Eating a plant-based diet doesn’t have to be boring
The secret to successful plant-based eating lies in balancing flavours and textures with a variety of ingredients. I grew up in a multicultural household – my father is Norwegian, my mother Bulgarian and Danish – and spent my early years in Tanzania, where, in the...
Live animals should not be used in surgical residencies
The use of live animals in training during surgical residencies is cruel and increasingly unnecessary. When John J. Pippin, MD, was in medical school years ago, live animals were a normal part of learning human physiology. In Pippin’s case, it was dogs, he...
How to help children navigate climate anxiety
Presenting climate change in a more nuanced manner will help kids feel empowered, rather than feeling they are starting a battle they have already lost. At 21, Olivia Vesovich has already put more on the line for the climate fight than most people, regardless of age....
Why we need people to eat less meat and dairy
Meat and dairy are the most carbon-intensive foods by far and we should eat less of them. But the messaging around this continues to be poor. The publication of a major study linking habitual eating of processed and red meat to a greater risk of type 2 diabetes is the...
How dogs highlight our hypocrisy
While we increasingly pamper our dogs, we blithely accept the torture of pigs. Pigs are mostly invisible to us before they end up as sausages on a plate, so we typically ignore their suffering. Over the past couple of decades, dogs have evolved into humans. Well, at...
