Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

Today, the 15th of June, is World Meat Free Day. Only learnt about the existence of World Meat Free Day yesterday through Twitter. Incidentally after writing this post a few hours earlier, a bit of a random ramble about the meat industry, why I don't eat eat a lot of meat and the way people treat animals. Check out the World Meat Free Day website for a lot of interesting facts about meat. For instance, did you know that (according to the website) if just for one day, ten million people committed to swapping meat in one of their meals for a plant based protein, it would "Reduce enough CO2 emissions to drive around the world 2,438 times" and "Reduce water usage by 13 million tonnes – equivalent to 5,000 Olympic swimming pools." Just imagine what a different world we could be living in if more people chose to eat less meat or chose not to eat meat on a regular basis. Personally, I'm all for eating less meat, treating (human and non-human) living beings wi...

The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet by Alicia Silverstone My rating: 5 of 5 stars Enjoyed reading this book and checking out the recipes. Before starting to read, I already agreed with a lot of what Alicia Silverstone says about the way we eat, what we put in our own bodies and the way we (humans) treat, use and abuse other living beings. A lot of what this book explains makes sense to me and sounds very logical. Still, I'm not an expert on nutrition or anything like that, so judge for yourself! I highly recommend reading The Kind Diet, if only because it's important that we all think about what we eat and where our food really comes from. View all my reviews Goodreads may not be the place to share my thoughts on eating meat or consuming dairy, however my personal blog - most definitely the right place! I'm not much of a meat-eater myself. Would say I'm about 95% vegetarian, actually. If not more than that...