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| Gebriel Estonia June 22, 2006 |
Hello admin! I like it and the background and
colors make it easy to read. Good content, eautiful design, thank !
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| Leksej Ukreine June 16, 2006 |
Hello! Good site! Thank you for a very useful web link.
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| Anonymous Oct 14, 2003 |
If you must choose one, I'd say vegetarianism, as trucking vegetables probably takes less energy than raising animals for
livestock.
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Anonymous Oct. 4th 2001 |
Bi-regionally and organic. Vegetarianism is a personal dietary choice. Bio-regional is taking advantage of the best that is available locally. A nutrition sub site in Elements will be great ! |
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Anonymous Sept. 13, 2000 |
There's lots of basis for arguing that hunter gathererers live lightly , but we've reached a bit of a breaking point as
far as the population density goes. Thus, we should take a look at ideas like
permaculture, and include in our analysis the
question of sentience. Sometimes, we have to go beyond the limitations of expediency, and take a leap into the world of
ideals. Most of us are not comfortable with killing mammals, but we would have no
qualms about picking fruit and vegetables. Also, a lot more than food is traveling from place to place, and perhaps the question should extend to life killing industries like oil, trucking, cars, Walmarts, and the huge wave of post industrial garbage we'll be digging out from under for the next few centuries. |
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Peggy Woolsey October 31, 1999 |
I'm raising and eating bunnies now thanks to the support of Jim Clarke on the island, but the
vegetarians think I am very mean and cruel.
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| Anonymous Oct 21, 1999 |
Bio-regionally 'cause it makes sense! Fresh-local-organic produce....Yuuuuummmm!! |
| Lou
McMillan Sept 30, 1999 |
Without a doubt ... Bio-regionally.
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| Jeff Ecobotics Club Sept 30, 1999 |
Well Gyorgy Lukacs and others accused 'bourgeois thinkers' of being locked into polarities. I don't know if his
Hegelian Marxism is still valid, but I don't see a conflict. Bio regional vegetarianism why not?
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| Anonymous Sept 29, 1999 |
Bio-regionally!!!!!!
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| WhiteFeather, Sept 16, 1999 |
How about eating bio-regional vegetables!? That's totally politically correct and perfectly earth friendly - well, as long as the vegetables are
organic!
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| Christelle Éco-Cocagne 14 sept. 1999 |
Je pense que l'alimentation bio-régionale profiterait beaucoup aux producteurs locaux, soit les éleveurs d'animaux de ferme, les
producteurs maraîchers ou autres. Une alimentation réduite en viande, mais pas nécessairement uniquement végétarienne, serait préférable.
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| Bill Barteau Sept 10, 1999 |
Eating vegetables grown by small local organic (read organic as no
pesticides and no chemical fertilizers) farms has by far a smaller impact on
the earth than simply being a vegetarian. The term "bio-regionally" is needless. Speaking over the heads of the masses is one sure way to
guarantee failure of any initiative to inform the public about ways to eat healthier. Yet there is no simple way to encourage people to buy organic, because the term organic means nothing at the local grocery store anymore. "Pesticide free" and "chemical fertilizer free" will now have to replace "organic". And then only until more sanitary products are developed that can fit under the umbrella of these terms. This is the same syndrome as the "Reduce, reuse and recycle" initiative. No one knows why "recycle" comes last. If you reduce and/or reuse, you don't have to recycle! All in all, there is no substitute for education about how to eat healthy at an early age. And even then, people will still have to battle the war of words at the supermarket. |
| Gisèle
Hachey 10 sept. 1999 |
Je dirais que se nourrir de produits agricoles régionales pourrait peut-être avoir un moins grand impact sur l'environnement de notre terre. Par
contre, je suis loin d'être spécialiste en environnement. Pour ce qui est de l'essort économique qu'entraînerait les deux tranchants de cette question, ce pourrait être tout à fait
différent. Parallèlement, cet essort pourrait donc avoir un impact également indésiré de notre situation globale sur terre.
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| Patty
Donovan Sept 9, 1999
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Bio-regionally because the food would not have to be shipped as far.... less consumption of fossil fuels and green house
effect producing gases!!!!
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| Beth McLaughlin Sept 9, 1999 |
Since I've done lots of reading on sustainability (and now I'm an unqualified expert!!) I think eating bio-regionally is much better for the planet because they estimate that one forkful of food going into a Canadian mouth has travelled between one-two thousand kilometres!! That's a lot of fuel burned up in the trucking so I figure that if we want to make a personal contribution to reducing global warming and the greenhouse effect, eating locally (including nasty old meat) is better overall for the planet and the local economy. - eating pesticide free, additive free is much easier to do when it doesn't travel very far - and the local economy, what was I saying - decent prices to farmers and cultivators, community sharing associations, where we pay up front for a weekly share of the produce, lots of possibilities. |
| Ted Shedd Sept 9, 1999
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BIO-REGIONALLY
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| Debbie Jeffery Sept 9, 1999
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I would guess that eating bioregionally has more environmental benefits and less negative impact on the environment.
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| Gilles
Roussel 9 sept, 1999
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Un heureux mariage entre les 2 fait l'affaire.
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| Allan Calder Sept 9, 1999
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Bio-regionally
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| Anonymous Sept 7, 1999
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Bio-regionally
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