why veganism is not just an extreme diet? but a lifestyle which can save the planet

It is a Way of Life which is… …good for the Planet.

…good for the animals. …good for Your health.

Why veganism is not just an extreme diet?

Not eating a pound of meat is

saves more water than using less water while showering

for 6 monthes.

One person going vegan saves over

1,3 million

gallons of water per year.

It takes

1000 gallons of water

to produce just 1 gallon of milk!

Average daily water footprint of diet

Vegan 300 gallons Vegetarian 1 200 gallons Meat-eater 4 000 gallons

It takes less water to produce a year’s food

for a vegan than to produce a month’s food for a meat-eater.

„All beings tremble before violence.

All fear death, all love life.

See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt?

What harm can you do?”

Buddha

Sharks kill 12 people per year

People kill 11 417 sharks per hour.

Livestock produces

40 % more greenhouse emissons

than global transportation.

Americans produce 12 000 pounds of excrement per second,

while american farm animals produce

250 000.

The U.S. agribusiness slaughter

10 billion animals per year.

That’s 19 011 animals per minute, or 317 animals per second.

„If slaughterhouses had glass walls

everyone would be a vegetarian.”

Paul McCartney

Animal agriculture water consumption ranges

from 34-76 trillion gallons annually.

477 gallons of water

are required to produce

1lb. of eggs.

Almost 900 gallons of water

are needed for

1lb. of cheese.

„Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth

as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”

Albert Einstein

1,000 gallons of water

are required to produce

1 gallon/liter of milk.

Livestock occupies

1/3 of the Earth’s ice-free land.

90 million tons of fish

are pulled from our oceans

each year.

For every 1 pound of fish caught, up to 5 pounds of unintended marine species

are caught and discarded as by-kill.

I have from an early age abjured the use of meat,

and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals

as they now look upon the murder of men.

Leonardo DaVinci

Animal agriculture

is responsible for

up to 91% of Amazon destruction.

Up to137 plant, animal and insect species

are lost every day

due to rainforest destruction.

Cows produce

150 billion gallons of methane

per day.

80% of antibiotic

sold in the US

is for livestock.

Worldwide

50% or more of grain

is fed to livestock.

„We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them –

exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport,

exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and yes,

exploiting animals in the name of food.”

Cesar Chavez

We are currently

growing enough food to feed

10 billion people.

Land required to feed 1 person for 1 year:

Vegan: 1/6th acre

Vegetarian: 3x as much as a vegan Meat Eater: 18x as much as a vegan

If I can live a

happy and healthy life

without hurting others, I do it.

Most of the facts are from www.cowspiracy.com