By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
From farm to fork and beyond, food is responsible for between 21 and 37 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Yet despite growing awareness that changing diets can help the climate, many people still don’t know how to eat more sustainably.
Continue reading changing diets can help the climateBy Cloe Logan, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Meat is expensive — but we’re still paying far less for it than the cost of its environmental impact, according to a study released this week.
Continue reading Think meat is expensive? What about the environmental impact?By Morgan Hampton, Merrit Herald, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The situation has become critical for small scale and midsize ranchers around the province as a lack of processing options for their livestock forces many of them to shut down or scale back their operations.
Continue reading BC Meat production crisis: shut down or scale back operationsBy Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Vegetables are becoming increasingly common in an unusual place: the grocery store meat aisle.
Sales of alternative, or plant-based, meats are booming worldwide. Driven by skyrocketing demand from consumers striving to cut back on meat and companies facing increasing pressure to reduce their environmental footprint, the market is anticipated to reach $23.1 billion by 2025.
Continue reading Plant-based meats: The economicsThe podcast and article that follow expresses opinions not necessarily shared by the Cortes Radio Society, its board, staff, volunteers or membership.
Editor’s note: Reality 102 with Rex Weyler was the conclusion of a two part series at Cortes Island’s Folk University. This session was recorded and broadcast over Cortes Radio in the regular Cortes Currents slot on November 13, 2019. Rex asks what are realistic responses to the problem of overshoot. He asks the same question in the article below; the embedded podcast is Rex’s Folk U presentation.
At the University of Minnesota Dr. Nate Hagens teaches an honours course called “Reality 101: A Survey of the Human Predicament.” Hagens operated his own hedge fund on Wall Street until he glimpsed, “a serious disconnect between capitalism, growth, and the natural world. Money did not appear to bring wealthy clients more well being.” Hagens became editor of The Oil Drum, and now sits on the Board of the Post Carbon Institute and the Institute for Integrated Economic Research.
Continue reading Reality 102: Realistic Responses To Today’s Problems
