[GJM] Fw: Fwd: UN report on livestock industry & Global Warming

[marguerite hampton]

 THANK YOU, JANAIA  I have been trying to get this information out for about
17 years now
  along with John Robbins, founder of the EARTHSAVE FOUNDATION. 

   The problem is how do you get addicts to acknowledge their addiction
  and take responsibility for doing something about it? 

    And, we are a nation of addicts. 

     I disagree with you that locally-produced beef is the answer.  Do your
homework on this please.      
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Janaia Donaldson
Date: 01/26/07 22:11:16
To: Janaia Donaldson
Subject: Fwd: UN report on livestock industry & Global Warming
 
What one action could you take to make the biggest difference to reduce
global warming? Eliminate or reduce meat consumption (except
locally-produced). More impact than swapping to a hybrid car.  





The United Nations has sent tremors through the livestock industry with a
new report that states,
"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."
The report shows that 
livestock production accounts for more greenhouse gases than automobiles.
For every calorie of 
meat consumed, at least ten calories of fossil fuels were required to
produce that meat. Animal
 agriculture takes up 70% of all agricultural land, and 30% of the total
land surface of the
 planet. Today, 70% of "slash-and-burned" Amazon rainforest is used for
pastureland, and feed 
crops cover much of the remainder. The ultimate ramifications of the report
suggest that the 
average American can do more to reduce global warming emissions by adjusting
their meat eating 
habits than by switching to driving the most fuel efficient car currently on
the market. Negative
 environmental impacts can be greatly reduced by reducing (or eliminating)
meat consumption and
 buying locally grown and sustainably produced meats, dairy and animal
products.


Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_3853.cfm




Janaia Donaldson
Yuba Gals Independent Media
janaia2004 at yubagals.com
530-265-4244 (California)
www.peakmoment.tv








 
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