Do you know what is bear bile farming? According to Wikipedia, bile bear, or battery bear, refers to Asiatic black bears kept in captivity in China and Vietnam to harvest bile, a digestive juice produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. When extracted, the bears’ bile is a valuable commodity for sale as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. The bears for bear farming are also […]
Archives for August 2011
Transitional Ethics And Going Green
Probably most environmentalists at some point face the dilemma between the lesser of two evils. Do “green” people walk the talk or do they walk only when the road is nicely paved, clean and poses no moral predicaments? According to green-tipster Michael Bloch, anyone attempting to “go green” needs to accept that such an evolution takes baby […]
Green is the New Red: Environmental Activism under Attack
As part of the environmental activism movement, I could not help but share with you this great interview on Grist. I repost it below with some amendments to make for an easier read. At a time when everyone is going green, most people are unaware that the FBI is using anti-terrorism resources to target environmentalists. […]