“The last great exploration on Earth is to survive on Earth” — Robert Swann I was brought up in the Hindu tradition founded on the axiom, “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, which translates to “all life on Earth is one family”. Along those lines, a viral post on social media...
Collective action taken today can limit the rise of new zoonotic diseases and mitigate the risk of future pandemics. And yet, while touting the benefits of social distancing, the mainstream media does not breathe a word about species distancing: maintaining a respectful distance between homo...
Isn’t it time we stopped using animals? The CDC has estimated that three out of every four new or emerging diseases in people come from animals and yet we haven’t taken the elementary step of eliminating our animal exploitation practices. Just think that every time we...
When it comes to third grade arithmetic, you know, addition and subtraction, our leaders appear to lack those simple skills....
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it” — Upton Sinclair Disappointingly narrated by climate scientist, Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired an episode of “Global Wierding” that was filled with disinformation on Veganism...
A Vegan World is unstoppable. The only question is whether we choose: Option A: (Vegan World 2026!) the world goes Vegan in the next few years, by 2026, for ethical reasons and to preserve the remaining biodiversity of the planet, or Option B: (Vegan at 1 Billion)...
Imagine if after sculpting David, Michelangelo had been berated by the wealthy Medicis who funded him for the mess he made with the shards of marble chips lying all around him on the floor! Imagine if the Medicis made him crawl on all fours cleaning...
In response to a petition by concerned citizens, the Government of Canada stated: “According to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s National GHG Inventory, enteric methane emissions from cattle accounts for 3.5 percent of the total emissions in Canada, the carbon footprint of Canadian beef is one...
he animal agriculture industry kills an estimated 1.04 - 2.77 Trillion animals each year, most of them wild animals. This frenzied killing is the LEADING cause of the Sixth Great Mass Extinction that is ongoing today. An estimated 60% of all wild animals were killed...
Paul Chatlin had a big problem. He couldn’t walk 10 steps without feeling excruciating pain in his chest. He went to the cardiologist who diagnosed him with a 100% blocked artery and two 65% blocked arteries. So far, Paul’s story is the same as every other...
How to do the Greenhouse effect/Thermostat species school demo with: 1. one child to represent the Earth, 2. one stuffed toy to represent Mother Nature, 3. one stuffed toy to represent animals, 4. one long green blanket to represent greenhouse gases, 5. Vegan World 2026! buttons...
Vegan is our natural state of being. Therefore, we don’t need to become Vegan as we already are Vegan if we would not deliberately hurt an innocent animal unnecessarily. However, we all have to go Vegan in order to align our actions with our already...
As we approach the period of Lent - a season of reflection and hope - I write you today...
In the latest installment of his series on “Master Ideas on Indian Civilization,” Prof. Michel Danino, a French-born Indian author, scholar of ancient India and visiting Professor at IIT Gandhinagar wrote, ”Two of India’s longest texts, Mahabharata and Ramayana, are nothing but attempts to capture dharma’s...
n 2013, Paul Chatlin had a problem. A big problem! One of his arteries was 100% blocked and two others were 65% blocked. His heart was enlarged, its right side thickened and he couldn’t walk 10 steps without feeling excruciating chest pain. Fortunately for him,...
It has been empirically established that when 10% of the population acquire a strong new ethic contrary to the majority, the majority will tip over to that new ethic quickly. Veganism is the ethic that it is wrong to deliberately hurt innocent animals unnecessarily. The nice...
I wake up every morning and meditate for an hour before beginning my day. That hour-long meditation grounds me and makes me more effective in my work throughout the day. I consider my work as that of a fire fighter. The Earth is on fire, literally...
Vegans are a diverse bunch. Some Vegans are enthusiastic about lab grown meat and some, not so much. From an ethical perspective, Veganism is about abolishing animal slavery/objectification and respecting all life. To understand the situation of lab-grown meat from the standpoint of ethical Veganism, I...
Insight has landed on Mars and has just sent back the first images. I am proud of my IITM classmate, Dr. Gani Ganapathi, and his fellow engineers at Jet Propulsion Labs and at NASA who made this happen. These are the finest explorers of our...
The Hindu Epic, Mahabharata, is the gospel of change. Every character in the epic symbolizes a human characteristic and it contains stories, essentially case studies, on how we can nurture our uplifting tendencies and overcome our degrading tendencies towards personal and social change....
“Mahishasura was a bad Demon. He had received a boon from Lord Brahma that no man could defeat him and therefore, he became very arrogant. He went around destroying the planet, killing the animals and the Gods were powerless to stop him. They pleaded with...
It is undisputed that humans killed 60% of wild animals from the pre-historic era to 1970. We killed another 52% from 1970 to 2010. That percentage increased to 58% from 1970 to 2012. At that rate of killing, in this system and culture of normalized...
A global change to a nonviolent Vegan lifestyle is becoming more and more urgent today. In our Prevent Year ZERO campaign, we show that if things don't change, humans are on track to kill virtually 100% of all wildlife by 2026, mainly to support our...
About 3 years ago, I was visiting India on a project field trip when the main news in New Delhi was the spate of farmer suicides occurring on a daily basis. And I was shocked to discover that the farmers were committing suicide because they...
n the Great Turning, Joanna Macy outlines three dimensions of the Great Transition from an industrial-growth, ownership society to a life-enriching, stewardship society: 1. Block that which is destroying us. 2. Create something new to replace it. 3. Change our story and relationship with the Earth....
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][qode_simple_quote text_title_tag="h4" author_title_tag="h6" simple_quote_text="“Plunge into battle, but leave your heart at the lotus feet of the Lord”" simple_quote_author="— Bhagavad Gita" quote_symbol_color="#c1c1c1"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] In the 2014 documentary, “Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret,” we saw how the heads of non-profit organizations and government...