Climate Change : How land use is accelerating the crisis

Global Warming and Climate Change have two well known culprits : Energy and Transport. But there are two more co-conspirators contributing catastrophically to the crisis. Those partners are Land Use and Intensive Livestock Farming. A new book by Mike Berners-Lee looks at these and every other aspect of Climate Change in the 21st Century. This week we take a quick look at Chapter One : FOOD

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[AlexandreLollini]

As much as I like beef, it's 3 years that I have switched from eating some almost 3 days a week to once or twice a year max. My health has not changed. But what changed it the quality of everything I eat : everything has more taste and is delicious. Everyone need to care more about the diet, choosing things that are local and seasonal opens the doors of wonderful taste and pleasure from eating like never before.

[Peter-nvwu]

Excellent presentation, good clear information. Breaking it down into figures proves beyond doubt that meat production is totally inefficient, bad news for us meat eaters !

[rthibaux]

Thank you! Watched your video (great as usual), ordered the book delivered to my kindle, and started reading.

[AussieSaintJohn]

Another excellent presentation with lots of good information to share onward as well as the book, thank you... Vegetarian here for many years...

[TheSelkieWitch]

I often hear the argument that eating animals is more efficient because animals are able to convert inedible/unpalatable foods into proteins and nutrients for us... this video is exactly what I needed to understand this topic! I can't wait to have someone try to lecture me on this again. This time I'll be prepared. Thank you for citing your sources and providing such a good synopsis with visual aids. I'm currently writing a book on the biological implications of modern food production for my graduate thesis, and you've made me realize that "efficiency" is a section I irrefutably need to add. Thank you for your hard work! Keep fighting the good fight!

[MrRobtwothirds]

As is often the case what is morally repugnant (ill treatment of animals)
is also bad for the well being of the tiny few who make a profit out of it.

[KevinMooresrm]

Fantastic brief, comprehensive, entertaining, and understandable for the masses, more power to you my man 😊

[egalitarianvegan]

25 years vegan. Been a great life choice personally. Of course I do it to reduce my impact on the environment, and pressures on humanity. The movement is growing, but will it be fast enough to save us from abrupt climate change?

[andrejmarkovic]

Amazing video by the way, I love your channel!

[glm]

Lovely jobly my friend !
Thanks !
your work is awesome !!

[jerryr]

I bought the audiobook. Ironically it’s less than the book itself. Thanks

[everready]

I need way more the 2500cals. Maybe if you're small and sedentary but I train every day am lean at near 4000 calories. They say to stop to stop exercising too? 😭

[ronkirk]

If we all adopt "green" strategies at an individual level, we can have a positive influence at reducing greenhouse gases and improve the planet in other ways as well. There is really no reason for us to eat animals wild or domestic and on land or in the sea. Another good read on this subject is "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Foer.

[komerwest]

Almost half of all food grown is tossed out to rot.

[ravenken]

I like this channel. I appreciate the message of this video. Still, the only issue I had with this video is I wish he addressed the point of different types of protein (amino acids) that humans require.

[garry]

If you want to read a fantastic book about how to change cities to improve quality of life and reduce Co2....Happy City is well worth the read. Massive reductions are possible with good policy.

[MrTrollTrucker]

Nice channel!! Have you made any episode about aerosol masking effect?

[dogphlap]

Mike Berners-Lee is a sibbling of Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.

[markschuette]

good job- thanks- we need to educate the voters!

[akirry]

Crazy how there's so many alternatives these days that taste brilliant and are easy to cook and yet most people won't even just REDUCE the amount of meat they eat, let alone cut it all out together. Alternatives aren't even that much more expensive either.