[GWSG] Cowspiracy; Lancet diet; diet and Drawdown; restoring large animals; Ice on Fire; Everglades restoration impossible

[Tilley, Al]

1. The film Cowspiracy came out in 2014, but I just saw it. I had expected another tour of the abattoir. It’s not, though a duck is sectioned.  The film is a thorough and reasoned exploration of the environmental (and especially the climatic) impact of eating meat and dairy products, and of the resistance against publicizing the issue. As the EAT-Lancet planetary diet study has recently confirmed, we must eat a plant-based diet if we wish to cope with climate disruption. The movie: http://www.cowspiracy.com/ (If you have Netflix you can stream it.)
[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/544dc5a1e4b07e8995e3effa/t/554aa172e4b0bac017b13150/1430954381319/Cowspiracy+Cow.jpeg?format=1500w]<http://www.cowspiracy.com/>
COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret<http://www.cowspiracy.com/>
www.cowspiracy.com
“Cowspiracy may be the most important film made to inspire saving the planet. ” — Louie Psihoyos, Oscar-Winning Director of "The Cove" “ A documentary that will rock and inspire the environmental movement.


2. Cowspiracy supports a vegan diet, but for the purposes of climate action the largest and most complete combined investigation of both health and the climate impact of diet is the EAT-Lancet planetary diet, which includes an option of limited amounts of meat and dairy.  The Lancet now has a website with a link to the article and an array of info packages for various audiences.  https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/
[https://eatforum.org/content/uploads/2019/01/Food_market-1360x907.jpg]<https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/>
The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health - EAT<https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/>
eatforum.org
The EAT-Lancet Commission’s report provides the first ever scientific targets for healthy diets and sustainable food production based on a broad specter of the latest scientific literature.It was published in The Lancet, a world-leading scientific medical journal, and combines research on health, nutrition, agriculture, environmental sciences and political sciences, and presents the ...


3. As for personal action, nothing else will have nearly the impact of cutting way back (or out) on meat and dairy. For mitigation policy, the best way to draw down and sequester atmospheric carbon will be to (re)forest and rewild much of the land surface now devoted to meat and dairy production. Paul Hawken and his team’s Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Devised to Reverse Global Warming rates food as the richest area of opportunity for climate mitigation.  https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/food
[https://www.drawdown.org/sites/default/files/clouds_100solutions_02.jpg]<https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/food>
Food | Drawdown<https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/food>
www.drawdown.org
Project Drawdown is the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming. We gathered a qualified and diverse group of researchers from around the world to identify, research, and model the 100 most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change. What was uncovered is a path forward that can roll back global warming within thirty years.


4. Restoring large animals to their habitats is one of the possibilities opened by freeing farmland from raising all those soybeans and the other requirements of animal husbandry.  https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-could-rewilding-help-tackle-climate-change
[https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/BJKC5T-african-forest-elephant.jpg]<https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-could-rewilding-help-tackle-climate-change>
In-depth: Could ‘rewilding’ help to tackle climate change?<https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-could-rewilding-help-tackle-climate-change>
www.carbonbrief.org
As little as 14,000 years ago, lions roamed across most of Earth’s continents, including Europe, Asia and the Americas. Though it is not possible to tell what caused the lions to go extinct, evidence taken from fossils and ancient cave paintings suggests that human hunting could have played a role in their downfall.


5.  HBO’s climate solutions documentary Ice on Fire, 1 hr 38 min, looks worthy of attention. It runs June 11 at 8 ET and is available on demand June 12. https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/ice-on-fire
<https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/ice-on-fire>
Ice on Fire | Documentaries | HBO<https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/ice-on-fire>
www.hbo.com
Produced by Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio, George DiCaprio and Mathew Schmid and directed by Leila Conners, Ice on Fire is an eye-opening documentary that focuses on many never-before-seen solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis.The film goes beyond the current climate change narrative and offers hope that we can actually stave off the worst effects of global warming.


6. The Everglades are essential to the aquifer which supplies South Florida’s drinking water. William Nuttle, a hydrologist from South Florida who worked on a report card for Everglades restoration, has come to the conclusion that returning the health of the Everglades has been made impossible by climate disruption. Since 2000 local sea level rise has been .33 inches per year, and it is increasing. https://theconversation.com/climate-change-alters-whats-possible-in-restoring-floridas-everglades-115618?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2010%202019%20-%201331012456&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2010%202019%20-%201331012456+CID_70a41e694b893ddec08a19e67df2dc62&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Climate%20change%20alters%20whats%20possible%20in%20restoring%20Floridas%20Everglades
[https://images.theconversation.com/files/278372/original/file-20190606-98033-1tcsm4x.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&rect=0%2C209%2C3504%2C1752&q=45&auto=format&w=250&h=140&fit=crop]<https://theconversation.com/climate-change-alters-whats-possible-in-restoring-floridas-everglades-115618?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2010%202019%20-%201331012456&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2010%202019%20-%201331012456+CID_70a41e694b893ddec08a19e67df2dc62&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Climate%20change%20alters%20whats%20possible%20in%20restoring%20Floridas%20Everglades>
Climate change alters what’s possible in restoring Florida’s Everglades - theconversation.com<https://theconversation.com/climate-change-alters-whats-possible-in-restoring-floridas-everglades-115618?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2010%202019%20-%201331012456&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2010%202019%20-%201331012456+CID_70a41e694b893ddec08a19e67df2dc62&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=Climate%20change%20alters%20whats%20possible%20in%20restoring%20Floridas%20Everglades>
theconversation.com
Federal and state agencies are carrying out a 35-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to restore Florida's Everglades, but have not factored sea level rise or other climate change impacts into their plans.


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.unf.edu/pipermail/gwsg/attachments/20190610/6467ccbb/attachment-0001.html>