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Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet – Activity 1

By Daniela Tarizzo, on April 15th, 2011

Learning tasks: Presentation of three opinions proposing a view on the issue concerning vegetarianism as a solution to climate change, and comments on pros & cons

Tools/resources:

• 31 May 2008 Earth Walk (Scoop Independent News, New Zealand)
• Article by Meat-the-Facts.org from Al Gore’s campaign (Nov. 2009)
• Video of the 2010 SOS Campaign, by SupremeMasterTV (YouTube)

Comments on Proposed Views

o Campaigns aim at providing alternative ways to look at things
o Public events can be very catchy, conceived for wide distribution
o Result quite convincing despite few, vague, partially concrete data
o Scientific evidence is not there, but data on consumption confirm (corporations’ role, non-respected precautionary principles, waste, feeding, pharmaceuticals, etc.)
o Cruel slaughter practices get mixed with environmental issues – moral and scientific approaches are entangled
o But: theory slightly sounding new-age or too philosophical
o Important sense of promoting individual responsibility/commitment
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Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet – Activity 2

By Daniela Tarizzo, on April 15th, 2011

Learning tasks: Presentation of related interviews and articles, and comments on the proposed/diverging opinions

Tools/resources: Web-based information sources including blogs, social networks, scientific magazines, media, etc.

Related articles and interviews


 

The Meatrix – Cool interactive tool!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Source: UNEP)

Reflecting on the opinons:

o More info available: less secret, less sectoral, more divulgative
o Health studies reveal and promote the advantages of being veg
o Environmental studies too! Farming is polluting, does not generate distributed income, creates waste difficult to manage, produces unhappy animals that end up in our stomachs!
o Relationships with climate change-related issues gets strengthened
o Markets may find both advantages and disadvantages in the trend
o The dynamic of the consensus induces not questioning
o The habit is spreading: no more “fashionable” but “conscience” issue
o Scientific data influence people’s habits
o But: vegetarianism alone is not sufficient
o There is no one single all-valid solution to climate change!

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Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet – Activity 3

By Daniela Tarizzo, on April 15th, 2011

Learning tasks: Web-based general information about climate change and its discussed solutions

Tools/resources:

o Web versions of scientific media, specialized blogs, thematic books
o IPCC, UNFCCC, IUCN, FAO, UNEP papers and reports

 

SOLUTIONS ? ?

 

 



Useful Information

o The debate over the matter is heated
o The implications of market-related dynamics are treacherous
o Science, market and politics cannot be working at the same pace
o Information sharing/access is crucial
o Civil society action is essential
o Individual empowerment is a substantive tool

Boycotting makes sense!!

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Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet – Activity 4

By Daniela Tarizzo, on April 15th, 2011

Learning tasks: Vegetarianism & around

Tools/resources: Web-based information on the matter by science & health sources, lifestyle media, social networks/clubs/associations, commercials, books, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Safran Foer‘s book “Eating animals”






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Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet – Wrap up

By Daniela Tarizzo, on April 15th, 2011

Wrap up – Expression of Personal View / Opinion

o I am a vegetarian since teenage, for health reasons
o I strongly believe that “every single drop contributes”
o Personal commitment is what empowers each of us
o We can’t afford to wait till the scientific evidence is provided
o We can’t depend on top-down guidance to undertake decisions
o We can’t: not wonder, not question, not care, not take action

 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world (Margaret Mead)
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop” (Mother Teresa)
“What you can do is just a drop in the ocean, but it is what gives meaning to your life” (Albert Schweitzer, Peace Nobel Prize 1953 speech)
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Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet

By Daniela Tarizzo, on April 14th, 2011

Topic: Addressing global environmental issues as an active Citizen

Title: Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet – Is being a vegetarian a way to address global environmental issues?

Short description: Serious world-wide environmental concerns call increasingly for our individual attention and engagement towards finding sustainable solutions and viable alternatives to consumption patterns. Being vegetarian is now proposed as a sound way: is this so? Could it at least be considered – beyond moral and ideological meaning – an individual commitment to the goal? Do we have any means to measure how effective it is?

Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet – Campaign Ad

 

 

List of activities

Activity 1: Presentation of three campaigning tools promoting a view on the issue concerning vegetarianism as a solution to climate change, and comments on pros & cons

Activity 2: Related interviews and articles, and comments on the proposed/diverging opinions

Activity 3: Web-based general information about climate change and some of its discussed solutions, influenced by political implications

Activity 4: Vegetarianism & around

Wrap up – Expression of Personal View / Opinion

 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world (Margaret Mead)
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop” (Mother Teresa)
Peace Nobel Prize 1953 speech: “What you can do is just a drop in the ocean, but it is what gives meaning to your life” (Albert Schweitzer)
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