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| Source: Being Vegan |
As a species, we can help save our planet from depletion through a method as ridiculously simple as eating a plant based diet. Yes - if you are vegan, you are already contributing to this effort - whatever the reason for your decision to abstain from using any animal products. But if you knew the facts, which by the way have been distorted and completely twisted by the global giants of the Animal Industry, you would take the truth as a responsibility and contribute even more to the healing of our precious Earth.
Dr Richard A. Oppenlander in his book 'Comfortably Unaware' captures the whole scope of Global Depletion. Instead of focusing on issues that branch off from the actual problem, this book reveals and lays on the table the issue society seems to be avoiding - the fact that global warming is only a small piece in the growing puzzle of Global Depletion of renewable and non-renewable resources. He states:
"Meat and dairy industries are responsible for using 45% of Earth's entire landmass and 29% of all fresh water withdrawals, they produce over 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for 80% of all rainforest loss, cause over 50% of all modern day extinctions, eating up 77% of all coarse grain produced in the world, and causing more water and land pollution in the U.S. than all other industries combined. Our demand to eat fish has caused the collapse of 85% of the world's fisheries with more than 1,000 fish species now endangered--on the verge of extinction."
So take the chance to learn what everyone should have been taught a long time ago, share the facts and tell them why every environmentalist should be vegan. Make a difference in your immediate environment.
After all - the Earth is what we all have in common.
