Southwestern
Yunnan province has been experiencing the most severe drought in six
decades with some regions not having received rainfall since August
2009. Neighboring Guangxi and Guizhou provinces have also lacked rain,
which has been disastrous for farmers.
Some 2.55 million
hectares constituting 85% of Yunnan's total growing area and containing
such crops as wheat, sugarcane and vegetables have been affected.
Provincial
authorities reported water shortages for nearly 5 million residents and
over 3 million livestock animals.
With the drought also
grounding boats on the Mekong River, the Marine Bureau has stopped
issuing permits and is warnings vessels instead to stay away from the
waterway. It saddens us deeply to know of the suffering of the Chinese
people.
Our prayers for the blessing of rain and that humans
everywhere quickly adopt sustainable lifestyles that restore balance to
our Earth. During an October 2009 videoconference in Germany, Supreme
Master Ching Hai voiced, as she has many other times, her concern for
humanity’s plight at this dire time on our planet,
while at the same
time highlighting the actions necessary to alleviate such crises.
Supreme
Master Ching Hai : With current droughts and water shortages
already affecting millions and only expected to get worse, worse and
worse. But even though our predicament is very grave, we do still have
time if we act now.And the solution is still very simple.
It’s
the vegan diet – no animal products.
Scientists have found that
each person eating a meat and dairy based diet uses around 4,500 gallons
of water per day, compared to 300 gallons per day for a vegan diet.
This
also means that 1 pound of animal protein requires 100 times more water
to produce than 1 pound of grain protein.
Over the course of a
year, the vegan diet saves approximately 1.5 million gallons of water
per person.
This is the key. If everyone switches to this beneficial
lifestyle, our planet will be cooled in no time, scientifically
speaking and my promise.
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