PARADISE BUILDING
“Build Paradise and eat the
fruits thereof”
is the call to get
back to paradise.
The following excerpt
from the foreword to the book
Paradise Building
explains why dietary changes, re-forestation
(reversing desertification)
and backyard fruit and
vegetable gardens are the keys to
solving the climate
problem. *
*
Even
though sun spots are a factor,
humans have cut down the tropical
and evergreen forests and have
desertified grassslands which
dramatically heats and cools the
earth's surface due to the bare land
being exposed, all of
which upsets the climatic balance.
The way to green the world's deserts
and protect the existing grasslands
is by mimicking natural herds that
once roamed the earth and protected
the grasslands from becoming
deserts.
Holistic management of grazing herds
has been proven by Allan Savory to
revive grasslands and green the
desert.and thus reverse climate
change due to the large areas they
involve.
Grasslands are about 20 to
40% of all land on earth.
33 percent,
or one-third, of the Earth's total
landmass is deserts. So 50
to 70 percent of all land
on earth could become a fertile,
green paradise if we willed it so.
The world livestock population
(cattle, dairy cows, pigs, goats,
lambs and poultry) now exceeds 21
billion animals, 3 and a half times
the world’s human population.
The raising of livestock takes up
more than two-thirds of all
agricultural land, and one third of
the total land area according to UN
figures.
Virgin rainforests are being cleared
to accomodate this excessive
livestock animal population.
This all could change if we
holistically managed grazing animals
on grasslands and deserts and
avoided slash and burn clearing of
virgin rainforest and grassland for
the raising of beef to sell to the
rich, developed nations.
The
adoption of a lacto-vegetarian or
semi lacto-vegetarian diet can help
save the planet from climate
disaster by using grass-grazing
herds
of dairy
cows, buffalos and other grazing,
milk producing animals to provide us
protein, calcium, high quality
vitamin A, D and vitamin K MK-4
(which a vegan diet cannot provide)
plus at the same time restore
deserts to grassland.
Foreword
Here we present, The Lovewisdom
Message on Paradise Building by Dr.
Johnny Lovewisdom, first published
in 1975, which even after 40 years
is now more than ever a timely
message.
“Build Paradise and eat the
fruits thereof” is the call to get
back to paradise.
Every culture has its memory of
paradise, a golden era of peace and
harmony;
“With the Hebrews it was
the Garden of Eden,
with the Celts,
the lost island of Avalon;
with the
Greeks, that wonderful garden on an
island in the Western seas the
Hesperides;
with the Persians, the
Haoma-Tree Paradise;
with the
Chinese, the garden of the Peach
Tree Goddess...”
(Henry Bailey
Stevens).
Mankind has since chosen an
artificial lifestyle, a far cry from
our original paradise way of life.
As a consequence, pressing issues
threaten the thriving of life on
Earth:
the terror of war, climate
change, hurricanes, tsunamis, water
shortages, famine, deforestation,
desertification, over-population,
meaningless jobs, poverty,
environmental pollution and health
epidemics.
Cattle ranching is the number one
cause of deforestation in the
Brazilian Amazon. Cattle ranchers
cut the rainforest because of the
demand for cheap hamburgers in trans-national
fast food restaurants worldwide.
According to the World Watch
Institute magazine (July/August
2004), “In Central America, 40 percent of all the rainforests have
been cleared or burned down in the
last 40 years, mostly for cattle
pasture to feed the export market,
often for U.S. beef burgers.
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,
bio-diversity loss, social injustice,
the destabilization of communities,
and the spread of disease.”
Two Things That Will Make You
Eco-logically and Eco-nomically Healthier:
1.
Plant a Paradise Garden and Grow
Your Own Organic Vegetables,
Greens, Herbs, Berries and Fruits.
Ecologic/Economic growth is growing
a victory garden for your health and
the planet.
2.
Adopt a Vegetarian Diet based on
vegetables, fruits and home-made raw
dairy products like cheese and
yogurt.
THE LOVEWISDOM MESSAGE ON PARADISE
BUILDING
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