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Vegan - Vegetarian Solutions . . .
. . . for a Sustainable Environment (VSSE)
This is a very new project. There are many reasons why the
Vegan - Vegetarian lifestyle is the best choice. There are many podcasts
that focus on the Animal Cruelty - Animal Rights - reasons while others
add the health and environmental reasons. The "Vegan - Vegetarian
Solutions for a Sustainable Environment" podcast will focus on the
Environmental reasons.
The best way to listen to the audio is to subscribe to the free podcast
by downloading a free copy of the iTunes program HERE. You would then proceed to insert the VSSE RSS feed
(http://h2opodcast.com/rss/vsse.xml) into iTunes to complete the free
subscription process. If you don't feel like doing that just click on
the individual links below and listen directly from the internet or
right click, save to your computer and upload to your mp3 player.
Discover the true cost of producing the food on your plate. The greatest
water savings you could make, the greatest gift you could offer to
preserve our precious land and soil, the most powerful protection you
could offer to our home planet at this time of crisis - it's right there
on your plate. Be Veg, Go Green, Save Our Planet."
Lee Hall, legal director for Friends of Animals (www.friendsofanimals.org), an animal-rights organization founded in
1957, gives a succinct and inspiring overview of the importance of vegan
living -- for our health and that of the planet -- and then explains why
"animal rights will have unprecedented power to confront the
environmental crises of our time." Hall is one of the creators of
VeganMeans.com, and author of the forthcoming book On Their Own Terms:
Bringing Animal Rights Philosophy Down to Earth.
I am very grateful to Ken Midkiff for permission to use his audio
podcasts related to CAFO's (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations).
Much information can be found by visiting Ken's website: http://www.kmidkiff.com or you can email Ken at kmidkiff@mchsi.com
Dr. Tuttle discusses the main ideas in his recent book, The World Peace
Diet, which has been called one of the most important books of the 21st
century. It provides the foundation of a new society based on the truth
of the interconnectedness of all life. Dr. Tuttle makes explicit the
invisible connections between our culture, our food, and the source of
our broad range of problems - and the way to a positive transformation in
our individual and collective lives. Anyone wishing to understand the
big picture of our culture and why we have the unyielding dilemmas we
face, and how we can solve them, will be fascinated by these
provocative, challenging, and ultimately inspiring ideas.
In this overview, Dr. Tuttle discusses the power of food, the underlying
crisis in our culture, and veganism as as path to peace and
environmental sustainability.
I wish to thank Pamela
Rice for so graciously giving the "Vegan - Vegetarian Solutions
for a Sustainable Environment" (VSSE) podcast permission to read
from her book, "101 Reasons Why I'm A Vegetarian." Please visit
her webpage to find information about her work and how you can support
it by buying her very important and well written book: http://VivaVegie.org
Here is the list of References for "World Water III":
1) Quoted in Ginger Otis, "A world without water." The Village Voice, Aug. 21-27, 2002, p. 62.
2) Otis, "A world without water." p. 63.
3) Danielle Nierenberg, "Factory farming in the developing world," Worldwatch, May-June 2003, p.13
4)"Institute warns of possible water shortage," AP, Apr. 20, 2004.
5) "The browning of America," Newsweek, Feb. 22, 1981, p 26.
6) "Institute warns of possible water shortage."
7) Jim Motavalli, "The case against meat." E: The Environmetal Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 2002, p. 29.
8) Mark W. Rosengrant, et. al., "Global water outlook to 2025," IFPRI, 2001, p. 8.
9) Fen Montaigne, "Water pressure," Natinal Geographic, Sept. 2002, p. 9.
10) "Growing water scarcity threatens global food and environmental security," news release, International Water Management Institute, Aug. 13, 2001
11) Sandra Postel, "Troubled Waters," The Sciences, Mar.-Apr. 2000, p. 19.
12) "Global water supply central issue at Stockhom conference," Reuters, Aug. 14, 2000.
13) "World meat demand to rise, animal disease fears-FAO" Reuters, Aug. 28, 2002.
14) Jim Suber, "Zinc man and iron woman save beef from vegetarian insults," The Newton Kansan, Mar. 6, 2003.
15) Alex Kirby, "Hungry world 'must eat less meat'," BBC News, Aug. 16, 2004.
16) "Shortage of fresh water predicted," AP, Aug. 27, 1998.
17) Mark Johnson, "Study urges water conservation on farms," AP, Jan. 10, 2005.
18) Michael Dorgan, "China: Running dry," Knight-Ridder/Tribune, July 11, 2000.
19) Cote D'Ivoire, "Expert warns of African water shortage crisis," Reuters, Feb. 9, 2000.
20) "Water shortages may make Africa more aid dependent," Reuters, Nov. 3, 2003.
21) Andrew Cawthorne, "Asian Farmers are sucking the continent dry, says report," Reuters, Aug. 26, 2004.
22) Otis, "A world without water," p. 62.
23) Fred Pearce, "Thirsty meals that suck the world dry," New Scientist, Feb. 1, 1997.
People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a
personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change,
the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer
Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, which last year earned a joint share of the
Nobel Peace Prize, said that people should then go on to reduce their
meat consumption even further.
His comments are the most controversial advice yet provided by the panel
on how individuals can help tackle global warming.
Pachauri, who was re-elected the panel's chairman for a second six-year
term last week, said diet change was important because of the huge
greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems - including
habitat destruction - associated with rearing cattle and other animals.
It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing
means of transport, he said.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that meat
production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas
emissions. These are generated during the production of animal feeds,
for example, while ruminants, particularly cows, emit methane, which is
23 times more effective as a global warming agent than carbon dioxide.
The agency has also warned that meat consumption is set to double by the
middle of the century.
'In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about
reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive
opportunity,' said Pachauri. 'Give up meat for one day [a week]
initially, and decrease it from there,' said the Indian economist, who
is a vegetarian.
However, he also stressed other changes in lifestyle would help to
combat climate change. 'That's what I want to emphasize: we really have
to bring about reductions in every sector of the economy.'
. . .the rest of the article can be read by visiting the online version of The Observer.
Richard H. Schwartz, president of Jewish Vegetarians of North America,
author of "Judaism and Vegetarianism," and associate producer of "A
Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World" is
interviewed about global warming and other environmental threats to all
of humanity, how a shift toward vegetarianism can help reduce the
threats, and other ways of responding to current global problems.
Further information about Dr. Schwartz and his writings can be found at
JewishVeg.com/Schwartz and "A Sacred Duty" can be seen in its entirety
at ASacredDuty.com.
A fourth-generation cattle rancher, Howard Lyman is now a prominent
advocate of plant-based diets and sustainable agriculture. Lyman burst
into the national spotlight in 1996 after an appearance on the Oprah
Winfrey show. On that show he discussed the way meat is produced and the
dangers of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow
disease. Lyman's revelations prompted Oprah to say on air, "I will never
eat a hamburger again." Beef sales dropped noticeably after the show,
and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association sued both of them for
libel. On February 29th, 1998, an Amarillo, Texas, jury found them not
guilty.
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