Moins de viande = moins de CO2

On le dit trop peu, la consommation de viande représente 18 % des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (plus que les transports !!!), sans parler de la pollution massive des sols et des rivières par les rejets azotés, et l'impact direct sur la déforestation (pour produire 1 kg de viande il faut 8 kilos de grain pour du boeuf par exemple et la croissance de la consommation de viande appelle à une plus grosse production mondiale de soja et maïs, d'où la deforestation massive pour cultiver ces céréales..;) et les besoins en eau... Alors réduisons, limitons ou arrêtons,,, et goûtons aux plaisirs du végétal....

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[Rédigé par: Cherry]

According to a new Japanese study, raising cattle and eating beef help cause global warming just like using fossil fuels and electricity do. They found that 2.2 pounds of beef is responsible for the equivalent of the amount of CO2 emitted by the average European car every 155 miles (250 kilometres), and burns enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for nearly 20 days. Most of the greenhouse gas emissions come from methane released from the animals' digestive systems -- yes, cow farts and burps. Over two-thirds of the energy used in raising beef goes toward producing and transporting feed. The study notes that organic farming can reduce the environmental impact of raising cattle. A study showed that organic beef, raised on grass rather than concentrated feed, emits 40 percent less greenhouse gases and consumes 85 percent less energy. Now that you know some of the adverse impacts of beef, will you eat less of it or switch to grass-fed organic beef?

Or another option you can try is; slowly switching to be vegan. Food is a vehicle for social change. Every choice you make in your daily diet is a political act. You can protect your health and the environment one bite at a time. Adopting a vegan diet and lifestyle, one free of animal products, is one of the most effective actions you can take to ease the strain on our earth’s limited resources, protect the planet from pollution, prevent global warming, promote compassion towards animals and save countless species from extinction.

As you can see from some compelling reasons that Tristan mentioned above to make the choice to “Go Vegan”. It’s not always easy to do, but the change gets easier as we better understand the results of our actions. And you don’t have to give up tastes you love. There are healthy and humane alternatives to almost every meat, dairy and egg product. You can at least get started going to all veggie diet then progress to vegan!