What did you learn about dietary choices from using the footprint calculator? Now imagine that you could translate what you learned into an effective societal policy on food- what would it be? And how would this policy effect the need to alleviate world hunger?
925 million people on earth do not have enough to eat according to the FAO [Food and Agricultural Organization]. That's almost 1 in 7 inhabitants of our planet!
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veganism
I believe that as a society we should try to refrain from eating meat, dairy products, and anything that involves animals, such as clothing (animal fur) etc... I believe this because animal agriculture is one of the biggest leads of climate change. Animal agriculture uses greenhouse gasses, and just think... millions of people around the world eat animal products, and wear them. Not only does this affect the world, but it also messes with your health. I am doing my part for this, as i would love to transition into a vegan someday, when I can.
You can go little by little, starting with reducing your number of meat meals per week. That's how I did it. I transitioned from eating basically anything to becoming a vegan over about 8 years.
I would agree but sadly we can't people would just not want to try or make an effort to eat less animals
Hi Josh
The data I have seen simply does not support your conclusion. There are 5x as many vegans in the USA as there were in 2014
https://www.riseofthevegan.com/blog/veg … -in-the-us
Your footprint is very good and my footprint is about the same as yours. You are right, becoming a vegan would help a lot, but if we quit eating animals then the food chain would get messed up.
autumn- what do you mean "the food chain would get messed up"? Most of the animals that humans eat are farmed, and so are completely separated from natural ecosystems. If anything, it is the massive conversion of wild habitats to farmland that has negatively impacted natural food webs.
As for eating wild animals, what that is doing for the most part is driving animals (like for example bluefin tuna) to the danger of extinction. In other words we are over-harvesting those animals
And while there certainly are some examples of eating wild animals in a sustainable fashion (for example, eating deer when they are overpopulated), even those examples are the "exception that proves the rule": the reason deer populations are so high is because we have all but eliminated their natural predators, like wolves.