Cowspiracy Essay Plan by Selin ORBAY https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp Made with joy en-us 2022-05-31 17:09:16 UTC 2026-03-16 13:18:29 UTC hello@padlet.com An endless growth in meat production industry selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206400604 Meat is an important source of nutrition for many people around the world. Global demand for meat is growing: over the past 50 years, meat production has more than tripled. The world now produces more than 340 million tonnes each year.]]> 2022-05-31 17:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206400604 Currently, livestock systems are occupying approximately 30% of earth’s ice-free terrestrial areas. selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206401249 2022-05-31 17:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206401249 Highest safe level of emissions would be around 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Our current world is already at 400 selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206401954 2022-05-31 17:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206401954 30% of the world’s water consumption, occupies up to 45% of the Earth’s land, is responsible for up to 91% of Brazilian Amazon destruction, is a leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, habitat destruction, and species extinction. selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206402492 2022-05-31 17:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206402492 reduce and even eliminate the Intake of meat and dairy products of humans. selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206403330 However, modern social media trends, suggested by popular influencers, like “Meatless Mondays” are not adequate solutions for the devastating effects of livestock activities. The idea of cutting meat for a single day of the week creates a false sense of justification for the what people eat during the remaining six days of the week. ]]> 2022-05-31 17:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206403330 The benefits of veganism is clear as feeding a person on an all-plant based diet for a year requires only on-sixth of an acre of land; whereas, to feed an average US citizen on high-consumed meat, dairy and eggs diet requires 18 times as much land. selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206403645 2022-05-31 17:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206403645 There is a successful animal-alternative food manufacturers located in southern california selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206404253 The company is producing meat with the equivalent fiber-sturctures, satiating bites, nutritional values and proteins; thus, they are creating new and exciting ways to address climate crisis, animal welfare, biotic resource conversation. ]]> 2022-05-31 17:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206404253 Earthworks Urban Farm in Detroit, are regeneratively growing food for low-income communities. selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206404875 They have discovered that it is possible to grow plants by exchanging nutrients with earth itself;  they are putting life-giving substances into the soil as they’re taking out. ]]> 2022-05-31 17:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206404875 !!!! if governments and environmental organisations acknowledge that there are more beneficial and already practiced solutions for veganism and vegetarianism, the transition to meatless diets will be a smoother and benign process. selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206405176 2022-05-31 17:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206405176 selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206405769 Parallel to the increasing demand for meat and dairy products, livestock activities have a substantial impact on virtually all aspects of the environment including climate change, land and soil desturction, water and biodiversity disruptions. One of the most significant catalysts of the market’s negative impacts is the denial and suppression of governments and environmental organisations. ]]> 2022-05-31 17:15:21 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206405769 The era of humans is rapidly becoming to be the era of an apocalypse, as every known ascept of earth’s biotic and abiotic habitats are substantially degrading. selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206406407 2022-05-31 17:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206406407 selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206406762  Although the common belief on greenhouse gases is that the majority of emissions are caused by transportation or industrialization processes, animal agriculture practices produce more greenhouse gases than the exhaust of all cars, trucks, trains, boats, planes combined. ]]> 2022-05-31 17:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206406762 Raising animals for nourishment purposes is proven to be responsible for “30% of the world’s water consumption, occupies up to 45% of the Earth’s land, is responsible for up to 91% of Brazilian Amazon destruction, is a leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, habitat destruction, and species extinction.” (Andersen, Cowspiracy). selin_orbay https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206407772 Yet, environmental organisation such as Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Oceana… are completely denying the severity of the impacts of livestock activities. ]]> 2022-05-31 17:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/selin_orbay/t00iw1ztca4njntp/wish/2206407772