Ecological Homeostasis

Are We Short of Water and Food ??

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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...
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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/

2008-07-16

Global Warming Mindmap

(please click on the map to enlarge)September 25th, 2007 by jane



I used to think vegetarians and vegans were all crazy. I mean, who on earth would pass up eating a juicy steak or a crispy chicken wing?



Someone who knows their facts, that's who.



It turns out that simply by eating less red meat, we can save a lot of greenhouse gases. Going completely vegan can save more greenhouse gases than using a hybrid electric car. The reason is livestock belch out methane and nitrous oxide (both potent greenhouse gases). Large quantities of energy are also required for food processing, to grow feed crops, etc.



Sustainabilty consultant and creator of a greenhouse gas calculator, Ben Rose, worked out the amount of carbon dioxide (in Kg) that is emitted per kilogram of food below:



Fresh local fruit and vegetables - 0.6 Kg

Dried fruit and nuts - 2.4 Kg

Chicken - 3.5 Kg



Beef and Cheeses - 12.0 Kg



What impact does the simple cheeseburger have on the planet? Jamais Cascio (co-founder of http://www.worldchanging.com/) calculated that every time you buy a cheeseburger from a fast food outlet you are emitting anywhere between 3.6 Kg and 6.1 Kg of CO2.



This is due to all the processes that were involved to get the burger in front of you (clearing the land for the cattle, growing the feed for the cattle, storing and transporting the components as well as cooking and packaging).



In America, the greenhouse gas emissions arising every year from the production and consumption of cheeseburgers is roughly the amount emitted by 13 million SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicle).



Cascio's calculations show us that every action we take (even the smallest ones) can have unexpectedly profound consequences.



Do I still think vegetarians and vegans are all crazy? No way. I have newfound respect for vegetarians and vegans, and am inspired by the way they tread lightly on our precious planet.



Vietnamese global warming mindmap translated by Hoang Huynh

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