Kollibri, thanks for your input. Yes, individual choices for veganism or vegetarianism are a good thing but not enough to stem the tide here. The world as a whole is eating more and more meat.
If humans could rethink their place on Esrth, from one of domination to one of cooperation, we would begin to see so many amazing and beautiful changes. For one, more humans would see the unnecessity of eating meat. I love this song; I remember when it came out. Thanks for the post.
Yes, Perry. Thanks for your comment. There are a lot of interesting developments, such as regenerative farming and forest farming that are promising to bring us plenty of nutritious food while decreasing the environmental and ecological ramifications of our agriculture.
How should we (us humans) live? What is humanity’s destiny?
Some say….
“The earth was made for humanity and humanity was made to rule it. “
This thinking has only been prevalent for the past two thousand years.
But look what it has done!
Prior to that, humans were part of the chaos… the “red tooth and claw” of the wild earth…
"Once, we lived in harmony with nature as herders, taking only what we needed. But with the advent of agriculture, we began to settle and develop the land. Hamlets grew into boroughs, towns into cities, and eventually urban centers. As our urban glacier expanded, the biodiversity of the landscape diminished. It seems that exponential growth in our cities has led to exponential decreases in biodiversity."
To be clear, the population growth is a function of food supply. It is NOT just red meat.
Is it any better to clear trees for solar panel farms or 17 million trees chopped down in SNP's Scotland to clear way for wind farms?
We must protect the photosynthetic factories and biodiversity on the plant which is in competition with feeding the exploding population and the ever expanding urban glacier.
Earthmonk, I agree. It burns me up to see acres of panels strewn over a landscape, when rooftop solar can be more efficient at getting electricity to the homes that need it. I don't hear as much about population control as I used to when I was a kid, but when you have billions and billions of people, there is going to be a further effect on the planet.
Great post and I agree it will take policy change, not just individual choices, to address this huge problem
Kollibri, thanks for your input. Yes, individual choices for veganism or vegetarianism are a good thing but not enough to stem the tide here. The world as a whole is eating more and more meat.
If humans could rethink their place on Esrth, from one of domination to one of cooperation, we would begin to see so many amazing and beautiful changes. For one, more humans would see the unnecessity of eating meat. I love this song; I remember when it came out. Thanks for the post.
Yes, Perry. Thanks for your comment. There are a lot of interesting developments, such as regenerative farming and forest farming that are promising to bring us plenty of nutritious food while decreasing the environmental and ecological ramifications of our agriculture.
How should we (us humans) live? What is humanity’s destiny?
Some say….
“The earth was made for humanity and humanity was made to rule it. “
This thinking has only been prevalent for the past two thousand years.
But look what it has done!
Prior to that, humans were part of the chaos… the “red tooth and claw” of the wild earth…
"Once, we lived in harmony with nature as herders, taking only what we needed. But with the advent of agriculture, we began to settle and develop the land. Hamlets grew into boroughs, towns into cities, and eventually urban centers. As our urban glacier expanded, the biodiversity of the landscape diminished. It seems that exponential growth in our cities has led to exponential decreases in biodiversity."
To be clear, the population growth is a function of food supply. It is NOT just red meat.
Is it any better to clear trees for solar panel farms or 17 million trees chopped down in SNP's Scotland to clear way for wind farms?
We must protect the photosynthetic factories and biodiversity on the plant which is in competition with feeding the exploding population and the ever expanding urban glacier.
https://x.com/the_earthmonk/status/1814723121791877303?s=46&t=yHhr9CFS49ZimrUMgPJlQw
Earthmonk, I agree. It burns me up to see acres of panels strewn over a landscape, when rooftop solar can be more efficient at getting electricity to the homes that need it. I don't hear as much about population control as I used to when I was a kid, but when you have billions and billions of people, there is going to be a further effect on the planet.