Friday, 11 July 2008
Sunday, 6 July 2008
The Hidden Giant #1: “Food” — Vegetarianism : Planetsave
The Hidden Giant #1: “Food” — Vegetarianism : Planetsave: "."
At a time when environmental degradation and massive environmental problems have become increasingly obvious and harmful to human health (as well as the health and existence of many other species), meat production per person has nearly doubled. Granted, there are many contributors to the environmental crises we face, but this is one of the largest and, at the same time, one of the most hidden and least discussed.
For more information on the relationship between food and the environment, take a look at the UN FAO report or this webpage on the link between food and the environment.
We are the top of creation, as they say, and as we proceed, so does our planet.
We may proceed in destruction, including taking the lives of nature’s more highly evolved species to “satisfy” our tongue and stomach.
Or we may proceed in more highly evolved care for life.
Our actions come back to us.
It is a more important issue than saving the environment that sustains us, physically, but it is a critical issue in this realm as well and should not be ignored just because it is considered to be more important to the realm of morals and spiritual life.
Life is to be cherished, and not only the life of our own, but the lives of our brother and sister animals and organisms.
Without taking care for the lives of other highly evolved creatures, we threaten our own lives and the lives of our future generations.
This is a great forgotten issue in many environmental discussions and societies.
At a time when environmental degradation and massive environmental problems have become increasingly obvious and harmful to human health (as well as the health and existence of many other species), meat production per person has nearly doubled. Granted, there are many contributors to the environmental crises we face, but this is one of the largest and, at the same time, one of the most hidden and least discussed.
For more information on the relationship between food and the environment, take a look at the UN FAO report or this webpage on the link between food and the environment.
We are the top of creation, as they say, and as we proceed, so does our planet.
We may proceed in destruction, including taking the lives of nature’s more highly evolved species to “satisfy” our tongue and stomach.
Or we may proceed in more highly evolved care for life.
Our actions come back to us.
It is a more important issue than saving the environment that sustains us, physically, but it is a critical issue in this realm as well and should not be ignored just because it is considered to be more important to the realm of morals and spiritual life.
Life is to be cherished, and not only the life of our own, but the lives of our brother and sister animals and organisms.
Without taking care for the lives of other highly evolved creatures, we threaten our own lives and the lives of our future generations.
This is a great forgotten issue in many environmental discussions and societies.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Thieves steal Joy Division singer's memorial stone - Yahoo! News UK
Thieves steal Joy Division singer's memorial stone - Yahoo! News UK
SICK BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thieves steal Joy Division singer's memorial stone
Reuters
Reuters - Thursday, July 3 01:50 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Thieves have stolen a memorial stone for Ian Curtis, frontman of the influential post-punk band Joy Division.
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The stone, bearing the epitaph "Love Will Tear Us Apart" -- the title of the band's most famous song -- was taken from Macclesfield Crematorium in northern England on Monday or Tuesday, police said.
Fans from all over the world would travel to the site to pay their respects, often leaving messages and tokens behind.
A married man, Curtis committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 23, shortly before the band, an inspiration for many other groups and musicians, were due to begin a U.S. tour.
He had struggled to deal with the demands of combining home life and being in the band, the strain of epilepsy and falling in love with another woman. His personal troubles were often reflected in dark, painful lyrics, which he wrote.
Local officials have appealed for the stone's return.
"I'm shocked this has happened," said Bill North of Macclesfield Borough Council. "Someone's gone to a great deal of trouble to remove the memorial stone and I hope our appeal will help return it as soon as possible."
Curtis's widow Debbie had been informed, the council said.
"This is a very unusual theft and I am confident that someone locally will have knowledge about who is responsible or where the memorial stone is at present," said police Inspector Gareth Woods.
Curtis returned to prominence after two films about his life were released last year. After his death, the three other members of Joy Division went on to form the successful band New Order.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Keith Weir)
SICK BASTARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thieves steal Joy Division singer's memorial stone
Reuters
Reuters - Thursday, July 3 01:50 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Thieves have stolen a memorial stone for Ian Curtis, frontman of the influential post-punk band Joy Division.
(Advertisement)
The stone, bearing the epitaph "Love Will Tear Us Apart" -- the title of the band's most famous song -- was taken from Macclesfield Crematorium in northern England on Monday or Tuesday, police said.
Fans from all over the world would travel to the site to pay their respects, often leaving messages and tokens behind.
A married man, Curtis committed suicide in 1980 at the age of 23, shortly before the band, an inspiration for many other groups and musicians, were due to begin a U.S. tour.
He had struggled to deal with the demands of combining home life and being in the band, the strain of epilepsy and falling in love with another woman. His personal troubles were often reflected in dark, painful lyrics, which he wrote.
Local officials have appealed for the stone's return.
"I'm shocked this has happened," said Bill North of Macclesfield Borough Council. "Someone's gone to a great deal of trouble to remove the memorial stone and I hope our appeal will help return it as soon as possible."
Curtis's widow Debbie had been informed, the council said.
"This is a very unusual theft and I am confident that someone locally will have knowledge about who is responsible or where the memorial stone is at present," said police Inspector Gareth Woods.
Curtis returned to prominence after two films about his life were released last year. After his death, the three other members of Joy Division went on to form the successful band New Order.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Keith Weir)
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