Anytime a trip to get away from the city is definitely refreshing to the soul and body. Pictures speak a thousand words… Here’s some of the pictures of the BBQ trip to Bear Mountain, a state park at New York upstate, rising from the west bank of the Hudson River. I feel so lucky to be able to enjoy this beautiful place and I’m very thankful to all of those, my friends who had working hard in putting their efforts together for this vegetarian BBQ gatherings. Not only the foods were great but knowing that we are enjoying food without hurting lives and environment is even better!
We heard about global warming so much in fact some people say they feel numb about it already…but we should not because indeed we are really in a state of EMERGENCY now. Human has been abusing the only place that they can live in – the planet Earth.
Below is an excerpt from The Huffington Post:
Eating As If the Climate Mattered, by Bruce Friedrich
United Nations environmental researchers released a report that everyone who cares about the environment should review. Called " Livestock's Long Shadow," this 408-page thoroughly researched scientific report indicts the consumption of chickens, pigs, and other meats, concluding that the meat industry is "one of the... most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global" and that eating meat contributes to "problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity."
I was talking to my brother on the phone the other day, he said there’s a release of a list of countries that may sink or swallowed by the increasing water cause by the melting of the arctic's ice. Many activists have go around and passing the message that recycling are not the only or the fastest solution, what actually help the environment to recover faster is the decision made on your plate! If only everyone will leave a piece of meat, even just once a week, it will make a great impact. Human tend to start react only when the problems are right in our face. We are smart creatures, that’s why we are able to predict and already foresee the consequences of our actions, we can change because we care.
I was watching a discussion about the environment and how going for meatless diet can help on the TV the other day….the thing is even if someone say they don’t care about the environment, the problem is now all the antibiotics that left in the animals’ bodies when they were slaughtered had taken a toll on humans’ health… Research has shown that the toxic found in the animals are way much higher than the pesticides found in the vegetables ( for those who say “oh, the vegetables are full of pesticide too..”).
Many times I heard people says, “Oh well, so many others are doing it, even if I change, not going to help much.” Just imagine if all of us think like this? Who’s going to do it?
Scientific research has proved that many animals are as smart and sensitive as we are. For more interesting facts, go to http://www.goveg.com/
My youngest brother is an environmentalist. I am so proud of all that he did and his perseverance. I remember last time when he asked me to bring my own bag to do shopping. I told him I still need the bags for my garbage/trash can. He told me that I wouldn’t need that many. So, I make an effort to bring my own beautiful ^^ reusable shopping bag from Whole Food, every time I went for groceries shopping. At first, we keep forgetting to bring it with us but now we are used to it, for almost 2 years now, I feel good whenever I save those plastic bags. Whole Food will refund $0.1o for every purchase that we made without using their paper bag or plastic bag, and the Chinese supermarkets were equally happy when we took out our own bag, they even asked us where to get the pretty reusable bag, hehe. We only take the plastic bags when we are really running low on supply for our trash can. ^^
Yummo!
Ivan and Ryan, both are veggie babies since they were in their mothers' womb.
More pictures of the trip here.
Please try from today onwards, be a vegetarian for at least once a week…
Eat Better, Feel Better!
Agreed 1000%. This is a comment from an vegetarian actress(I forgot what her name, have to check up) that, 'if u can feel the pain and suffer the animals have to go through when they are slaughtered, you wouldn't think twice.' I am going to write a blog on this too later.. many celebrities who are vegetarian voice out their feelings for the animals.
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