I imagine by now you’ve heard about the work I’m doing in Oakland to stop the city from making it legal to farm and kill animals in the backyard. This is a very hot, trendy, hip issue right now, which is disturbing in its own right that something so...

A recent letter from a podcast listener reminded me of the workshops I led many years ago when I was a youth group leader at a Unitarian Universalist church. I don’t know how much I’ve talked about my early days as an animal activist, but really the foundation of...

For years, I’ve been watching the development of the “boutique slaughter” trend in cities across the country, carried out and advocated by people I called “slaughter hobbyists.” They are not solving any social or economic problem; rather they are fighting to kill animals simply because they think it’s their...

The questions I get about how to live a compassionate lifestyle range from “where do you get your protein?” to “what hair styling products do you use?” All important questions, indeed! So, I thought I’d share some of my favorite hair products that I’ve been using for years. Obviously,...

Happy new year, everyone. I hope you had a lovely transition from 2011 to 2012. Actually, I’m very fond of transitions – of milestones, of one year passing into the next, even of one day passing into the next. It’s one of the reasons I have several gates and...