Eat Less Beef to Help Save Water

by Potato Awesomeness

Help! California is wasting water! Can you help our beautiful state save water? You can stop eating steak. Steak uses lots of water. I think that we should not eat a lot of meat because its bad for the earth.

My first reason why you should eat less meat is that eating red meat wastes water. A steak takes over 1,000 gallons of water to make. About 10 hamburgers equals a year of showering with water. Really there’s no question about it, reduce beef. We are wasting the water that California needs.

Another reason that we should not eat a lot of meat is that when cows pass gas, they release methane into the air. We can’t stop that but we can stop eating beef, which makes restaurants stop buying beef, which make farmers stop having many cows, so many cows can’t have babies, so that many cows can’t pass gas (because they would not be alive).That would help stop pollution.

Red meat has more calories than many other foods. So if you cut it out of your meal, you will have to eat a lot of veggies, which uses lots of water too. However even if you account for calories beef wastes the most water. Beans, chicken, and tofu are better choices.

Now you know how beef takes too much water, so you can do your part. I hope I inspired you to go save water.

Save Water by Eating Less Beef

by Genevieve Lydia Jasper

Imagine you’ve just walked into a fancy restaurant. You order a steak. A big, juicy steak. A gigantic, humongous, filled-with-juices steak.

Well, there goes 1000 gallons. Of water. Yup. Out the door. Down the drain.

See, to raise all the meat that’s on your plate, water had to be used. A lot of water, in fact. Raising the cow’s food, giving the cow water, for as long as it lives- well, that’s not going to be a few cups.  Raising so many cows is really impacting the environment. For instance, California is in a drought. Basically that means that we are not getting rain or snow, and we are running out of water. Now we are using up all of groundwater- kind of like our backup stores. Soon we may have no water left… And that’s not even all of it. Cows release methane, which is a greenhouse gas, basically polluting our environment.  If we took beef out of our diets, we could really be helping our environment.

Beef actually uses 11 times more water than other animals. For instance, it takes 1,000 or more gallons of water to make a half-pound steak. Think of the gallons of milk you see at the grocery store- then multiply that by 1000. Still saying “yes” to beef? Well, you shouldn’t be. Beef is using more water than we have to use, what with the little snow and rainfall this year. Seriously though. We are in a DROUGHT, people! It’s save water or be without! And, to me, the latter is NOT an option!

Another reason is that cows release methane, which is a greenhouse gas. (Yes, I do mean by passing gas.) Animal agriculture is responsible for ⅕ of the gas emissions worldwide. And that is including factories, cars, everything. This is a problem. By raising so many cows we are polluting the earth and causing global warming. This is doing terrible things to our environment. It’s melting the ice caps and causing floods. All because of COWS! It is the time to reduce red meat consumption!

Some people might say that red meat is more filling than other foods, so we’re going to have to eat so many other foods that the water will be about the same. However, even if you account for calories, beef is still wasting water. A lot of water. Beans, tofu, and chicken are much better choices.

I’m not saying you need to go completely cold turkey on red meat. But try and cut back at least on beef and steak, don’t eat too many hamburgers or too much steak. Give yourself limits. Try things out. Try to work with it. Think how much water you’ll be saving! I really don’t like making people feel guilty or telling them how to live their life. But in this case it is an emergency! Give it a little thought, I beg you. Try and save our planet!

Save Water

by Olaf

INTRODUCTION

We should save water whenever its possible, because of the

drought in California and the lack of water in Africa and other places. Whenever you have a chance to save water then do it if it’s possible. Water is not something that we have lots of. We have droughts all over the world, and some droughts can turn into a big fire and when there is a big fire we waste a lot of water.

WAYS THAT WE WASTE WATER

When you turn on the faucet always turn it off if you’re not using it,

and if you are turning on the faucet to wash your hands then try to turn it off when you are putting soap on your hands, and also do this whenever you’re brushing your teeth. If you get water to drink and there  is still some left in the cup, you should save it for another time to drink it. And whenever washing dishes, don’t just let the faucet run. The average of water that Americans use per day is about 140-170 gallons. A full bathtub is about 36 gallons.

