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A planetary plant-based diet would transform our future say scientists

The first science-based diet has been devised and it requires huge cuts in red meat-eating in Western countries and radical changes across the world. The “planetary health diet” was created by an international commission seeking to draw up guidelines that provide...

Climate change will reshape global, national and local politics

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“Somewhere not far down the track there will be a dreadful climate event that will similarly reshape global and national politics, and it could well be on our own doorstep”, says an Australian politician. It will change our society as much as the tragic events...

Saving the planet starts with breakfast

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange

The amount of time left save the planet is rapidly shrinking. However, there’s something each of us can do about it – and it begins at breakfast. Every year, we learn that our scientific assumptions underestimate just how bad things are, and that the amount of...

The answer to fighting climate change is plant-based

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Meat consumption is at an all-time high and this needs to change if we are to have any chance at averting a disaster. The answer to fighting climate change is plant-based. Flying less won’t fix the planet, at least not on its own. Neither will carpooling to work or...

Vegans are good for the environment

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The UN’s latest climate report warns that climate change will continue to threaten our food supply. Growing vegetables requires less land and has less waste than raising meat does. Vegans are good for the environment. Growing their food requires less land than raising...

Eliminating deforestation is better than planting trees

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Planting more trees is one way to offset deforestation. However, if we want a shot at combatting the climate crisis, among other efforts, we’ll need to cut down fewer trees to begin with. Every year, an estimated 15 billion trees are chopped down across the planet to...