tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post2159300906240721072..comments2024-02-03T06:58:02.859-04:00Comments on My Face Is On Fire: Bits and blurbs in the news about animals we call 'food'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-84376972235936093472008-07-02T21:22:00.000-03:002008-07-02T21:22:00.000-03:00Grist had an opinion piece on the topic ("can meat...Grist had an opinion piece on the topic ("can meat-eaters be environmentalists?") at around the time PETA had launched a campaign concerning it. I think it was just after the UN report linking meat-eating to global warming. The Grist piece seemed to indicate that PETA had gone to far (I'll forego making a bad joke about sacred cows). I should look up the Grist piece again, although I'm sure a Google search would bring it up. It was a kneejerk reaction in keeping with this whole defensiveness a lot of environmental groups or advocates seem to have when it comes down to putting their money where their mouths are.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800153451645970774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-2187717482476837522008-07-02T13:19:00.000-03:002008-07-02T13:19:00.000-03:00This is too funny, I was thinking about writing ab...This is too funny, I was thinking about writing about this same article myself. I have a subscription to E Magazine (a co-workers kid was selling magazines so I got a subscription since I feel bad that kids have to pander products to have decent schools), and got that in the mail yesterday, of course the cover immediately caught my eye.<BR/><BR/>Again, this is so fascinating to me, it seems that this is a completely psychological issue. So many people claim to be environmentalists, but when you point to their diet, they get very defensive about how eating meat is 'natural' and that it's 'too hard' to be a vegetarian or vegan. I understand that eating habits are truly personal, but if one is wanting to make lifestyle changes for the benefit of the environment, then changing your diet is THE MOST important thing you can do, livestock cause more green house gas emissions than transportation, and of course this says nothing of animal welfare.<BR/><BR/>I was very happy to see some press on the issue.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760009169211682230noreply@blogger.com