[All] Gasland & Shocking UN report re: Food production

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Hi folks. Shocking stuff for you today.
 
Gasland
Natural gas is currently being extracted currently in Lake Erie and our surrounding watersheds and the movie Gaslands explores the impacts of fracking on municipal water supplies and public health. Human illnesses and flamable water is coming from the taps in multiple locations and there is contamination of aquifer systems taking place by a multitude of toxic compounds required for natural gas extraction.
 
I encourage everyone to visit the official website of the movie to explore the facts at:  http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/.
 
I've already contacted the owner of the Princess/Princess Twin Cinema to get this film in and I've offered to give a quick prefilm lecture on the matter, 5-10 min. just to let people know that gas extraction is already taking place in our watershed and under Erie, that the MNR is both the promotor and regulator of crown land resources. That we need to secure legislation to protect our water supplies from fracking. 
 
Assessing the environmental impacts of consumption of production
This newly released UN report states that over 50% of our crops are being used to feed animals.  Agricultural production accounts for a staggering 70% of the global freshwater consumption, 38% of the total land use, and 14% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. To view the report visit here:
http://www.unep.org/resourcepanel/documents/pdf/PriorityProductsAndMaterials_Report_Full.pdf
 
By local, by veggies!
 
Lulu :0)
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