Loving the Eco-Life
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July/August 2009
By Kim Wallace
How can people's eating habits make a difference?
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In every way! Eating habits not only affect our health, but all natural systems. For example, because of overfishing, destructive fishing practices and loss of habitat, we have wiped out 90 percent of the big fish in the planet’s oceans in just the last 50 years. 90 percent!!!! Coral reefs are bleaching out and dying, and the oceans are trending toward acidification. Maybe we should give them a break? Aside from the inhumane practices, the livestock industry generates more greenhouse gases than all forms of transportation combined. I highly recommend reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma (Penguin, 2007) to get a more thorough understanding of what a huge impact food choices have on everything!
How can we convince skeptics that global warming is real?
If the world’s leading scientists sounding the alarm and an international scientific panel report doesn’t convince people, I couldn’t say, but I also don’t think it’s necessary. People seem to wait until there’s a crisis to make big changes. Well, we have some crises going on. There are incentives to make healthier decisions all around us. The economic crisis naturally begins the process of shedding excessive purchasing. Seeing our kids coming home in body bags from war should give us the goad to get off our dependence on foreign oil, and while we’re at it, how about getting off finite fossil fuels altogether—and onto infinite renewable forms of energy, like wind and solar. The obesity and diabetes epidemic is teaching us that maybe things that come in a box or wrapped in plastic aren’t food. Food grows on trees or in the ground.
How can people who are concerned about animal rights, humanitarianism and the environment make a difference?
Everyone can use their own set of talents to inform and inspire! Living by your beliefs and sharing information are the most powerful tools we all have to help create a more ethical, beautiful world…and don’t be shy, voice yourself and show up to lend your support to the voiceless.
Daryl Hannah's favorite things
• Meadows
• Trees
• Wildlife
• Hot springs
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