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I wish them well. It feels good to be reminded that yes, there are still people out there trying to make things better. ❤️
Everyone can be that. Stop eating meat and drop water-pollution, land-use and co2-emissions by two thirds. Less destruction, instantly.
Imagine one billion people doing that. Animal agriculture, one of the most evil industries, would shrink by a lot, our planet would change. No need for politicians, no need to spend a lot of money, no need to lobby. You just buy a different product next time you shop groceries at the supermarket. 💚
While yes, consuming less meat and especially cow (dairy, beef) is good for you and the environment, your 2/3 statistic falls a part with actual data
https://ourworldindata.org/emissions-by-sector
Get your statistics right or don’t say them at all.
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I meant 2/3 of your personal food emissions. I'm aware that this is not the solution, but it's a very easy step and no solution will be enough without us changing what we eat.
That graph is wrong/misleading:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00225-9
I really need to stop making excuses and stop eating meat. I think I'm going to start tomorrow. I dunno why but this thread really is motivating me.
Even if you don't go meatless, dropping or severely limiting beef is a huge start.
My family realized that most meals we have meat was just kind of an unnecessary element? Cut out meat and it was still delicious.
Our meat consumption dropped to ground turkey once a month and beef maybe once every 6 months when our to eat? i really feel like limiting is the way to go for most people, but too many suggest all or nothing.
I feel like meat only on weekends would be a pretty great compromise for the near term.
If enough people did that, meat would stop being the default with every meal and it'd end up easier to go farther.
And I think people are more likely to stick with a dramatic reduction than to go all the way.
Give the plant based meats a try, like Impossible meat or Quorn. They're astonishingly good now, and have completely replaced animal meat for me.
Beans are cheaper and delicious
As is Tofu, Seitan (homemade), and lentils!
We don't have any of those in Japan yet, unfortunately. I think I'll have to go with beans for now!
You could also create your own meat alternatives with tofu or Seitan, which are very cheap to make ^^
Wouldn't just a reduction in meat consumption be enough? Though looking at how much the average is that will probably need to be a very significant reduction frI'm some people.
Solar farms go well with grazing animals, recently heard it can actually increase the grass yields when you add solar panels, think it helps protect it a bit from strong wind and too much sun that can dry out the soil more and stunt growth.
Also any time you hear people complain about "prime farmland" (that is so shit they only ever use it for grazing) being used for solar "instead of food production" be aware it's very likely bullshit anti-solar propaganda. It's very common here in the UK.
I say why not, imagine 1 billion people eating 0 meat or 8 billion people reducing their intake. Net result is probably the same, but the problem is that there are some people that will use this reduction excuse to not actually do much about their diet. Then there are the people like you mentioned that eat meat 3 times a day and then there are the people that surround their own identity around meat eating.
I'm not a dogmatic and tell people irl that each individual should do as much as they can, but even with that low bar most people don't do shit.
We usually don't have that much, this week between 2 of us we bought 6 of the finest sausages Aldi provide and they went into a sausage and bean casserole that lasted for 3 meals each. Other meals didn't have meat in them.
Would like to try finding a butchers but there aren't really any near where we live other than a guy selling meat out of a van a few days a week.
My family realized that most meals we have meat was just kind of an unnecessary element? Cut out meat and it was still delicious.
Our meat consumption dropped to ground turkey once a month and beef maybe once every 6 months when our to eat? i really feel like limiting is the way to go for most people, but too many suggest all or nothing.
I would prefer for the giant polluting corporations to do something that’s actually useful. Enjoy veganism though.
I wish corpos disappeared in flames tomorrow, but unless I get a magic lamp that won't happen. In the mean times there are levels of activism everyone can do including in their personal lives. Deflecting and ignoring won't achieve anything, so we have to take responsibility for our actions as well.
While This is true, always remember that each single one of us only has a small impact and you shouldn't feel guilty for not being able to do everything while billionaires fly with private jets.
If you give me 7.5 billion i’ll do my very best to clean up the ocean too
This is /c/upliftingnews. I’ll take what I can get ☺️
That's like 0.8% of the US military budget for 2025. That's basically a rounding error
Better that than it going to Tesla or whatever.