Our Home, Earth, Need a Vegan Revolution
March 18, 2013
Welcome to the weekly CVA blog! In it you will find famous
quotes, news and commentaries.
- CAFO’s Cause Devastation
- Famous Quote: Carl Jung
- The Pollution Caused by Factory Farms
- Bible verse: Genesis 2:15
- Reduce Meat Consumption to Save the
Planet
- Book Recommendation: The Science Underminers
1. CAFO’s Cause Devastation
Read about the journey
of 6 people who decide to take a trip through an area in Kentucky were
many factory farms are concentrated. The travelers learn about the
incredible pollution and environmental devastation these confined
animals feeding operations cause as well as the unimaginable suffering
of the animals imprisoned in them.
Please visit The Tour
de Stench:
http://www.emagazine.com/blog/the-tour-de-stench/
How has humanity reached a point where
God’s animals are simple commodities to be exploited to our benefit;
and where planet Earth, our home, is being destroyed systematically by
our desire for taste, profit and power? There’s still hope if we open
our hearts and choose to include all sentient beings in our sphere of
compassion and also recognize that as stewards of God’s Creation we
have a sacred responsibility to take care of the planet.
2. This Week’s Famous Quote
Your vision will become clear
only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who
looks inside, awakens.
~ Carl Jung
3.
The Pollution Caused by Factory Farms
This is the true story
of a Chinese village that upon the settlement of a pig farm its
inhabitants lost their health, saw their beautiful home deteriorate
and witnessed how factory farming only brings devastation for humans,
animals and the environment.
Please visit
China's taste for pork serves up a pollution problem :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/01/china-taste-pork-pollution-problem
What a clear example of why exploiting and victimizing God’s animals
has tremendous negatives consequences for all of God’s Creation. By
consuming animal products we are contributing to intense unnecessary
human and animal suffering, while also silencing our true nature of
compassion and kindness.
4. This Week’s Bible Verse
(RSV) Genesis 2:15
“The LORD God took the man and put him in
the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.”
In Genesis 2:15,
God instructed Adam to “till” and “keep” the Garden of Eden, and by
analogy we may see caring for God’s Creation as our sacred task. The
typical meat eater’s diet can require up to 14 times more water and 20
times more energy than that of a vegetarian. Indeed, current use of
land, water, and energy is not sustainable; resource depletion
threatens to cause hardships for humankind this century.
5. Reduce Meat Consumption to Save the Planet
Scientists are
urging to reduce meat consumption at least by half in order to prevent
more environmental devastation. Contemporary animal agriculture has
proven to be disastrous for the planet by contributing to extensive
pollution, degradation of soil, deforestation, unsustainable use of
water, land and fossil fuels; and of course emission of greenhouse
gases. The United Nations Environmental Program stated: “Unless action
is taken, increases in pollution and per capita consumption of energy
and animal products will exacerbate nutrient losses, pollution levels
and land degradation, further threatening the quality of our water,
air and soils, affecting climate and biodiversity.”
Please visit
Halve meat consumption, scientists urge rich world:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/18/halve-meat-consumption-scientists
It’s
imperative that people, especially those eating the typical Western
diet laden with animal products reduce their meat intake
significantly, or even better, give it up altogether. Environmental
devastation, unimaginable suffering for God’s animals and the already
too high rates of chronic diseases should be strong motivators to show
compassion to farmed animals and stop eating them. After all, what is
sustainable for our bodies is sustainable for the planet.
6. Book Recommendation
Animal agriculture contributes to
global warming by producing more green house gases than all
transportation combined. James Lawrence Powell’s book The Inquisition
of Climate Science (Columbia University Press) addresses the question
“Why, when the scientific evidence for global warming is unequivocal,
does only half the public accept the evidence?”
Please visit The Science Underminers:
http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/the-science-underminers/
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