PLACES THAT DON’T HAVE MUCH WATER

Many places don’t have enough water, and water is not easy to get.

Los Angeles and Africa don’t have enough water. In Africa the girls have to go get water, which means that they can’t go to school. Sometimes the girls and women have to walk for miles to get water. In Africa they don’t have clean water like we do. In Los Angeles they don’t have that problem, but the problem they have is that it is very dry down there. And people in Africa don’t have the materials to clean the water like in America. People in Africa die every year because the water is dirty and might have all sorts of diseases in the water.

DON’T WASTE WATER

Don’t just waste water for fun, because water is important to all of

us. Water is something that we can’t make. Our water comes from the sky when it is raining. Water is also important because water is something that we need basically everyday.

CONCLUSION

Water is something that we need, we need water to drink everyday. Every time you take a shower try to make it short. And every time you take a shower you use lots of gallons of water. In Africa they don’t have materials for cleaning water. They get sick and gets diarrhea because the water is dirty and might have all sorts of diseases, and then gets sick and die because the water isn’t clean. Now I hope you know why we should save water.

Save Water and Help the Earth

by Best Surgeon Ever!

When I was in science class one day I was learning about water problems around the world. I learned that I was wasting water just by eating a hamburger. Just by eating beef we're wasting 1000 gallons of water per steak. I felt really guilty. It takes 250 gallons to water a backyard grass-- imagine a farm yard? That cows eat the grass all the time, that needs to be watered every two times a day. When the cows eat the grass it sets off a methane and a greenhouse gas. Wow thats sad. Also in other places like Africa the women don’t go to school because they have to help home. When they help home they walk 10 miles where the nearest wells are and the water is not even clean. So they get a lot of sicknesses and diarrhea because of the dirty water. They lose a lot of water and die. We have to stop wasting water and instead help the environment.

MEAT, METHANE, AND GREENHOUSE GAS

There are lots of farmers in the world, and they all use a lot of water for their cows. They use 1000 gallons once every two days. So is it worth it for a hamburger? Because the earth is where we live and we can’t make more water. As lots of people say the water is the center of our earth. The cows also cause the air that we breathe some trouble to us. The cows eat the grass and it goes though there body and it comes out in their gas. It is methane and greenhouse gas. It is not healthy for us to breathe. Thats one of the things that wastes water.

IN AFRICA

All the way across the Pacific Ocean, in Africa, children are thirsty and dying of

diarrhea.The girls don’t get an education because they have to help at home. When they help at homes they have to hold a bucket on there head and get dents because of that. They walk ten miles to get it.  They burn they feet on the sun and there skin from the sun. You may ask why do the do all this thing for. In America just turn on the fountain it is that easy, but in Africa you have to do all these things. The water they drink is not even clean. They have animal droppings in the water. Because of that they get a stomach ache or diarrhea. And since they get diarrhea that means they lose a lot of water. When they lose a lot of water there body won’t be hydrated a lot and they’ll die.

HOW TO HELP

Africa is not the only place that does not have enough water. It’s all over the world and you can help, too. One way to help is try to not eat meat. Another one is try not to eat meat until six o’clock every day or only on special occasions. Another way is to use less water and you can do that by using the dishwasher instead of washing dishes by hand, or not letting the faucet run. There are also people helping in Africa build more wells. For more ways to help is to go to www.water.org.

CONCLUSION

Now you know how water is being wasted. I hope now after you have read this

paper I hope you will be more careful about wasting water. Now get out there and make a change! Water is not something that you can make. It is the center of our earth! A small thing can make a big difference when we all work together!!!

Eat Less Beef                        

by  The wet Weasley Water Warrior of Wisconsin

          

Imagine you go into a restaurant and you order a steak.It tastes good, right?But thousands of gallons of water have gone into its production. I think we should eat less red meat because it is bad for the environment.

