“If you think humans are meat-eaters then try eating the animal raw like every other meat-eater on the planet. If something is not palatable in its raw state then you probably shouldn't be eating it.” IfsThinkingTryingHumansStatesAnimalEnvironmentPlanetsEatingMeat Author:David Wolfe
“When practiced to its fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all that went into the meal's creation as well a deep understanding of the relationship between the food on our table, our own health, and our planet's health.” GivingWellsMotivationalSpiritualTurnsUnderstandingSimpleCreationPlanetsEatingTablesAppreciationMealsOur PlanetSpiritual ExperienceDeep Understanding Author:Nhat Hanh
“The consumption of animals - whether you're wearing them or eating them - is extraordinarily damaging to the planet. There are over a billion animals killed a year for food, half of which don't even get eaten. And there's over 50 million animals killed just for fashion.” YearsAnimalHalfMillionsFashionPlanetsEatingBillionsConsumptionOver 50 Author:Stella McCartney
“Any guilt about food, shame about the body, or judgment about health are considered stressors by the brain and are immediately transduced into their electrochemical equivalents in the body. You could eat the healthiest meal on the planet, but if you’re thinking toxic thoughts the digestion of your food goes down and your fat storage metabolism can go up. Likewise, you could be eating a nutritionally challenged meal, but if your head and heart are in the right place, the nutritive power of your food will be increased.” IfsThinkingHeartBodyBrainPlanetsJudgmentEatingShameDown AndGuiltFatsMealsToxicRight PlaceStorageDigestionMetabolismHead And HeartStressors Author:Marc David
“Our system - of debt-fueled economic growth, of ineffective democracy, of overloading planet Earth - is eating itself alive.” InspirationalMotivationalEarthGrowthDemocracyAliveEconomicPlanetsEatingDebtEconomic GrowthPlanet EarthEco Author:Paul Gilding
“i'm a perfectionist, so i'm never satisfied with myself. i've always been psychotic about that kind of stuff--in a good way. i'm very disciplined. like the food and the whole thing, i'm always looking to "how can i eventually just turn into a ball of light and fly off the planet?". until that happens and God basically pull the blinds back, i will not be satisfied... if i found out that if i ate pine nuts for the next month i could see God, i'd be eating pine nuts.” IfsWayKindWholeLightHappensTurnsNextFoundStuffPlanetsMonthsEatingBallsSatisfiedNutsGood WayPerfectionistPsychoticPine Nuts Author:Jim Carrey
“On one planet [earth], and possibly only one planet in the entire universe, molecules that would normally make nothing more complicated than a chunk of rock, gather themselves together into chunks of rock-sized matter of such staggering complexity that they are capable of running, jumping, swimming, flying, seeing, hearing, capturing and eating other such animated chunks of complexity; capable in some cases of thinking and feeling, and falling in love with yet other chunks of complex matter.” ThinkingMatterFeelingsRunningEarthTogetherFallUniverseCasesSeeingRocksPlanetsEatingCapableComplexesFalling In LoveComplicatedHearingFlyingComplexitySwimmingJumpingAnimatedMoleculesPlanet EarthChunksStaggering Author:Richard Dawkins
“Louisiana has the best food on the planet if you don't really ask too much about what you're eating.” IfsAsksToo MuchPlanetsEatingLouisianaBest Food Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“I used to eat because food tastes so good. I love food, it's one of the best things on this planet. But I changed the way I was thinking. I started asking myself, 'Hey, am I eating because it tastes good? Or because I really need some more? Am I really still hungry?'” ThinkingWayNeedsStillsUsedChangedPlanetsTasteEatingAskingHungryHeyBest ThingsFood LoveI Love Food Author:Jordin Sparks
“I confess, I do have to remind myself almost daily that there are people on this earth capable of reading, writing, eating and dressing themselves who believe their lives are ruled from billions of miles away, by the stars - and, of course, the planets.” PeopleWritingBelieveEarthCoursesReadingStarsPlanetsEatingCapableBillionsMilesDressingsMiles AwayReading Writing Book:Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets
“I just feel like everyone (including myself) on the planet is a little confused; we are all so driven by consumption - shopping, eating, getting high, whatever - anything to not "feel" what is really going on.” FeelsLittlesPlanetsEatingIncludingDrivenConfusedShoppingConsumptionGetting High Author:Princess Superstar
“I don't like that the government is going to manipulate the information to try to convince me that what I'm eating is not what I'm really eating. If people choose to eat cardboard because it's ten cents cheaper, then let them. That's at the root of freedom. But in the reverse, I'd like to know if what I'm eating or consuming or buying is somehow hurting or exploiting someone in another part of the planet.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingGovernmentHurtInformationPlanetsTenEatingRootsBuyingConvinceCentsReverseManipulateConsumingCheaper Author:Billy Corgan
“If we want to consider the sanctity of life in deciding what to eat, the choice is clear. Eating a plant based diet causes less harm, to ourselves, to the other animals, to the planet.” IfsWantChoicesCausesAnimalClearPlanetsEatingPlantHarmDietsSanctityPlant Based DietSanctity Of Life Author:Sharon Gannon
“The raising of animals for food and all that it entails is the single most destructive force impacting our planet's fragile ecosystems. Our planet simply cannot sustain the greed of billions of human beings who are eating other animals.” HumansForceHuman BeingsAnimalPlanetsEatingGreedBillionsDestructiveFragileOur PlanetEcosystems Author:Sharon Gannon
“The fact is that eating meat and dairy is bad for your health, the health of the animals eaten, as well as the health of the planet.” WellsFactsAnimalPlanetsEatingMeatDairyEating Meat Author:Sharon Gannon
“The United Nations four or five years ago put out a study that said the meat industry, meat-eating, growing meat for food is the No. 1 killer of our planet - not No. 2 or No. 3: No 1. You know what’s No. 2? Transportation. Everyone thinks that No. 1 is transportation, and goes out and buys a hybrid car. Screw the hybrid cars. Don’t eat hamburgers.” ThinkingKnowsYearsSaidNationsUnitedStudyFiveFourGrowingCarPlanetsIndustryEatingYears AgoMeatFive YearsKillersScrewsUnited NationsOur PlanetTransportationHybridHamburgersMeat EatingMeat IndustryHybrid Cars Author:Maggie Q
“When I was 14, a camp counselor explained what "eating out" was and I vowed to never have it done to me. It seemed cannibalistic and unhygienic. I also remember that she claimed--in front of an entire cabin of girls--to have been "eaten out" by one of the maintenance men in a hot tub. Under hot water. Either something is amiss in my memory of this conversation or she found the most talented man on the planet and all hope is lost for the rest of us.” MenHas BeensDoneRememberGirlFoundLostWaterMemoriesFrontsPlanetsConversationEatingHotCampsMaintenanceCounselorCabinsTubsHot WaterEating OutHot TubCamp Counselors Author:Sloane Crosley
“By eating meat we share responsibility for causing climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian can make a difference in the health of our planet.” PeaceWaterDifferencesSimpleResponsibilityAirSharePlanetsBecomingEatingDestructionClimateClimate ChangeForestsBuddhistMeatMaking A DifferenceVegetarianVeganOur PlanetPoisoningVegetarian HealthPeace Is Every StepEating MeatMeat EatingAir And Water Author:Nhat Hanh
“If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.” IfsThinkingWantImportantCarePlanetsEatingShotsImportant ThingsTake CareCrueltyMeatEcologyVegetarianismFamineStaggeringEating MeatSave The Planet Author:Paul McCartney