The Ecopax PrimerIntroduction
INTRODUCTION “The world is finally becoming globally aware that exponential resource usage in combination with finite reserves is a recipe that ensures our great grandchildren won’t be born.” We can’t really measure what potential there ultimately is in our resource base because technology facilitates such a vastly increased utility. As Buckminster Fuller pointed out in [...]
Encouraging Words
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust Fools fear fate. The hero overcomes it. Be bold! Be fearless! Be free! Awake! Arise! and march forward. – Yesudian We can and are changing the direction of the present environmental crisis. We can heal our [...]
The Physical and Environmental Impact of the Cigarette Industry
The cigarette industry is peddling a deadly weapon. It is dealing in people’s lives for financial gain. – Robert F. Kennedy Most of us, even those who choose to smoke, are aware of the serious health dangers related to smoking cigarettes. Smoking has killed more people in the United States alone than the number of [...]
Common Products and Their Contribution to Animal Suffering
Animals are not test-tubes; they are sentient and inherently valuable beings with lives of their own. – The Humane Society of the United States Be aware of the fact that many of the common products we buy and use everyday contribute to animal suffering, and even to the extinction of species (as in the case [...]
Animal Research In the Medical Field
ANIMAL RESEARCH IN THE MEDICAL FIELD: MANIPULATION OF ANIMALS AND HUMANS “I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of the whole human being.” – Abraham Lincoln The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it. – Axel [...]