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 I traveled in Africa in the 80s, it took around 4 months to cross from the north-west (Morocco) to central (Cameroon) to the east coast (Kenya). I have always found it difficult to get across to people who haven’t been there just how BIG Africa is. Read More: The True Size Of Africa  Climate change will affect rainfall, temperature and water availability for agriculture in vulnerable areas. The danger is that extreme food insecurity episodes will become more common. Read More: Climate Change – One Planet, One Chance  Here are a couple of videos by Nina Paley looking at over population from different viewpoints. Read More: Nina Paley on Overpopulation  Thomas Berry was one of the most profound Catholic philosophers of the last century who dared to take a new look at the world that science was bringing to light and found inspiration in it. Read More: Thomas Berry and the Earth Community  Here is an interesting video about something that most people never even think about: the rich and often complex emotional lives of farm animals. Read More: The Emotional World of Farm Animals  Here is a hard hitting documentary from the Vegetarian Society in England, it was written by Tony Wardle and is narrated by Paul McCartney (the ex-Beatle). Read More: Devour the Earth  This is a short documentary made by The Energy and Resources Institute in New Delhi, with reports on the effects of pesticide use from around the country. The results are, I think, unambiguous and telling. Read More: The Slow Poisoning of India Yesterday I posted an introduction to Ven. S. Dhammika’s new book To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat, and today he has given me permission to publish the book in its entirety on the blog here. Read More: Ven. S. Dhammika: To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat – The Book  I consider Ven S. Dhammika to be one of the more intelligent and thoughtful writers on Buddhism writing today, so I am happy to see he has put his considerable talents to examining the question of vegetarianism in Buddhism. Read More: Ven. S. Dhammika: To Eat Or Not To Eat Meat – Introduction  The Buddhist calendar calculations are based on the Lunisolar year. Important dates (like the Awakening) being commemorated on the Moon cycle, and the Moon cycle itself being adjusted to fit in with the Solar cycle. Read More: Days, Months and Seasons in Pali  Adivasi traditions and practices pervade all aspects of Indian culture and civilization, and the extent and import of Adivasi contributions to Indian philosophy, language and custom have often gone unrecognized.  Earlier this month I showed a film made by Yann Arthus-Bertrand called HOME. Today I am showing an extract from a video made of some of his stills photography taken from the air in both hot-air balloons and helicopter. Read More: Earth from Above  Here I have collected together some statistics from the film HOME in a sequence which is worthwhile spending some time contemplating. Read More: HOME: The Statistics  The visuals in the film consisting mainly of aerial photography, give a bird’s eye view of the planet which helps to situate not only the inter-connectedness of all living beings, but also our own position in its evolution. Read More: HOME: The Film  Tomorrow I will be showing the documentaryHOME as this week’s Friday Night Video. I consider it one of the most important documentaries of the past decade. The HOME of the title is our fragile Earth. Read More: HOME: An Introduction  Although the story recorded here is not found in the Pāḷi Canon, nor to my knowledge, anywhere in the Canonical texts of the other schools, it has a certain verisimilitude that gives it some authenticity. Read More: The Buddha goes to War  This is quite possibly the most relentlessly violent and shocking film you will ever see – that’s if you are able to see it through. Many people are not able. Read More: Earthlings and Speciesism |
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