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!
Now It's Time for Action >
Now its time for action
There are many different ways to reduce carbon footprint in daily activities. And reducing meat consumption would mean a major cut down in personal carbon footprint. Livestock farming makes up about 20-50% of the human emissions of GHG. the change doesn't even have to be completely cutting off meat, just a reduction of the consumption. This along with other relatively smaller changes can help us go towards a more sustainable society.
I agree that eating meat is a very big problem. The problem with this problem is that there is not a very easy way to eliminate meat from the diet of most people. This is because for most people, meat is an essential part of their diet, and cutting it out entirely would cut out a lot of their nutrition. Also, most consumers in more developed countries, like America, can't experience firsthand the impact that meat has on the environment, so it is harder for them to stop eating meat.