Water crisis looms this summer in Kashmir Valley - 9 Apr 2009 | |
Kashmir's glaciers receding fast We are grateful, Vice President Ashraf of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation for your urgent call to action. Our prayers for the Kashmiri people’s well-being and for humanity’s actions of greater consideration to ensure the preservation of our precious environment. Supreme Master Ching Hai has frequently pointed out that the solution to a number of deep crises faced worldwide, including resource scarcity and conflicts, is a plant-based diet. The following is an excerpt from a July 2008 telephone interview with Mr. James Bean, host of the US-based Spiritual Awakening Radio station. Telephone interview with Supreme Master Master Ching Hai Supreme Master Ching Hai: So, it is meat diet that really causes the shortage of food. We have 862 million hungry people in 2008 and the grain that we feed the livestock alone is enough for 2 billion people. Now, concerning water: One serving of beef is 1,200 gallons; one serving of chicken, 330 gallons; and one complete vegan meal including tofu, rice, vegetables, etc., is only 98 gallons. So, you see, now everybody was talking a lot about food shortage and water shortage, the main cause is, again, livestock raising. That is not including the contamination of most world bodies of water and related usages. Now, about financial cost even, the health cost for related illness only, in the United States alone, US$120 to 150 billion per year. Supreme Master Ching Hai: And it’s not just about all this sickness and water and food shortage; it breeds war, because when people are hungry and insecure about food, and famine everywhere, they might just do anything. And that’s why we have war. So, I think a vegetarian diet, it is not for religious people alone, it is truly necessary for us to survive.
Our deep gratitude, Parliament Member McCarthy for your courageous and wise voice in sharing the vital news of meat consumptions’ planetary impact with others in the British government. May more and more nations make the choice to promote the plant-based diet to save ourselves and our magnificent Earth. Lhasa speeds up construction of eco-garden city Bravo for your eco-initiatives, Lhasa! We look forward to visiting your transformed urban region, where arbors and greenery bring out the best in the city and her people. Way to go Empire State Building project partners and New York City! Our accolades for your vision in renovating this legendary structure to benefit health and the environment while retaining its original dignity and beauty. |
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