Big Meat is trying to green-wash cattle farming (again)
Farming cattle for human consumption is one of the most unsustainable practices, yet the meat industry keeps denying its role in the climate crisis. A few weeks ago, a friend sent me a link to an event that was part of New York’s Climate Week. The panel’s title was...
Cambridge University must make good on its promise to trash meat
Cambridge University has claimed that it is doing away with meat in order to make meals more sustainable, but continues to offer a meat-heavy menu. The University of Cambridge announced it would be “closing a chapter on meat” this past summer. Since July, the school’s...
Arguments in favour of meat eating are often ableist
The ways in which people think of and compare humans to animals is misguided and egotistical due to its ableist nature. Ableism is the discrimination of individuals who live with a disability. As an individual with a form of Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy...
Why is the world so full of climate apathy?
Climate activist Peter Kalmus breaks down the ways in which climate apathy is a hinderance to change even in the era of natural disaster. I became a climate activist 16 years ago. Back then, not many people cared about climate change. The eye rolls were audible. Media...
A guide to cooking with nutritional yeast
New to nutritional yeast? Nutrient-rich and bursting with umami, nutritional yeast flakes have been a vegan cheese substitute for years. Now nooch is going mainstream. New to nutritional yeast? You could be forgiven for giving it the cold shoulder. For starters, it’s...
