David Sirota: Want to save the world? Eat less meat

[marmar]

from In These Times:


What’s Really Speeding Global Warming
Want to save the world? Eat less meat.

BY David Sirota


In case you missed the news, humanity spent the Earth Day week reaching another sad milestone in the history of catastrophic climate change: For the first time, measurements of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surpassed 400 parts per million—aka way above what our current ecosystem can handle.

Actually, you probably did miss the news because most major media outlets didn't cover it in a serious way, if at all. Instead, they and their audiences evidently view such information as far less news-, buzz- and tweet-worthy than (among other things) the opening of George W. Bush's library and President Obama's jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Such an appetite for distraction, no doubt, comes from both those who deny the problem of climate change and those who acknowledge the crisis but nonetheless look away from what feels like an unsolvable mess.

That sense of hopelessness is understandable. After all, some of the most hyped ways to reduce carbon emissions—electric cars, mass-scale renewable energy power plants, etc.—require the kind of technological transformations that can seem impossibly unrealistic at a time when Congress can't even pass a budget. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://inthesetimes.com/article/14947/the_real_obstacle_to_halting_climate_change/

[uppityperson]

1. Being aware of what you eat is a good thing, finding how to live with your compromises also.

Thank you for the article, it is interesting to read others take on food and resources.

[msongs]

2. Diet for a Small Planet said it better 40 yerars ago and still does today :-) nt

[cprise]

3. Chicken is more sustainable than beef

Pork is somewhere in the middle, closer to beef IIRC.

And learning a couple of tasty vegetarian dishes to have (say, one day a week) is even better.

The trick to vegetarian meals boils down to this: You will need to combine a pulse/bean/lentil with a grain (pasta, bread, rice, quinoa, etc.) to get the right protein. You can also use cheese to make your protein complete, but cheese has a high impact on carbon emissions similar to beef so use it sparingly. Then you will need something to boost your vitamin B (yeast-levened bread, supplement, etc).

[AdHocSolver]

4. Global warming is the "fever" that may eliminate the "disease". nt

[midnight]

5. I'm growing sprouts for pennies a day to put on sandwiches....

http://sproutpeople.org/seeds/mothersmix.html


http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=9

[undeterred]

6. kick!