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‘Humans everywhere’: lions cling on in Ethiopia’s last patches of wilderness(theguardian.com)
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by myshpa 3y ago
> That's why people had to leave fields fallow, to allow nitrogen fixing plants (such as clover) to grow and then compost in-place Leaving fields fallow does allow the land to recover and can reduce certain pests and diseases. Howev
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by myshpa 3y ago
Exactly. Those are very common fallacies / excuses. > Add studies showing that even plants and fungi have senses and try to avoid harm https://yourveganfallacyis.com/en/plants-are-alive > since you kill plan
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by myshpa 3y ago
> That seems to be a personal thing. Not really. Animal agriculture is the leading driver of deforestation, biodiversity loss and droughts, and its other effects on the environment include significant greenhouse gas emissions, water poll
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by myshpa 3y ago
True ... and we're already getting 63% of protein (and 82% of calories) from plants. https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets
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by myshpa 3y ago
People often think that lowering meat consumption (something we absolutely have to do) means eating bugs. I'd worry exactly about how this shift might inadvertently overlook the ethical considerations, especially given the sheer volume
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by myshpa 3y ago
> How can scientists deny something so obviously obvious Doctors not so long ago operated on newborns without anesthesia for the same reason.
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by myshpa 3y ago
> Without fertilizers? Nope. Look into syntropic and natural farming, for example. Syntropic Farming: - Concept: This approach is based on the principles of succession in natural ecosystems. It mimics natural processes to regenerate the
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by myshpa 3y ago
> If the world switches to a vegan diet, there wouldn't be any manure. We could, and probably would still have the animals. There are vegan sanctuaries even in this day and age. But even without manure we'd still be ok. > So
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by myshpa 3y ago
> these two items are mutually exclusive How? Why? > about 95% of manure right now is produced by animals that are fed "non-organic" corn That's not the only way how to get manure, right? Three field system, for example
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How climate scientists feel about seeing their dire predictions come true(latimes.com)
7 points by myshpa 3y ago|1 comments
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I'd wager that you're a bodybuilder. Those folks are consistently at the forefront of their nutrition game. > instead look at the diets of masters athletes who have been competing at high levels for decades (including recoverin
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Dirty downside of 'return to office'; ending WFH could make climate crisis worse(businessinsider.com)
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Original title: Dirty downside of 'return to office' - Push to end work-from-home could make climate crisis worse
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‘Gigantic’ power of meat industry blocking green alternatives, study finds(theguardian.com)
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by myshpa 3y ago
> I mean in principle it can be done through careful meal planning (and perhaps some supplements) but most people just don't have time for that. That's not true. 25% of your plate should be proteins (lentils, beans, tofu, tempe
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by myshpa 3y ago
What a load of bullsh*t. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37179863
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by myshpa 3y ago
> Ruminant animals are very efficient at converting plants into high quality protein https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets "The land use of livestock is so large because it takes around 100 times as much land to
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by myshpa 3y ago
You're right. > higher temperatures drives increased evaporation which leads to increased droughts Certain types of vegetation work better in higher temperatures. Remove vegetation altogether, and the combination of higher temperatu
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by myshpa 3y ago
Attempt at ELI5: We cut down a tree, and not much changes (except for the sound, maybe :). We cut down a forest, and things still seem okay. We replace many forests with pastures, and everything appears fine. We prevent forests from regrowi
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by myshpa 3y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/land-use We already get 82% calories and 63% proteins from plants, but animal agriculture takes 80-90% of all agriculture lands, and is a leading driver of deforestation, biodiversity loss and dro
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25% of World’s Population Under Extreme Water Stress: WRI(ecowatch.com)
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EPA’s new definition of PFAS could omit thousands of ‘forever chemicals’(theguardian.com)
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Yes, irrigating soy and corn, much of which is used for animal feed, will solve the problems. What won't we do for those 18% of calories. If we preferred to reforest and rewild those pastures instead, we could stop the droughts and all
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by myshpa 3y ago
MLK and other activists stood on the shoulders of many who came before them and worked alongside them. Their movements were built on the collective efforts of numerous individuals who shared similar goals. Comparing the civil rights movemen
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Our society is an extremely complex system. We're consuming and polluting more than the environment can handle (overshoot). Our economy, consumption and pollution is growing exponentially, in a finite environment (one planet). It would
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by myshpa 3y ago
Agree, very interesting stuff. Before I get to the soils, animal ag intro. https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2022/03/15/it-may-be-uncomf... The animal agriculture industry is the leading cause of most env
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by myshpa 3y ago
https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-diets If the world adopted a plant-based diet we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectares https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-12-09-organic-farm
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3 Die in NY and Connecticut from Infections Spread Through Seawater and Oysters(nytimes.com)
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Original title: Elon Musk is killing ‘Environmental Twitter’ / Nearly half of environmental users went inactive after Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, research finds

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