Posts tagged beyond

Then there are omnivores that try to go organic, but that’s limited.

Then there are “vegetarians” that eat fish (meat, no argument there), and/or eggs and dairy, (whatever).

Then there are “true” vegetarians, I guess (plant substance only).

Then there are “vegans” (organic uncooked plant substance).

Is there anything beyond that? What’s the purest, most ethical way that I could live without harming animals? I mean, no processing, transportation, oil consumption, packaging, warehouses, “organic” clothing made in factories, and on and on if you get my meaning. Even Buddhist monks have to destroy animal habitats to build their temples and grow their plants. What’s beyond that?
Here’s the thing. I’ve been an on and off vegetarian for several years. Every time I associate with different people’s ideas about various degrees of what it really means to be a vegan or vegetarian, or whatever, I am still faced with the same moral dillema of the fact that the society I live in needs to destroy animal habitats no matter what I eat. I have no problem eating free range meats sometimes, but everytime I go back to trying to be a vegetarian, I can’t help but contemplate on these things. That;’s why I have always avoided vegetarian groups, which might explain why I don’t know the various terminologies.
Even when I ate only organic fruits and vegatables for over a year, I remember riding my bike to the health food store. I saw several road kills, and couldn’t help wonder how many animals were killed by all the trucks that delivered the food I was eating. Then I would start to think about my bike being made in a factory, the land that was cleared for the factory, the road, the vegetable farms, my house. I always feel like I’m contradicting myself if I can’t go 100%.
Yes, that’s it, “gatherers”, I want to live like this, are there any societies I could live in that live like this? Not meaning with tribes but with intentional living, do people do this, just leave society and live with nature?