THE AMAZON IS ON FIRE: Why should I care?
- A Balanced Lyfe
- Aug 26, 2019
- 5 min read
Because it is not just the Amazon.
In Siberia, 21,000 sq miles of forest have been engulfed in flames.
A wildfire on the Canary Islands forced thousands of natives to relocate.
New fires ignited in Alaska.
A massive wildfire is approaching inhabited areas of Greenland forcing a massive ice melt.
But in the Amazon, this year ALONE there have been 73,000 fires.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro took office in January 2019. He has since prioritized economic gain over the environment and land rights of indigenous Amazonians. Conservationists and Indigenous activists fight back, with little prevail.
Bolsanaro has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land.
Que massive outbreak of wildfires.
Brazil is in a state of emergency.
The Amazon Rainforest makes 20% of our oxygen.
The oceans, thanks to phytoplankton, are responsible for 70% of Earth’s oxygen. Due to the warming of the oceans and our lifestyle choices, phytoplankton numbers have decreased and deforestation has increased. If we cut down every tree for consumer goods and pollute the waters until all of their inhabitants die off, we will not survive. We NEED clean water and trees for our very breath. We must take care of what gives us life.
We cannot pollute the oceans and expect them to love us back and thrive. We cannot cut down every tree and expect to breathe.
Humans didn’t create oceans or trees, the Earth gifted us that for survival. It is up to us to take care of the oceans, the land, the trees, and every inhabitant that calls this space ship HOME. Earth has existed for millions of years. Yet, today, 2019, we are facing major life emergencies. In a matter of 200 years we have been able to not only create everything that we have today, internet, modes of transportation, factories, but also destroy most of the good and create more of the bad. Our food production is destroying the atmosphere, land, and the lives of animals. It is also destroying our health. Big PHARMA and the NRA have their dirty hands in every corner of the system. We are controlled from sun up to sun down to continue the path they have created for human kind. A path of destruction, of hate, of mortality, for millions, four legged and two.
The Amazon is our LUNGS but it is also HOME to 3 million species of animals and 1 million indigenous people. Who have grown up and respected their land for what it is. Animals and humans share this common space and flourish; thousands of indigenous tribes that have been around for hundreds of years honoring the same culture and values. The only thing that has changed from then and now is the amount of DESTRUCTION. We’ve pushed Earth to her limits.
REAL STATISTICS
In the Amazon a football field of rainforest is cleared every minute.
In the same minute:
2 million wild fish and other marine animals
80,000 farmed fish
140,000 chickens
6,000 ducks
3,000 pigs
2,500 rabbits
1,500 geese
1,300 turkeys
1,500 sheep
1,000 goats
700 cattle
150 rodents
130 birds
15 horses
HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED FOR CONSUMER FOOD AND PRODUCTS.
What can YOU do?
By switching to a plant based diet YOU can save EACH DAY:
1,100 gallons of water
45 pounds of grain
30 sq ft of forested land
20 pounds C02
1 Animals Life
If eating plants helps me save just one animals life a day, it is worth it.
I cannot live in a world of pain ignoring the atrocities at our very front door.
I choose to be different.
I choose to make a positive change for myself and those around me.
Changing the world starts with YOU, TODAY. Not tomorrow, or not after this pizza or hamburger, it starts NOW. We all claim we love the Earth and want to save it, take care of it, for ourselves and for our loved ones. But if you’re not even willing to change what you eat for breakfast, ask yourself how much you actually give a damn?
Become a conscious consumer who gives a fuck where their money goes and what the fuck goes into their precious human body! Land wouldn't have to be cleared if there wasn't a growing demand for food and product. We as the consumer have a choice. Our voice is through our spent dollars.
-Buy reusable products instead of using one-time-use paper or plastic
-REDUCE YOUR MEAT CONSUMPTION
-Spread Awareness by sharing facts and information
Veganism isn’t a belief.
Animals are dying.
People are dying.
Our Planet is dying.
We need to make better choices.
And we can.
That’s not a belief.
These are facts.
We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 Billion people. Children and adults are starving worldwide from lack of food. We can SOLVE world hunger BUT we CHOOSE to feed the crops we grow to animals instead of people directly with starving bellies. People in poverty CANNOT AFFORD MEAT. Meat is for the wealthy and morbidly obese people of North America dying from clogged arteries and heart problems. People living in poverty around the world are working in the fields of crops that are eaten by animals. How does that make you feel? Knowing that TODAY just by giving the hungry the crops instead of animals we could solve a major world crisis.
The world has needed us.
If it takes the Amazon lighting up in flames to get your attention,
well, WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THAT MOMENT.
Be the change.
I choose to live a cruelty-free plant based lifestyle. I choose to be a smart consumer; Where does my food come from? Who am I hurting by purchasing this item?
QUESTION EVERYTHING.
DISRUPT THE SYSTEM.
We have been taught from birth that we need cows milk to be strong and meat for protein. THIS IS NOT THE TRUTH.
Any educated human would know this. Unfortunately our “educators” have also been morphed by the system and I had to LEARN and TEACH myself the TRUTH. The truth of where our food comes from and how it is treated and cared for, the truth of what a human body needs to function properly. I sought out the truth. You can too.
I hope you find the love in yourself to care for not only your loved ones,
but for the millions you will never meet whose lives are in jeopardy.
Make a conscious change in your every day life so that we can all live in peace. Our products and food does not have to hurt others.
We have the power to make immense change. Let’s get fucking to it.
Violence has been ingrained in every culture.
The thought of living peacefully with compassion for all sentient beings sounds strange, hard, and unreasonable to so many people.
If that isn’t twisted, I don’t know what is.
"FUCK THE SYSTEM"
- every conscious human being.
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