• @BestBouclettes
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    2 months ago

    While going vegan is a good thing for the environment, not everyone can or is willing to switch completely. You can reduce your meat intake and eating more plant based foods without going full vegan.

    Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough, especially at an individual level.

    • Johanno
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      122 months ago

      I mean if you feel better you do it, but actual actions regarding the climate would be laws that force the industry to act on their emissions.

      Which in return will make meat more expensive and therefore people will eat less.

      • @BestBouclettes
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        72 months ago

        Pretty much yeah, individual actions are important but meaningless if not followed by government regulation.

    • @Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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      22 months ago

      While going vegan is a good thing for the environment

      It’s quite literally one of the most impactful things you can do as an individual.

      not everyone can or is willing to switch completely.

      99.99% of people can, but an org that’s fighting to end climate change really should have that be their minimum for members.

      Greenpeace, for example, promotes veganism all the time. I’d trust them more than these other guys.

      • @BestBouclettes
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        32 months ago

        Perfect is the enemy of good enough, the goal should be for everyone to reduce their footprint, and we shouldn’t be splitting hair and arguing that everyone should go vegan. That’s unrealistic.
        At the scale of a country if we get 90% of the people to reduce their red meat and dairy intake by 60% it would be a massive win already.

        Roughly 15% of the world population has IBS which means a much larger number than 0.1% cannot go vegan (I’m one of them). I try my best to reduce my food footprint but there’s only so much I can do.

        Also by your reasoning you can’t be a member of an organisation fighting against climate change if you’re not vegan, that’s a great way to drive people away from the cause…