Author Brad Anthony

November 9, 2014

Culture, Science & Tech

Is religious discourse on animals and the environment relevant when it promotes disconnection from the natural world and other sentient beings? Should religions occupy a sacred space beyond reproach when they p...

How to End Whaling in the Faroe Islands

November 8, 2014

Welcome to the desolate and rugged Faroe Islands, 18 inhospitable rocky projections precariously nestled halfway between Iceland and Norway in the frigid waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. This is the home of ...

How Drones Are Empowering a New Era of Animal Protection

November 8, 2014

Science & Tech

When Ecologist Lian Pin Koh gave his talk: A drone's-eye view of conservation at TEDGlobal in 2013 I knew we had just entered a new age for animal protection. Two things I regularly geek out on are animals and ...

Ivory Is Not The Reason Elephants are Doomed

November 7, 2014

Chinese culture has a rich history of symbolism and superstition regarding ivory as a most virtuous material which represents purity and innocence. But little regard is paid for the original owner's suffering a...

Greening Urban Design for the Greater Good

November 6, 2014

Does anyone really enjoy the concrete jungle with its unfathomable dull rainbow of grey-scale hues? That's a rhetorical question of course. Look, we're in a bit of a jam here. Sprawling cities have contributed ...

How Small Homes Can Protect Animals

November 6, 2014

You may ask yourself how home size relates to animal and environmental protection. It's a fair question. The connection to animals is more subtle than the obvious green link to sustainability issues like water ...

How to End Japan’s Whaling and Dolphin Hunt

November 5, 2014

There are five things you need to understand if you want to know how to end Japan's whaling and dolphin hunt permanently and decisively: economy, tourism, nationalism, Shinto and Bushido. Ergo, there are five a...

Australian Idiot Wins Darwin Award Nomination

November 4, 2014

News

Here's some deadly ammunition for the next time you need to ask "Just how stupid can people get?" Meet Harrison Williams, a 26-year-old Australian man who decided jumping into shark-filled water surrounding a m...

Playing With Pigs

November 3, 2014

Science & Tech

Pigs are pretty awesome. And as poignantly pointed out by the Oatmeal, pigs are probably more awesome than you. Studies have illustrated pig's formidable intelligence in the animal kingdom - ranked behind chimp...

Could we speak the language of dolphins?

November 3, 2014

Culture, Science & Tech

Did you know dolphins have culture and language? Bottlenose dolphins babysit the children from their neighbors in the Atlantic spotted dolphin community? They use tools, recognize themselves in mirrors, and hav...

The Modern Zombie Apocalypse

November 3, 2014

The Modern Zombie Apocalypse: An Exploration of Our Collective Descent into Mindless Consumerism and Environmental Devastation In the waning days of humanity's self-declared dominion over Earth, an insidious p...

The Interspecies Internet

October 31, 2014

Science & Tech

What do dolphin researcher Diana Reiss, musician Peter Gabriel, MIT Internet visionary Neil Gershenfeld and Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet have in common? Give up? They're all interested in interspecies c...

Eckhart Tolle on Meditation & Cats

October 31, 2014

“I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.” ...

Sam Harris on Progress

October 31, 2014

"We have barely emerged from centuries of barbarism. It's not a surprise that there are shocking inequities in this world. It is hard work to climb down out of the trees, walk upright, and build a viable global...

How We Rescued the Dancing Bears

October 30, 2014

In this video, Kartick Satyanarayan from Wildlife SOS spoke at TEDIndia 2009 in Mysore about their work rescuing Sloth Bears from a long-standing cultural tradition of abuse. The nomadic Qalandar people in I...

How Humans And Animals Can Live Together

October 30, 2014

In this video, Dr. Jane Goodall speaks at TEDGlobal in 2007 about her community projects which are helping people in Africa raise their standard of living while simultaneously protecting animals and the environ...

Kierkegaard on Unhappiness

October 30, 2014

The unhappy person is one who has his ideal, the content of his life, the fullness of his consciousness, the essence of his being, in some manner outside of himself. The unhappy man is always absent from himsel...

Khalil Gibran on Nature

October 30, 2014

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ...

Make the Connection

October 30, 2014