Aside from all the compelling moral and spiritual reasons, it can now be said that being vegetarian is the best choice we can make in terms of reducing waste, enhancing ecology, caring for the natural resources of our planet Earth, and above all addressing the problem of climate change.

Methane gas is one of the worst contributors to climate change, and approximately 50% of human-induced global warming is caused by methane emissions. Animal agriculture contributes more than 100 million tons of methane gas to the atmosphere each year, resulting from clear-cutting the land for grazing, the ...

 

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