Health
A category for any posts to do with healthy lifestyles, minds and bodies…From maintaining a healthy diet, vegetarianism, meditation and massage, to giving up smoking…
Video: Eco Yoga Park, Argentina
Here’s a short video compilation of clips I took whilst staying at the Eco Yoga Park just outside Buenos Aires in Argentina. You can also view a photo slide show of the Eco Yoga Park here, and listen to the Eco Yoga Park podcast here. Thanks to all who appear in the video. Pete, [...]
The 7 steps to stop smoking
As a smoker I was a late starter. While friends of mine started smoking at the age of 13, I was never the least tempted. My dad used to smoke on New Years Eve to light the fire works which was easier with a cigarette when there is an ice wind blowing (or maybe it [...]
Green activists ‘are keeping Africa poor’
I’ve just read a very interesting article in yesterday’s Times newspaper, where the British former chief scientist, Professor Sir David King, states that Western ‘do-gooders’ (in this instance NGOs) are impoverishing Africa by promoting traditional organic farming methods at the expense of modern scientific agriculture.
The article states that NGOs from Europe and America are turning [...]
Shun meat, says UN climate chief
By, Richard Black, BBC News, September 7, 2008
People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming, says the UN’s top climate scientist.
Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will make the call at a speech in London on Monday evening.
UN figures suggest that meat production [...]
Podcast: Oil massage course in Chiang Mai
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In Tina’s last week in Chiang Mai, we went to Sabai De Ka Thai Massage to do a one day oil massage course with a lovely Thai lady called Kloy. We had a really memorable day and wouldn’t hesitate recommending [...]
Global hunger: The more meat we eat, the fewer people we can feed
There is more than enough food in the world to feed the entire human population. So why are more than 840 million people still going hungry?
The truth: The more meat we eat, the fewer people we can feed. If everyone on Earth received 25 percent of his or her calories from animal products, only 3.2 [...]
The motivations and benefits of being a vegetarian
People often ask me why I am a vegetarian and for how long I have been a vegetarian. I decided to write a series of articles about vegetarianism because it is close to my heart and there are lots of things to be said about it. In this first article I briefly outline my personal [...]
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