Environmental benefits of plant based lifestyle
YOU & I ARE THE ONE WHO CAN MAKE A POSITIVE CHANGE.
EVERY DAY & EVERY TIME you decide to eat something you either help our beautiful planet or not.
By living this lifestyle I support my health and I help our beautiful planet which makes me so happy.
I have taken these statistics from the film called Cowspiracy. I definitely recommend watching this life changing film.
Statistics
• Animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust from all transportation.
• Transportation exhaust is responsible for 13% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
• A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people.
• In the U.S. livestock produce 116,000 pounds of waste per second.
• 130 times more animal waste than human waste is produced in the US – 1.4 billion tons from the meat industry annually. 5 tons of animal waste is produced per person in the US.
• Animal agriculture is responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction.
• 1-2 acres of rainforest are cleared every second.
• The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feed crops.
• 136 million rainforest acres cleared for animal agriculture.
• 1,100 land activists have been killed in Brazil in the past 20 years.
• 80% of antibiotic sold in the US are for livestock.
• Worldwide, at least 50% of grain is fed to livestock.
• 1.2 billion people will go hungry to the bed today versus we feed 1.5 billion livestock worldwide daily.
• 82% of starving children live in countries where food is fed to animals, and the animals are eaten by western countries.
• 70 billion farmed animals are reared annually worldwide. More than 6 million animals are killed for food every hour.
• Animal agriculture water consumption ranges from 34-76 trillion gallons annually.
• Agriculture is responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption.
• Growing feed crops for livestock consumes 56% of water in the US.
• 2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.
• 5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes. 55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture.
• Animal agriculture is responsible for 20%-33% of all fresh water consumption in the world today.
• Livestock or livestock feed occupies 1/3 of the earth’s ice-free land.
• Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction.
• Livestock operations on land have created more than 500 nitrogen flooded dead-zones around the world in our oceans.
• 2-5 acres of land are used per cow.
• 1/3 of the planet is desertified, with livestock as the leading driver.
• Every minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food in the US.
• We could see fishless oceans by 2048.
• 90-100 million tons of fish are pulled from our oceans each year.
• As many as 2.7 trillion animals are pulled from the ocean each year.
• For every 1 pound of fish caught, up to 5 pounds of unintended marine species are caught and discarded as by-kill.
• Worldwide, cows drink 45 billion gallons of water and eat 135 billion pounds of food each day.
• World population in 1812: 1 billion; 1912: 1.5 billion; 2012: 7 billion
How we can make a change:
1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant based food.
1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat.
Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:
Vegan: 1/6th acre
Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan
Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan
A person who follows a vegan diet produces the equivalent of
50% less carbon dioxide, uses 1/11th oil, 1/13th water, and 1/18th land compared to a meat lover for their food.
Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves:
1,100 gallons (5000liters) of water,
45 pounds (20kg) of grain,
30 sq ft (2.7square meter) of forested land,
20 lbs (9kg) CO2 equivalent,
1 animal’s life
You can see now how much power YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD and How EASY is to help OUR AMAZING PLANET.
What do you think? Can you make the difference in the world. Of course YOU CAN
If you are not sure how to start, check my recipes and start cooking. Choose recipes what you enjoy and which suits your lifestyle and take it from there.
One meal at the time.
If you will have “non plant based” meal once. Please don’t bit yourself up for it. Just go back to this article and remind yourself WHY you wanted to start or try this lifestyle on a first place.
Let me know what you think. I would love to hear from you.
From my heart to yours
Inkka💕
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