Interesting article in today’s L.A. Times. The United Nations is urging wealthy countries to dramatically change their eating habits to reduce meat consumption; beginning with one meatless day per week. Not only that, but once everybody in on board with the weekly meat-out, it’s said that we should progress from there to further exclude meat from our diets.
Why would the U.N. concern itself with the diets of wealthy nations, you ask? Could it be the world-wide obesity epedimic? Heart disease? Cancer? Nope, try Global Warming! As it turns out, the production of animals for consumption accounts for nearly one fifth of green house gasses; says the U.N. A quote from the article:
“Cows and other ruminants, such as sheep and goats, release methane and nitrous oxide in amounts that put to shame the carbon dioxide belched out by cars. In fact, a red-meat-eater in a Prius is probably hurting the environment more than a vegan in a Hummer.“
So, if you really want to save the planet just Go Vegan!
FULL STORY HERE
5 comments:
It's so strange how people don't put those two concepts together. I'm an environmental attorney, and even though I work in an office full of people who spend over 50 hours a week trying to protect the world from things like ozone depletion and global warming, I'm the only one that's vegan.
4 life!
scvegan is awesome. and my husband and i are both vegans and just can't get over that quote about the red meat eater in the prius vs. the vegan in the hummer. he even printed it out and gave the quote to people at his work who own a prius. that may sound like a pretty obnoxious thing to do, but i loved it. great article!
teehee vegan in a hummer!
Animals fart too much.
That's why all I eat is kale, tofu, and brown rice.
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