Regardless of people's personal
opinions on living a green lifestyle, because of the state the planet is in
right now it is becoming more popular than ever. Obviously this doesn't change
the fact that many people still do not know exactly what green living is or how
it can benefit the earth.The initial thing that a lot of men and women think of in relation to green living is recycling cans and bottles, saving energy,use hybrid cars, plant threes and etc. Yes! this is a small part of being living green lifestyle.
But there is one part which requests more thoughtfulness when we talk about the practice of the Green Living Lifestyle. The question here is not 'should I eat organic meat?' but 'should I eat meat at all?' This is one of the something else between the living idea of being organic and being green. Being organic doesn't means that you are applying the living concept of being green in your lifestyle. Being organic is part of the being green, but not the vice-versa. Having meat regardless of organic or non-organic meat is something related to the well-being of the environment.
Facts of the environmental impact of eating meat is devastating. A Japanese study from the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuda looked at beef production. They found that producing a kilo of beef result in more C02 emission than going for a three-hour drive while leaving all the lights on at home, producing greenhouse gases with a warming potential equivalent of 36.4 kg of CO2. Most of the gas emissions are a result of methane from belching cattle. That's in addition to the chemicals often used to force pasture ~ 340g of SO2 and 59g of Phosphates are used to produce 1 kilo of beef and if these chemicals run off into river and lake ecosystems can have devastating effects.
In totaling, producing 1 pound of beef required 30x more water than producing 1 pound of wheat, 200x more than 1 pound of potato. Producing 1 calories of animal protein uses 10x as much fossil fuel as producing a calorie of vegetable protein. (You can find out more infos at suprememastertv.com/SOS/, emagazine.com ~ The Case Against Meat and goveg.com , vegweb.com for meat-free recipes).
There are a range of reasons beyond concern for the environment costs to adopt a green vegetarian lifestyles, it is not just about if the animal food is raised organically or not. The vast tracts of Amazon rain forest that have been cleared in recent decades are used mainly for beef production, either for grazing cattle or for growing soy to feed them. The more demand there are for meat, the more deforestation is needed to create new pasture. Apart from pollution and resource management, there is another ethical issue we need to think about, which related to question of world hunger. According to the British group Vegfarm, a 4-hectar farm can support 60 people growing soy beans, 24 growing wheat, 10 growing corn and only 2 farming cattle.
In Diet for a Small Planet
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Frances Moore Lappe tell the reader to imagine sitting down to 225 g steak, and
then imagine the room filled with 45~50 people with empty bowls in front of
them. The feed cost of the steak is the equivalent to giving each person a bowl
of cooked cereal grains. Do think about it. This article has no intention to offend the meat eaters outside there, it is subject to your judgment for the benefit of your own generation. Let's start with "eating green". By changing our diets to be more on plant-based foods than meats and dairy can lead to extra years of healthy living. This same diet reduces environmental damage and farm animal suffering. Eating Green brings to bear the science of a greener diet and its impact on the environment. But if you are intended to, just give it a try by cutting out meat one day a week to start with, doing so within your emotional comfort zone. Don't try to do changes at once. Baby steps, added together, can take you a long way.
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