Neither patients nor the environment need the NHS to keep on serving factory-farmed meat – or any meat at all

Robbie LeBlanc
guardian.co.uk
Thursday 29 January 2009 09.30 GMT
I saw a little sign on the tip jar at a US airport cafe recently. It said, “Scared of change? Leave yours here!” Human nature makes us resist change. There’s a biological reason for this. Our ancestors knew that if they ate unfamiliar foods, they might die. Not much [...]

Viewpoint: The Low-Carbon Diet. Change your light-bulbs? Or your car? If you want to fight global warming, it’s time to consider a different diet.

By Mike Tidwell
 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 [...]

Artful beekeeping | Nectar Corridors

Architecture
Artful beekeeping
Berliners need you to sponsor sculptural hive

By Stephan Orsolini and Erika Mayr
Editor’s Note: In September 2004, two Berliners, Stéphane Orsolini and Erika Mayr, visited Detroit after participating in the German-funded international Shrinking Cities competition. They greeted the city with a proposal for urban beekeeping [...]

An Oasis of Urbaculture

In the middle of busy San Francisco, a community farm creates green jobs for low-income locals and youth, makes fresh food available at a small fee, educates the community, and promotes a sense of “people’s power.”
http://us.oneworld.net/article/357083-an-oasis-urbaculture
From: Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)