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| Book Club - 'Eating Animals' |
Wednesday, Apr. 7 (6:30 PM - 8:00 PM) |
The NW VEG Book Club is back! We will be meeting in the U.S. Bank room at the downtown Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave. to discuss Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals, a "memoir in which [Foer] investigates everything from the intelligence level of our most popular meat providers-cattle, pigs, and poultry-to the specious self-justifications for eating some meat products and not others. Foer combines an array of facts, astutely-written anecdotes, and his furious energy to make a personal, highly entertaining take on an increasingly visible moral question" (Publisher's Weekly). For more info on the book, see www.eatinganimals.com
The NW VEG Book Club meets every other month to discuss books relevant to veganism. Past books have included The Face on Your Plate, Mad Cowboy, and The Good Good Pig. We'd love to have you join us! If you are interested in learning more or receiving book club updates, send an email to Ann at annwaw@hotmail.com.
Notice to potential Book Club participants: If you are interested in joining a bulk order to save some money, please email annwaw@hotmail.com to let us know before the order goes out. The library waiting list is growing, and the going price for the (hardcover) book is around $25 in stores. Our bulk order would save at least $8 off that price. Please let us know by Friday, March 12 to be included. We will figure out the distribution when the books arrive. Don't worry, you won't pay anything until the book is in your hands. |
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| Book Review: 'Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals' by Jonathan Balcombe |
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Can animals reason? Do they act only on instinct? Do they have emotions? Can we ever know what they are thinking?
For most of the twentieth century, scientists avoided questions about how animals might feel and what they might think. They wanted to be viewed as objective in their study of animals and not use terms laden with human meaning. Unfortunately, this led many to a view of non-human animals as being without emotions or thinking, and guided solely by reflex, instinct, and trial-and-error learning. But beginning with the work of pioneers such as Jane Goodall and Donald Griffin, scientists have discovered great surprises about how animals socialize, communicate, and think. As Jonathan Balcombe describes in his new book Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, no longer is it viewed as heresy for researchers to examine such aspects as reason, culture, and even moral awareness in animals. His book documents that researchers around the world have found more thought and feeling in animals than humans have ever imagined. Click here to read more... |
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