Tag: ethics Be the Change: Part 3 of 3 Can we talk about ways to walk against the current because we want to Be the Change? I hope you’ll share your ways too, so we can all learn from… Aloha from Hawaii! I’ve just returned from a heaven of pineapples and papaya, teaching on Maui and Oahu. Thank you so much to my friends there, the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii, and Down… Libby Goes Vegan You know I don’t promote any “isms”–vegetarianism, veganism, raw foodism. I’m secretly a fan of all those movements. But I don’t adopt them as extremist positions because I think… Dear GreensmoothieGirl for Arizona, part 2 of 4 [By the way, that video I blogged on Sunday? Alternatives for milk? We had the wrong video up, but now it’s right!] Amy: What’s the right balance of macronutrients? GSG:… Reversing osteoporosis I got this from Jackie on my customer support team: “We’ve been getting a lot of people asking about whether you can reverse osteoporosis. Can you address this on the… Joe Mercola and GreenSmoothieGirl on agave In the natural health space, Joe Mercola is very much a Goliath, and I’m very much a David. Today’s topic: my affinities and differences with his philosophies. Dr. Mercola responded… being a CONSCIOUS plant eater Yesterday, wow, I sort of mindlessly posted on my Facebook page (find me as Robyn Openshaw-Pay or GreenSmoothieGirl) a group called “No More Blood On My Plate.” Wow. The… Need Motivation? LAST ONE! Part 13 You know that my primary motive on GSG.com is to improve the health of human beings through a plant-based diet. But today we look at figures regarding the treatment… Need Motivation to Eat Less Meat and More Plants? Part 12 of 12 Today, why you’re contributing to environmental damage if you eat high on the food chain: Gallons of oil spilled by the Exxon-Valdez: 12 million Gallons of putrefying hog… Need Motivation to Eat Less Meat and More Plants? Part 11 of 12 Today, more info on world hunger and why you’re contributing to overconsumption of resources eating high on the food chain: Number of people whose food energy needs can be… Need Motivation to Eat Less Meat and More Plants? Part 10 of 12 Today, stats about hunger in the world, and how this is related to a plant-based diet: Number of UNDERFED and malnourished people in the world: 1.2 billion Number of OVERFED… “The plural of anecdote is not data” . . . part 1 of 4 I’m still laughing since I read that most excellent quote–thanks, Katie! When I’m teaching my college students elemental data analysis and research, I tell them my two pet peeves about… Posts navigation 12Older posts >