Dr. Melanie Joy On #Carnism – #TED #Talk #govegan [#geekgirl]

How to align your values with your actions and leave animals off the menu.

Raising animals for food produces more greenhouse gas emissions than all of the cars, planes, and other forms of transportation combined. In fact, a pound of beef requires 13 percent more fossil fuel to produce than a pound of soy.

In addition, animal agriculture is culpable for nearly 91 percent of Amazon destruction, more than 500 nitrogen-flooded dead zones throughout the world’s oceans, and wastage of over one-third of the earth’s landmass, including land for grazing and growing feed crops.

Clearly, if we want to address some of most the serious issues facing our planet, we need to reflect not only on what our country chooses to subsidize, but also on our own choices as individuals.

Luckily, going #vegan immediately cuts your CO2 emissions in half. Not only that, it spares countless animals from a lifetime of suffering on factory farms.

Source: Mercy for Animals

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