ColumnAre oysters cruelty free? That’s up to you. There are few things more guaranteed to spark controversy than a discu…
Veganism
Friday Five, Vol. 6
A weekly roundup of EcoSalon’s top stories. Before we all have a big love fest for bamboo, let’s get to know it a …
The Conscious Case Against Veganism: A Reader Rebuttal
Editor’s note: Laura Hooper Beck is a vegan writer, the founding editor of Vegansaurus, Editor-at-Large for VegNew…
The Conscious Case Against Veganism
Why the sustainable path may not lead to veganism. For nearly a decade, I was an evangelical vegan – a born-again,…
Can You Be an Environmentalist and Still Eat Meat?
This is not a new question or a new debate, but perhaps for the first time, two non-meat eaters took different sides in …
Think Cheese Is More Eco + Humane Than Meat? Think Again
Cheese is my weakness. Camembert and cheddar, stilton and swiss, mozzarella and mascarpone, gouda and goat’s chees…
How Much Protein Does a Body Need, and What Types Are Healthy for You & the Environment?
It’s increasingly difficult to decide what to eat these days. Between factory farming, overfishing, mercury contam…