         

         Raising cows for beef uses 28 times more land and 11 times more water as other animal products. It takes about 1,300 gallons of water for one 8 ounce steak. This is important because California is in a large drought and does not have the water to use on all of the cows. This means that eating less beef would help a lot.           
                                                                                                                                 

         Cows also happen to produce a lot of methane, a greenhouse gas. They give off methane from their manure and when they pass gas. This shows that raising a lot of cows is bad for the environment. Gidon Eshel, a professor, told the Huffington Post,¨Really, there’s no question about it. Reduce beef whenever possible.¨

          Some people say that by the time you order steak, so much water has already been wasted that it doesn’t matter if you eat it. However, I would argue that if we cut back on red meat, farmers would eventually stop raising as many cows with the effect of less greenhouse gases and less water wasted.

          In conclusion, I believe that we should eat less red meat because it uses a lot more land and water than other animal products and releases a lot of greenhouse gas. Some ways to reduce red meat are Meatless Mondays, when you don’t eat meat on Mondays, and “vegan till 6”, where you don’t eat animal products till after 6:00.

SAVE WATER!!

by Beautiful

In science I learned that in many places people don't have access to clean water and it causes them to get sick and some people die from dirty water. I think we should save water because we don't have that much water.

There are a lot of people who dont have water, like Africa and other places. Women and children around the world spend 140 million hours a day collecting water. 1 in 9 people lacks access safe water. This data shows that we have to save as much water as we can so people in other places can have clean water.

In California we have a big drought which means that we don't have that much rain. Farmers cannot grow their crops and rivers and lakes are low. So we all need to save water because farmers need to grow food for us to eat and they cant do that without water.

There are many ways we can save water. For example, turning off the water when you are brushing or washing your hands, using shower water to flush the toilet, and not letting water go down the drain when you can use it to water plant or something else.

In conclusion, there are a lot of people who don't have water like Africa and other places. In California we have a big drought which means that we don't  have that much rain. There are so many ways to save water like turn off water when you are brushing or washing your hands.

Carnivores, Cut Down on the Steak

by Dead camel 1139

             As you may already know, meat takes a lot of water to produce, but one of the meats that take up the most water to make is steak. So, this essay will be about why you should not eat as much red meat. I think that all of you “carnivores” out there should seriously cut down on the steak. I think that we should eat less meat because it makes the drought worse.

One reason NOT to eat as much meat, is that you don’t waste as much water, because just one 8 oz. steak wastes about 1,000 gallons of water. When you are raising the cows, you have to water the grass to feed the cows, and you have to slaughter the cows. We shouldn’t kill this many cows because California has been in a drought for about four years. Also, it won't hurt you if you eat a little bit less meat than you usually do! Many people that have tried this said that they still felt great. Business mogul, Richard Branson was quoted saying, “I never feel like I’m missing out on anything”. I guess also if you ate too much meat, you would be as round and plump as a balloon. That sort of proves that eating too much meat is not that good for you, but also horrible for the earth.

        Some people may say that beef is worth the water, but I would say no, it’s risking our water supplies, and plus, food and water are both important. Some people may say that the drought doesn’t matter to them because they have plenty of water left, but then I would say that it matters to other people that don’t have as much water, they could die because they have such polluted water, and so little of it.

      Altogether I think that it is important that we should save as much water as possible, because we are currently in a drought. Not everybody understands that water doesn’t magically appear, but I hope that you now understand how precious it really is.

SAVING WATER!

by Hope #2

In science we learned that people use about 20-40 gallons of water per day. I was surprised that we use a lot of water. I think we should save water for many reasons. People don’t have access to water in other places. Also, in California we are having a drought. There are many easy ways to save water.

Many people around the world don’t  have access to water. Like for example in Africa and some other countries. According to water.org, if you add all the women and children all around the world it adds up with 140 million hours a day of collecting water. 1 in 9 people lack access to safe  water. This shows that people don’t have access to water around  the world, and that we should save water. In my science class we are trying to raise money to give water to people that don't have access to water.

