lenaveg's journal
Earth Overshoot Day
Submitted by lenaveg on Fri, 2008-09-26 08:14.Earth Overshoot Day
[ world biocapacity / world Ecological Footprint ] x 365 = Ecological Debt Day
10 Main Reasons for going VEGAN
Submitted by lenaveg on Thu, 2008-08-28 11:11.# 1) Animal products are unnecessary.
# 2) What you eat is a learned habit.
# 3) Much healthier to avoid meat and dairy products.
# 4) Much more environmentally friendly to eat a vegan diet.
# 5) Feed more people on a plant diet than animal based one.
# 6) Using animals is incredibly cruel. Why force any pain?
# 7) Religion/ spiritual reasons "Thou shalt not kill."
# 8) Saves money....
# 9) Reduces National debt.
# 10) Vegan food tastes great!
Experiments on Animals
Submitted by lenaveg on Tue, 2008-08-05 20:38.
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because the animals are like us." Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: "Because the animals are not like us." Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.
Charles R. Magel
Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.
George Bernard Shaw