“Lee has said veganism is achieved one person at a time; we’re striving to achieve a critical mass.” Priscilla Feral
“The human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future—deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities and the spread of disease.” World Watch Editors
Juxtaposing Feral’s brief encapsulation of Hall’s vision of the vegan “revolution” with World Watch’s succinct but thorough summary of the litany of challenges comprising the impending ecocrisis illuminates the profound inadequacies in their strategy. Hall and her fellow Francionites are desperately trying to quench a raging inferno with thimbles of water.
A mere glimpse at a few headlines gathered from a variety of new sources throughout the world , both mainstream and alternative, provides a clear indication that the time necessary to implement the vegan “revolution” is a luxury we do not possess:
“Parched: Australia Faces Collapse as Climate Change Kicks In”
“Long Droughts, Rising Seas Predicted Despite Future CO2 Curbs”
“World Sea levels to Rise 1.5m by 2100”
“Number of Strong Hurricanes Doubles Over Past 35 Years”
“Riots, Instability Spread as Food Prices Skyrocket”
“Billions Could Go Hungry from Global Warming by 2100”
“Brazil Amazon Deforestation Soars”
“Over 15,000 Species Face Extinction”
“Apes ‘Extinct in a Generation’”
“THE SIXTH EXTINCTION: It Happened to Him. It’s Happening to You”
“Both Ends of Earth Are Melting”
“U.N. Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment”
