By Bharathi Shiva Wanda Embar (WE) is the Founder of Veganpeace, a website dedicated to “inspire people to strive towards a more peaceful world where animal and human rights are respected and honored.” Embar, who was born in Leiden, the Netherlands studied mathematics at the University of Leiden and later at the University of Toulouse, [...]
Madhu Verma is the brains and spirit behind SoCh in Action, a Singapore based non-profit that organises a yearly event to showcase the best social change initiatives by children between the ages of 9 and 14. The event is just around the corner, with the ” Be the Change” Exposition to be held on Saturday, [...]
By Bhavani Prakash Today sees an important report being released by Greenpeace Australia against GM wheat trials in the country. These trials are clearly, as the report alleges, a result of government-industry nexus, rather than for the interests of consumers or farmers. Featured here are the various GM campaigns in Australia and the people behind [...]
By Bhavani Prakash Who would have thought that the humble and ubiquitous house sparrow (Passer domesticus), normally taken for granted in urban surroundings is actually now an endangered species? According to Veterinary World , in most of Europe and countries like India, sparrow populations are rapidly declining – with bird counts showing a drop in [...]
“While we can do many things to reduce our carbon emissions, many of these things are much less effective than changing our diet which, in terms of individual action, is the best thing we can do.” – JAMES HANSEN Meat-free days are a campaign to reduce anthropogenic climate change and improve human health and animal [...]
It was indeed enlightening to hear Prof. T. Colin Campbell, author of the path-breaking book “The China Study” share his lifetime work of over 5 decades, on Saturday, 18th July 2009 at the Singapore Conference Hall. Many of things he said certainly challenged some of my long held notions, and I’m sure those of several [...]
