Still No Change in Climate Change

We’ve known about this for over a century, but there’s still no change to how we tackle climate change.

Ten years ago, I came across a statement from a study by the European Commission in 2012. Short, simple and to the point:

“adopting a “meatless Monday” could have a greater impact on the environment than working from home and avoiding the commute for a week.”

Of course, this small dietary change isn’t sufficient. There has to be a significant reduction in meat and dairy before we’ll see any real effect on climate change.

If only that would happen! Unfortunately, I can’t see it happening any time soon because the human brain is wired to believe that we must eat meat to survive.

Over the past few years, I noticed that the old argument of ‘meat provides us with protein’, and ‘dairy gives us calcium’ isn’t standing up as gospel anymore. People are becoming more educated and understand that those arguments are a pure fallacy.

Now it’s more “, but I like meat”, “it’s my choice”, and “I couldn’t give up cheese”, all of which are perhaps a little more honest. And, although plant foods are continuing to grow, sadly, so is the consumption of dairy and meat. The fact that ‘Hog Hotel’, a 13-storied…