Doreen The Downer

or: How to make a juicy & “delicious” hamburger

Tipp zum Klimaschutz

Heute entdeckt am Bahnhof Luzern. Die Plakatüberschrift lautet:
Fleischessen schädigt das Klima! Deshalb: Menschen, esst kein Fleisch!

Tatsächlich bestätigt die Welternährungsorganisation (FAO), der UNO-Weltklimarat (IPCC) sowie weitere Fachgremien, dass die Fleischindustrie mehr zum Klimawandel beiträgt als der gesamte globale Transport inklusiv Autoverkehr, Flugzeuge, etc (siehe auch vorheriger Beitrag). Den eigenen Fleischkonsum zu reduzieren oder am besten ganz auf tierische Produkte zu verzichten trägt also mehr zum Klimaschutz bei als z.B. weniger autofahren.

Ausserdem ist laut diesem aktuellen Fernsehbeitrag eine pflanzliche Ernährung nicht nur klimafreundlicher sondern auch gesünder.

All Jacked Up

You deserve better. The movie food companies hope you never see. Very good and important documentary for teenagers and young adults. More information at www.alljackedupmovie.com

Peacable Kingdom - The Journey Home

From the producers of the award-winning documentary The Witness

soon comes the new movie Peacable Kingdom - The Journey Home

The Faces of “Free-Range” Farming

The truth about “free-range”, “cage-free” and “humane” eggs, dairy and meat.

Happy World Vegan Day

Today (November 1) is World Vegan Day. In addition to being a cruelty-free and healthier way of living, many people are going vegan for environmental reasons.

As many people are reducing their car use, limiting their water waste, becoming more energy-efficient and generally seeking to lessen their environmental impact, they are increasingly examining their eating habits too. Environmentally conscious consumers are concerned not only with food miles, over-packaging, pesticide use and genetically-modified foods, but are also increasingly questioning the environmental sustainability of modern animal husbandry.

The livestock industry is responsible for 18% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and yet by comparison, all forms of transportation combined (i.e. cars, planes, etc.) emit 13.5%. The world livestock population is currently expanding at a faster rate than the human population and because meat production has quadrupled in the past fifty years livestock now outnumber people by more than three to one.

All these animals exist solely because of high meat consumption, which contributes significantly to water shortages, forest clearing, soil damage, use of oil-based pesticides and of course climate change.

The ironic thing is that millions of people all over the world suffer from hunger while more and more crops we could eat directly are being fed to livestock. Our dietary habits are a terribly inefficient use of the earth’s resources. A 2006 University of Chicago study found that a person switching from the average Western diet to a vegan diet would reduce CO2 emissions by nearly 1.5 metric tons a year.

The bottom line is that eating meat, dairy and eggs threatens our planet. I have been vegan for over a year now and not only was it one of the best decisions I have ever made in terms of my personal health and conscience, but I was surprised how easy and delicious vegan food is. For further information visit www.vegansociety.com

Produce Paradise Rap

LOL…maybe this can be considered as vegan rap.

Maybe it’s time to go vegan

Only a few of the innumerable reasons why I’m a vegan.

Behind the Mask

This new documentary is called Behind the Mask and is about the animal liberation movement. The movie is well done and has the potential to reach a wide audience.

When fish fight back