 |
|
 |
| Be a vegetarian and save the planet |
The Ethics of What We Eat, Peter Singer and Jim Mason write:
It has become apparent that the human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future, deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilisation of communities and the spread of disease.
The authors claim that since European settlement in Australia, 13 per cent of the land has been cleared of native vegetation, mostly for grazing animals. When it comes to feeding the world, an acre of land used for crops could feed about 10 times as many people as an acre for grass-fed beef. The emissions from cows belching accounts for about 11 per cent of Australia's total national emissions, or 61 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent per year. Hence, by switching to vegetarian diet we can help save the environment.
Click here to read the publication Common Belief - Australia's Faith Communities on Climate Change, published by the Climate Institute (Australia) Ltd.
1. Why Should We be Vegetarians?
Attached article
2. Why Hindus Don't Eat Meat?
3.Interfaith Call to Action on Climate Change
4.Climate Institute of Australia
5.Australian Vegetarian Society
6.Australian Conservation Foundation
7.Friends of the Earth Australia
8.Planet Ark - use unpackaged food
9. Organic Gardening
10.Farm Animal Welfare
11.Prevent Cruelty to Animals
12.Animals Australia - the Voice for the Animals
13.Greenpages - the Hub of Sustainability
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
