The Dark Shadow Shrine

embrace the darkness; that you may see the light nestled within it......

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Here's how much giving up beef helps - or doesn't help - the planet

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Those doing the "Manners Maketh Man" compre currently.....got one point about vegetarians and vegans refusing meat dishes during meals and writer sees this as a lack of manners that is lamentable...but note that this need not be impolite as it can be justified in the name of saving Mother Nature, and in accordance with one's values...One should not be pressured into putting something into one's mouth/body just because one does not want to offend the hospitality of the hosts....

Note the useful point that changing our lifestyle habits (in this case, our meat diet) is one way all of us can contribute towards reducing carbon emissions....

Those classes who just did the Oral assessment, recall the qn in the Spoken Interaction segment, "We don't care enough about environmental issues". You can respond by saying that many of us, esp Asians, like to eat meat and are reluctant to swtich to vegetarian diet......