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Why aren’t we talking about meat and climate change?
Posted by The Conversation: None Given on November 26th, 2012
The Conversation: Reducing your carbon footprint by eating less red meat rarely gets attention. This strategy has been recommended by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, epidemiologists writing in The Lancet and a host of other highly-regarded researchers and organisations. But it appears we don’t want to be put off our food by acknowledging the implications of our Western diet. Our own Australian Bureau of Statistics does not seem to deem food consumption analysis as a priority – the most recent ABS apparent...
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Ignoring forests won’t bring Rio+20’s ‘future we want’
Posted by The Conversation: None Given on February 14th, 2012
The Conversation: In June 2012 around 40,000 participants are expected to attend one of the most important environmental gatherings in a generation – Rio+20. A draft agenda has been released, bearing the slogan “The Future We Want”. It identifies seven critical issues for new sustainable development goals that will be released in Rio: jobs, energy, cities, food, water, oceans and disasters.
But with forests only mentioned briefly in the text and in isolation to other key issues, will Rio+20 really help develop...