The country’s Environmental Agency has issued a statement urging Germans to partake of 
meat
 minimally, to help mitigate climate change on the planet. Besides the 
harmful health effects of livestock raising such as the byproduct 
nitrous oxide, the Agency said that it is also the most energy intensive
 form of farming and is also responsible for approximately 15 percent of
 Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions.
We thank you Environmental 
Agency and Germany, for this wise advisory. Our prayers that your call 
will be swiftly acted upon by the German people and that the 
meat-free lifestyle will soon be endorsed by nations around the world.
In
 July 2008, Supreme Master Ching Hai explained via videoconference to 
our Association members in Germany on what needs to be done for more 
people to understand the connection between meat eating and its harmful effects on the environment.
That’s
 why I say if the government and the media join hands together and 
informing people day after day, because information are a lot and 
people’s brains take some time to ingest it. They rely on the government
 to inform them everything that is good for them. They rely on the 
newspaper to give them all the news that is necessary and important to 
their life. That’s the power of media and the government. I hope they 
use it for the best cause right now and the noble cause right now, I 
hope they do use it.