FOCUS ON THE BEAUTY FOR A CHANGE, WILL YA, JACK? Where the wild things are. Pierce Point Ranch, Tule Elk Reserve, Point Reyes National Seashore – Jack Gescheidt, JackPhoto.com I’m painfully aware that I mostly write about problems (as I see them); like wild forests being threatened with logging — rebranded as “thinning” or “management” …
Yet another article detailing how the cattle industry is destroying soil and wildlife habitat in the American West — and accelerating the climate crisis by heating the planet. READ FULL ARTICLE. Some EXCERPTS: • Cattle are well known emitters of methane, through belching and manure. But in the arid and fragile West, they’re …
If you read just one article this month about the climate crisis, read this one (CLICK HERE). 2 big takeaways: What you eat matters – and eating less meat is key. (For most people, eating meat, especially beef, is a lifetime habit, but it’s heating the planet as fast as our burning fossil fuels — …
World leaders ignoring role of destruction of nature in causing pandemics – Damian Carrington, Environment editor, June 4, 2021 EXCERPT: Ending the destruction of nature to stop outbreaks at source is more effective and cheaper than responding to them, scientists say. The root cause of pandemics, the destruction of nature, is being ignored, scientists …
May 29, 2021 – America hasn’t done it yet – but France just did. Too much money and entrenched political power exercised by the meat & dairy industries for the U.S. government to take even these simple, reasonable, first steps France just took, encouraging people to eat more plants, and less meat, to reduce greenhouse …