More points of light.Thank you for "Points of Light: The World Wakes Up to Climate Change" (feature, July/August 2006). Switching to a vegetarian or vegan diet vegan diet (vē´g  n),n the strictest form of vegetarian diet, which prohibits the consumption of all animal products, including is a major step someone can take to curb greenhouse gas emissions, but it was overlooked in An Inconvenient Truth. Meat production contributes to the burning of forests to make land for farm animals, factory farms and other carbon dioxide-producing industries. On top of that, methane and nitrous oxide nitrous oxide or nitrogen (I) oxide, chemical compound, N2O, a colorless gas with a sweetish taste and odor. Its density is 1.977 grams per liter at STP. It is soluble in water, alcohol, ether, and other solvents. are emitted from the animals and their wastes. Switching to a vegetarian diet saves the equivalent of 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. annually. More information is available at Earthsave.org/globalwarming.htm. William McMullin Mr. Morris, MI The best part of your July/August 2006 climate change issue was the Farm Animal Reform Movement and In Defense of Animals' "STOP GLOBAL WARMING: GO VEG" message on the back cover. Hurrah for FARM and IDA Ida (ē`dä), city (1990 pop. 91,859), Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural market and railway junction. for making the connection between factory farming factory farming System of modern animal farming designed to yield the most meat, milk, and eggs in the least amount of time and space possible. The term, descriptive of standard farming practice in the U.S. and global warming, and for working so hard to make a safer world for all animals. Kerry Masters Liberty Lake, WA Thank you for the timely article "Points of Light." With this article and Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, I do not understand why the world will not wake up to the irreversible damage being done to our planet by global warming. Although I have never been a big fan of Al Gore, I applaud his efforts to popularize pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. the issue of global warming. Indeed, this is not a Republican or Democratic issue. It is a moral one. I am encouraged by the innovative work being done by a handful of cities and countries highlighted in your article. Yet I still question if these small changes will be enough. When will we start safeguarding tomorrow, instead of living only for today? John Trybus Oak Park, IL |
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