All of God's creatures have rights, a fact that most people don't seem to recognize. This includes both human and non-human animals, but not all of them can speak for themselves. As we continue to disregard the value of the lives of the billions of animals we eat, we also are destroying our air, land and water.
Bob Alexander, SuperBeans
October 2014
We don’t have to vote then hope for change. We don’t have to march in protest. We don’t have to stand by and let the oligarchs dictate our future. We don’t need to wait for an election or a revolution. We can slow global climate change. We can. All we have to do is change what we eat. All we have to do is start.
The ball is back in our court. Isn’t that amazing?
Stop me if you know the answer to this one, “What is the one single industry destroying the planet more than any other?”
We all know the answer to that one … Right?
The fossil fuel industry, of course. And we feel completely helpless to stop the Drilling and the Fracking and the Mining. No matter what we do - we know Global Climate Change is here. It’s going to get worse, and there’s nothing we can do about it. We can leave all our cars in the driveway, take shorter showers, change out all our light bulbs, get a low-flow toilet, recycle every scrap, think globally and buy locally, and it won’t make any discernable difference at all. Personal change won’t save the planet as long as the energy barons are calling the shots. Billionaires are buying the politicians hand over fist, while suppressing the vote and simultaneously lying to voters on a minute-by-minute basis with the full cooperation of the media. Go ahead. Take shorter showers. Control of the “system” has been systematically taken away from us. There’s nothing we can do so we might as well crack open a beer, sit on the porch, and watch the sun go down on all of us.
This is a pretty typical “Moment With Bob” isn’t it? ["Moment With Bob" is a regular segment on the Mike Malloy Show... listen to Mike reading Bob's "moment" here...]
In one paragraph I can suck all the air out of the room and replace hope and optimism with despair. What can I say… It’s a gift. But hold on to your socks, buckle up, and make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position, because we’re about to make a full 180 … Right Now.
Personal Change Can Save The Planet. But we’ve got to hurry.
I just found this out a couple of days ago and I’m still kind of overwhelmed. I never imagined this could happen, but it did. I watched a documentary That Changed My Life. After an event like that, of course I’ve tipped over and become evangelical about it.
Everybody Must See This Film: COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret
You’ll find out the one single industry destroying the planet more than any other is not Big Oil, Coal, and Gas but:
Animal Agriculture.
And there is something we can do about it. Starting Right Now. And if we do … we’ve just bought ourselves a future.
Go here: http://www.cowspiracy.com , watch all the video clips, and read everything. Find a screening, go to a theatre, or host a screening yourself. You Must See This Film.
Now I’ll stop typing for awhile and cut and paste information from cowspiracy.com.
There is one single industry destroying the planet more than any other.
But no one wants to talk about it...
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following an intrepid filmmaker as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today and investigates why the world's leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.
The Air
Water
Destruction of the biosphere
Resource Consumption Comparison
Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life.
*** End of cutting and pasting from the Cowspiracy website ***
There. I’m back. I don’t have the time to recount the entire 90 minute movie but the bottom line is this: If we change our diet, we can begin to heal the planet. In Our Lifetime.
We don’t have to vote then hope for change. We don’t have to march in protest. We don’t have to stand by and let the oligarchs dictate our future. We don’t need to wait for an election or a revolution. We can slow global climate change. We can. All we have to do is change what we eat. All we have to do is start.
That’s it.
Reducing the methane and the CO2 in the atmosphere will happen when we decrease - then stop - Animal Agriculture. We can pull back from future tipping points. If you think this is too simplistic … that it won’t work … don’t argue with me … Watch The Movie.
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret
And we can’t just switch over to fish as a substitute for meat, eggs and dairy. More facts from Cowspiracy:
The simple fact is commercial fishing is over-fishing and obviously not sustainable.
The solution is to adopt a vegan diet. For anyone who says it’s too hard to change to a vegan diet … hey … you’re talking to The King of baby back ribs. I celebrated my birthdays with cheeseburgers at Dick’s Drive-In in Seattle. Until very recently my mantra was if you want to make anything taste better … add pork. If you think becoming a vegan is too hard … no it’s not. Dragging Dick Cheney into a courtroom is hard. Switching over to a vegan diet is a piece of cake compared to rounding up war criminals. And it’ll save the planet.
The Internet is chockablock with information about transitioning to a vegan diet and there’s a wonderful book, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. She’ll hold your hand through the entire process. I found a recipe yesterday that’s certainly going to help me, Vegan Burgers That Don't Suck from seriouseats.com.
The ball is back in our court. Isn’t that amazing?
The moment COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret is available on DVD I am going to buy it. And then I’m going to buy a copy for everyone I know.
Spoiler Alert: This is what everybody’s getting for Christmas.
Number of animals killed in the world by the fishing, meat, dairy and egg industries, since you opened this webpage.
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