Without a doubt, choosing what to eat is the single most important decision that we will ever make. In a nutshell, what we choose to eat determines how most of the Earth is used. And how the Earth is used greatly impacts the ability of our ecosystem that sustains us. 

By the way, what we eat also greatly impacts our own health, but that pales in comparison to the health of our ecosystem. If our ecosystem can no longer sustain us, it really doesn't matter how healthy we are if we're all destined to starve or perish due to lack of water. 

Yesterday, I posted a blog about the new 2015 Proposed Dietary Guidelines in the USA. And I said that in terms of helping to save the planet that they were tantamount to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. 

While there are some things that I like about the new guidelines (like we should be eating more plants for our health AND for the health of the planet), there are more things that I don't like. For one thing, there is much more confusion in the 571-page report than there is clarity. But more importantly, the whole exercise is a sad case of too little, too late. Why is that?

Because, even if ALL of the committee's recommendations were included in the official guidelines, it would take many decades to make much of a difference in what most Americans are eating. And what about the rest of the world? Click here:  2015 Dietary Guidelines. Good News and Bad.

 

Making complex things simple.In my study of industrial engineering in college, I was taught the importance of making complex things simple. And that's what I have tried to do here---cramming the simple solution to the most critical problem in the history of the world onto one piece of paper. I call it my  One-Page Recipe for Saving our Ecosystem  

Sincerely, J. Morris (Jim) Hicks

Connecticut Sunrise by J. Morris Hicks