The Earth is on Fire!
There are probably a few ways our title could be understood. Our planet seems to continue to have year after year of record temperatures. Due to drastic climate change around the globe, there are actual fires erupting! There are drastic drought conditions in many places. So the forests are drying up and become a giant tinder box. A most tragic statistic is that eighty four per cent of forest fires are human caused. Where is Smokey the Bear when you need him?
I make light and I should not. When we are unconscious about life we are often unaware of our actions. So the majority of fires would not have happened if we were more awake about what we do. Our flora and fauna suffer greatly because of our less than loving actions. It is time to wake up and become people of action. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE make every effort to stop climate change. Go to cooleffect.org and read and share the information. Their theme is carbon is the problem, action is our solution.
I know I have shared this before and I suppose I will keep on doing it! It follows that the vegan diet, by eliminating dairy and egg, would reduce emissions the most, as confirmed by a subsequent study. Adopting a plant-based diet is, therefore, one of the most powerful choices an individual can make in mitigating environmental degradation and depletion of Earth’s natural resources.
Beyond contributing significantly to greenhouse gases that cause rising temperatures and sea levels, here’s what eating meat also does to our world: While almost 800 million people suffer from chronic undernourishment and insecure food supplies, 35% of grains worldwide are fed to livestock.
So, what keeps us from following a plant-based diet? It requires overcoming our habits and our tastes, learning new ways to cook, planning during travel, and navigating the social aspects of eating and meal sharing. However, when seen through the lens of the fate of Earth’s climate and resources, don’t these challenges all of a sudden seem minuscule?
It is rare that a single choice of ours can have a broad and decisive impact on the climate crisis. We have a moral imperative to choose and advocate for plant-based diets for the health of our planet and the well being and survival of generations to come. The above three paragraphs were written by George C. Wang in a CNN Op Ed titled Go Vegan, Save the Planet.
Lou Ann and I have found it relatively easy to eat a Vegan diet while traveling and eating out. Almost without exception, restaurants have served our needs. Right now there are so many fires burning out of control and our brave firefighters are dying. It is time to save our planet and put out the fires! From my hopeful heart to yours, Thomas