Why are so many climate activists still hungry for flesh?
In today's show, Betty and Nick talk about the importance of adressing animal agriculture within the climate justice movement. Those of us living in the global North must be willing to confront how our daily consumption choices contribute to climate change as well as understanding how corperations and governments continue to profit from environmental destruction. We finish on a discussion about the unproven theories of white Zimbabwean cattle farmer, Allan Savory. It's easy for greenwashed misinformation about animal agriculture to spread because people would rather believe that eating animals can be sustainable even if there is no scientific evidence to support it.
Further reading:
https://www.surgeactivism.org/allansavory
Music played:
Livin’ Thing - Electric Light Orchestra
Treading water - Petrol girls
Trouble in the Water - Common
The Freedom of Species Team