Sustainable development blog : ecology and humanitarian aid

In this glorious month of November 2009, the Vegan Society supports the World Vegan Month and asks people to take a pledge not to eat meat or any animal products for a day, a week or a month. Hopefully, they didn't ask that in December for, as a French, I couldn't have survived without the Christmas and New Year "foie gras"...

Just in case some of you didn't already know (yes, some people don't go out much on sundays) : a vegan is one who tries to live a life free of animal products. Vegans eat a plant-based diet, with no components from animals : no meat, dairy, eggs or honey. A vegan lifestyle also avoids leather, wool, silk and other animal products for Read more »

"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge This is what the sailor, lost at sea, says when he realizes he's going to die from thirst in the middle of the ocean. And so shall we say when fresh water supplies will have disappeared...

According to a recent article I read (click here to read it), 70% of sustainability experts think that