食物就是力量 吃可以改變世界 知名自然學家珍古德博士第一次針對飲食議題,勾勒出綠色地球的未來藍圖。書中探討了人們對於飲食的選擇,如何直接影響著全球環境、動物福利,以及我們人類的健康。一個偏重肉食的社會必然會對環境以及動物帶來負面影響;而一種浪費無度的消費觀念,則讓資源短缺且已千瘡百孔的地球形同雪上加霜。每一餐飯、每一口食物都蘊含著食物如何被栽種、飼養並收成的精彩歷史。人類與食物之間的關係如此微妙,吃的本身就決定了這個世界該有的樣貌。所以,請慎選你的食物!珍古德博士呼籲大家少吃肉食,購買有機食品,並購買在地生產的當季食品。她同時強調:如果一定得吃肉,一點點應該就夠了,而且應該確保動物是在人道環境中被飼養的。這是繼《一座小行星的新飲食方式》之後另一次的味覺革命。讀者可藉以重建一個全新的飲食觀──永續的、有機的、環保的,以及對地球友善的。人類自己、芸芸眾生,以及我們僅有的這個地球也將因此共蒙其利。 國際知名的珍古德博士從根本改變了人類對靈長類的看法以及與動物王國的關係,現在她又將注意力轉移到一個重要到令人難以置信而且深度個人的議題──堅持一個更永續的世界。在這本深具爭議性又鼓勵人心的作品中,她敦促我們所有人要仔細檢視人類生產與消費的食物,而一種正向的改變對我們每個人來說又有多容易。 珍古德博士以堅定但溫和的筆觸繪製出一幅全球景觀──企業擁有雨水,獲得地球上種子的專利權,並且培育出神祕的「科學怪食」。這不是科幻小說,而是現實,但也是我們能夠修補的現實。作者提出她充滿希望而且振奮人心的願景,以具說服力的方式主張每個人都可以做出改變。 最可貴的是,書中提出簡單的策略,你我皆可藉以孕育出一個永續的社會。翻轉潮流不必付太多代價,只要用濾水器、吃有機食物,到農夫市場購物,喝蔭栽咖啡,並採取其它用心的措施,每個人都可以盡自己的本分,收復我們的食物、健康和地球。而且,現在就可以開始。這是一本才華橫溢、賦予人們力量且無窮樂觀的書,也是我們這時代最重要的著作之一。接受她的忠告,或許能在還來得及之前解救自己。
作者介紹
作者簡介珍古德 Jane Goodall 世界一流的黑猩猩權威。國際知名的保育人士,全球性的非營利組織「珍古德協會」創辦人,並獲頒許多科學方面的傑出獎項。珍古德博士著有多本備受讚揚的書,包括暢銷書《希望的理由》(Reason for Hope)等。蓋瑞‧麥克艾佛伊 Gary McAvoy 為珍古德協會成立志願性質的西雅圖基地營(Seattle Base Camp),他是技術顧問,並正在撰寫小說。蓋兒‧哈德遜 Gail Hudson 為《另類》(Utne)和《自我》(Self)等多本刊物寫過無數自然健康方面的文章,她的著作包括:《我想用鎮靜劑》(I Wanna Be Sedated: 30 Writers on Parenting Teenagers)。譯者簡介陳正芬 商學背景,集現實與浪漫、理智與瘋狂於一身,對任何事物抱持高度興趣,因喜歡閱讀、嚮往自由而從事翻譯。曾譯有《煉心術》、《一座小行星的新飲食方式》(大塊出版)。
Live a life of ease and freedom, on the basis of peace and solidity, with the principle of being less agitated and affected.
Many masters in the history of Chinese Chan Buddhism emphasized practice as daily living. Whether monastic or lay, a follower uses the concepts and methods of Chan in daily life. By doing so, one experiences calmness and ease while being spontaneous and lively amidst mundane reality. Chan is not a religion, not a philosophy, and surely not mysterious or weird sorcery. It is the wisdom of living, the cultivation of body and mind, and a principle and guideline for spiritual development. It is also the best method for influencing and purifying the environment.--Master Sheng Yen
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Master Sheng Yen (1930-2009)Master Sheng Yen was born in 1930 and became a monk in 1943. He conducted a six-year solitary retreat, after which he went to Japan for further study and obtained a doctorate in Buddhist literature at Rissho University. In 1975, he began sharing the Dharma in the US, and in 1989, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain organization. In 2005, he established the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan Buddhism, as an effort to reinvent Chinese Buddhism.
He authored more than 100 publications in Chinese, English, and Japanese, and received the Sun Yat-sen Art and Literary Award, the Sun Yat-sen Academic Award, and the Presidential Cultural Award, among other honorary awards.
He proposed the vision of "uplifting the character of humanity and building a pure land on earth," founded the Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, and Dharma Drum Sangha University. Experienced in Chan using correct approaches, he guided practice in both the West and East. Popularizing the Dharma in modern language, the Master initiated movements including Protecting the Spiritual Environment, Four Kinds of Environmentalism, the Fivefold Spiritual Renaissance Campaign, and the Six Ethics of the Mind. He shared the Dharma globally with a broadminded perspective, winning him worldwide recognition.