Even some movies or documentaries that have moved me tremendously are easily forgotten after a month or a year.
However, after watching the Cove, I have decided to change my life style and tell others about it. The Cove is about a fishing village in Japan called Taiji. This fishing village kills dolphins. They sell a few to aquariums around the world as show dolphins. Then the rest is killed and meat is sold disguised as whale meat, which is a delicacy in Japan. The issue is not only the fact that 230,000 dolphins are killed a year, but also meat with high concentration of mercury is sold.
This movie not only brought the attention of over fishing but also made me think of factory farming, which I have been against for a long time.
We are not only polluting the earth, but also we are eating fish that live the water that we polluted. However, the bigger issue is that we are eating too much of everything. We are eating too much fish and meat. To accommodate our appetite, we had to invent factory farming and we are eating sick animals that are barely alive with hormones and antibiotics. Let me tell you, eating meat does more harm to environment than driving your SUV's. Yes, it is true...
After watching the Cove, I lasted 10 days without any meat and seafood, even fish sauce and dashi. (Update: After those 10 days, we have decided to eat meat or seafood one day a week.
OK, we couldn't give up eggs, cheese, or dashi)
We are feeling great that we are doing something about global warming and we actually feel great. We are losing weight too.
So what's greater than having healthy diet and do something good for environment at the same time. I urge you to try it - eating meat one day a week. Or if that's too much for you, just reduce the amount of time. Instead of eating meat once a day, eat eat once every other day.
I gurantee that you will feel much better.
And of course, I don't have tell you about not eating fast food.
http://www.thecovemovie.com/
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