To the list of things I'm terribly embarrassed to admit, add that I didn't realize until sometime in the last year that Food Not Bombs, founded in 1980, beyond being a generally peaceful, nonviolence-promoting, social justice-focused grassroots movement,

There is some confusion about the exact date of National Hotdog Day. Some say July 19, others celebrate on July 21, 22, or 23. But no matter; there is never a good day to eat hotdogs. Here are three reasons why hotdogs should be off the menu today and

The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on vegetarian diets that concludes such diets, if well-planned, are healthful and nutritious for adults, infants, children and adolescents and can help prevent and treat chronic

On Wednesday, July 22, the Cancer Project, an affiliate of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nonprofit organization that advocates vegetarianism and alternatives to animal research, filed a class-action consumer fraud lawsuit to

I recently watched Earthlings and cried the whole way through. There has to be something I can do to reduce all of the suffering of the animals we use as food, I thought. And then I read THE CHINA STUDY and was shocked to learn how unhealthy the Standard

THE latest celebrity battle cry hit the headlines with considerable clout recently, as ex-Beatle Paul McCartney rallied the troops for Meat-Free Monday. With high-profile support from fellow members of the glitterati Chris Martin and Sheryl Crow, to name

With the incredible number of vegetarian web sites out there, the online veggie world can be hard to navigate. Here is a list of the Top 10 vegetarian sites as determined by VegNews, a popular award-winning magazine that covers topics including food,

I have spent the past 25 years working for a more sustainable world. I have campaigned to save endangered species and to protect the rainforest; for stronger pollution controls, standards for greener products and laws to cut emissions of climate-

In 2007, Ebrard launched an ambitious 15-year eco-action policy called "Plan Verde" (Green Plan) to address many of the city's woes. Taking lessons from Bogota, Columbia, Plan Verde is addressing city transit issues, in part, with bikes. The capital's

If you´ve just become a vegetarian or are really thinking about it, join me here! Let´s try bringing more people into this healthy and humane life style. I used to be a meat lover (till last week), but then I decided I would stop being a