In a recent radio interview we did with Cris Spinner on WVOX 1460 (you can hear the interview here), a listener asked us to comment on the impacts of the animal agriculture industry. This is potentially an enormous topic of discussion and, unfortunately, the time allotted did not allow for too deep an exploration of […]

Every one of us is born with the potential to be compassionate. Who among us has not been moved by a photo, film or personal encounter with someone who is suffering? Perhaps that person may look, speak, pray or think differently than we do, yet that matters little, because compassion is a fundamentally human experience. […]

“Money prospers. Life withers. We cannot eat, drink, or breathe money. No matter how fat our bank accounts or advanced our technologies, we depend on Earth’s health for food, freshwater, clean air and a stable climate.”  – David C. Korten In the last decade or so, and certainly since the still stinging recession of 2008, […]

We’ve all heard that the alarming rise in measurable greenhouse gas particles in our Earth’s atmosphere is driving the growing crisis of global climate change. That, in turn, is leading to sea level rise, extreme weather events, species extinctions, toxic air pollution, coral reef destruction and, potentially, human habitat devastation, climate refugees, widespread hunger and […]