| Kurangi Makan Daging Dapat Hapuskan Kelaparan Dunia |  |
| Batam, (Analisa) Pakar lingkungan dari Inggris Tony Deep mengatakan jika setiap orang mengurangi makan daging 20 persen, maka akan mampu menghapuskan kelaparan di dunia. "Kalau saja Anda mengurangi makan daging, maka tidak akan ada lagi kelaparan di dunia," kata dia di sela-sela Kongres Vegetarian Asia ke-4 di Batam, Sabtu. Ia mengatakan jika setiap orang mengurangi memakan daging dan menggantinya dengan makanan tumbuhan, maka akan tersedia lebih banyak makanan di bumi. Daging, kata dia, diambil dari peternakan. Sebuah kandang hewan membutuhkan banyak ruang, yang bila dimanfaatkan sebagai kebun, akan menghasilkan lebih banyak makanan. Hewan, sebelum dikonsumsi, juga memakan tumbuhan, yang sebenarnya dapat dikonsumsi manusia. "Itulah makanya, jika manusia mengonsumsi tumbuhan dan menjadi vegetarian, maka tidak ada lagi kelaparan di dunia ini," kata dia. Ia mempercayai mengkonsumsi tumbuh-tumbuhan akan baik untuk kesehatan manusia. Sama baiknya, bahkan lebih baik, ketimbang mengkonsumsi daging. Menurut dia, menghentikan konsumsi daging juga akan berdampak baik bagi lingkungan. Selain Deep, belasan profesor akan mengisi Kongres Vegetarian Asia ke-4, di antaranya peraih Nobel Perdamaian yang juga Ketua Panel Antar pemerintahan soal Perubahan Iklim Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa atau IPPC PBB Rajendra Pachauri dan mantan ilmuwan NASA, Art-Ong Jumsa[i][Sai Organisation]. Sekitar 1.000 peserta dari 14 negara mengikuti Kongres Vegetarian Dunia ke-4 di Batam. Meskipum Kongres Asia, namun beberapa ilmuan Eropa seperti Inggris, Perancis dan Belgia juga turut hadir merumuskan rekomendasi dunia tentang vegetarian. Kongres, dibagi dalam beberapa fokus grup yang membahas berbagai hal yang terkait vegetarian, mulai dari hidup sehat hingga penyelamatan bumi. Kongres Vegetarian Asia Ke-4 dilaksanakan di Novotel Batam, 6-10 November.(Ant) SATHYA SAI EDUCATION IN INDONESIA AND KAZAKHSTAN [...] In Indonesia, it is very easy as they are very open. Now I've got to go and do a series of training for Muslim teachers in Indonesia. Another place where Sathya Sai Education is really spreading is Kazakhstan. The original people who lived in Kazakhstan are called Kazakhs. The Kazakhs are Muslims. And again, we were invited by the First Lady of Kazakhstan, who is a Kazakh. We started training in all the regions of the country. I've been there six times already. Then last February, the First Lady came here to meet Swami. And the First Lady asked me to come, so that we could meet Swami together. So I came and we had several interviews. Swami looked at me every time He called the Kazakh people. He said, "You are not Kazakh!" (Laughter) Then He told me, "This is only for Kazakhstan." So I looked sad. (Laughter) Swami looked at me and said, "Alright, alright. You can go in." (Laughter) So you see, God is not just Father and Mother. Sometimes, you have to treat Him as a Friend. Sometimes, you treat Him as an Elder Brother. But He is also our Father and Mother. As such, He always has a lot of compassion and a lot of love for all of us. Another country where we are now really going into is China. China is the last stronghold of communism. But when I go in there, I see that they are becoming very quickly a capitalist country. The whole country is changing and they are moving rapidly into industrialisation. And because they moved very quickly into materialism, they have a lot of problems with their youth. So now, there is a demand for human values there as well. I have already gone into the Guandong Province to train teachers there. And now, I have got an indication from the Nanjing local authorities to go and train teachers there as well. And you know how it happened? (Murmurs "no, no" in audience)[...] To continue reading click here: http://www.saibaba.ws/articles2/education_jumsai.htm |
