Adopting a vegan lifestyle is the biggest single thing anyone can do to minimise their environmental footprint. Whilst veganism is about the ethics surrounding the use and exploitation of animals, the lifestyle is best for the planet too.
Isn’t it intriguing there’s all sorts of publicity about environmental issues and we’re told to drive less, to cut greenhouse gas emissions, to save water and save the rainforest etc – but no-one mentions that the primary cause of environmental destruction is animal agriculture. Wonder why?
Cowspiracy (Netflix)
1 hour 30 mins
Check the website here: cowspiracy.com
Shows the true destruction of animal agriculture and what it does to our environment and planet. A must see for environmentalists.
Seaspiracy (Netflix)
1 hour 29 mins
Check the website here: seaspiracy.org
Does for marine life what Cowspiracy does for land animals.
click: www.slay.film
1 hour 26 mins
From the makers of award-winning films Cowspiracy and What The Health, SLAY follows filmmaker Rebecca Cappelli’s journey around the world to uncover the dark side of the fashion industry.
Youtube: Eating Our Way to Extinction
1 hour 21 mins
Narrated by Kate Winslet, this documentary will change your perception of food and its connection to the future of our planet.
Dr Tushar Mehta presents an informative talk on the global environmental impact of animal agriculture. A well-structured 40 minute presentation packed with information that will really make you think.
The world desperately needs to reduce the adverse impacts of the livestock sector. This site, by Professor Andrew Knight, represents his effort to make a difference.
Shorts and research
The Cowspiracy website carries a lot of the facts presented in the documentary, and is a great resource.
There’s also an infographic link here.
For those that don’t have the time for the full version, here’s a 5-minute edit for you.
This resource is a website linked to a book – Rethinking Food and Agriculture – which explores some of the key drivers and root causes of unsustainability, degradation of the agricultural environment and destruction of nature.