Vegan - Vegetarian Solutions For A Sustainable Environment - Environmental And Ecological

Ken Midkiff discusses the most obvious violation that CAFO's cause to the Environment: Bad Air Quality - Stink.

Many thanks to Gar Smith with the Environmentalists Against War website, Richard Schwartz, president of the Jewish Vegetarians of North America as well as to Pythagoras, Plato and Socrates. The Reading from Plato's Republic is from the translation by G.M.A. Grube pages 47-49 of Book II. Another version is available online: http://www.ivu.org/history/greece_rome/platos_republic_complete.pdf on pages 49-51

With permission from Kathy Freston, Tricia Orr reads from Kathy's blog, KathyFreston.com, the February 2, 2007 entry "A Few More 'Inconvenient Truths' " for the Vegan-Vegetarian Solutions for a Sustainable Environment podcast.

I wish to thank Pamela Rice for so graciously giving the "Vegan - Vegetarian Solutions for a Sustainable Environment" (VSSE) podcast permission to read from her book, "101 Reasons Why I'm A Vegetarian." Please visit her webpage to find information about her work and how you can support it by buying her very important and well written book: http://VivaVegie.org. I'd also like to thank Dawn D'Arcangelo one of the founding members of the Albany Vegetarian Network Inc. (http://nyvegetarianexpo.org) for her great reading of "Fossil Fuel Alchemy"

Howard Lyman and Jerry Cook have a conversation about the effects on the environment associated with our current day animal production. (factory farming). They also chatted about swine flu, the subsidies associated with the fast food hamburgers, transportation associated with feed lots and our foods, effects of deforestation and a bit about Mad Cow Disease. More info at http://www.madcowboy.com/

Howard Lyman and Jerry Cook have a conversation about the effects on the environment associated with our current day animal production. (factory farming). They also chatted about swine flu, the subsidies associated with the fast food hamburgers, transportation associated with feed lots and our foods, effects of deforestation and a bit about Mad Cow Disease. More info at http://www.madcowboy.com/

Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns is interviewed by Rae Sikora the co-founder and director of Plant Peace Daily.

Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns is interviewed by Rae Sikora the co-founder and director of Plant Peace Daily.

The following is by George Monbiot as it appeared in The Guardian on 24 December 2002. The article can be found at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/dec/24/christmas.famine George Monbiot's blog can be found at http://www.monbiot.com/

Richard H. Schwartz, president of Jewish Vegetarians of North America, author of "Judaism and Vegetarianism," and associate producer of "A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World" gives a great presentation "Ten Strategies Toward a Vegetarian Conscious World." Further information about Dr. Schwartz and his writings can be found at JewishVeg.com/Schwartz and "A Sacred Duty" can be seen in its entirety at ASacredDuty.com.

Earth and Sky Podcast (http://www.earthsky.org) - In recent years, scientists have estimated that agricultural activities - including livestock production and clearing land for farming - contribute 30 percent of the greenhouse gases now warming our planet. But a new study shows that you wouldn't know it from reading the newspapers.

Earth and Sky Podcast (http://www.earthsky.org) - In the future, robots might replace animal testing in screening for environmental toxins.

Earth and Sky Podcast (http://www.earthsky.org) - Scientists are working to create meat that comes from a laboratory, not an animal.

Presentation given by Dan Brook at the World Vegetarian Festival Weekend in San Francisco California on October 4, 2008. Sponsored by the San Francisco Vegetarian Society (sfvs.org) and In Defense of Animals (idausa.org).

Presentation given by Dan Brook at the World Vegetarian Festival Weekend in San Francisco California on October 4, 2008. Sponsored by the San Francisco Vegetarian Society (sfvs.org) and In Defense of Animals (idausa.org).

Mike Hudak, director of Public Lands Without Livestock (mikehudak.com/PLWL), draws upon passages from his book Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching (westernturfwars.com) to illustrate how public lands ranchers use the political system to achieve land management that benefits their profits in the short term, but that degrades America's natural resources in the long term. Contact Info: mike_hudak@yahoo.com

A few days after the presentation Dr. Pimentel agreed to be interviewed for the VSSE podcast by Louisa Dell'Amico an Environmental Activist. -------------- David Pimentel and his colleagues at Cornell University in New York set out a number of strategies which could potentially cut fossil energy fuel use in the food system by as much as 50 percent. The first, and very astute suggestion they put forward is that individuals eat less, especially considering that the average American consumes an estimated 3,747 calories a day, a staggering 1200-1500 calories over recommendations. Traditional American diets are high in animal products, and junk and processed foods in particular, which by their nature use more energy than that used to produce staple foods such as potatoes, rice, fruits and vegetables. By just reducing junk food intake and converting to diets lower in meat, the average American could have a massive impact on fuel consumption as well as improving his or her health. For information directly about

David Pimentel and his colleagues at Cornell University in New York set out a number of strategies which could potentially cut fossil energy fuel use in the food system by as much as 50 percent. The first, and very astute suggestion they put forward is that individuals eat less, especially considering that the average American consumes an estimated 3,747 calories a day, a staggering 1200-1500 calories over recommendations. Traditional American diets are high in animal products, and junk and processed foods in particular, which by their nature use more energy than that used to produce staple foods such as potatoes, rice, fruits and vegetables. By just reducing junk food intake and converting to diets lower in meat, the average American could have a massive impact on fuel consumption as well as improving his or her health. For information directly about the report "Reducing Energy Inputs in the US Food System" by David Pimentel, Sean Williamson, Courtney E. Alexander, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, Caitlin Kontak and S

With permission from Kathy Freston, Tricia Orr reads from Kathy's blog, KathyFreston.com, the January 18, 2007 entry "Vegetarian is the New Prius" for the Vegan-Vegetarian Solutions for a Sustainable Environment podcast. Audio editing by http://H2Opodcast.com .com

Mike Hudak, director of Public Lands Without Livestock (mikehudak.com/PLWL), an organization that informs the public about environmental harms and economic costs entailed by ranching on America's public lands, presents an overview of ranching impacts on wildlife and explains the banking connection behind ranchers' clout with federal management agencies. Hudak, author of Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching (westernturfwars.com) cites passages from his book that illuminate the topic. Contact Info: mike_hudak@yahoo.com