Category: Climate Change
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Old Lady In Tennis Shoes
by Jay Hiller, August 9, 2023 Photo by Joshua Hanks on Unsplash It’s scary hot and it’s also the first week back at worky work. I’ve been wearing dresses, which in many ways are practical for this weather, dresses with red basketball shoes. When I was 17 and quite overweight I wore a big skirt…
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Want a better life? Walk if you’re able.
by Jay Hiller, August 4, 2023 Photo by Arturo Castaneyra on Unsplash At noon yesterday in Austin it was over a hundred degrees and I had a lunch appointment at a restaurant half a mile from my office, a distance I would walk without thinking twice if the weather were better. I decided to walk,…
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Book Review: The Proof Is In the Plants by Simon Hill
by Jay Hiller, September 3, 2022 If you’ve been reading my blog (and thank you if you have) you may have gathered that Simon Hill’s book, The Proof Is In the Plants and his podcast, The Proof, have my attention. I remember listening to my first episode of the podcast and thinking, ‘I hope this…
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An interesting protein option:
Just Egg plant-based scramble by Jay Hiller, August 6, 2022 What makes plant-based protein so interesting right now? For one thing, we’re living during a period of time where most people are aware that the way we’re using the planet’s resources is not sustainable. The unappetizing details of the way animals on factory farms are…
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It only takes one step to get back on track
by Jay Hiller, August 4, 2022 If you’ve spent any time at all on the planet and been paying attention, you know how easy it is to get distracted. It’s also natural when you fall away from the path toward a goal to tell yourself, “That’s it. I’m not going to be able to do…
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Why I don’t eat meat on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
by Jay Hiller, July 31, 2022 I’ve been a vegetarian in the past, sometimes for years at a time. I’ve participated in Veganuary (sticking to a plant based diet during the month of January.) I’ve also eaten a vegan diet for longer periods of time. For most of the last 3 years, I ate an…