Doc Com

I didn't start writing this until after I had already watched the first documentary. It was great.

Catch the trailer here: Freakonomics

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Now I am starting the documentary Cowspiracy (comments to follow). Following the environmental catastrophe that is our modern food system.

There is a part of me that wants to be vegetarian. I should just do it. At least because of the state of the planet, and because I call myself an animal lover and advocate yet I still eat meat. Jesus 2,500 lbs of water are used to produce 1 lb of beef. Even cutting your meat intake in half would be a huge impact on the global environment.

Honestly, I have less to say than I thought. The documentary was great and brought up some really interesting points. I'm going to try and eat far less meat and dairy. Looking to cut my boyfriend to half his consumption and I think I can pretty much just give up milk and lets be honest, that would be better for me anyway. I don't need milk. I can get better calcium from spinach or kale. The hardest part will be not giving into temptation and still doing what I want to do for me regardless of if my boyfriend is personally resistant to giving up meat and especially dairy (he loves milk).

It just comes down to numbers for me. I care a lot for animals and the environment and I want children of the future to have a world to enjoy like I have had so far in my life, but if it's all destroyed by the time I'm 60, then what have I left the future? If I became vegan right now then I have the ability to decrease my carbon footprint by:

1100 gallons of water
45 pounds of grain
30 square feet of forest
10 pounds of CO2
1 animals life

EVERY SINGLE DAY. that's 365 animals a year and probably more in reality because we waste so much, especially here in America. How can I ignore that? It wont be a cold turkey process but starting this moment, I am going to try and consume less meat and dairy as a whole. Definitely at work this is doable because I eat a lot of cheese and eggs, but we have lots of veggies on hand, even avocado so I don't have to go far for options. If most people kept an open eye and mind they might find they don't have to make too big of changes to eat less meat either.


Things to think about.

Mav