We have been increasingly hearing about saving the whales and saving the tigers and saving the Amazon rain forests for over 20 years now… This is all good and noble and necessary, but to most people it is too far detached from their busy lifestyles and immediate bubble of existence.
However to save the human implies something far more serious and urgent, it forces one’s mind to stop, think and connect the dots. It shocks us into awareness.
Humanity needs to wake up now in large numbers if we are to survive at all. According to Dr. James Hansen, leading climate scientist with NASA: “we have passed tipping points. We have not passed a point of no return. We can still roll things back, but it is going to require a quick turn in direction.”
Some of the recent facts* that we came across:
- Livestock production is responsible for 18% of global GHG emissions from all human activities.
- 70% of previously forested land in South America is used for livestock production.
- At present there are nearly 60 billion animals a year used to produce meat & dairy. The human population is 6.7 billion.
- A vegetarian driving a gas guzzling SUV car is more eco friendly than a carnivore riding a bicycle.
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