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I’m in a bit of shock right now after stumbling over this video on youtube. Yes, Glen Beck is a dick head, but this video is worth watching. I have always assumed that Gore was a vegetarian or vegan. Silly me. How can he preach to the world about global warming when he is not making the most important step himself? With his movie, “An Inconvenient Truth”, and the speeches he has made world wide, how can this be? Oh yeah, don’t forgot about Live Earth. Live Earth was/is Gore’s brain child. Watch this video, and leave your thoughts if you wish.

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There are many benefits of buying local. Even if you food is organic and ‘environmentally friendly‘ you may want to think twice.

Think about where this food came from. Does it say Costa Rica on that vegetable? Think about how far it has traveled, and HOW it has traveled. Buying local when possible can drastically reduce your carbon food print. Even that one piece of fruit is responsible for it’s fair share of the emissions required to bring it to your nearest grocery store.

Buying local is also better for your health. I think we all know that fruit, vegetables, and other foods lose their vitamins and minerals as they age.

Why not support your local economy? Buying your food from local farmers will help support your local economy (the one that truly matters to you). The majority of towns and cities that I know of hold a weekly or even daily market, and don’t forget those locals on the side of the road selling fresh strawberries.

There are nothing but good repercussions when you buy your food from near by. One thing you may want to try out is the 100 mile challenge. I heard about this on the news a week or so ago. This challenge is simple, only buy food from within a 100 mile radius. Depending on where you live, you will probably have to live without a few things such as chocolate, but I’m sure you can handle it.

You should not just apply this mindset to what goes into your fridge. If you do not live in China, why buy pencils from China? There are pencil manufacturers in your country, so why buy pencils that came from overseas? When you buy a product, be sure it’s ‘MADE IN (insert you country here)’, for a healthier planet.

-Mr. SoVeg

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Meet my cleaning crew. No, not the coconut people. These are cleaning products which have become readily available just about everywhere. They are made from natural ingredients and in my honest opinion work better than there chemical counterparts. Cleaners such as these do not hurt anyone, or anything when they go down the drain. They aren’t loaded with harmful phosphates and a bunch of other things I cannot spell or pronounce. These alternatives are usually slightly more expensive, but they are well worth it. Give them, or something like them a shot. This is our big world, let’s quit dumping poison all over it.

-Mr. SoVeg

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Here are only a few facts from the November 2006 UN Food and Agriculture Organization report called Livestock’s Long Shadow:

• Livestock production is one of the top two or three most significant contributors to every serious environmental problem in our world today.

• Livestock production requires 70% of all agricultural land and 30% of the land surface of the earth.

• As a result, many people, particularly in the so-called third world countries, no longer find land to grow their own crops. The result is hunger and for many, starvation.

• Livestock production is one of the main causes for the extinction of species. In 15 out of 24 important ecosystems, livestock is named as the major culprit for their decline.

• The expansion of livestock production is a key factor in the deforestation of rain forests, particularly in Latin America: some 70% of previously forested land in the Amazon basin is used for pasture, and feed crops cover a large part of the remainder. Forests serve as the lungs of the Earth and are a major factor in eliminating the greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

• The production of greenhouse gases of human origin, that are generated by livestock production is higher than EMISSIONS CAUSED BY ALL WORLDWIDE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

• The livestock sector is responsible for 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions

• Livestock production generates even larger shares of gas emission with greater potential to warm the atmosphere: 37% of methane and 65% of nitrous oxide

• Livestock production is a significant contributor to the growing lack of water, which researchers predict will be one of our main problems in the future. In many parts of the world, clean drinking water is no longer available:

• Livestock production is the largest source of water pollutants: animal wastes, antibiotics, hormones, chemicals, fertilizers and pesticides for feed crops.

• 8% of the worldwide consumption of water is used for the irrigation of feed crops.

• In the US alone, livestock and feed crop agriculture are responsible for the use of 37% of pesticides, 50% of antibiotics. They are also responsible for 33% of all nitrogen and phosphorus found in freshwater resources, and 66% of all ammonia, which is a significant contributor to acid rain and the acidification of ecosystems.

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