Anyone following the events of Greta Thunberg? She's a 16 year old environmental activist, very inspirational!
Oh, Hey. Whatever happened to that little girl who challenged the Pope to go Vegan for Lent?
Genesis Butler is still around!
https://inhabitat.com/vegan-organization-receives-post-hurricane-windfall/
I am so inspired by her! I want to see more strikes like the Fridays for Future on different days of the week so that there will be more coverage on the movement!Anyone following the events of Greta Thunberg? She's a 16 year old environmental activist, very inspirational!
Oh, Hey. Whatever happened to that little girl who challenged the Pope to go Vegan for Lent?
I really like Genesis Butler and follow her, but that activity ("Vegan for Lent") stroke me as a not-well-thought-through piece of activism. Am not a huge fan of stupid acts of activism that are solely done for the sake of publicity, and that was the only way the whole idea seemed to make sense to me...
Well, I agree that it *did* have a clear objective, that the pope should not consume animals for some weeks.
However, what good would that have done? That's what I am wondering. Giving the million dollars to Planned Parenthood instead would be a really good idea.
From what I have heard, however, they are opting instead - also a very good idea - to help various small, locally run initiatives, often by people from disadvantaged communities, for whom grants of 100,000$ are an incredible contribution to their causes...
Million Dollar Vegan Gives $100,000 to Hurricane Survivors - GenV
www.milliondollarvegan.com
Well, I agree that it *did* have a clear objective, that the pope should not consume animals for some weeks.
However, what good would that have done? That's what I am wondering. Giving the million dollars to Planned Parenthood instead would be a really good idea.
From what I have heard, however, they are opting instead - also a very good idea - to help various small, locally run initiatives, often by people from disadvantaged communities, for whom grants of 100,000$ are an incredible contribution to their causes...
Million Dollar Vegan Gives $100,000 to Hurricane Survivors - GenV
www.milliondollarvegan.com
It's both a consumption and population issue. You can't really separate one from the other. It's basic math.Why would a vegan organization give a million dollars to Planned Parenthood? No matter if I support PP, vegans and people on plant based diets range from pro life to anti natalist. Also climate change isn't really a population issue it's a consumption issue. Countries like India with huge populations don't compare to the consumption per capita in countries like the US.
It's both a consumption and population issue. You can't really separate one from the other. It's basic math.
As you have so helpfully confirmed, it is basic math. 35 inhabitants of India (on the average) will cause as much damage as one inhabitant of the U.S. (on average). That's at current average rates of consumption.
As rates of consumption increase, more densely populated areas will see greater environmental impacts than less densely populated areas.