Will WW3 be about water? | George Monbiot | Big Questions

Author and environmental activist, George Monbiot, joins us at Penguin to answer some Big Questions on veganism, environmental conflict, and the future of humanity. His new book, Regenesis, is out now:

Is veganism classist?
Can we undo climate change?
Should we eradicate farming?

Farming is the world's greatest cause of environmental destruction - and the one we are least prepared to talk about. We criticise urban sprawl, but farming sprawls across thirty times as much land. We have ploughed, fenced and grazed great tracts of the planet, felling forests, killing wildlife, and poisoning rivers and oceans to feed ourselves. Yet millions still go hungry.

Now the food system itself is beginning to falter. But, as George Monbiot shows us in this brilliant, bracingly original new book, we can resolve the biggest of our dilemmas and feed the world without devouring the planet.

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[DorkyThorpy]

Monbiot for Prime Minister! Hard listening, but then the truth does hurt. (Perhaps why the truth has become so unpopular)

[WilliamThePayne]

George is the best! Such an inspirational guy.

[jamesward]

George bears a strong resemblance to peter aellers here- both great actors too!😊👍

[ConfidentlyUninformed]

5:47 exactly! I’ve noticed that as well and it’s so frustrating and somewhere even ridiculous. It seems like a delay tactic. Be careful and critical with subscribing to such a belief.

[curiousworld]

While I would disagree on the existence of God, and the relevance that has to our lives; I absolutely agree that it's completely unacceptable to go from denying any damage we've done, to simply throwing up our hands in surrender. It isn't just humanity at risk; we're sacrificing countless other life forms in our treatment of the world as both a 'golden goose' and a trash-can. But, our lives, and those of future generations, very much do depend on our ending unsustainable practices in water and land usage, and to adopting more environmentally-friendly means of feeding ourselves, and to producing cleaner energy sources. We either act proactively and responsibly - or we perish, and take what is not ours' to take, with us.

[garynass]

Vegan is the way, the truth, the life.

[wapaat]

Big questions indeed, and well answered by George.

[veganevolution]

Do the 14 percent of crops count the ones fed to livestock??

[TheEternalElir]

Let's just hope there won't ever be another world war 🤞

[yukonnoka]

What are George's thoughts on the environmental impact of pets?

[andybray]

Imagine ww6 fighting about vegan supplies

[daviddavis]

Hopefully they can use sea water in the future!

The technology is a work in progress.

[zehrajafri]

Bless all compassionate truth teller's. What a gift to humanity they are. 💚💚💛💛💛

[peterdollins]

By slowing or/and blocking the run off of rain from land ground water has been increased so the year long flow of water in many parts of the world. In general it is best to not or to reduce meat eating.

[corteztheinfinite]

So Basically This Is It.. Collapse Is Inevitable

[zehrajafri]

The commercial food supply is the greatest culprit, extra food being thrown away as trash. When they throw away food their not thinking of the hungry or the poor animals that were slaughtered for that food. We know now what a bad system we've been living in, how crazy modern lifestyles are, how dreadfully consumerist we are. We have to change to live our lives more consciously and alway's keep in mind Mother Earth, who is the provider of our needs.

[TQQQ]

Yes the chips used up too much water, pls change the formulas before production.

[ConfidentlyUninformed]

Really big and important questions. The situation with that river in Asia seems concerning. Remember to order his new book (see video description and video endcard)!!!

[AKrn]

Prevent WWIII by eating less meat? OK. Does chicken count?

[veelam]

9:17 hit the nail on the head there: even if God exists, it's irrelevant