This week’s Change the World Wednesday was to go vegan for one whole day. I think one of the difficulties about a challenge like this is our tendency to immediately focus on the things we can’t eat and reject substitutes as weird or dissatisfying. It’s true that I have yet to find a vegan mac [...]
Posts Tagged ‘veganism’
4 May
Thoughts on Honey & Sustainable Sweeteners
Sugar is hell on the environment, and we eat far too much of it. Even though the familiar white and pink bag looks totally innocuous, sugar (according to a 2004 WWF study) is responsible for more biodiversity loss than any other crop (yes! more than palm!). It’s a water and chemical intensive crop, and processing [...]
7 Aug
Vegan Week Recap
It’s a day early, but I’m officially ending vegan week. Like a bad relationship, a promising start fizzled into something where my vegan diet and I sat sullenly in the same room and stared at opposite walls. Up until about Wednesday, things were great. I had fun trying out new recipes, enjoyed the moral clarity, didn’t [...]
19 Jun
The Dairy Dilemma
I hate to say it, but I’ve come to the conclusion that eating dairy products isn’t really morally defensible. As an ethical vegetarian, I don’t have a problem with eggs; I think it is possible to have happy, free-range chickens laying unfertilized eggs. I don’t have a problem with using animals as long as they’re treated compassionately and fairly [...]
