Today, we are honored to have Marianella with us. She will show us how to make the vegan version of traditional Costa Rican breakfast, Gallo Pinto, as well as handmade tortillas that are popular in Central America. Marianella is the owner of the Green Vurgers Restaurant, a small vegan restaurant located in San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica. As its name suggests, Green Vurgers specializes in offering vegan burgers as a way of introducing veganism to the general public. “The main feature of the Gallo Pinto is its vibrant colors. You can see the red, brown from the beans and lots of the greens. It is very appetizing. Now we are going to make handmade tortillas from Central America. First, we roll the dough into balls. We can use any type of container to flatten the tortilla dough. We grease it with a little「olive oil」. There it is. This tortilla, when it moves easily, it means that it is ready. We can see that this type of breakfast is quite substantial.”

The SkyWay Group is developing a high-speed elevated urban and freight transportation system with vehicles that can travel up to 500 km/h. On today’s program, we’ll speak with Dr. Anatoly Yunitskiy, Founder, President, and Lead Designer of the SkyWay Group of Companies. For Dr. Yunitskiy, SkyWay has been a lifelong project. When Dr. Yunitskiy introduced the world to the SkyWay transport systems, his concept attracted global recognition. “We created a machine with no parallels for its parameters, and this is innovative. Since we are up to ten times more effective than a car, we need ten times less fuel. That means we’ll disturb the environment less, with less emissions.” Dr. Yunitskiy envisions a transportation system that would exist not only on land, but also through the ocean. Dr. Yunitskiy believes that with green technology, our future is bright.

Today, we are pleased to have Mr. Jon Nash, Ms. Megan Thomas, and Miss Seneca Jade from the Choctaw Yamassee Musgokee Community Nation to show us how to prepare a nutritious, delicious, and easy-to-make vegan bean pasta with cashew and mushroom cheese. Choctaw Yamassee Musgokee Community Nation has been committed to promoting love, peace, and harmony as well as plant-based foods to honor Mother Earth and Father Sun. All of their community members are vegan or vegetarian. Mr. Jon Nash is the Children's Ambassador and the founder of the Natural Leaders Foundation. Ms. Megan Thomas is a council member of the Choctaw Musgokee Yamassee Nation, a medicine woman healing with herbs and plants, and the Executive Producer of the Natural Leaders Foundation. Eight-year-old Seneca Jade is the chef of “The Princess in The Kitchen,” an internet-based organization educating people on how to live a sustainable and healthy lifestyle. Let's see how Gorilla Blue Jay and our Princess progress with Princess Pasta.

In 2013 Tal Gilboa co-founded “Israel Animal Liberation Front” which was renamed “Total Liberation Israel” in 2018. This is one of the fastest growing social movements of our time calling for the total liberation of animals everywhere through marches, rallies and blockading trucks to the slaughter houses etc. The animal justice movement is increasingly attracting adherents across Israel and the activism is paving the way for a new era in animal rights. Besides various initiatives including creative protests and demonstrations, Tal Gilboa was also delivering lectures to diverse audiences: from high-school students to the military, business and political decision-makers. Her passion for animal causes took her to face unchartered territory, to compete for the first time and won the 6th edition of the intense contest of HaAh HaGadol. “Half a million people changed their diet while I was there. And everything that I did was just to think about, ‘It's going to do good for the animals or not?’”

IPCC is the body established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments concerning climate change. It was the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on climate change. The newly released second Special Report on Climate Change and Land brings revitalized hope with its wise, clear policy suggestions. The key message of the report is that in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, better land use, halting deforestation, and cutting down on food waste must be the priorities. In a 2009 conference, the world-renowned humanitarian and spiritual Master, Supreme Master Ching Hai, shared with attendees, “So, to cool the planet most quickly, we have to stop consuming meat in order to stop the livestock-raising industry, and thus stop greenhouse gases, methane and other toxic gases from the animal industry.”

On today’s program, we will introduce you to Wally Fry’s daughter, Tammy Fry, who wishes to change the world and its people through the way they eat. Tammy is not only the Marketing Director of Fry’s, she is also a famous vegan blogger, athlete extraordinaire, public speaker, plant-based nutritionist, and the founder of Meat Free Mondays in South Africa and Australia. Tammy is a born vegetarian. "Bacon for a child could be a carrot. I mean, they don’t know that that came off an animal’s body, unless you’ve actually explained that to them. And I think sometimes, giving them the truth about what they’re eating will naturally turn them off.” “I learned really young, that in order to change people, you need to inspire them. So, you have to focus on the solution and show them, that actually, this is a great way to live; you inspire them to change rather. Having being an athlete myself for so many years, doing many hours of training every single day on a plant-based diet, showed me that was actually possible."

In almost 30 years of running a business, Mr. Fry’s role has changed and evolved over time. He generously shared these changes with us. What is the future of food? Mr. Fry explains that there will be many changes concerning the marketing of foods and its consumption in the future. “There’s a couple of bad things going on with food and that’s plastic. And of course, you know, meat and animal products. So, consciousness is growing in the world. And I think that as we get deeper and deeper into this movement or evolution of humankind, supermarkets will change. We will become more natural with everything. We will have less packaging, things will not be able to be transported long distances and therefore have to be in plastic. Things will change and people will stop buying bottled water. I think those things are gonna change without any doubt. There’s no doubt at all, in my mind.”

Where we’ll learn about why areas of the Amazon basin in Brazil have been burning at an unprecedented rate, and how we can help stop it on an individual level. Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon plays an important role in stabilizing the planet’s climate by slowing down the pace of global warming. Unfortunately, however, severe wildfires are currently spreading across this precious region due to the clearing of land for cattle ranching. According to the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, cattle ranching is the single greatest driver of Amazon deforestation, accounting for approximately 80% of the total. The way to solve the deforestation crisis and save the planet is simple: end meat consumption. Stopping meat consumption is a crucial action to take in order to save planet Earth.

Today, at the age of 75, Linda continues to wow everyone around her with her astonishing vitality, physical and mental strength, and effectiveness as a certified health professional. Having experienced the liberating health benefits of veganism, Linda never misses an opportunity to share her knowledge. Another initiative of hers is to organize protests and rescue operations for animals. For over 20 years, she worked hard to combat the cruel practices of the Ringling Brother’s Circus, helping to bring about its closure in 2017, after 146 years of operation. She donned a test rat suit to the point of heat-exhaustion demonstrating for SB 1249, the California Cruelty-Free Cosmetic Act, which requires that cosmetics sold in California be not tested on animals, starting in 2020. Thanks in part to her efforts, SB 1249 was signed into law in September 2018.

At the thriving age of 75, Ms. Middlesworth teaches two to three aerobic classes a day, sometimes as many as five, operates a full-fledged health coaching business, oversees the 4,300-member Sacramento Vegan Society, …and amazingly, still has plenty of energy for various social justice causes. In 2015, at the age of 71, she was awarded the top female honor of the animal protection group PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Over 50” contest. Thirty-one years ago, she was 50 pounds overweight, had barely recovered from breast cancer, and was diagnosed with heart disease and thyroid cancer. …It was at that point when Linda found her “Fountain of Youth.”