Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
When we destroy wildlife habitat to make room for industrial animal operations on land and sea, we destroy critical Earth systems that sequester carbon. We have lost ¾ of the wildlife on this planet, and replaced them with billions of cows, pigs, chickens, and fish that we kill and eat.
The Earth is a self-healing mechanism, but it can’t heal unless we change our diet.
Reducing fossil fuels is essential, but that alone is not going to save us. We must also sequester the carbon already in the atmosphere. Oceans comprise 70% of our planet. Only if we stop industrial fishing, can marine life survive and sequester that carbon. Only if we shut down industrial animal operations for which we have cut forests, destroyed soil, poisoned waterways with animal waste and pesticides, and brought on epidemics, can we hope to salvage the forests and other habitats that are our critical carbon sinks.
No technology can match the power of the Earth to reverse climate catastrophe. #SaileshRao, #GlenMerzer, J.Morris Hicks and Dale Walkonen explain why the most important step we can take to save our planet is to adopt a healthy vegetarian diet.
For more information on the state of our planet visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library
When we destroy wildlife habitat to make room for industrial animal operations on land and sea, we destroy critical Earth systems that sequester carbon. We have lost ¾ of the wildlife on this planet, and replaced them with billions of cows, pigs, chickens, and fish that we kill and eat.
The Earth is a self-healing mechanism, but it can’t heal unless we change our diet.
Reducing fossil fuels is essential, but that alone is not going to save us. We must also sequester the carbon already in the atmosphere. Oceans comprise 70% of our planet. Only if we stop industrial fishing, can marine life survive and sequester that carbon. Only if we shut down industrial animal operations for which we have cut forests, destroyed soil, poisoned waterways with animal waste and pesticides, and brought on epidemics, can we hope to salvage the forests and other habitats that are our critical carbon sinks.
No technology can match the power of the Earth to reverse climate catastrophe. #SaileshRao, #GlenMerzer, J.Morris Hicks and Dale Walkonen explain why the most important step we can take to save our planet is to adopt a healthy vegetarian diet.
For more information on the state of our planet visit the FacingFuture Library at https://facingfuture.earth/library
