Comments on: Guest Post On Deciding To Stop Eating Meat. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/17/guest-post-on-deciding-to-stop-eating-meat/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:29:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Sanchez http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/17/guest-post-on-deciding-to-stop-eating-meat/#comment-23851 David Sanchez Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:48:23 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2747#comment-23851 My experience is almost the very same as the author. I decided to cut meat out of my diet in 1996, just after turning 18 and leaving the family home. At the beginning it was solely for the animals. Later I realized it was for just as beneficial for me as it was for the animals. Now I understand that my choice is beneficial for all life on the planet. This has been the best decision of my life. My experience is almost the very same as the author. I decided to cut meat out of my diet in 1996, just after turning 18 and leaving the family home. At the beginning it was solely for the animals. Later I realized it was for just as beneficial for me as it was for the animals. Now I understand that my choice is beneficial for all life on the planet. This has been the best decision of my life.

]]> By: Louise http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/17/guest-post-on-deciding-to-stop-eating-meat/#comment-23636 Louise Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:19:21 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2747#comment-23636 I never really liked meat. I couldn't understand other peoples craving for a cheeseburger. I always felt that it was who I am and was quiet about it. When I learned what it does to the environment, well, I am now very loud about it. I never really liked meat. I couldn’t understand other peoples craving for a cheeseburger. I always felt that it was who I am and was quiet about it. When I learned what it does to the environment, well, I am now very loud about it.

]]> By: Rene http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/17/guest-post-on-deciding-to-stop-eating-meat/#comment-23629 Rene Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:57:55 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2747#comment-23629 Great article. When I turned veg back in 1989, I became super militant about trying to convert people. It took me many years to understand that not everyone is going to go veg no matter how much we show them the effects on their health and the enviro. And I've since learned that not all people are even physically capable of being veg, because of their blood type. Me, I just happen to be the perfect blood type for a veg, but some people who say they have to have meat, probably do. We all do what we can and as long as each of us commits to doing at least that much, change can happen. Great article.

When I turned veg back in 1989, I became super militant about trying to convert people. It took me many years to understand that not everyone is going to go veg no matter how much we show them the effects on their health and the enviro. And I’ve since learned that not all people are even physically capable of being veg, because of their blood type. Me, I just happen to be the perfect blood type for a veg, but some people who say they have to have meat, probably do.

We all do what we can and as long as each of us commits to doing at least that much, change can happen.

]]> By: Karl http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2010/03/17/guest-post-on-deciding-to-stop-eating-meat/#comment-23628 Karl Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:57:35 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2747#comment-23628 Excellent post, Megan. The link between meat eating and environmental destruction is an issue that gets almost no billing whatsoever. No matter how they are raised, livestock either graze or are fed from grain farmed on land that could otherwise be left unspoiled. To add insult to injury farm animals are often labeled "inefficient protein factories," requiring vast quantities of feed (and the land to grow it) to produce what is relatively little substance on someone's plate. You need to also consider excessive water consumption, wastes produced by livestock, and all the petroleum used to manufacture fertilizers, run farms, and transport livestock to and from the slaughterhouse. I could go on. It's a total mess. If all humans moved to a plant-based diet, the world would be greener in many ways. Excellent post, Megan. The link between meat eating and environmental destruction is an issue that gets almost no billing whatsoever. No matter how they are raised, livestock either graze or are fed from grain farmed on land that could otherwise be left unspoiled. To add insult to injury farm animals are often labeled “inefficient protein factories,” requiring vast quantities of feed (and the land to grow it) to produce what is relatively little substance on someone’s plate. You need to also consider excessive water consumption, wastes produced by livestock, and all the petroleum used to manufacture fertilizers, run farms, and transport livestock to and from the slaughterhouse. I could go on. It’s a total mess. If all humans moved to a plant-based diet, the world would be greener in many ways.

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