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Treeheads and Meathuggers - Part Two

June 4, 2009 by dale

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The ‘Middlemen’

I wrote my first post on the subject of Food - “Can you be a meathead and a treehugger?” a while ago now.

Reading the responses (and feeling a bit of a slacker for not having posted anything back yet… :) ) - one element of the (lively) debate that struck me was that there were a number of ‘nutritional beliefs’ in play, beliefs that were in fact modern myths.

I thought it might be useful to examine the top ten of these myths, thinking that if we can deal with the ‘technical reasons’ for not changing diet then we might be left with purely choice driven issues - which might help the focus of debate.

I reached out to Dr Justine Butler of Viva for some help with this and between us, over the past few weeks we’ve compiled a list of the Top Ten Food Myths and busted them.  You can read this here - take a look and see what you think.  And pls feel free to pass the PDF version around.

Pulling this together gave me an interesting new perspective on food choice. It’s probably worth reading this ‘myth busting piece’ first, if you can.  But here’s my new perspective; Continue reading “Treeheads and Meathuggers - Part Two”

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Sea Shepherd Returns From the Whale Wars

February 10, 2009 by dale

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Operation Musashi - SeaShepherdHere’s a final update from Sea Shepherd out on the open sea as Operation Musashi draws to a close.

Sea Shepherd Returns From the Whale Wars

February 9th, 2009
10:00 Hours. (Sydney Time)
15:00 Hours (PST)

The Sea Shepherd ship the Steve Irwin and her crew have withdrawn from the Japanese whaling fleet to begin preparations to return with a faster and longer range ship.

“I have said always said that we would do everything we can short of hurting people to end illegal whaling in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary.” Said Captain Paul Watson. “We have done everything we could with the resources available to us this year. We have shut down their illegal operations for over a month in total. We have cost them money and we have saved the lives of a good many whales. And although we are willing to take the risks required, even to our own lives, I am not prepared to do to the Japanese whalers what they do to the whales and the escalating violence by the whalers will result in some serious injuries and possibly fatalities if this confrontation continues to escalate.”

Continue reading “Sea Shepherd Returns From the Whale Wars”

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A Very Tense Day of Saving Whales

February 5, 2009 by dale

Filed under: Food

Here’s an update that may shed some light on the questions/thoughts that have arisen out of the previous Captain’s Blog I posted up…

Continue reading “A Very Tense Day of Saving Whales”

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Captains Blog - January 29th

February 2, 2009 by dale

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Operation Musashi - SeaShepherdWe kicked off the Food section of this blog with a guest post on the fundamental issue of what we eat (’can you be a meathead and a treehugger?‘) That proved to be a lively subject… :) I’m just pulling together some information now to post some replies.

Meanwhile I’d like to start a new thread - on the same subject but this is not about farming it’s about hunting an endangered species for the sake of money. This post comes to us direct from the Southern Ocean, from the Captain of the ‘Steve Irwin’ as he and his crew of volunteers chase the Japanese whaling fleet across the most dangerous ocean in the world. This is direct action at it’s very best and these are the words of Captain Paul Watson himself. Enjoy.
Continue reading “Captains Blog - January 29th”

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Can you be a meathead and a treehugger?

December 19, 2008 by dale

Filed under: Food

A cow - http://flickr.com/photos/publicenergy/We’re pursuing three areas of interest on Zerocarbonista - energy, transport and food - the big three issues we have to deal with as we transition to a world post oil. As yet though we’ve not really got our teeth into the food issue (pls excuse the pun).

So here we go - kicking off in style with our first ever guest post. It’s from Juliet Gellatley – founder of Viva! - the vegan association.

I first met Juliet (and came across Viva) a few months ago. It was a bit like meeting yourself in another reality. If Ecotricity was about food we’d be very much like Viva. I’ve a lot of admiration for what Viva does and stands for, and for what it’s achieved already.

Anyway, without further ado I’ll hand over to Juliet, who makes a compelling case for a change in diet and the way we ‘make’ our food. Continue reading “Can you be a meathead and a treehugger?”

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The first post!

March 26, 2008 by dale

Filed under: Energy, Food, Transport

Welcome to my first blog.
I plan to be posting at least weekly, but I am sure you have heard all this from new bloggers before – only time will tell……

Why start blogging? Continue reading “The first post!”

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Dale Vince This blog is about answers to the big questions - how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves - in a post oil world, and a world where we can't afford to keep burning things and throwing things away. Energy, Transport and Food are the three big issues.

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