#local – A Plant Fueled Body: a persons transition to plant based diet and lifestyle

Planting

Planting trees to caption carbon out of the atmosphere is a priority. There is no other technology out there for that. It will become more urgent over time because of all the wildfires and human intervention on our forests. There was an ambitious plan by the Sikh communities initiative to plant 1 million trees inContinue reading “Planting”

Our revolution!

Human nature versus our environment, inspiration by dinner conversation with family members. We are herbivores by birth but live in a society of omnivores. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. There is always claim by the media that we aren’t herbivores. Think of our ancestors. They hunted to fit into nature at that time. NatureContinue reading “Our revolution!”

Electoral reform in Canada (and elsewhere where there is none).

Electoral reform is something Canadians talk of, but it doesn’t become a reality. Believe it or not, the first time a politician spoke of it is in 1921. It’s been hundred years and has not been adopted. Our current prime minister spoke of bringing it for the election in 2019. That didn’t materialize like allContinue reading “Electoral reform in Canada (and elsewhere where there is none).”

Miscellaneous or not, make the connection to our dietary issues on earth

There is a 104 billion short fall from the 1960’s to now on taxes collected, according to a The Star article while back. Because of not taxing corporations effectively. As you may have figured out, it could be used for the reduction of poverty and any other major issue, you name it, we could fixContinue reading “Miscellaneous or not, make the connection to our dietary issues on earth”

Promote local

Pesticides that are banned in the US finds it’s way in foods in other trade partner nations. They also tend to comeback in foreign produced foods as ingredients back to US. Our food system right now is broken. As someone said, because we grow animal feed in Brazil, take that on a truck for 3000km,Continue reading “Promote local”

Our change- is knocking!

If you’re already on a plant based diet, then more likely you care about your ecological footprint and the planet. Why not do things like going low to zero waste, traveling less, and building everything in communities to have basic needs such as employment, education, food and health care. United Nations, sustainable development goals (https://sdgs.un.org/goals)Continue reading “Our change- is knocking!”