I try to approach being vegi for moral reasons not as an attempt to save the world. It's possible that my personal choice not to purchase and consume meat will never save a single animal life.
Instead, I focus on knowing that I have minimized the harm I chose to do, and by my example perhaps encouraged others to make conscious choices about their relationship to fellow beings and food.
Hoity toity language, and questionably effective. But my health is good and my food bill, I think, cheaper. And hopefully I've encouraged restaurants and groceries to continue providing more and better vegi options.
When it comes to conspicuous consumption, or using food sources as fuel instead of waste products, we're playing a dangerous game with limited resources. With our population so high now on this small planet, we're rapidly approaching the critical mass where every decision about use and waste has serious and powerful effects.
Way to go for deciding to do something conscious about it, instead of hunkering down and grabbing all you can before the timer runs out. You're a beautiful example and encourager.
I don't care about saving an animal. I just don't want to be the ugly American eating beef stew and cheese pizza and complaining about the prices while multiple other countries are having food riots because people are starving.
I think we've hit critical mass and people are just starting to realize it.
Thankfully there are people who have been working on ideas for these problems already, so when America realizes we've hit critical mass we can start trying some things. Unfortunately it is likely that before that realization spreads out to enough people to make larger changes lots more people will die. My hope is that the people who do die get recognized and Americans are able to be not just compassionate, but actively engaged in the process of problem solving.
I try to approach being vegi for moral reasons not as an attempt to save the world. It's possible that my personal choice not to purchase and consume meat will never save a single animal life.
Instead, I focus on knowing that I have minimized the harm I chose to do, and by my example perhaps encouraged others to make conscious choices about their relationship to fellow beings and food.
Hoity toity language, and questionably effective. But my health is good and my food bill, I think, cheaper. And hopefully I've encouraged restaurants and groceries to continue providing more and better vegi options.
When it comes to conspicuous consumption, or using food sources as fuel instead of waste products, we're playing a dangerous game with limited resources. With our population so high now on this small planet, we're rapidly approaching the critical mass where every decision about use and waste has serious and powerful effects.
Way to go for deciding to do something conscious about it, instead of hunkering down and grabbing all you can before the timer runs out. You're a beautiful example and encourager.
Love,
Ria
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I just don't want to be the ugly American eating beef stew and cheese pizza and complaining about the prices while multiple other countries are having food riots because people are starving.
I think we've hit critical mass and people are just starting to realize it.
Thankfully there are people who have been working on ideas for these problems already, so when America realizes we've hit critical mass we can start trying some things. Unfortunately it is likely that before that realization spreads out to enough people to make larger changes lots more people will die.
My hope is that the people who do die get recognized and Americans are able to be not just compassionate, but actively engaged in the process of problem solving.
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