영어2009. 12. 1. 03:00

More Vegetarians to save ourplanet!
 
 --- Can the global community reduce hunger?
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mush01b.gif  Climate Change     mush01b.gifmush01b.gif  Vegetarian Diet
     
mush01b.gifmush01b.gifmush01b.gif   Shall we.......? 
 


 

 mush01b.gif Climate Change

  • "Give up meat to save the planet!" 
    (UK's climate cheaf Lord Stern, The Times,  Oct 27, 2009)
                                 arrow02b.gif  Vegetarianism and Climate Change
  • A report, Livestock's Long Shadow,  estimates that 18 % of annual  worldwide GHG emissions are attributable
    to cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs, and poultry.
                         arrow02b.gif FAO (Food & Agriculture Org.)(2006)
  • Recent analysis finds that livestock raising is  responsible
    for  at least  
    51 % of global warming.
                         
     arrow02b.gif  World Watch Magazin (11/12 2009)
     

 lip01c.gif  70% of previously forested land in South America is used
    for livestock production.
  

lip01c.gif Nearly 60 billion animals a year used to produce meat & dairy.
   
The human population is 6.7 billion.

 

 Solution?    
'
United Nations Climate Change Conference' in Copenhagen

                               [between December 7 and December 18]


PEOPLE

 

flowe03c.gif John Robbins, Diet for a New America, 1987
                    an expose on connections between diet, physical
                    health, animal cruelty, and environmentalism
                                                     
arrow02b.gif  EarthSave            The Food Revolution, 2001
             
information on organic food, genetically modified food,
              and factory farming
 
 
flowe03c.gif Michael Greger, "The Human/Animal Interface,"

     in: Microbiology  - our mistreatment of other species is

         contributing to the emergence of human infectious disease
       - new forms of influenza viruses which frequently originate
         from factory  farmed animals who are made to live
         in utterly appalling conditions
  arrow02b.gif A photo!


 

Because of Flus like H5N1 or H1N1 recently,
livestock industry has turned into hot concern.
We begin to think widely about our immune system
to keep away germs.


mush01b.gifmush01b.gif Vegetarian Diet Vegetarian Health Benefits      
* Healthy Heart            

* Lower Blood Pressure

* Control of Diabetes    

* Prevention of Cancer

* Elimination of Toxins from the Body     

* Easier Digestion of Food  

* Improvement of Overall Health


   
Various Types of Vegetarianism

Diet name

Meat, poultry, fish

Eggs

Dairy

Honey

Lacto-ovo

vegetarianism

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Lacto

vegetarianism

No

No

Yes

Yes

Ovo

vegetarianism 

No

Yes

No

Yes

Veganism

No

No

No

No

 

 

  The Vegetarian Society, UK, since 1847

 Older (religious) organizations in Asia:
    promote abstinence from meat and prohibit the harm of animals
 
Concept of conservation:
     human should live in harmony with nature



 mush01b.gifmush01b.gifmush01b.gif   Shall we.......?

 
Be vegan?

 One meat-free-day a week!   
            
Vetarian Resource Group, Feb 1994
Roper Poll

Never Eat

Total

Mail

 Femail

Meat

6%

 5%

7%

Poultry

3%

3%

 3%

Fish/Seafood

 4%

3%

5%

Eggs

  4%

 4%

5%

Honey

15%

15%

15%

Eat Them All

75%

77%

74%


 
 "Sticking to vegetables once a week would have more beneficial
     effects than reducing car journeys."
                                     
(Rajendra Pachauri,
Nov 27, 2009)

A vegetarian driving a gas guzzling SUV car is
more environmentally friendly
than

a carnivore riding a bicycle.

arrow02b.gif fact file!

                                                               

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EarthSave!   Vegetarian Society   Worldwatch Institute

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