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MANDI	Mandi a Philadelphia girl with undying passions for saving animals, circus arts, and living life fully and completely. I have been vegan for 3 years and have been running chicvegan.com since June of 2008. Check It >>
RENATA	Renata has worked with young children since 1991 in Australia and overseas. Renata's Show travels all around Australia and overseas bringing love and happiness to all through the sound of song. Check It >>
ROBYN	An Aussie international flight attendant, currently studying Clinical Nutrition and living in the Middle East, sharing and learning about the Raw lifestyle through my travels. Join me on my Raw Food, Vegan & Life Journey Check It >>
KATH	Kath lives in pure harmony with nature, flowing with the universal energy. Breathing in the sunshine to nourish body and soul, stepping lightly on mother earth, living raw vegan. Her Dharma is to offer peace to all beings and unify the world by teaching love and respect for self and others. Check It >>

RENATA

Can Intelligence be a Hindrance?

Hallo Readers; I had dinner with an environmental scientist last

weekend....let's call her Nancy....Nancy cooked me the most wonderful vegan soup as she talked passionately about her environmental protection programs she has been putting in place with other government organisations. She has been working with councils when they build new roads to ensure that the big companies consider the impact they have on wildlife and work around ways they can ensure the safety of the animal habitats.

Nancy was very worried about the animals of Australia, she had a vast knowledge about their habitats and plants and wholeheartedly loved nature....however Nancy's contradiction was in the "organic cow" that she was enjoying at the dinner table. What about the cow? Did she not love the cow?? Why did Nancy feel that it was ok to eat the 'organic' cow, yet worried that a little tortoise would not be able to cross a new busy road?

I am not judging Nancy here folks, but merely pointing out how unconscious animal loving humans can be. This is what our beautiful cows, pigs, chickens, goats and every so called "edible" factory or organically farmed animal are up against. People who clearly love animals and want to protect them yet also see it as ok to eat them!

I wanted to point this out to my new friend, and ask her if she knew about the environmental devastation that the meat industry is causing to our beautiful planet that she works so consciously to protect. I wanted to ask her thoughts on land degradation, water and crop wastage, I wanted her opinion on the 60% of world grain we feed to the billions of animals that could be distributed to end world hunger, and that causes deadly methane gases once digested in the billions of animals to heat up our earth...and what did she think about the billions of animals that humans breed to kill for their palates when we don't even need any meats for human survival?..... However I was sitting at a table with solicitors and an environmental scientist, and I felt my humble opinion would be shot down and their 'organic' cow dinner ruined with thoughts of guilt and judgements....and that is not what I wanted as I simply love people....yet it made me think, can intelligence sometimes be a hindrance? Surely the intellect of the 'educated' citizens of the world can be infused with the ethical dilemna of an abboitor, organic or factory? What if we tied people to the "kind organic abboitor fence" on a busy day to look at the fear in the animal's eyes that were being killed for their palates? Would they still say,"Oh, but it's evolution, it's nature, we were meant to eat meat?" Or would they buy a vegan cookbook and change their shopping list, no questions asked?

I am sure this is not a feel good story to write about this week...however I sometimes feel so helpless for the animals like no-one is listening! Sometimes I just want to just hide away from everyone. That piece of 'organic cow" at the dinner table I found myself at really upset me as I don't put myself in positions like that anymore! The company were beautiful good people, who have been programmed to tune out to the cruel practise of animal farming. We have evolved as humans to have other animal friendly protein products that are easily accessible at our fingertips, and there are enough vegans and vegetarians in society to demonstrate it is humanly possilbe. However evolution can sometimes feel like a terrible slow motion movie!

So I am going to end this blog this week with a beautiful organic vegetable soup, close my eyes and dream of a humane conscious world, with no fear or war among ourselves or our beautiful animals, and vegan dinner parties everywhere!

Organic Vegetable Soup

Start with: 1 organic onion, 4 cloves of garlic chopped and fried in olive oil

Then add with 4 cups of water with....
1 stem of organic brocolli, fist size
2 organic carrots, diced
1/2 butternut pumpkin, diced
2 cut up organic potatoes
1 fat zucchini diced

Bring to the boil with 2 teaspoons of your favourite vegetable stock. Simmer for 25 minutes, let cool and blend with a bamix.
Enjoy with a warm fresh bread of choice.

Over and out
Renata xo