JVNA advisor’s letter to the FOA re: ‘Livestock a major threat to environment: remedies urgently needed’
The following letter reflects my view as stated on my 11/30/06 post. It was included (amid many other things) in a JVNA e-newsletter this morning:
Letter to the FAO by author and JVNA advisor Dan Brook:
re: Livestock a major threat to environment: remedies urgently needed
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html
This is an important step for the UN FAO and I commend it on this report. There are few things more vital.
It is shocking to me, however, that among the urgent remedies there is not even a mention of not patronizing the livestock industry by eating a plant-based diet. Studies are piling up clearly demonstrating that vegetarianism is better for personal as well as environmental health, better for workers and of course better for animals.
Please peruse the information contained in the links below, each specifically focused on the connections between meat-eating and global warming, and please add something to this effect, with links, in an updated report. This urgent issue demands and deserves nothing less. I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Dan Brook, Ph.D.
Another Inconvenient Truth
http://www.eatkind.net/inconvenient.htm
EarthSave: A New Global Warming Strategy
http://www.earthsave.org/globalwarming.htm
Another Inconvenient Truth: Meat is a Global Warming Issue
http://www.emagazine.com/view/?3312
Another Inconvenient Truth: In the modern world, it is impossible to reconcile a carnivorous diet with environmental responsibility
http://www.aquarianonline.com/Eco/anotherinconvenienttruth.htm
Warming Up to a New Diet
http://simplevegan.blogspot.com
Diet, Energy and Global Warming
http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~gidon/papers/nutri/nutri.html
ABC News: Meat-Eaters Aiding Global Warming?
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/TenWays/story?id=2119267&page=1
Greenpeace: On Your Plate
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/green-living-guide/on-your-plate
Fight Global Warming by Going Vegetarian
http://goveg.com/environment-globalwarming.asp
Vegan diets healthier for planet, people than meat diets
http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060413.diet.shtml
The SUV in the Pantry
http://www.organicconsumers.org/btc/gasfood112105.cfm
Cut Global Warming by Becoming Vegetarian
http://www.physorg.com/news4998.html
Five Food Choices for a Healthy Planet
http://www.veg.ca/issues/enviro-5reasons.html
and
Eco-Eating: Eating as if the Earth Matters
http://www.brook.com/veg