When trying to make a difference in sustainability, it is important to not lose sight of what's important in your life. As great as it would be if we all just ceased to eat meat, it is unrealistic to think everyone should do so. Sure, it may be one of the best things you can do as an individual for the earth, but if meat is an important part of your life then completely eliminating it is probably not the right choice.  Sustaining the earth should not make life on it unenjoyable which is why the changes you make should work for you not just the planet. Instead of not eating meat at all, cut back on your beef consumption or just don't eat meat with every meal. For me, traveling is what I couldn't eliminate from my life. Exploring different parts of the world is part of why I have such an appreciation for the planet, and although I know planes are terrible for the atmosphere it's just something I couldn't put on the table for elimination. To make up for it I try to be as sustainable as possible when it comes to my travel within Vancouver. I take the bus, skytrain and walk w hen possible. In my opinion I don't think you should take important things out of your life but rather think of ways you can make them a bit better for the environment.

I agree with what you say, we should still push to be cleaner for the environment but life should still be good for us too. Ive been adding more vegetables and fruits to my diet but I still eat meats and dairy because our enjoyment matters too. I feel that the reason we are still so toxic to the environment is that most people correlate a clean Earth to unhappiness in life. Most things need to be balanced in life and our relationship with the Earth's life should be too.

I also agree with Keyan because I believe that even though eating less meat can help improve our sustainability, not every has to give it up. As he stated before, if eating meat is your favorite thing to do in the world, then you shouldn't have to give eating meat up. We all have something that we are passionate about, so being asked to give it up can be really hard to do. On the other hand, I do think that it is important to be aware of that, and to try to limit the amount of meat consumption you take in per week. But if you really don't want to give up meat, there are many other ways to to help make a difference in sustainability. If there you are trying to help make a difference in sustainability, but you don't want to give something up, I suggest that you explore other ways to help sustain the environment. Every big or small way that we help greatly improves our sustainability, so it is important to take that action, whatever it is.