become a "globe friend", that means friends from around the globe working for the good of the globe

I’ve found that when you bring this sort of goal up among people who don’t share the same passion, even if they are close to you, you usual get some raised eyebrows and the odd, good humored, chuckle. It can be discouraging, as I’m sure you all know. Many people like to fall back on “One person can’t make a difference”. The unfortunate thing is, that is absolutely true. If there was only one person in the world trying to fix things I’d say, for the first time, they were trying to do the impossible.

I think to truly accomplish our goals here, that we need to spread the passion we all have. No easy feat. What I try to do, is take every chance I get to be an example to those around me. Asking our friends not to litter is one of the easiset.

I’d like to hear your personal examples. I think sharing them would be quite encouraging.

Alright. Where to start? I guess first I should explain that I’ve been kind of sheltered from the world. Not from pain or people, but just the world in general. I’m always the person to say “Who is that?” or “I haven’t seen that movie” and recieve shocked looks of “Oh dear, you poor ignorant fool!”

Truly, ignorance is bliss. I was passed the link to a movie by the name of Earthlings. For those of you who’ve seen or heard of it, you’ll know where I’m going with this.

I’ve always had a bit of a personal problem with vegetarians and vegans. I had thought them foolish and arrogant. Why? Because to me, they were ignoring a simple truth. We were meant to eat meat. Our bodies were designed that way.

This is probably because the majority of the vegetarians I know are so because they were raised that way, or think it’s healthier. A few because it was cruel to animals. The ones who did it out of compassion, I thought of as misguided.

Anyway, I watched Earthlings today. Saying that it’s changed my life is an understatement. I was clueless. I had no idea at all. I had envisioned lush green fields with log fences containing happy cows and pigs. With friendly Farmer Joe tending them carefully like he would his children, feeling remorse when he had to kill them and sell them, but doing so with his family in mind.

How wrong I was.

I hadn’t even thought of my new status of being a Globe Friend while watching it. I truly do have a deep desire to care for our Earth. I figured one of the greatest things we could do, as Globe Friends, would be to promote this movie. I had only heard of PETA, never really known what they did. A good friend, and sounding board, told me they were very extreme and often exaggerated their messages. Though that may be true, as far as this movie is concerned it is false. There is nothing exaggerated in it. It simply shows us real footage (which I believe was taken by fellow Globe Friends who have infiltrated these groups only to show the rest of us what we cannot see)

I feel torn now, as I’ve always been a big advocate of a natural life, and how we humans are meant to eat the others. And I like meat. I always order the “Meat Lovers” pizza because I love the way it tastes. I love milk too. And eggs.

But now after watching this movie, I cannot in good conscious continue as a consumer of this industry. I don’t know how I can remain in full health without consuming these things, but I know I also cannot justify supporting this any longer.

A part of me truly wishes I hadn’t seen this. It would have made things so much easier. I have to find a way to deal with this anger and disgust as well. I feel like it’s my duty to share this video with you all.

But if your conscious is like mine, and you aren’t ready to give these things up, or even if you can’t stomach such brutal truth, then I suggest you NOT watch it.

For those of you who have the courage to face such rawness, then set aside 90 minutes of your time, grab a box of kleenex, and your pets if you have them, and watch Earthlings

Well, there are many things that we can do for the good of the globe. I myself feel very strongly about the state of the enviroment. I think that’s a very important aspect of the globe.

I can’t imagine the group of us actually getting together, but rather doing small things by ourselves and coming back here to report. Perhaps we could look into buying saplings and planting them? More trees are always a good thing!