Ecological Homeostasis

Are We Short of Water and Food ??

http://www.lovinghut.com/
Since the vegetarian diet is the most effective solution to global warming, under Supreme Master Ching Hai's guidance, members of The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association recently opened a chain of Loving Hut vegetarian restaurants around the world, in the United States, Japan, Indonesia, Au Lac and Formosa. These places provide affordable and high-quality vegetarian delicacies to the public, bringing a positive impact on the food and beverage industry...
Meat or vegetables? Independent online (SA)
A recent study has revealed that giving up meat could drastically reduce one's carbon footprint. A diet with meat is responsible for producing in a year (as many) greenhouse gases as driving a mid-sized car for 4,758 km, the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOeW) said last week. But the food a vegetarian consumes in (the same period of time) is responsible for generating (gases only) as driving for 2,427km, the IOeW said in a study commissioned by independent consumer protection group Foodwatch...
Vegetarian Shoes And Bags
The term pleather ("plastic leather") is a slang term for synthetic leather made out of plastic, a portmanteau of plastic and leather, the term can be either descriptive, or derogatory, depending upon the user (the derogatory use implies use as a substitute for genuine animal hide leather to cut costs)...

From All Corners of the Galaxy

Which Stars Are You From?
  • Galactic Highway - The Wormhole

    • Wormholes are a valid consequence of Einstein's general relativity view on the universe. A wormhole, in theory, acts as a shortcut or tunnel through space and time. There are several versions on the same theme (i.e. wormholes may link different universes; they may link the two separate locations in the same universe; they may even link black and white holes together), but the physics is similar, wormholes create a link two locations in space-time, bypassing normal three dimensional travel through space. Also, it is theorized, that matter can travel through some wormholes fuelling sci-fi stories like in the film Stargate or Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

    If wormholes do exist however, it is highly unlikely that you'll find a handy key to open the mouth of a wormhole in your back yard, they are likely to be very elusive and you'll probably need some specialist equipment to travel through them (although this will be virtually impossible).

    Alexander Shatskiy, from the Lebedev Physical Institute in Moscow, has an idea how these wormholes may be observed. For a start, they can be distinguished from black holes, as wormhole mouths do not have an event horizon.

    Secondly, if matter could possibly travel through wormholes, light certainly can, but the light emitted will have a characteristic angular intensity distribution. If we were viewing a wormhole's mouth, we would be witness to a circle, resembling a bubble, with intense light radiating from the inside "rim". Looking toward the center, we would notice the light sharply dim. At the center we would notice no light, but we would see right through the mouth of the wormhole and see stars (from our side of the universe) shining straight through.

    Source:http://www.universetoday.com/

  • Stream of Time

    • Plato argued that time is constant - it's life that's the illusion. Galileo shrugged over the philosophy of time and figured out how to plot it on a graph so he could get on with the important physics.

    Albert Einstein said that time is just another dimension, a fourth one to go along with the up-down, side-side, forward-back we move through every day. Our understanding of time, Einstein said, is based on its relationship to our environment.

    Weirdly, the faster you travel, the slower time moves. (Is it truely weird? Not quite!!) The most radical interpretation of his theory: Past, present, and future are merely figments of our imagination, constructs built by our brains so that everything doesn't seem to happen at once.

    Source: http://www.socialtext.net/

2008-09-22

Gregory Smith

Why "America's Smartest Child" Became a Vegetarian
Gregory Smith is a famous child prodigy from the U.S. who graduated from college at the age of thirteen with numerous honors and is now pursuing four doctorates at the University of Virginia. At age nine, he founded International Youth Advocates, an organization promoting peace and nonviolence, and has since been nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize, has met with presidents (including U.S. President Bill Clinton), Nobel Peace Laureates and other leaders, has appeared before the UN Security Council and was a CCF delegate to the UN Special Session on the Rights of the Child. Some of Gregory’s proudest achievements include developing Peace Schools in war-torn Kenya and the first public library in Rwanda. He is now sixteen years old.

When Gregory was two, although he lived in a meat-eating household, he made a conscious resolution to pursue a vegetarian diet and later persuaded his parents to follow his example. In explaining his decision to become a vegetarian he states:

There are many reasons for my choice to be a vegetarian. Most importantly, it is a healthy life choice for me. If the world would become vegetarian, or at least limit animal consumption to twice a month, we would be able to feed the world and eliminate starvation and illnesses related to malnutrition. Studies have proven that nutrition and health are vital elements in a successful educational process. Education and a compassionate understanding of our world are essential for peace.

Being a ten-year-old college freshman attracted international media attention. That helped to establish a platform for my life's mission to protect the lives of the world's children. Mathematical research, biomedical applications and international political initiatives are all part of my ultimate plans. The academic foundation I am building will interconnect throughout my future as I aspire to make lasting contributions for the benefit of my country and to be of service to the world.

This exceptional young man's determination to observe a vegetarian diet and help humankind shows a depth of character and level of spiritual understanding that are far beyond his years. And his example as well as that of Shakuntala Devi discussed above demonstrate that becoming a vegetarian is a wise and beneficial life decision. As another great vegetarian genius, Albert Einstein, said, "It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind."
(Source: http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng1/food/famous/index003.php; image by http://www.cracked.com/)

Video: Child Prodigy Gregory Smith
(Source: http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/29/prodigies?comment_offset=11)
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