environmental protection, epidemics, factory farming, framing, H1N1, health issues, industrial agriculture, language, pandemics, swine flu | Leave a Comment »
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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Posted on February 4, 2009 by zoeweil
In my previous blog post, Desire ≠ Wisdom, Part 2 , I mentioned the issue of people having more than two biological children. Before posting, I reconsidered. I worried that readers with more than two children might feel judged by me. Many of my friends have more than 2 biological children, so let me be [...]
Filed under: Environmental Preservation, U.S. policy, human rights, population, systemic change | Tagged: Environmental Preservation, human overpopulation, human rights, population issues, social justice, systemic change, taboos | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 28, 2008 by zoeweil
In E Magazine’s “The Greenie Wars: When Green Groups Clash, It Leaves an Environmental Impact” author Joanne Isaac discusses the conflicts that arise between animal protection advocates and conservation advocates. According to the article animal advocates strive to protect individual animals from harm, exploitation, and unnecessary death, whereas conservationists strive to protect species and habitats, [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2008 by zoeweil
In the August 4 Ethics Newsline , you’ll find the results of a research report that asked the question: Which is more important: Economic Growth or the Environment? The answer to this question, from a Harris poll, is:
“As economic conditions worsen, people who are asked to make a decision between protecting the environment or economic [...]
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