Archive for September 12th, 2008
Otters Holding Hands
Posted by jennifer, September 12th, 2008 - under Community.
Tags: Animals
Comments: none
This is one really cute video of two otters at the Vancouver Zoo, click here.
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Eating Whale in Tokyo
Posted by jennifer, September 12th, 2008 - under News.
Tags: food, Whales
Comments: 45
Some people worry about whether a particular food tastes good, others whether it is healthy, while some concern themselves with the ethics of food production and consumption.
There are two criteria that I consider valid when it comes to ethical food choice: 1. Is the harvest of the animal sustainable, and 2. Is the killing [...]
Emissions Not Making Rivers Run Dry: A Note from Stewart Franks
Posted by jennifer, September 12th, 2008 - under Opinion.
Tags: Climate & Climate Change, Murray River
Comments: 100
IS the ongoing drought in the Murray-Darling Basin affected by climate change? The simple answer is that there is no evidence that CO2 has had any significant role. Like it or not, that is the science.
In fact, the drought was caused by an entirely natural phenomenon: the 2002 El Nino event. This led to particularly [...]
Whale Meat as a Western Taboo
Posted by jennifer, September 12th, 2008 - under Opinion.
Tags: food, Organic, plant, Whales
Comments: 95
It’s free-range, organic and tastes like an exceptionally tender eye fillet. I am referring to the whale meat, lightly roasted in black pepper, I enjoyed Tuesday night in Tokyo.
The Japanese delegates at the conference I am attending here in Tokyo thought it unusual I was keen to try whale.
“Its taboo for Westerners,” was [...]


