Sustainable building biology that doesn’t factor in humans’ health results in hazards in homes, writes Alanna Moore.

Humans didn’t evolve to eat meat any more than we evolved to build skyscrapers – and it’s time we stopped attributing our consumption of animals to ‘evolution’, writes Tim Gier.

He’s committed no crimes save for civil disobedience, yet Jason Miller is the subject of a year-long investigation by the FBI as well as police harassment and legal red tape. His experience is another example of the Green Scare, which is designed to intimidate above-ground animal and environmental activists.

The street protests against a mosque being built in Tennessee are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Islamophobia in the US, but those protesting would do well to look to the country’s founding fathers for inspiration and guidance, writes Jonathan Hayden.

If you own a mobile phone or a computer, it’s likely that your money has contributed to the rape of women and girls as young as 10 months in Congo, writes Natalie Becquet.

Contrary to recent media reports of a quick recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and biologists are ‘deeply concerned’ about impacts that will likely span ‘several decades’, writes Dahr Jamail.

Although we need to think our way out of utilizing violence to advance animals’ rights, this does not mean that violence doesn’t work as a strategy, writes Rick Bogle.

Long time vegetarian and recent concert to veganism, Peter Hackney, has just one problem with being a vegan: sour-faced, irritating, sanctimonious vegans.

Environmentalists need to be aware of ‘greenwashers’ – so-called ‘progressives for immigration reform’. These nativists are not about protecting the environment but rather radically restricting immigration, writes Mark Potok.

A guy talks his way into a girl’s bed by claiming he’s something he isn’t. Who hasn’t heard that story before? Isn’t it just another – melancholy – aspect of the human condition? Well, in Israel these days this sort of escapade is not just a slice of life, it’s a ticket to the Big House, writes Judy Mandelbaum.

We may argue that humans are biologically omnivores therefore it’s natural to eat meat. But just because something is ‘natural’, it doesn’t make it ethical, writes Alex Melonas.

It was 1993 and a bear named Hong was unaware that she was about to dramatically impact the life of one woman and inspire the birth of an organisation that would change the face of animal welfare in Asia. Jill Robinson, founder of Animals Asia, spoke with Liz Bowie.