Since today is Earth Day, I was thinking really hard about the problems that our planet faces. In my thinking, I remembered the Food Inc. video and the problems our society faces with the food and meat industries. Approximately 35 million cows are killed a year, solely for the purpose of meat and food products. The byproducts and manurer of these cows also affects us, creating more than 18% of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions. For the remainder of the year, we are going to give up meat one day a week, Meatless Mondays. Although this seems difficult at first it really won't be that bad. There are other main dishes such as pastas that do not contain meat but are filling. Nuts are also a good alternative source to protein. This is a good way to give back to your planet.
I also attended that Annie Leonard speech tonight and though we only watched the same video we did and class, followed by Mrs. Leonard proposing some more of her opinions it was interesting to hear her speak. She is a prime example of what we are doing with our blog and project, one person changing a big problem. Hope everyone else got to attend.
Wes found a cool article and although I am supposed to post it on the other groups blog, I liked it so I am posting it on ours also so here it is.
http://www.newsok.com/big-retailers-set-goals-for-stores-going-green/article/3455833?custom_click=pod_lead_local-financial-news
- Liza
Meatless Mondays sounds like a cool idea and is pretty catchy. I really enjoyed reading the article. I am very suprised about the efforts of stores such as Target and Wal-Mart to become more energy efficent/green. It makes me feel better about shopping at these stores now that I know that they care about the environment. This article breaks that idea of thinking that Wal-Mart is evil.
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Okay .. i love it meatless mondays.. i am in and will do so tonight when i go home to make supper..
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