The Man from Mars says:
:rolleyes:
Type: Posts; User: terrace max; Keyword(s):
The Man from Mars says:
:rolleyes:
HG, this is the book to unconvince your friend:
...
I help out with a school garden club. Of the eight children (all between 5 and 12) who attended yesterday, not one could identify the vegetable we were harvesting. It was a leek.
I guess ignorance...
Most garlic is best planted in Autumn - it needs the cold spell to activate formation of the cloves. There is a variety - Printanor - which is best planted in spring though. Generally, garlic likes...
Lol! Go on, give in to it...
Compared to the rest of his dreary solo output, admittedly, not a bad tune - although SPM can't claim much credit for that.
The lyrics, on the other hand, are shit.
What do they know? They voted 'National Front Disco' into second??
Nettle soup can be delicious. I think it needs some salt and plenty of garlic. Nettles are available in the UK when most other local veg is not (April/May) and it's a great source of iron. In fact, I...
I'm with you there Matt. But I'm puzzled by the concepts of 'spiritual essence', 'the bliss of inner light and sound', 'various scriptures' and revering the teacher.
Otherwise, count me in.
Great. We could compare ecopsychology textbooks. What a party. :rolleyes:
Seriously though - they don't let me out after 7 pm so I'll have to refuse. Thanks anyway :)
But skin is semi-permeable...;)
And the lungs are inside and kind of outside too. And the psyche is at least partly 'of the community' and much of the rest is unreconstructed nature ...
And...
Since we're not prioritising reasons can we have an 'all of the above' option?
I can't see where, say, 'health' ends and 'environment' begins - or similarly disentangle any other permutation of...
I guess it comes down to the damage done by shipping produce around the globe - which far outweighs the benefit of it being organically grown. Some organic apples have clocked up more air miles than...
I agree it's frustrating when environmentalists aren't brave enough to reject cruelty to other species. I also find it difficult to understand a vegan who isn't 'green'...
I think we're encouraged...
I'm glad to see this stated so clearly. I think it betrays ecological ignorance to believe human beings are entitled to live somewhere, anywhere, where subsistence depends upon violence and/or...
Here's a list of herbs and vegetables which can be grown in the North of England. Sorry about the formatting - or lack of - didn't have time to sort it out properly.
HERBS
Alexanders
Balm ...
I agree that it's an issue. Mechanised, globalised agriculture is a disaster for all life forms. In its drive for efficiency, the habitats of our fellow creatures have to be destroyed, merely to...
Swiss chard (sometimes called Spinach Beet) is a close relation of beetroot. Not a brassica. I grew something called Erbette this year - which is like a chard for posh people (like me :rolleyes: )....
I knew I'd seen it somewhere...from the Vegan Soc. website - section on calcium:
Collards are close relatives of kale. They are both brassicas - as are cabbage/spring greens, pak choi, brussell sprouts, cauliflower, brocolli, calabrese et al.
Kale is of interest to vegans...
Just to clarify: this is an issue of scale. If you want to enhance the growth of one of two tomato plants then I guess it might be practical to collect wild animal manure. If you're growing enough...
I agree there's little use, per se, in saying food produced using manure, crushed bones etc. isn't vegan (although it isn't per se).
However, I think it is useful to disseminate the information...
If you fancy growing some, there's seeds available here (listed as chinese angelica):
http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/seeds/pages/herbc.htm#Angelica%20Chinese
There's nothing intelligent about being in Scunthorpe in January.
Don't Eat It!!
It's the potato equivalent of a tomato fruit - but very poisonous. Tomatoes, potatoes, aubergines are all in the deadly nightshade family....
I nip all flowers off my potato...
sorry feral - forgot to check where you were in the world :o - maybe there's a local alternative??
you should find the seaweed stuff more kinda 'all-purpose' than tomato food, but they both smell...
Here's one you could try...
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2221
Haven't tried it myself (producing home-made vegan compost is my day job) -but the folk at...
I'm interested in this notion of 'natural' and why - by implication - the planet should somehow cater to human needs. I wonder if it is a remnant of those religious ideas that the earth was created...
Even if it wasn't an ethical necessity - I'd still be vegan simply because of the extra energy it gives me - I do manual labour & look after my four kids so I need all the energy I can...
I agree emphatically, and I'd emphasise that 'want' bit. Once you've made the irrevocable change in your heart to treat all other animals as you'd want to be treated yourself...then the labels, the...
Thank you everyone for this thread - I've found the comments and links really useful.
Although I share Diane's scepticism about some of the science, I find myself eating more and more raw almost...
I was a member of greenpeace for many years, and I'd add Friends of the Earth to your list of worthy organisations. I even stood for election for the Green Party (UK) in that previous life....
...
Hi JM. Last time I checked - the some things I'm doing seemed ok...
I'm sure there's more to your ecological manifesto than platitudes. Please let me know how you believe we actually get from here...
I agree that most adults in the developed world are now hopeless consumer junkies who would shrivel up and die without a good hit to their shopping/pleasure gland every day...!
I guess one way to...
Diane, I feel the decisions you have made are just the sort of things people should be considering in earnest...Conversely, I suspect our economies rely on the vast majority of people continuing to...
I'd suggest that the starting point has to be that climate change is now inevitable and that your veganism and my veganism isn't going to make any significant difference whatsoever.
I also...
I think capitalism has made the plight of animals worse by its efficiency. By this I mean increases in scale of production, speed of production and transport capabilities have exposed 'factory'...
John said this last year:
Sometimes I think we vegans concentrate a little too much on what we consume, rather than what we can provide. Only a vegan household can achieve something like an...
Someone has! (in the UK anyway): http://www.veganorganic.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=71
Unless these, or similar, are adopted widely - mainstream organic can't...
Sorry Cherry - didn't mean to freak you out!
BTW vegan lakeland visitors - the local supermarket chain Booths is ok for some vegan stuff. Well, it sells vegan ice cream, anyway :o