In California we have a big drought which means that we don’t have that much rain. Farmers cannot grow their crops and lakes and rivers are low. So we all need to save water because farmers need to grow food for us to eat and they cannot  do it without water.

There are many easy ways to save water, like for example use shower water to flush or water plants.  Don’t run the faucet when washing dishes and hands, and save water by closing the faucet if not using. Because people are wasting too much water and it is bad for  the environment.

That is why we should save water whenever possible, to keep the environment healthy. When you take a long shower, remember how much water it used up.

In conclusion, I think we should save water because  people don't have access to water in other places and there are easy ways to save water.

   

Donate to Water.org

by Hope #1

Would you feel sad if you didn’t have enough water and your brothers and sisters were dying   because of the lack of water? Well in Africa kids and babies are dying. I think that we should donate to www.water.org because (1) girls miss out on school to get water, (2) every time a girl goes and get water they put the bucket on their head and that makes a dent in their skull, and (3) www.water.org is a website that helps countries that don’t have enough water. I know this because in class this man from Kenya came in and talked to us and told us all about his country and told us about how the girls get dents on their heads. I am trying to help by convincing people to donate to www.water.org.

Every time girls go and get water for their family they miss out on school and they walk 4 miles or more to get 1 gallon, for their family and their whole little village. They use that one gallon to wash dishes, wash clothes, and wash their hands and once they are done, the girls have to walk 4 more miles.  And the boys are the ones who go to school and once they’re done they go and hunt lion and don’t miss out on school.

Water.org helps countries with people that don’t have enough water and makes wells under ground, so that in Africa all the girls don’t have walk 4 miles to go and get just 1 gallon  for their whole little village. And sometimes they get water from the same places where animals do their business, so they dirty water. So that is why water.org is a helpful website.

Every time a girl goes and gets water, they put it on their head to make it easier to carry. So they get a dent because of the pressure the gallon, and the moms get dents too, but the boys don’t. I learned this because a man came to talk about his life in Kenya and told us that the dents gets deeper every time they get water.

These are my reasons why we should donate to water.org. Here are my reasons again: (1) girls have to miss out of school and have to walk 4 miles (2) water.org is a helpful website that helps countries that don’t have enough water, (3)every time a girl goes and gets water they get a dent in their head.  And so please donate to www.water.org.

Save Water, Save our Planet

by Mc Blousen Hosen

steak the yummy, delicious, Sunday night BBQ treat, but wait! Have you ever thought how it affected the earth?  Let me show you!  As we learned in science class,   there are many ways that we hurt the environment, but one of the worst is MEAT.  One reason is they waste a lot of water. Reason two: they release too much greenhouse gas. We should eat less meat because it is bad for the environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Cows

Cows take up a lot of water and resources. Cows take up more water and land than any  other animal on the stock market. To produce one eight ounce steak it takes about 1,000 gallons of water.  In an article we read in class, Gidon Eshel, a professor at BCEP, told the Huffington Post, “Really there’s no question about it. Reduce beef whenever possible.” This quote tells us that  beef should be avoided as much as much as you can because that will help the environment.    

Cows release a greenhouse gas called methane in their feces and gas.  This is important because methane gas pollutes the earth and causes climate change.  This is even more important because climate change will lead to more disastrous results on a global scale.  Some people prefer to just cut meat from their diet entirely or just for one day. In the article, mogul Richard Branson, who chose to cut beef out of his diet permanently, wrote in his blog “I never feel like I’m missing out on anything.” Some people say that even if we cut back on beef, they will have already have used the water on the steak, so what’s the point? But I say that even if you can cut back,it will help, maybe only a little bit, but help nonetheless.

I hope that one day the people of this selfish country will realize how precious our  limited supply of water is.  Water is the all time most precious thing on this entire planet more valuable than diamonds, gold, and money.  All I’m saying is think before you use water.

THE PROBLEM WITH BEEF

by Imma Watersaver

   Beef, it pollutes. Beef, we love to eat it, though it is bad for the environment so why do we think we need it? We eat it just because we want to.

