| Recent news of record level floods, worsening winter | | | | mankind has been very inefficient and causes wide |
| and even bigger hailstorms reported from all around | | | | spread pollution in the farm areas. For example, it it |
| the world have again reminded us of the climate | | | | takes 2.6 pounds of corn to produce only one pound |
| change alarm bells that have been ringing all the while | | | | of beef. Besides that, rearing of farm animals causes |
| through the news media, documentaries and online | | | | nitrates to leak into ground water through animal |
| media. Several prominent climate change experts | | | | wastes and this causes direct pollution into the |
| have repeatedly told us that the earth future looks | | | | precious water source. Livestock-rearing have |
| grim if we do not change our habits right now as our | | | | reportedly found to be main contributor of green |
| Mother Earth is starting to show many "flu" | | | | house gases as compared to motor vehicles as their |
| symptoms that we cannot choose to ignore. The ice | | | | waste also produce methane gas which is 30 times |
| coverage at the Arctic Ocean is reducing at an | | | | more effective than carbon dioxide in trapping heat. |
| alarming rate over the past 30 years. Greenland will | | | | Promoting vegetarianism maybe one of the key |
| one day not be covered by any ice and that will | | | | solution as it helps in reducing the amount of |
| definitely bring up the sea level around the world thus | | | | livestocks demanding for food and produces wastes. |
| submerging some of the vulnerable coastal island | | | | Generally, human are able to benefit their health |
| countries like Maldives and small pacific islands that | | | | through more consumption of more vegetables and |
| are only a few metres above sea level. | | | | also by having more vegetables in the planet, that will |
| With the overall climate outlook looks increasingly | | | | means having more plants to absorb the carbon |
| grim, what should one as an individual do to help our | | | | dioxide from the atmosphere. What we now need is |
| mother earth? Experts have come forward and | | | | probably the will power to change our meat eating |
| recommend vegetarianism as the way to solve the | | | | habit so that we can have a better place to live in |
| climate change crisis. Producing meat as food for | | | | for many generations to come... |