Imagine a world where there are virtually no slaughterhouses, anywhere, no animals killed for meat; and yet, a world where you can still eat your hamburgers and hotdogs, experiencing no difference in taste whatsoever. That's the world that in-vitro meat promises to bring about, and the first commercially available products could start to appear in as little as five years from now.
I offer you a simple, sort of old-fashioned resolution that everyone can make to improve their new year; and to help bring about nothing short of a new world in 2012...
There was an interesting topic that came up at the annual North American Vegetarian Society’s conference last week. It was something that I as a woman, I am concerned with, but tend not to think about. ….. it was the topic of Erectile Dysfunction…. I never realized how common a problem it is, even among men as young as their 20’s.
A whole Firefighter Brigade that is vegetarian. A 10 minute video with some other inter-related clips. There is one nutritionist shown who advocates meat, using the same old school arguments ... most people don't seem to realize that all of India was vegetarian for thousands of years, only recently has small amounts of meat culture crept in.
The report from Worldwatch Institute shows that livestock raising is responsible for at least 51 percent of global warming.*
A Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency report showed that global shift to vegan diet could cut climate change mitigation costs by 80% *
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