   I’m a student at Berkeley Arts Magnet, and I think that we shouldn’t eat foods like beef that pollute the environment. We shouldn’t eat beef because it pollutes and wastes resources and also, aren’t there plenty of alternatives?

Reason #1 Resources

   Beef needs 1,232 gallons to produce 8 ounces.To boot, cows consume 11 times more water than other livestock and require 28 times more land. I think this is important because many people in the world do not have access to clean water. Also, only 2% of the water on Earth is freshwater. This means that the water wasted by the steak can’t be used during droughts.

Reason #2 How cows affect the environment

   Cows create lots of greenhouse gases when they pass. This can be a menace to the environment. Another way the cows pollute the environment is through their manure which releases methane gas. This can cause the planet to warm in process known as global warming.

Reason#3 alternatives to beef

   To help the environment, you don’t necessarily have to cut beef out of your diet entirely, you can try out the popular “Meatless Mondays” plan, or the vegan till 6 plan where you don’t eat any animal products until 6 pm. But why not eat just vegetables and fruits like broccoli and tomatoes? Because some vegetables and fruits use almost as much water as beef itself! This makes eating food that doesn't pollute as much as beef a lot harder. Foods such as tofu, lentils, and beans use much less water than tomatoes and broccoli. Foods like tofu and beans save thousands of gallons of water.

In science class we are trying to help people without access to water by doing a fundraiser where we challenge people to save water. In conclusion, it is best to avoid beef because it wastes water, pollutes, and there are many alternatives to it. This is why you shouldn’t eat beef.

  

EAT LESS BEEF                         

by Davey B.                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

  Should you eat beef? I don't think so! Think about this scenario: You sit down in a restaurant. You order a steak. Guess what? You just wasted over 1,200 gallons of water. And land. And you polluted. Do not eat beef, it’s bad for the environment.

    Beef uses and wastes water and land.  Beef uses 28 times more land than other animal products and 11 times more water. It takes 1,232 gallons of water to make one 8 ounce steak! This data proves that cows waste water and land, which is a problem, especially since we are in a drought.

     Beef adds to the greenhouse effect, and not in a good way. Cows produce 5 times as much pollution as other products. When cows pass gas they release methane, a greenhouse gas. It is worse than CO2. This shows that raising cows is bad for the environment. This also shows that if we want to help the environment, we should raise less cows.

   You should eat less beef. It wastes water, land and it pollutes.   Gideon Eshel, a professor, said, “Reduce beef whenever possible.” Some don’t agree. Some say that by the time you order a steak, so much water has been wasted already that its too late to make a difference. But, if we all cut back, there will be no demand and farmers will not raise cows anymore. Some say it is worth it, but are 3 burgers really worth 1,232 gallons of water in our drought, when chicken does not take that much?

Help Water.org

by #water#

I’m a student at Berkeley Arts Magnet and we 5th graders are doing a fundraiser for water. Also we are in a drought and if you waste THOUSANDS of water do you know what will I never knew that red meat could waste a lot of California water (our precious water.) Yes steak is good but it wastes a lot of water. Facts say when you eat steak you waste 1000 gallons of water each time you eat it. I think that we should help our earth by saving water and donate to www.water.org, which is a website that helps people who doesn’t have access to clear fine earth water.

One way we can save water is by eating steak less of the time. This is because when people eat steak, it uses that 1000 gallons of water that comes from the grass which then the cows eat, then they get the grass to grow so the cows can be healthy. So be helpful and don’t eat as much of steak but chicken and other foods like beans and lentils.

Less than 2% of earth’s water supply is fresh water and if you are an average family of four then you guys uses 881 gallons of water per week just by flushing the toilet.

Well this is a great time to talk about our fundraiser on Water.org. We are doing a challenge for saving water by asking people if they would pay $5 for doing a challenge, like eating less meat or taking short baths (showers too). You can go to our fundraiser on water.org or you can donate and every time you donate it goes to water.org and help children that die from lack of water access. You can do this challenge at your home.

