Here's your chance not just to be the mayor, but the original city planner as well! Imagine a medium sized city that would be developed with modern, low carbon transportation in mind, and other strategies to reduce the average citizens' carbon footprints.
What would that city look like? Would that make you more likely to want to live there?
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Honestly all cities have problems and that could be what people are doing to the environment. Support Farmers and buy more produce, Meats, Vegetables. Stuff from the earth instead of food being thrown out make our world healthier and happier and if you don't like something anymore give it to someone else who will use it.
Yes, I agree that all cities have problems and that we should support farmers, specifically local farmers, but I don't agree that we should support the meat industry as much. Cows are a large part of climate change since they release so much methane, and many habitats are destroyed to make homes for them. Methane is a lot worse for the climate than CO2. Giving old things to people who could need them rather than fully throwing them into the landfill is something that I think everyone should start doing and normalize since there has been a massive increase in low-income families and people living on the streets.
I agree that we should support local farmers and try not to consume as much meat. Additionally, I think we should also do our best to lessen food waste by using all our food before buying anything new, or buying what is need to use the remainder of our food. In America, food waste is estimated to be 30-40% of the food supply. By lessening our food waste we lessen our effect on the earth because carbon is emitted from transporting food and tons of water is used to grow them. After watching the documentary Cowspiracy, I learned that 2,500 gallons of water are used to produce 1 pound of beef.
I think it is a great idea. Many governments are unwilling to move to a more sustainable way of living because it might mean less profits are going to certain industries such as the meat industry, that contributes a lot towards the increasing amount of carbon and methane in our atmosphere. Giving away your old belongings and reusing things also keeps things out of our landfill, which is essentially a huge pit of pollution and waste. Althea and Chloe also make great points about how the meat industry and food waste affect our ecosystems.