As we mentioned earlier, global warming is a very scary situation for our planet. The 2006 report from the United Nations mentions that the biggest pollution is coming from livestock, the animal(-people-raising Industries). And this pollution is really threatening our lives. And actually, livestock produces a lot of methane gas. As we all know, the methane gas is very dangerous. As methane gas goes into our atmosphere, it creates a bigger shield that keeps all the heat that was supposed to be bounced back into space. So, as we accumulate more and more heat in our system, the temperature of our planet keeps rising and rising. That’s why we have to stop immediately this heat increase. So, the immediate solution to stop global warming is to switch to the organic vegan diet. Why? Because by stopping consuming animal(-people) products, we will naturally stop the production of methane gas generated by animal(-people-raising industries). And in that way, our nature will get better, so we’ll have more time to be able to save our planet. So it is very important that every one of you tonight knows the situation we are currently in.
According to the research from the NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen, the temperature of the planet keeps rising. So, if we don’t react immediately, as soon as possible, we might face the worst. A few months ago, in Copenhagen Denmark, there was what was called “The End of the World” conference that was hosted by Dr. Katherine Richardson, who confirmed the report by the United Nations about the global warming. And she said, “We might expect the worst. The temperature might increase by between 5 and 6 degrees.”
So we all have to avoid this type of situation. By following the compassionate, vegan diet, we’ll all have the chance to save our planet. We’ll all have a chance to give an opportunity to our children, an opportunity to our planet, so that we can live peacefully and in harmony.
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s very important that all of you can share this important message that you all came here today to get, with your relatives, friends and family. Because most of us we don’t know what’s happening, especially in Africa. Most of the time we think that global warming is a situation created by the more developed countries, but we all get affected by global warming. Because it’s like we are sitting in a very big plane, and some people are sitting at the back while some people are sitting on the first class seats. But we must remember one thing: if the plane goes down, everyone goes down with the plane. So we have to save our plane. We have to make sure that our environment is clean. We have to make sure that our plane can land peacefully, so that all the passengers can walk out happily. That’s why it doesn’t matter where you are from, it doesn’t matter if you are African, European, American – we all have to put our hands together to stop global warming which is threatening our lives.
And the best way is to change our habit, is to become vegan, helping us, making the effort to save our planet.
Now, we will go through the questions by some of our very important guests. Let’s move to the first question.
(The first question is from Mr. Assiah Warou. He’s the president of the Vegan Club for the students of Lomé University.) Welcome, Mr. Warou.
Mr. ASSIAH WAROU: Raising cattle, goats, pigs, and poultry is the first cause of deforestation, water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. What about aquaculture, Master? How does it contribute to worsening?
(Master, I will ask the first question on behalf of Mr. Assiah Warou.) OK. OK. The breeding of livestock such as cow-, calve-, pig-, and poultry(-people) constitutes the first source of deforestation, water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. How does fish(-people) breeding or fish(-people raising) cause global warming to increase? Is it less devastating?)
Master: Thank you, thank you. I heard you. It’s similar. But I’m happy that you, Mr. Assiah, and the club is taking on the leadership of the university Vegan club. I’m happy to know such a club exists in a university, so thank you first to Mr. Assiah. Please convey my congratulations and heartfelt appreciation. (Thank You, Master.) I’m happy to see young people especially involved in endeavors like this, which contributes to human health and also the planet.
To respond to this question about fishing, in fact, fishing contributes to global warming, primarily by disturbing the complex ecosystems of the world’s oceans. Balanced marine ecosystems are extremely important, as more than two-thirds of the planet is covered by oceans. They provide half of the world’s oxygen and play a major part in regulating the global climate. So, life on Earth truly depends very much on the ocean for survival. In addition, oceans also absorb atmospheric CO2, carbon dioxide, which directly helps to cool our planet. These are just a few among the great things that oceans do. To disturb the balance of the seas, thus, ultimately places our own lives in danger. So, we could say that it is in our interest to care for the oceans if we want to survive, and all the life that they contain, including fish-people.
Fish-people farms are like on-land factory farms. They have similar problems environmentally, with impacts that include polluting the bodies of water. The farmed fish-people are contained in big netted areas off the ocean shores with uneaten food, fish-people waste, antibiotics, or other drugs and chemicals that pass into the surrounding waters, where they harm our ecosystems and pollute our drinking sources, depleting wild fish-people also. Fish(-people) – like salmon that are eaten by humans – are usually fed huge amounts of other fish -people like anchovy-people. Studies have found that for every kilo of salmon-people sold in a supermarket, four kilos of wild fish(-people) have to be caught to feed the salmon(-people).
This practice also endangers sea animal-people, like sea lion- and bird(-people) that are thought to be threats. They are often harassed with firecrackers or loud underwater speakers, causing pain, disorientation and hearing loss to marine mammal-people. And others are often even shot dead. These are just a few of the problems associated with fish(-people) raising, which have become bigger as the fishing has increased.
So the issues arising from related industries like the production of food for salmon(-people) have also been on the rise. In Peru, for example, fish(-people) food is made from anchovy(-people), which causes illness for the adults who are closely involved in its production, as well as asthma and skin disease in young children from the toxic smoke that pours out onto the streets from the factories, along with pollution to the nearby ocean waters, of course. This fish(-people) production also affects bird(-people) population, with some like the guano bird(-people) having declined by 90% in number. So, the result is that consumers can buy cheap fish(-people), but it comes with the very heavy, expensive cost to our children’s health and a degraded environment.
Meanwhile, if we say that the ocean ecosystems are dependent on fish(-people) populations to be balanced, then those ecosystems are extremely imbalanced right now. Scientists estimate that more than 90% of the oceans’ big fish(-people) have disappeared over the last 50 years due to commercial fishing. They warned that, at the present rate of fishing, there will be a global collapse of all species being fished by 2050 and say that recovery efforts need to be started immediately. So, what we are seeing from these fish(-people) and marine life are signs of distress.
And from the oceans themselves, we are seeing other signs such as warming temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing acidification and terrible levels of pollution. So global warming is affecting the oceans, which in turn is affecting the fish(-people). This is an equally urgent situation as the one presented by the livestock industry, and it has the exact same solution. Stop eating animal-people flesh; stop killing for food; stop eating the fish(-people). This will help restore the balance of both the ocean and land, immediately.
Fish(-people) are God’s creations that we should also care for, respect, protect, not eat. We should be looking for ways to help the fish(-people), to protect them and all the marine life from the devastating effects of climate change. Once we start thinking in this way, we are in a better position for ourselves, for the fish(-people) and for the planet. Thank you. (Thank You, Master.) You’re welcome, love.
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