Tag: climate change

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again but
Pescetarian as a diet choice makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Like, okay, you think factory farms are bad (they are), you think eating animals is ethically wrong (up for debate, but I’m not going to stop you and will in fact support you in that), you acknowledge that a specific parcel of land can support more herbivores than carnivores or omnivores, but you’re okay with overfishing?

Fish are not less than other animals. If you say “oh well I get my fish ethically”, then why can’t you do the same for our land animal meat sources?

Because the argument can be made for any consumption whatsoever that even if your specific ~thing~, fish, meat, clothing, whatever, comes from a sustainable and ethical source… it’s still kinda.. not helping.

Yes, please tell me more about your ethical fish, but somehow ethical pork or whatever is impossible,

I know nobody (who cares about these issues) is actually saying overfishing is good or okay, but idk how that cognitive dissonance works. Fish are animals capable of the same types of suffering as other sources of animal protein.

And if you’re pescetarian for dietary reasons.. okay? I still don’t understand the strict division between land meat and fish meat? Unless somehow it’s a health diet thing which is fair enough, I get that, but.

I’m an omnivore sure so maybe I have no right to talk about this but it literally makes no sense to me

thevortexbloguk:

Just finished watching David Attenborough’s ‘A Life On Our Planet’ all the way through.

Everybody needs to see this documentary. It is a wake-up call that things need to change. And fast.

The thing that people need to realise is that it only takes small changes to make a big difference. On an individual level, we can all make changes that won’t disrupt our daily lives in huge ways – we can switch to using less plastic (even if it’s just replacing bottles of soap with soap bars), a few times a week we can choose to walk to places instead of using transport and we can cut down on meat and dairy in our diets. These are just a few examples, but any small contribution makes a huge difference if we all play our part.

But we cannot just tackle climate change on an individual level – governments and global corporations need to recognise the damage they are doing and they need to operate more sustainably. This is has been proven to be possible, for example, Switzerland operates on a tariff scheme which means electricity is generated by primarily renewable means and hydroelectric powerplants produce 60% of the country’s electricity.

With the loss of species, wildfires, violent storms and the coronavirus pandemic, there is no excuse for governments to ignore the devastating effects that humans are having on the environment. Powerful world leaders cannot sit in their chairs, pout and simply say “I don’t think science knows” when they’re presented with evidence for climate change. They also cannot continue to label protest groups such as Extinction Rebellion “terrorists” when they are ultimately fighting for a more peaceful world.

I know that after watching ‘A Life On Our Planet’ I will make changes to try and help as much as possible. I will be careful not to purchase products which contain palm oil, I will try to use less plastic and although I have never eaten meat I will be reducing my dairy intake. I will also vote only for political parties that have sustainable environmental policies.

I hope we can all learn from David Attenborough and put his advice into action. Although there’s a chance we can still save our world, that window of opportunity is closing fast and we can only keep it open if we work together.

guerrillatech:

“Hey so it turns out that the people of earth accidentally did a global experiment to see if every individual could course correct climate change through mass personal change of habits, and it turns out, no! We can’t! It was massive corporate activity all along!”

thequantumqueer:

bigboybone:

higherorder:

I’d love to know how this is “green” and “environmentally friendly”.

“The figure for trees felled for windfarm development on Scotland’s forests and land, as managed by FLS, over the past 20 years is 13.9 million. However, it should be noted that these trees – being a commercial crop – will have eventually have been felled and passed into the timber supply chain in any case.”

They added: “That figure for felled trees should also be contrasted with that for the number of trees planted in Scotland over the years 2000 – 2019, a total of  272,000,000, and renewable energy developments fit well with this.

“To date, the amount of woodland removed across Scotland’s national forests and land, managed by FLS, for windfarm development is not even one per cent of the total woodland area.”

basic reading comprehension really comes in handy i think 

#please be aware that journalism companies rely on sensational headlines like this to get u to click on them#so u have to ACTUALLY READ THE ARTICLE or you won’t get the full picture since the headline certainly won’t give it to you

PLUS this doesn’t really mean there’s anything inherently wrong with wind energy.

Source: higherorder

blue-lives-aint-shit:

swingsetindecember:

do not confuse the lack of foot traffic outside for cleaning the environment. big oil companies dumping oil in the ocean and large industries polluting greenhouse gases are what is hurting the planet. 

animals going into the city is just entropy, it is less noisy or they have become dependent on human food or they are foraging. that is just normal. not a sign that mother nature is healing. just shut up. 

people aren’t the problem, capitalism is what is causing global warming and climate change. we need to stop massive waste and large scale pollution. 

The problem isnt gone its just sedentary

eco-socialism:

Capitalism is because of humans. I think just because a lot of us realize the issue of consuming without any thought to the consequences is wrong and hugely harmful in the long term doesn’t mean that a lot of pollution and such isn’t because of humans.

Humans are responsible for all the environmental damage we have caused. Sure, it may be because of human greed, but a rose (or a.. something bad, in this case) by any other name is just as sweet (or harmful).

Capitalism may be separable from humanity, but that doesn’t make it less humanity causing the damage.