Update on The Mewar Angithi: Amazing Cook Stove Testing Results

A Government of India approved Cook Stove Testing Center has confirmed that the Mewar Angithi, a $1 device, really does turn a traditional stove (chula) into one of the best high efficiency cook stoves on the market.

The Mewar Angithi: A $1 Device that Transforms a Traditional Chula into a High Efficiency Cook Stove

The controlled use of fire, and more specifically cooking, is a fundamentally human creation that has allowed us to become who we are, an ingenious tool-wielding species that dominates over all other species on Earth. And yet, our infatuation with fire, and specifically cooking, is...

Cowspiracy: Bending the Arc of the Moral Universe

"Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret" is a documentary that did a lot last night to help the arc of the moral universe bend towards justice. Cowspiracy premiered last night in San Francisco to a rousing, cheering, standing ovation for the intrepid filmmakers, Kip...

The Environmental Message of Deepavali

Sanathana Dharma, meaning "Universal Righteousness" and popularly known as Hinduism, is truly the science of enlightenment. At its core, it is based on the simple principle, "Let Go." Its fundamental premise is that every human being is entitled to be enlightened,...

The Khadi Movement of the 21st Century

Gandhi was fighting for the independence of India. We are now fighting for our survival and for the survival of our children and grandchildren.

Gandhi inspired the people of India to make that one simple change, to take that voluntary step of changing their clothes. We...

The Dalai Lama and Veganism

“A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.” His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

We would like His Holiness to accept our request that he go vegan...

Evolving Towards Utopia

In his memorable opus, "Why the West Rules - For Now: The Patterns of History and What They...

The Water Habit

When environmental activists don't talk about food consumption, but leaflet people about low-flow shower heads that save 5 gallons of water per person per day, they are missing the big picture and are doing the public a great disservice. Food is the big elephant in...

Score One for Science

"It is scientific to be saying what is more likely and what is less likely, not proving anything right." - Richard Feynman.

Go Solar or Go Vegan – What Should We Do First?

It is very clear that fossil fuel use is going to decline and perhaps end during the 21st century in response to climate change. It is also very clear that a global shift towards veganism will occur during this century to save...

Eating Babies

“Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they’re only animals.” - Theodore Adorno.

"Who eats 11-year old oxen? These people are nuts," said the Climate Scientist. And I replied, "That is true, we only eat babies."

On the Ecological Ponzi Scheme

Humans have now built a global industrial civilization around an unsustainable, ecological Ponzi scheme that's now teetering on the brink of collapse...

In Search of Vegan Climate Scientists

The off-site social for the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Berkeley, CA, was standing room only. I was excited at the chance of connecting with many climate scientists who contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

A Ceaseless Vigil for Bill and Beyond

What happens when your foot gets stuck in a hole and you injure your leg accidentally?

If you are Lou, you will be scheduled for slaughter along with your healthy brother, Bill, to be processed into hamburgers.

Save Bill Now: Choose Love, Not Slaughter

Green Mountain College (GMC) in Poultney, VT, conducts a Masters program in Sustainable Food Systems, whose central premise appears to be that 19th century animal farming methodologies and 21st century human consumption patterns lead to a sustainable world.

Save Bill and Lou Tour: In Sunny Florida, Lou Lives on for Ever

Lou is no more. Lou lives on for ever.

Save Bill and Lou Tour: First Stop, Texas

They were wearing cowboy hats and leather boots and they stared at the Save Bill and Lou poster on the side of our Prius. We had just crossed into West Texas on Insterstate 10 and had stopped for a bite of lunch.

SuperStorm Bill and Lou

You have probably heard about Bill and Lou. They are the oxen who served the community of Green Mountain College (GMC) in Vermont for 11 years until Lou stepped into a woodchuck hole and worsened his left...

When Will Al Gore Go Vegan?

Former Vice President Al Gore, the unofficial leader of the world environmental movement, is not yet vegan. Just today, the New Yorker magazine reported that Al Gore was the chief guest at an eight course dinner event in Las Vegas earlier...

Why Religions Must Unite Around Veganism

Wouldn't it be amazing if the Dalai Lama follows up his words with this concrete action and urges his Facebook friends to go Vegan? With signatories of the Durban Addendum such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ela Gandhi (the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi), Bishop Geoff Davies,...

Happy Cows and Pink Elephants

Happy Cows and Pink Elephants are on my mind. After last month's encounter with Al Gore and the Pink Elephant of animal agriculture that he's largely ignoring in his climate change slide show, I've been bombarded with emailed reverberations from the...

When East meets West on Climate Change

A dear colleague observed recently that I seem to have lost faith in the power of governmental policies and markets to solve climate change. Having attended the UN COP-17 meeting in Durban, South Africa last year and watched the sausage making in the international policy...

Dancing with Al Gore

I wish Al Gore well in his dance. As far as I am concerned, he is part of the Dancer who is sending me messages with respect to my own blinders. And I better pay attention and listen.

The Hole Problem

Mr. Gore's slide show itself has devolved into an "I'm right and you're wrong" style diatribe which is unlikely to win the hearts and minds of the intended audience. And therein lies the true tragedy of the training event, that almost 1000 people flew in...

Al Gore and the Pink Elephant

At the root of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, there’s a gaping hole where half of the solution has gone missing and isn’t being talked about. In that hole, a very conspicuous pink elephant is flapping her ears.