#GreenQuote of the Week
"More meat, more green house gases and more global warming: Less meat, less carbon emissions and a more healthier You and Earth"
@mr-greens 2018
Your diet is an important part of your carbon footprint and it’s very important to know that a large proportion of human emissions comes from food production with the meat industry being one of the highest producers of carbon emissions.
Scientists estimate that Agriculture is responsible for an estimated 14 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. A significant portion of these emissions come from methane, which, in terms of its contribution to global warming, is 23 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
Did you know that cows emit a massive amount of methane through belching?
The world's 1.5 billion cows and billions of other grazing animals emit dozens of polluting gases, including lots of methane. Two-thirds of all ammonia comes from cows. The U.S. Food and Agriculture Organization says that agricultural methane output could increase by 60 percent by 2030 Times Online
This implies increase in meat consumption will mean an increase in cow production and consequently an increase in greenhouse gases production. Besides the greenhouse gas production, Cows also greatly contribute to deforestation and land degradation BUT we can change all these!
You can make a change by simply reducing the amount of meat you eat. Eating less meat will lead to a decrease in cattle production, hence a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions from the cattle industry. Eating less meat and more vegetables is good for your health and the planet’s health.
You can learn more about how Cows are changing the climate:
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Environmental Change, a green poem by @mr-greens
You shit, piss and pollute upstream and drink downstream. Are you not a "shithole"?
People of Mother Earth, please Change!
You pollute the air and breath the same air: isn't it insane?
Homo sapiens, change!
You litter the streets and complain about the filth.
"Chai", i beg change!
You cut the tree, eat much meat, burn the fossil and biofuels and complain about the heat but deny climate change.
Isn't this surprising? My people, change!
You reclaim the land but cry about the floods.
Where did u want the water to go to? My "contri" people change!
You want good food but promote fertilized farming.
Isn't it crazy. My brothers and sisters change!
You kill bees but till the soil and expect good harvests. "Any how e dey, change!"
You condemn and deny "canda stick" (traditional medicine) but drink modern medicine.
Where do u think the raw materials for your medicine come from? Change!
In all, you want good health in a bad environment. Well, visit a psychiatrist or Change!
The poem highlights some of the bad things we do to the environment but expect good results. We will be glad if you can make contributions and share ideas about this poem as well as propose more lines for the poem.
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And yet it has proven that the increasing number of people on vegan or vegetarian diets has led to increased deforestation, as the agricultural space necessary for the growth of plants is greater than raising livestock in relation to proportional nutritional intake.
This of course means the destruction of native animal habitats
We totally agree with you @mstaader. A lot of people think vegeterianism is a 100% way out but If everyone becomes a vegeterian, we will face a lot of environmental challenges just like we are facing right now with too many cows. We think what's important is to be able to strike a balance. Being able to produce with respect to need and not greed and being able to consume with respect to need and not greed. Striking that balance of need above greed can rapidly remedy the situation. However, we will like to know what you think can be done with respect to addressing this complex issue.
@mstaader are you able to back up your claim? In terms of vegan/vegetarian diets leading to increased deforestation? Plant based alternatives to feed a certain population takes up significantly less land and resources than it does to produce meat to feed that same number of people. As much as 97% of the energy and resources needed to grow lifestock for human consumption gets lost in keeping that animal alive and only 3% actually gets converted into protein that we then eat. That doesn't seem sustainable and far from being environmentally friendly.
https://www.sciencealert.com/vegetarian-and-healthy-diets-may-actually-be-worse-for-the-environment-study-finds
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not denying meat production is also bad for the environment, but it’s more current farming practices that are the problem than dietary choices.
There are ways that abundant supplies of many kinds of foods could be produced with zero environmental impact and almost zero cost, but it would cost money to set up
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