More and more of us are becoming environmentally concern of our MOTHER NATURE and care deeply about the global warming, climate change as well as disappearing wildlife habitats or rain forests, but we do not really realize that our own eating habits are a major contributor to these issues.
Do u believe that the price of eating one hamburger from McD is 55 square feet of rain forests which also equal to the end of half ton of trees as well as the habitats of wild animals? This is because in order to supply a huge amount of meat products are causing the clearance of rain forests to plant grains for animal feeds.
Each year, the area of rain forests that we are losing is bigger than the size of Denmark! Yet, each tree in the forest is capable of releasing 40 gallons of water to the atmosphere and the oxygen released is sufficient for surviving 200 people!
To produce a pound (454g) of meat, we need 12 pounds of grains, 2500 gallons of water and 1 gallon of petrol. A pound of meat can only feed one person for one meal. But, with the same amount of grains, we can produce 12 pounds of bread which can feed a person for 18 meals!
We humans eat about 230m tonnes of animals a year, which twice as much as we did 30 years ago. We mostly breed four species including chickens, cows, sheep and pigs emit methane and other greenhouse gases and produce mountains of physical waste.
Switching to a meatless or vegetarian diet is definitely helpful in fighting the climate change, but if you can do it in a quick run, just by cutting down the meat potion every time during meal do help a lot too. By going vegetarian, the protein intake will be normally replaced by soy products. Also, there are many great vegetarian options and recipes available now, vegetarian meal has never been more delicious.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA) is an organization on animal rights. PETA has been influential in raising in campaigns on encouraging people to to vegetarian. PETA's starter vegetarian kit is available for free on the PETA website which will help us to kick start on saving our planet. PETA's slogan says "Whether you go vegetarian for the environment, for your health, or for animals, you have the power to change the world, simply by changing what’s on your plate!"
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