Environment

The Case for Wholesome Veganism

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A great number of different people think that the word vegan means a great deal of different radical things, however the official definition – managed by The Vegan Society – is really quite rational: “A philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude – as far as is possible and practicable – all forms […]

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The Problem with Compostable Plastics

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I live on a beautiful 12-mile island in South Carolina named Hilton Head Island. It’s a small coastal community with roughly 40,000 year-around residents and 3 million annual visitors. Most people who now live on Hilton Head Island first visited, sometimes for decades with their extended families, before moving here so the island is filled […]

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In Pursuit of Less Plastic

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One of my early school writing assignments was a biography of my cousin ten years my elder who was pursuing her environmental law degree. She has been my own Rachel Carson inspiring me for decades to care about the health of Earth and the impact we have on the only environment in which we live […]

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