All of you have calculated your emissions and you have surely discovered the unexpectedly high impact of some of your behaviors (eating meat, flying to a sunny destination, etc.) on your total footprints.
Are there any behaviors that you are really willing to change or to improve for the sake of the environment? What challenges do you encounter or think you will encounter while trying to change these things? What help, support, and insights from others would make your life easier with these new behaviors?
Let's discuss these issues and make our pledges here!
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Now It's Time For Action
I recently have decided to return to a vegetarian diet after being presented with so much information against the consumption of meat, as well as taking a look at its negative impacts on the environment. I feel that my decision is a very small step towards living a more sustainable life, but it’s a step in the right direction that I am more than willing to take.
That's good, though your strength is small.
That's great @952101! But I disagree with @Eleven about vegetarians being weaker. Many body builders are vegetarians and even vegans!
https://www.greatveganathletes.com/cate … ybuilders/
@952101 Congratulations on switching to a vegetarian diet. It really does make a difference to, as consumers, stop using things which have such a negative effect on the environment. The reason that eating meat is so bad is not the consumption of meat itself, but the conditions under which meat is produced, especially in the case of cows. Cow populations are enormous because they are farmed for meat and dairy products, and these large numbers of cows are being fed very poor diets which results in the emission of methane from their backsides. Methane is a very strong greenhouse gas which traps heat energy in the atmosphere and warms the planet, which is usually good, but too much greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is now leading to global warming which has devastating impacts on our ecosystems and also our human population.