Wonke umuntu uyabona ukuthi izikhathi ziyashintsha. Ama-steakhouses ahlinzeka ngezinketho ze-vegan, amamenyu esikhumulo sezindiza anikezela nge-coleslaw, izitolo zinikela ngeshalofu indawo yokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni, futhi kuvela izitolo ze-vegan ezengeziwe. Odokotela babona intuthuko eyisimangaliso empilweni yeziguli ezishintshela ekudleni kwe-vegan - zombili lezo ezicwila ngekhanda ku-veganism kanye nalezo ezizama nje ukuthinta indlela yokuphila esekelwe ezitshalweni. Udaba lwezempilo lwenza abaningi bashintshele ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni, kodwa abantu babuye bagqugquzeleke ngokusiza umhlaba nezilwane.
Ingabe umuntu oyedwa angakwazi ngempela ukusindisa iplanethi yethu eyigugu ngokwenqaba ukudla kwezilwane? Ukuhlaziywa kwezibalo kubonisa ukuthi impendulo inguyebo.
Imiphumela emihle yosuku olulodwa lokudla imifino
Akunakwenzeka ukulinganisa ngokunembile umthelela wezempilo kanye nemvelo wosuku olulodwa lwe-veganism, kodwa umbhali we-vegan waseMelika u-Katie Freston uzame ukuchaza ukuthi bekuzokwenzekani uma zonke izakhamizi zase-US zilandela ukudla kwe-vegan amahora angu-24.
Pho, bekungenzekani uma inani labantu bezwe lonke lingadla imifino usuku olulodwa? amalitha ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-100 amanzi azokongiwa, anele ukuhlinzeka yonke imizi eNew England cishe izinyanga ezine; amapondo ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1,5 wezitshalo ebezingasetshenziselwa imfuyo - ezanele ukondla izwe laseNew Mexico unyaka wonke; I-70 million galoni yegesi - eyanele ukugcwalisa zonke izimoto eCanada naseMexico; amahektha ayizigidi ezi-3, ubukhulu obuphindwe kabili kunobukhulu beDelaware; amathani angama-33 ama-antibiotics; amathani ayizigidi ezingu-4,5 endle yezilwane, enganciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-ammonia, ukungcola komoya okukhulu, cishe ngamathani ayi-7.
Futhi uma sicabanga ukuthi inani labantu seliphenduke i-vegan esikhundleni sokudla imifino, umthelela wawuzogqama nakakhulu!
Umdlalo wezinombolo
Enye indlela yokuhlola umthelela wokudla kwe-vegan ukusebenzisa. Ngemva kwenyanga, umuntu osuka ekudleni kwenyama wadla ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni wayeyosindisa izilwane ezingama-33 ekufeni; yonga amalitha angama-33 amanzi abengasetshenziselwa ukwenza imikhiqizo yezilwane; gcina amamitha-skwele angu-000 ehlathi ekubhujisweni; izonciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO900 ngamakhilogremu angu-2; yonga amakhilogremu angu-600 okusanhlamvu asetshenziswa embonini yenyama ukondla izilwane ukuze zondle abantu ababulawa indlala emhlabeni wonke.
Zonke lezi zinombolo zisitshela ukuthi ukwamukela ukudla kwe-vegan usuku olulodwa nje kungaba nomthelela omkhulu.
Ukuqala kuphi?
Ukunyakaza okufana neMeat-Free Monday, ekhuthaza ukuqedwa kwemikhiqizo yezilwane usuku olulodwa ngeviki, sekuyinsakavukela. Lo mkhankaso wethulwa ngo-2003 ngokubambisana ne-Johns Hopkins School of Public Health futhi manje inamazwe angamalungu angama-44.
Isinqumo sokusika amaqanda, ubisi, kanye nayo yonke inyama okungenani usuku olulodwa ngesonto siyisinyathelo esiholela empilweni engcono, ukuqonda okukhulu ukuhlupheka kwezilwane zasemapulazini, kanye nokukhululeka kwezwe elithwele kanzima ngokondla abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.
Uma ukudla i-vegan usuku olulodwa nje sekungumthelela omkhulu kangaka, cabanga nje izinzuzo zeplanethi nempilo yakho ezingalethwa ukuphila kwe-vegan unomphela!
Nakuba ingekho indlela yokwazi umthelela oqondile indlela yokuphila yomuntu oyedwa enawo endaweni ezungezile, izilwane ezidla inyama zingaziqhenya ngenani lezilwane, amahlathi namanzi abawasindisayo ekufeni nasekubhujisweni.
Ngakho-ke masithathe isinyathelo esibheke emhlabeni onomusa nohlanzekile ndawonye!