Ethics, Health, Greenhouse Gas

ETHICS

• Otarian believes that commerce is no excuse for killing animals; they have feelings and do suffer
• Be the change you want to see in the world

HEALTH

• The Western diet typically contains a lot of meat and is associated with overweight and obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers.^{1, 2} 
• Eating a vegetarian diet high in plants and grains is good for health and good for the planet.

⁽¹⁾ http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/

⁽²⁾ http://www.cspinet.org/nah/10veggie.html

GHG: GREENHOUSE GAS

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of

• All transport is 13%¹
• Electricity, gas and coal is 26% ¹; and 
• Livestock is 18%², some say 51%³

⁽¹⁾ http://are.berkeley.edu/~chris/Lectures/ClimateChangeEconomics/Slides/1%20Climate%20Change%20-%203%20Basic%20Facts%20on%20Emissions.pdf

⁽²⁾ http://www.fcrn.org.uk/fcrnPublications/publications/PDFs/Livestock_paper_2006.pdf

⁽³⁾ http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294