Thought Distillery

Come all ye’ eaters of flesh and purveyors of world salvation! Don’t listen to my admittedly biased opinions on vegetarianism as a more sustainable lifestyle. Instead I invite you to turn to the research (alternate link) of one British scientist, Alan Calverd. Neither "a vegetarian or an animal-rights advocate", Dr. Calverd has outlined in the [...]

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Last night I read a book entitled Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth From the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat. Though the information was really nothing I had not read before, seeing everything organized together provided a very clear framework. Suddenly, like when observing a Monet painting, everything came into focus – except this picture was [...]

I feel like a complete hypocrite. Since June of 1998 I have been on a self proclaimed mission to live my life as much as possible without an automobile. After 5 years of success and righteousness, I’ve fallen down several levels and am now among the ranks of the majority of Americans who own and [...]

Thanks to the cooperative efforts of Bloomingfoods, The Center For Sustainable Living, Harmony School, and Habitat for Humanity I have at last been set out on bale. Straw bale that is. Tonight I attended a meeting of the aforementioned groups to get the low down on the hoe down. Construction that is. Beginning in June [...]