I hope you liked this essay and make sure to help and save water & think about the boys and girls in the world who don’t have clean safe water.

                                                                                                                                     

EAT LESS RED MEAT!!!!!

by William Ploutski

   When you’re eating a nice juicy hamburger, remember what it must have took to produce this piece of red meat. A living thing (a cow) was killed just so you could taste the taste of it’s flesh. It took lots and lots of water just to produce the little slab of meat,and it’s risking a global disaster because of the greenhouse gases.This is why I think we shouldn't eat as much red meat.  So read my essay and save planet earth.

     One reason that eating red meat is bad is because it uses SO MUCH WATER. Studies  have shown that 8 ounces of red meat uses 1,000 gallons! That’s less than 2 hamburgers! It also uses 28 times more land and 11 times more water. This tells us that if you eat too much red meat, you’ll waste quite a lot of water. Some people say that red meat is tasty but I argue that water is the center of this planet and we all need it.

Another reason that raising a lot of cows is bad is because cows produce a lot of greenhouse gases. When cows pass gas, they produce lots of methane, also known as a “greenhouse gas”. Also, the way they kill the cows (the slaughter house) creates a lot of greenhouse gases. This tells us that if we raise to many cows, they will pollute the air and cause global warming.

     A more overall reason that eating red meat is bad is because we are basically killing a living thing for our enjoyment and entertainment.  If cows killed a bunch of humans and started eating them we would go crazy! Even though we’re doing the exact same thing. Some people say that meat is the only source of protein but there is other sources of protein like beans, cheese and eggs. This means that if you are vegetarian,you still have sources of protein.

     As you see, red meat is a huge offender when it comes to global warming and running out of water. If you think that cows producing greenhouse gasses by farting is funny, then you’re basically laughing at something that could end the world. Now, imagine you were a cow, you think you are living a great life. You get plenty of food and water. Then, you learn that you are basically being fattened up just so you could get killed and eaten. Thats what every cow probably feels. So please, decrease your daily diet of red meat, and go ahead, save the world.  

P.S To save the cows and the earth, try “Meatless Mondays” where you don’t eat meat on Mondays, or you can try “vegan till 6” where you can try being vegan until 6 pm.

Beef: The Worst Offender       

by Rachel

                                     

     Beef is one of the worst offenders to our California drought. To produce 8 ounces of beef, farmers waste thousands of gallons of water.  We should not eat beef because it wastes so much water and cows pollute the earth. In this essay you will learn why we should not eat beef.

         

    Beef comes from cows. Cows use thousands of gallons of water and they produce greenhouse gases. They, just as any other animal, pass gas. Cow gases are worst for the environment because they contain methane. Large amounts of it. This gas gets trapped in the atmosphere and does not let heat escape. That is one reason why we have global warming.

      Every meat product wastes water! Every hamburger has beef, about 4 ounces of it. Well to raise those cows, to water the fields, to feed and bathe them in the process, 8 ounces of beef takes about 1232 gallons of water.  Some people say that we should eat more beef because it’s healthy. However I say kids should get their nutrients partially from beef and they can get the rest by eating tofu.

      Beef, the bloody, yucky, and slimy meat everyone likes to eat is by far one of the worst offenders to California’s drought. Beef takes up more than 28 times the land to make, and 11 times the water to produce as any other meat products. It also produces 5 times the greenhouse gases.

   There are many ways to save water. You can try being “vegan till 6” or Meatless Mondays. Anything you do to save water helps, even if it is small. You can also try to use a dishwasher only when it is fully loaded. You can cut back on beef and water your lawn not everyday but 2 times a week.

    In conclusion, 1 person can’t make a difference but if we can encourage more and more people to use less water, eventually we will run out but it will take much more time to. And hopefully it rains before we run out. We can cut down on beef. Waste less water while doing laundry, washing dishes, and watering our lawns. This is why we should save water and eat less beef.