Hunger Awareness

Today I came across the website for Family Green Survival, a project founded by Gopal K. Kapur, a former civil engineer turned management consultant. Mr. Kapur has a deep interest in living a green life and also the importance of having empathy for the world's low income and poor population. This empathy can be experienced very easily, by Eating Green one day per month and also by practicing Survival Eating at least one day per month. I think it's a fabulous idea! Instead of fasting, which can be easier than actually adjusting one's diet, he is suggesting something deeper...something to remove us from societal norms and routines and the energy drain of daily life...challenging us to make a more serious effort on just one day!

In the image below, Mr. Kapur states: "The larger pan on the left represents 3,654 calories, what the average American eats per day. The pan or the right represents between 800 to 1,400 calories the poor population in developing countries eats per day. The pan in the middle represents what everyone in the world should be eating." (This excerpt taken from his "About Us" page.)
Check it out! I think I am going to give it a try...after all, it's only ONE DAY per month. My boyfriend Jeff was in Afghanistan for one year with the Army and while he lived there, in mud huts with the local Afghanis, he ate only rice and onion three times a day. He lost almost 40 lbs. in the year he was there and was able to experience what the truly "poor" experience on a daily basis. If he did it for one whole year, then I can do it for 12 days per year. Perhaps it will be part of the new religion that I am creating for myself?