Eat up!

As I gaze out the window to the world from my cubicle, on this cloudy overcast Vancouver day, I wonder, where in the world is summer? Yesterday was the Summer Soltice 2010?

Last year, Vancouver experienced an Indian summer that lasted into August and created bumper crops across the fruit board, resulting in a plethora of tasty huge and ripe local fruits that everyone was eating into the fall. I was stuffing my face with giant, succulently sweet blue balls of goodness (blueberries) until Christmas! Loved it!

This year, I’ve heard through the grape vine that it has been so chilly and un-sunny that our fruit crops are suffering. My friend Larry owns apple and peach orchards in the Okanagan, and he drives a truckload down and gives out boxes to his students and friends on Commercial Drive at the end of summer. But this year, he’s not so sure how many box loads we'll get. I’m worried too! What’s going on?

Ever heard of contrails? I watched a YouTube video a couple months ago with my mom and aunt entitled “Global Dimming”. Very very fascinating.

Anywho, my point is that things are changing rapidly and everyone is aware of it. So let us not give up and become ostriches that stick bird brains in the sand! Let’s keep staying aware!

This month, the UN released a new report stating that a global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change. Big news. Check it out: UN urges global move to meat and dairy-free diet

On Friday, the Globe & Mail published are article entitled: Eat up – we may soon witness the decline and fall of a food empire. The article outlines how societies from the Roman empire to imperial Britain crumbled as their food supplies crashed.Thought provoking ...

The more I think about being a vegan, the more I am.

Post script: I must stress that I am not a perfect vegan*, though I endeavour to be. More blogging on that to come.
*Side note: I think that it is philosophically impossible to be a 'perfect' vegan in our society, or any society for that matter (more blogging on that too, to come).