Messages from Our Director
A space for reflections, insights, and thoughts on climate change and the world we share.
From the heart of Nurtureland, these messages invite you to pause, reflect, and journey with us toward a brighter, harmonious future.
Director’s Message
We asked ChatGPT how vegetarianism can help in reducing global warming. This is the reply:
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions: Animal agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane and nitrous oxide. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is 25 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. Nitrous oxide is also a potent greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential nearly 300 times that of carbon dioxide. By avoiding meat and dairy products, vegetarians can significantly reduce their carbon footprint.
2. Reduced land use and deforestation: Animal agriculture is responsible for a significant amount of deforestation and land use change, particularly in regions such as the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation not only destroys important ecosystems and wildlife habitats but also contributes to global warming by releasing carbon stored in trees into the atmosphere. By avoiding meat and dairy products, vegetarians can help reduce the demand for animal feed and grazing land, thereby reducing the pressure to clear forests for agriculture.
3. Reduced water usage: Animal agriculture is also a major consumer of water, with estimates suggesting that it takes up to 15,000 liters of water to produce just 1 kilogram of beef. By avoiding meat and dairy products, vegetarians can significantly reduce their water footprint.
4. Reduced use of fossil fuels: Animal agriculture also requires significant amounts of energy to produce and transport feed and to raise, slaughter, and transport animals. By avoiding meat and dairy products, vegetarians can reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.
Overall, vegetarianism can be an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water usage, and fossil fuel consumption, all of which contribute to global warming.
Director’s Message
We are at a pivotal moment in history: there has never a been better—or a more crucial—moment to make positive changes across the food producing sectors.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/grow-positive-regenerative-global-food-system/
Change to vegetarian diet will have an immediate and big impact to this pivotal moment in history. Otherwise, there could be no more human history.
我們正處於歷史的關鍵時刻：在整個食品生產部門進行積極變革的最佳時機或更為關鍵的時機。
改成素食將對這個關鍵的歷史時刻產生立竿見影的重大影響。否則，人類就再也沒有歷史了。
Director’s Message
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/
Climate change continues to influence Australian and global climate. Australia’s climate has warmed by around 1.47 °C over the period 1910–2020. There has also been a trend towards a greater proportion of rainfall from high intensity short duration rainfall events, especially across northern Australia.
氣候變化繼續影響澳大利亞和全球氣候。在 1910-2020 年期間，澳大利亞的氣候變暖了約 1.47°C。高強度短時降雨事件也有增加降雨比例的趨勢，尤其是在澳大利亞北部。
https://vegsoc.org/info-hub/why-go-veggie/environment/
Our planet is heating up. By replacing meat with vegetarian sources of protein, (nuts, seeds, beans and lentils, for example), we can reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions. The whole food production process of farm-to-plate totals 26% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. It is well within our capacity to make a difference, save the earth, save humanity.
我們的地球正在升溫。通過用素食蛋白質來源（例如堅果、種子、豆類和小扁豆）代替肉類，我們可以減少碳和其他溫室氣體排放。從農場到餐桌的整個食品生產過程總計佔全球溫室氣體排放量的 26%。我们完全有能力做出改变，拯救地球，拯救人类。
Director’s Message
The shift in climate is leading to more wildfires and will force France and the European Union to take “structural decisions … in the years to come”, French President Emmanuel Macron said on 20 July 2022.
If the world switched from an animal-based diet to a plant-based diet, we could get halfway to limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and keep global emissions ‘paused’ for 30 years, new modelling suggests.
Source : https://www.healthyfood.com/news/a-global-plant-based-diet-may-put-a-pause-on-climate-change/
法國總統埃馬紐埃爾·馬克龍2022年7月20日表示，氣候變化正在導致更多野火，並將迫使法國和歐盟在未來幾年做出“結構性決定……”
新模型表明，如果世界從以動物為基礎的飲食轉向以植物為基礎的飲食，我們可以將全球變暖限制在 2 攝氏度，並使全球排放“暫停”30 年。
Director’s Message
There will be a general election in Australia in May, which is the exclusive right of citizens. In an election campaign, the voices of the parties are always heard. While embodying freedom and democracy, many people ignore the wailing of animals. They only have one request, “Please don’t kill me”. This is the most basic right and their only voice, but they are deprived of it by humans.
五月將有澳大利亞的大選，這是公民獨有的權利。在競選中，總會聽到各黨的聲音。在體現自由與民主的當兒，許多人卻忽視了動物的哀號。它們只有一個要求，就是“請不要殺我”。這是最基本的權利，也是它們唯一的聲音，但是卻被人類剝奪了。