http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8
This video sums up a lot of what people need to know about the environment and how badly the human race is killing the planet because we truly are trashing out planet. I also think this video would be effective in getting some people's attention, some of the images and statistics used in the video really have stuck to my brain. I even noticed myself thinking twice about wrapping my food in my kitchen. She makes a good point about plastic wrap: plastic was made as a substance to last forever! Amazing! But we use it once and throw it away all the time. I really like this video, very informative and impacting on me.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
New York Times Article: The Carnivore's Dilemma
Getting back to you on the Trophic Levels, I found an article in the New York Times called The Carnivore's Dilemma. The article was in the paper two Saturdays ago, Halloween! The article was very interesting and highlighted both the pros and cons for eating meat and its impact on the enviroment. The article took a look at a totally different impact on the enviroment that eatime meat has. The production of meat not only makes feeding the world less efficient, but also adds to climate change and global warming. Which in hand affects the water on earth!
(Don't you just love how everything seems to affect everything?)
When it comes to the enviroment, it seems that harvesting and eating meat is seldomly a pro. In the New York Times article, it gives figures and information about just how much our agricultural/livestock industry puts in to the air. It is incredible how much one industry could destroy the enviroment in my head. How could we let it get so out of hand? From growing the food and raising the animals so much pollution is put out into our planet. This is how water is truely directly affected by eating meat.
Another thing to mention, when we eat meat, the calories that we gain from eating that meat are miniscuel compared to how many calories could have been consumed if humans were fed the plants that the animal consumed was fed. In fact, the amount of calories that could have been fed to humans if the humans were fed the flora rather than the fauna is 10 times more at least.
Could not eating meat save the planet?
Could not eating meat end world hunger?
Theoretically, it would definately be beneficial. I am not telling te world to become vegetarian because there is no doubt that meat does have some benefits when it comes to health. But I am here to make you aware. The production of the meat on your plate adds to the emissions of CO2 into our enviroment and the production of meat makes feeding the earth less efficient.
(Don't you just love how everything seems to affect everything?)
When it comes to the enviroment, it seems that harvesting and eating meat is seldomly a pro. In the New York Times article, it gives figures and information about just how much our agricultural/livestock industry puts in to the air. It is incredible how much one industry could destroy the enviroment in my head. How could we let it get so out of hand? From growing the food and raising the animals so much pollution is put out into our planet. This is how water is truely directly affected by eating meat.
Another thing to mention, when we eat meat, the calories that we gain from eating that meat are miniscuel compared to how many calories could have been consumed if humans were fed the plants that the animal consumed was fed. In fact, the amount of calories that could have been fed to humans if the humans were fed the flora rather than the fauna is 10 times more at least.
Could not eating meat save the planet?
Could not eating meat end world hunger?
Theoretically, it would definately be beneficial. I am not telling te world to become vegetarian because there is no doubt that meat does have some benefits when it comes to health. But I am here to make you aware. The production of the meat on your plate adds to the emissions of CO2 into our enviroment and the production of meat makes feeding the earth less efficient.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Trophic Levels 1
Recently, in my class, we have been studying trophic levels and how the levels that humans eat at can affect the enviroment. I really never realized the effect that eating meat over vegetables had on the enviroment prior to learning about this subject. I am going to do research to see if this pertains to water because since enviromental science is so interconnect, I can bed it does! I will be researching this topic a little and blogging about it soon!
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