TED (originally standing for Technology, Entertainment, and Design) is a very cool organization that promotes the spread of "ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world." They do this by providing a platform for these ideas through presentations and conferences. And, the posting of these presentations online has allowed the dissemination of these ideas even faster. The TED series has developed a cult following of people interested in solving the world's problems and discussing humanity's progress.
And lo and behold, there is a lecture on vegetarianism found within the TED database, conducted by Graham Hill. Graham Hill is the founder of the TreeHugger.com, an environmental website, and is a promoter of sustainable lifestyles in general. There's also a short animated feature after the discussion for some reason. You can skip that.
Done watching? Good.
I know that Hill isn't the best public speaker in the world, but his views are very much in tune with a sustainable lifestyle. What surprised me particularly was his statement that livestock produce more greenhouse gases than all global transportation. I had to look this up to be sure, and Hill was right. The facts were confirmed by both the Christian Science Monitor and the Los Angeles Times.
It is irresponsible for our society to eat so much meat, especially when we, as Americans, are also releasing incredible amounts of greenhouse emissions from energy production. But I've said this over and over again in this blog. The word needs to spread about this now. People need to watch videos like this, and read articles on the subject so they can understand how to help the problem.
TED has it right. Information spreading is the name of the game.
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