Animal Agriculture and Our Planet

Intensive  Animal Agriculture uses more water
than any other activity and is one of the leading
sources of greenhouse emissions.
We can all heal the planet and ourselves.
As easy as becoming a vegan.

Graphic and content from Truth or Drought 

" World-renowned nutrition scientist and creator of the glycemic index Dr. David Jenkins in The Globe and Mail on why he advocates shifting to a plant-based vegan diet: "Human health must be linked to planetary health, and how we feed ourselves has a major impact on the planet...Our children and future generations will be horrified that collectively we paid no attention to these issues."

Are you paying attention yet?: http://ow.ly/N38LH

Truth or Drought

I have been collaborating with the founder of
Truth or Drought, today another graphic designer
created this meme, regarding Jerry Brown's comment
on the state of the California drought.
Times are changing!
read the entire post 

Pitayas en Autlán

On May 10, I went to Autlán
to spend some time with my mom
our daily breakfast of pitayas from the market
was colorful healthful lovely way to start our days
I miss her and the pitayas already.

The market in Autlán has so many wonderful fruits
and vegetables, nopales, capulines, huamuchiles
and green juices.

pitaya, prickly red pear

pitayas

pitaya basket

pitayas, capulines, nopales, babies, and warm hearts

nopales y huamuchiles

nopales, huamuchiles, y sonrisas

green juice pretty vendor

Mercy for Animals recognition

I am so honored, humbled, and thankful
for receiving this certificate from Mercy For Animals.
Please do every day something to help the animals,
they suffer immensely and most people still thinks
is OK to kill them, abuse them, cage them, and eat them,
together, we can change that,
help the animals who suffer a lot,
and help the humans live a more dignified
ethical peaceful life.
Thank you MFA!

Herr Gato approving of the certificate

Frau Kitty and me wearing my MFA t-shirt, my favorite!

46

And counting!
Today is my 46 birthday
And I am so thankful to be alive.

My friend perro and his lovely wife cooked
this wonderful vegan dinner for me on Saturday
from the great Afro-Vegan cookbook by Bryant Terry

Black bean and Seitan stew

Smashed potatoes with roasted corn & peas

I am happy to be alive!
To have 2 wonderful cats!
To have a wonderful mom & friends and
To be a vegan!

so many words so little time

I miss blogging
between other social media posts
and so much work
I barely have time to write here anymore
but I miss it!
Today a picture of my big loves
Herr Gato and Frau Kitty

Frau Kitty a bit afraid after her dentist ordeal, has 2 teeth less!

Herr Gato, king of the patio chair

World Water Day

Water is the most precious resource we have
In California we are living a 4th year of 'exceptional drought'
One way to save a lot of water is by eating a plant-based diet.
Animal Agriculture requires a lot of water and resources.
One quarter-pound hamburger takes 621 gallons of water to produce.
That's enough water to take over a month's worth of showers.
While a veggie burger (soy based) takes only42 gallons of water.
Both provide about the same amount of protein!
And the veggie burger has protein, it is healthier for you and our planet

Please visit the website Truth or Drought to better understand
the connection between animal agriculture and droughts.

Oceans collapse 2048 or Meat Out

For every 1 pound of fish caught,
an average of 5 pounds of other marine species
are caught, killed, and discarded.
NASA and National Graphic have studies
saying that our oceans might 'collapse' by 2048,
the amount of oxygen we find on the Earth's atmosphere
is related intrinsically with the acidity of the oceans.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061102-seafood-threat.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/overfishing-could-take-se/

Help save our Oceans, Eat Vegan for a Day
March 20th Meat Out! http://www.meatout.org/

RIP Mr. Spock

RIP Mr. Spock, and Leonard Nimoy.
Leonar Nimoy was a vegetarian,
Mr. Spock, a vegan.

Mr. Spock, Vulcan, a non-violent species, won't kill animals for food

Like most Vulcans, Spock is a vegetarian, but really a Vegan!
Vulcans are a nonviolent species,
which is reflected by their eating habits.
"Ideally, do no harm. . . As far as possible, do not kill.
Can you return life to what you kill?"
This philosophy would most likely imply that
Vulcans are not just simply vegetarians, but VEGAN-
a very strict type of vegetarian who
consumes NO animal products whatsoever.
For example, a Vulcan would see no logic in
raising an animal to consume its eggs,
as that could be considered taking a life.

Leonard Nimoy was a talented artist NOT only Mr. Spock

I Vulcan-salute you Leonard Nimoy & Mr. Spock!

from an older post

crows

Sad day, there are 2 crows around the office,
remember the crows back from 2006?
not sure if they are the same ones, probably
often I leave them Ezekiel back slices of bread
and left over fruit.
Friday morning I only saw 1 crow and was calling desperate,
making loud noises, never saw the other crow coming.
Friday evening, I saw a 'murder of crows',
crows get together to mourn a bird lost from the flock.
[watch this great PBS documentary on crows]

Today there was only 1 crow again.
He came when he saw me, they recognize me,
I left some apple for him,
I am afraid he lost his couple RIP crow #2

pict from 2006, older post on crows around the office

Animals Grieve, they have feelings,
they mourn their families and have complex connections.

All those animals living in factory farms,
chickens, pigs, cows, or the ones in the so-called 'humane' farms
know when a member of their family is dead.

Please stop eating the animals,
it is NOT necessary for you to survive and to be a healthy person
(on the contrary), don't make them go through this time