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Tomorrow Obama will have an online town hall on healthcare, and will give responses to the most popular videos. We can make Obama talk about the role of animal product consumption on our health.
Let’s address the causes, not just the symptoms. And let’s address global warming, the environment, resource scarcity and hunger while we’re at it ….
This is a facebook group that currently has 4,600+ members. There are some interesting discussions/debates, and links/pictures/videos shared with other members. An inspiration for me to setup this blog and a great way to network.
Another great way to network. For anyone interested in grassroots veggie/vegan campaigning from an environmental perspective. Check out their Yahoo e-mail list, Facebook or Myspace page! At the moment, they say their website is a bit basic (it’s true) but that it “will eventually become a mine of eco-veg*n campaigning info!”
Nice looking and up-to-date website/blog that “promotes food choices that are sustainable, ethical and environmentally responsible”. What that headline doesn’t tell you, is that they also emphasize the environmental / global warming impact of animal agriculture. Also check out their resources section, which includes videos, reports (they have 55), and a list of organizations.
Their website is made for a young audience, and includes videos, vegetarian tips, a petition, a widget for calculating one’s footprint, and blog that details the PETA2’s efforts to get the word out that “Meat’s Not Green”.
There is no other place on the web that is as dedicated to providing relevant links and especially VIDEOS on this subject. Even more impressively, they have a video section of politiciansand top climate scientists (including Dr. James Hansen and IPCC Chief Rajendra Pachouri) sharing their thoughts on meat and global warming.
2. Compassion in World Farming (CIWF): Lecture on “Global Warning: the Impact of Meat Production & Consumption on Climate Change” from Dr. Pachouri (Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Joint winner of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize)
There are many articles on what Dr. Pachouri said, but not many people learned that he gave an entire lecture on this subject, which included a follow-up from a discussion panel. Woot! CIWF also has written reports on the impact of meat and factory farms on the environment and global warming. He’s no Al Gore, but in the world of climate change, this guy is the man.
I couldn’t decide which deserved the #1 spot, so I settled on my own blog … bwahahaha. I know I’m only one person, and there are many organizations that have done a lot more work on this than I have. But where else can you find a blogger on this subject with a snarky personality who writes top 10 lists on meat and global warming?
For your information and amusement, I provided a Guilt Trip Rating for each video (GTR, 10 is high, 1 is low). In my opinion, videos with a low GTR are great for introducing this subject to someone. Videos with a higher GTR should be viewed with caution. Enjoy.
ABC’s Dan Harris narrates this well-made video made for a mainstream audience that helps us to visualize how the beef production process releases greenhouse gases. The second part (Step 2) of the video encourages viewers to also get an energy audit. Point made: there’s more than one way to stop global warming, eating less beef is a lot easier. Bravo.
For media types, documentary lovers. Guilt Trip Rating: 5
This is the trailer to a DOCUMENTARY on meat and global warming made in the Netherlands! I’m surprised I didn’t hear about this earlier. Takes an incrementalist approach towards meat-eating, mimicing Al Gore’s Powerpoint-style presentation in An Inconvenient Truth. Shows how one meatless day of the week helps.
For those who just pay more attention to a lady, or who need their hand to be held. Guilt Trip Rating: 3
A holistic, innocent, earthy, video blogger who gently lays out the stats and gives some nice homemade graphics :). Her summary: “Surprising solution beyond CFL lightbulbs, planting trees, & hybrids”.
Check out Rachel’s website at www.rachelavalon.com. She is trained in holistic nutrition, reflexology and massage therapy!
For those who wishes they could see something good in Glen Beck? Guilt Trip Rating: 9
As Google reveals, this is one of the most viral videos on meat and global warming out there. But be careful with this one. For those who don’t know, Glen Beck is a prominent right-wing talk show host, who thinks the global warming crowd is alarmist and being misled. It seems that his goal is to manipulate the subject of meat and global warming, as an “all or nothing” sort of issue – in order to further antagonize the skeptics, or to even divide global warming activists. This is my hunch at least. Beck never mentions the fact that one could simply eat LESS meat, though the PETA organizer does mention it at the end. Beck even prepared a video catching well-known celebrities and of course, Al Gore, eating meat.
Eat ANY meat? Guilt! Guilt! Shame! Shame!
However, it is nonetheless an informative video that brought attention to this issue, and includes some points I can agree with. Gore should bring up the impact of livestock on global warming. I just hope people aren’t introduced to this subject through Beck.
For science, whole-system types. Guilt Trip Rating: 4
This guy is great. Non-vegetarian and author who blogs at the NY Times about cooking, with occasional blog posts on the impact of meat on global warming. The video explains how industrial agricultural is to blame for our diets and for harming the Earth.
Summary from TED itself: “In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk.”
For those who can take the heat. Guilt Trip Rating: 9
From MeatTheFACTS.org, A serious guilt-trip. Hits all the angles: global warming, deforestation, poverty, water, world hunger and starving children. No narration. Just the facts & ominous techno music mixed with a heart monitor, suggesting that the end is near. Which is probably true…
For everyone, literally. There are subtitles for 14 other languages. Guilt Trip Rating: 6
“Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace, has said that people should give up eating meat at least once a week in order to help prevent global warming.”
One of many videos from Supreme Master Ching Hai, on meat and global warming. You may not agree with all of her spiritual views, but you can agree that she is channeling her energy for the planet. “Supreme Master TV” is a multilingual video channel which regularly emphasizes why and how to go vegetarian and vegan.
It’s very interesting to watch Obama’s respond to this question on the environmental impact of our diet. He explains that as a result of climate change and livestock production, the global food system is under immense stress – and says rising global meat consumption is a threat. He gives some tangible examples. He also ties the question to health, noting that the US healthcare system could save a trillion dollars if obesity levels were lowered to 1980 levels. YESiree. Of course, he says all this in a much more articulate and non-threatening sort of way. Yay, this is the president of the USA speaking!
The question – Nikki Benoit: Thank you, Senator, very much for your strong environmental position.
The United Nations actually has reiterated that factory farming is contributing more to global greenhouse gas emissions than all of transportation. I think that as a global community we really need to be the leader and moving more towards non-factory farming animal agriculture. It’s very egregious. There’s 10 billion land animals that we are funneling our precious water and grain through when 70 per cent of all of our grain could help feed the world’s hungry. So, as the next leader of the most amazing nation in the world, how can we set the example on the more nutritional, plant-based diet that’s more eco-friendly and sustainable, that can maintain our water resources and all of our grain. Thank you very much.
For everyone, particularly those who just need to hear it from CNN. Guilt Trip Rating: 3
The reporter, Alina Cho, talks about the facts while showing off some vegan food in action. She concludes by telling viewers that she is not saying one has to cut meat entirely out of his/her diet to make a significant impact (despite the story on veganism). Unfortunately, the video quality is not great.
Price of Meat 