quick links re: climate change
a campaign for february 1st, started in france:
Turn everything off - On February 1st between 7:55 p.m. until 8 p.m. - Five minutestwo pieces on the environmental impact of meat consumption:
Urgent: action against climate change
On February 1st you can participate in the worldwide greatest action against
climate change!!!
Various environmental organizations are asking the peoples of this planet to hold 5 minutes of silence: Everyone should turn off all lights, electricity etc. between 7:45 until 8 p.m. to bring attention to other inhabitants, the media and politicians about the daily waste of energy.
An act which takes only 5 minutes, which cost nothing, but shows the governments that climate change should be on the top agenda of world politics.
Why this date?
On February 1st the United Nations is publicizing the newest results and knowledge base on climate change.
SO...TURN OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UK Government Recommends Vegan Diet!
Britain may need to ration animal products such as meat, chicken and dairy products such as milk and cheese if climate change runs out of control, suggests environment minister Ben Bradshaw.
Mr Bradshaw pointed out that livestock based food production did just as much damage as private transport and housing.
He spoke out as a new government website advised shoppers to help the planet by avoiding meat and cheese...
Vegetarian Is the New Prius
President Herbert Hoover promised "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." With warnings about global warming reaching feverish levels, many are having second thoughts about all those cars. It seems they should instead be worrying about the chickens.
Last month, the United Nations published a report on livestock and the environment with a stunning conclusion: "The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global." It turns out that raising animals for food is a primary cause of land degradation, air pollution, water shortage, water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and not least of all, global warming.
That's right, global warming. You've probably heard the story: emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are changing our climate, and scientists warn of more extreme weather, coastal flooding, spreading disease, and mass extinctions. It seems that when you step outside and wonder what happened to winter, you might want to think about what you had for dinner last night. The U.N. report says almost a fifth of global warming emissions come from livestock (i.e., those chickens Hoover was talking about, plus pigs, cattle, and others)--that's more emissions than from all of the world's transportation combined. ...
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The result
It's one of the reasons I don't eat meat anymore. actually, it was easier to give up than I think it would be to give up my car. Now I don't feel quite so guilty about it!
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