From 1981 – 1998, I practiced and taught internal medicine at the LA County + USC Medical Center, directing the Cancer and AIDS Pain Service for nine of those years. Since leaving the clinical practice of internal medicine in 1998, I have researched and written about medical topics. My study of medicine and experiences over 30 years with patient care has affected my own lifestyle practices. I eat a vegan diet, bike about 20 miles per week, and meditate for 30 minutes daily. To reduce my carbon footprint to below the world average carbon footprint, I: • sold my car in 1994 and never bought another one, • grow some of my food in the back yard garden plot, • shop for organic food at farmers’ markets, and • dry laundry with my solar dryer (i.e., the sun),