Meatless Mondays Your Last Chance to Save Earth!!!
週一無肉日
我們最後的機會救地球 !!!
Earth is Sick!
地球生病了!
Problem: WaterLivestock industry requires a lot
of water while contaminates drinking water sources.
水源污染在美國,畜牧業一天製造出的排泄物是美國總人口排放量的 130 倍,而且全球最
– 大水污染源 酸雨,大都是由排泄物裡的氨造成的。
Problem: Water
1 Kilogram Beef 22,000 Liters
of Water
我們吃一公斤的牛肉就需 22 ,000 公升的水
( 包括牛隻的飲用水、牛糞清潔等用水 )
1 公斤的牛肉
22,000公升的水
水資源問題
Problem: Atmosphere
Livestock is the largest source of greenhouse-gas emission.
空氣污染 全球排放二氧化碳最多的,竟然是畜牧
業! 全球畜牧業,所排放的二氧化碳, 佔全球總排放量的
18%
Problem: Soil
Many acres of forestland are converted into cropland… to
feed livestock, but not people.
土地資源問題 •70% 熱帶雨林已遭砍伐,無數動
植物絕跡,絕大部分是畜牧業所致。
•全球 40% 穀物,用於餵養經濟動物而非人類。
Problem: Soil
1 Kilogram Beef
16 Loaves of Bread
十六公斤的穀物僅能產出一公斤的牛肉
1 公斤的牛肉
16 條的麵包
Solution: WaterVegetables and grains
take less water to produce and maintain.
多吃蔬食可以保護水資源及
減少消耗
Solution: Atmosphere Less livestock means
less greenhouse gases are produced.
多吃蔬食可以減少二氧化碳的
排放量
Solution: SoilPreserves our soil quality
while preventing deforestation
多吃蔬食可以防止森林的砍伐,
還可以保護地球的物種!
Conclusion
Your food choices affect our land and mind.
只要稍微改變一下飲食習慣,就可以
減緩地球惡化及創造身心健康!
Venerable Jih-Chang once taught us:
From a limited perspective, we are just killing those insects. But gradually, we are in fact killing ourselves. And actually, we are also killing our future generations. This is a very serious, very frightening situation.