Almost 1,000 was arrested in Copenhagen when they participated in a peaceful demonstration

Almost 40,000 protesters participated yesterday in a large peaceful demonstration in Copenhagen. The demonstrators gathered at the Danish Parliament to march against the Bella Conference Center where COP15, the UN climate conference is held. The march went on for almost three hours and took place as a people’s festival. The atmosphere amongst the participants was friendly and peaceful. However, the Copenhagen Police arrested almost 1,000 persons because they suspected them to have planned organized violence and vandalism.

Copenhagen Police raid December 9, 3am

NGO activists were woken up by the Copenhagen Police in a ‘Cold War’ OR in the ‘Heat of the Night’ by the Copenhagen Police.

The sleeping NGO activists had arrived early to Copenhagen in order to plan their participation in a large legally announced protesting demonstration.
The demonstration will take place December 12 as a march from Christiansborg Castle (The Danish parliament and HQ for the government) to Bella Center (The conference center of the COP15, the climate meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark)

You become what you eat

Even what you eat contributes to the global emissions of greenhouse gasses; so if you eat food that pollutes a lot, then it is only a logical consequence that you yourself become polluted.

Talks about how to stop the global warming and the climate changes are quite often focused on the industrial pollution and the pollution from cars and other traffic. But the pollution comes from many other sources. For many it is a surprising fact how much the production of food by agriculture is contributing to the emission of greenhouse gasses.

Based on scientific research it is estimated that agriculture and food production contributes with almost 12% of the total emissions. The biggest ‘polluter’ in the food production is livestock farming. Meat and dairy products contribute with 9-10% of the World’s total emission of greenhouse gasses; and these figures represent only the production, the carbon footprints of meat and dairy products become even bigger if the transportation of food is included.

With these facts in mind, we should all realize that the global climate crisis is something all of us has to be engaged in, and it is not enough to reduce our consumption of energy (electricity, oil, and coal). We can help even by eating less meat and cheese. A recent study published in the scientific publication, The Lancet, suggest a reduced consumption of animal fat by 30%, this would at the same time be beneficial for the world climate and the public health.