The Purpose of the Blog

In California, we are in the middle of a drought. Our water uses are too much for the minimal rain and snowfalls over the past four years. The snowpack is our main water supply and has been below average for four consecutive years. If we keep using the amount of water we are using now, we will completely run out. We are currently using our groundwater, kind of like our backup storage.

To tell the truth, farms are using up most of our water supply, and by raising so much livestock, we waste water, land and we pollute the earth. Cows create methane, which is a greenhouse gas. Animal agriculture is responsible for ⅕ of the gas emissions worldwide. This is a problem that we need to fix.

In science class, we have been learning about water around the world, and how hard it is for people in many places to access clean water, which leads to health problems. Also, many girls around the world are responsible for getting water for their families, which often means walking for hours each day, and missing out on opportunities for education. We are doing a fundraiser for http://www.water.org/, an organization that helps people around the world access clean water. This is why we are writing this blog: To educate the public about water, in California and around the world!

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Eat Less Beef
by Anonymous

Do you think beef is good? Well I think not. I think beef is bad for the environment. It wastes a bunch of water. Now maybe you're thinking, well what's wrong with that? Well we only have a finite amount number of water. So in this writing I will try to convince you to that you should eat less beef. I will give you reasons to think that beef wastes water. 1 reason is that it waste a bunch of water. Number 2 is that its one of the reasons for global warming. 3 is that it takes a lot of land.

Beef is bad for the environment. This is because 1 eight ounce steak uses hundreds of gallons of water. How? Well first to get the steak you have to feed it grass and you have to water the grass. Next you have to let the cow drink water, and you also use lots of water during the part when making and cooking the stake. One way we can help is that we should eat less steak. We need to save water not just because its good for the environment, but also for that we are in a really big drought.

 
The next reason we shouldn't eat beef that much is that its bad for the air. When cows pass gas they release greenhouse gas. Their gas has methane in them, and other bad chemicals for the air. The chemicals trap the heat on the earth so it gets hotter and have less water. One way we can help is eat less beef so the company will slow down and eventually it will not make beef, so less greenhouse gas.

 
Another reason is that cows take a lot of land, which is bad for the environment. One reason is that beef uses 28 times more land than other products. Another reason is that cow need time run around and gets some fresh air, and most farms have lots of cows. So altogether it takes a lot of land, and it bad for the environment

In conclusion, I think that beef wastes a lot of water, because it wastes a bunch of water and it also makes the environment hotter and it takes a lot of land. Some people might say that its not going to make a difference but I say it will count in the long run. If we keep doing this then eventually it will make a difference, because then the people will stop making it and eventually  we will be wasting less water.  I think that beef should only be eaten sometimes.
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