Green | October 15, 2009 | 1 comment

Saving the Planet Begins With You: Blog Action Day

source: http://gmo-journal.com/index.php/2009/10/15/saving-the-planet-begins-with-you-blog-action-day/

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In a world where sometimes it seems that our life is determined by someone or something else, it is refreshing to realize that your individual choice can and does make a profound difference. You can reduce environmental degradation by going vegetarian, or, at a minimum, by consuming less meat.
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1 comment // Saving the Planet Begins With You: Blog Action Day

  • Boris_Gitlin
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      Boris_Gitlin  

    • For us carnivours, going meatless just one day a week or more is easy, healthy and important. Besides the obvious benefits to health, since red meat is tied to heart disease, meat production takes up an enormous amount of natural resources. This article talks about just one aspect of it -- the carbon impact of meat production itself. However, what also should be mentioned is that the bulk of the top industrial crops go to feed cows for beef production. Majority of these crops are genetically modified RoundUp Ready or LibertyLink crops (and now we are looking for stacked traits that Monsanto and others are making). Despite their promises, these crops are grown using scortched earth methods with dozens of gallons of pesticides being used for every acre seeded. Fields are doused generously with deadly pesticides throughout the season thus destroying any natural environment that exists in the fields and around those fields. It's time to live healthy and reduce the overall demand.

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