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[–] 211 points 1 year ago (74 children)

I wish them well. It feels good to be reminded that yes, there are still people out there trying to make things better. ❤️

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (58 children)

    Everyone can be that. Stop eating meat and drop water-pollution, land-use and co2-emissions by two thirds. Less destruction, instantly.
    Imagine one billion people doing that. Animal agriculture, one of the most evil industries, would shrink by a lot, our planet would change. No need for politicians, no need to spend a lot of money, no need to lobby. You just buy a different product next time you shop groceries at the supermarket. 💚

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    I really need to stop making excuses and stop eating meat. I think I'm going to start tomorrow. I dunno why but this thread really is motivating me.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Even if you don't go meatless, dropping or severely limiting beef is a huge start.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    My family realized that most meals we have meat was just kind of an unnecessary element? Cut out meat and it was still delicious.

    Our meat consumption dropped to ground turkey once a month and beef maybe once every 6 months when our to eat? i really feel like limiting is the way to go for most people, but too many suggest all or nothing.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Give the plant based meats a try, like Impossible meat or Quorn. They're astonishingly good now, and have completely replaced animal meat for me.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Wouldn't just a reduction in meat consumption be enough? Though looking at how much the average is that will probably need to be a very significant reduction frI'm some people.

    Solar farms go well with grazing animals, recently heard it can actually increase the grass yields when you add solar panels, think it helps protect it a bit from strong wind and too much sun that can dry out the soil more and stunt growth.

    Also any time you hear people complain about "prime farmland" (that is so shit they only ever use it for grazing) being used for solar "instead of food production" be aware it's very likely bullshit anti-solar propaganda. It's very common here in the UK.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I say why not, imagine 1 billion people eating 0 meat or 8 billion people reducing their intake. Net result is probably the same, but the problem is that there are some people that will use this reduction excuse to not actually do much about their diet. Then there are the people like you mentioned that eat meat 3 times a day and then there are the people that surround their own identity around meat eating.

    I'm not a dogmatic and tell people irl that each individual should do as much as they can, but even with that low bar most people don't do shit.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    We usually don't have that much, this week between 2 of us we bought 6 of the finest sausages Aldi provide and they went into a sausage and bean casserole that lasted for 3 meals each. Other meals didn't have meat in them.

    Would like to try finding a butchers but there aren't really any near where we live other than a guy selling meat out of a van a few days a week.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    My family realized that most meals we have meat was just kind of an unnecessary element? Cut out meat and it was still delicious.

    Our meat consumption dropped to ground turkey once a month and beef maybe once every 6 months when our to eat? i really feel like limiting is the way to go for most people, but too many suggest all or nothing.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    I would prefer for the giant polluting corporations to do something that’s actually useful. Enjoy veganism though.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    I wish corpos disappeared in flames tomorrow, but unless I get a magic lamp that won't happen. In the mean times there are levels of activism everyone can do including in their personal lives. Deflecting and ignoring won't achieve anything, so we have to take responsibility for our actions as well.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    If it can get the necessary funds, that is. In a press release, the organization claimed that eliminating the patch once and for all would cost a whopping $7.5 billion

    If you give me 7.5 billion i’ll do my very best to clean up the ocean too

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