Mad Cowboy Author (he used to be a cattle rancher and is now vegan)

This is part 1 of his talk. He's a great speaker and has a talent for looking at things logically and with an open heart. This is something everyone has to watch. He wrote a book called The Mad Cowboy that is excellent if you have friends that are interrested in a really good reason to consider the vegan lifestyle.
It's very moving to see someone come so far from where they started out, and I'm grateful that somebody is mentioning Al Gore in this equation. Why doesn't Al Gore talk about the number one greenhouse gas emitting cause in An Inconvenient Truth?? Here's your answer my friends: He was raised on a cattle farm and he doesn't want to go vegan or actually make real change. He only offers expensive and mostly unaccessible ways of "going green". When you don't mention the easiest, most powerful, mass-population accessible, free method of saving the planet, then your motives are suspect at best. Watch the second half of The Mad Cowboy's talk here:
part 2

Need to get away from my computer.

This is a picture of my friend Nat and I in Costa Rica years back. I wish I was there right now, laying in the water where the river meets the ocean at low tide. We used to lay in the middle on the sand with the river washing over us from one direction and the ocean from the other. What a magical place. I've been spending way too much time inside. The computer is very alluring, but the lakes and forests win every time. (Photographed by Lila Rose). More of this series of photos are at this link:

Diet For a Small Planet

This book is an absolute must read if you haven't already. It's been around for quite a while now and is still a best seller.

Interesting contest for vegans: win an electric car and cash

I found this posted on youtube. It's a contest designed to increase awareness of the link between diet and the environment. Check it out.

Go Green, Eat Less Meat.

How much plastic is in the ocean you ask?...

This will help all of us understand exactly what we're talking about when we say PLEASE CUT BACK ON PLASTIC. Humans have gone through many different ages - The Stone Age, Iron Age, etc., well this is the Plastic Age. I'm not even kidding. Everything is made of it.

I failed on the first day of my challenge to go a week without buying plastic anything, as I had to get buns for Josh's birthday veggie burgers, and didn't want to put them in the basket because it was dirty. I always bring fabric bags to put the groceries in, but the owners might think I was stealing the buns if I put them in before I paying...I felt so stupid.

I'll go out and buy some see through small fabric bags that I can take to the store next time. They are sold at different places in Kensington Market, throughout Toronto at places like Grass Roots, and of course on-line. Or make them yourself if you can. Maybe I'll do that tonight.

Here is an incredible project that proves we can clean up the oceans in just five years!! What a great Ted Talk :))

how to make creamy caesar dressing!

In a blender:
1 cup water
1/4 cup tahini
1 whole lemon (juiced)
2 teaspoons rinsed capers
3 Tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar (or balsamic)
1 Tablespoon raw agave nectar
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup soaked raw almonds
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Blend until smooth and creamy. That's it! This is my favorite dressing right now. It keeps in the fridge for a few days so you can have it on your salads if you are raw, or pour it over pasta to make a creamy sauce!