Sustainable Veganism: truth or fiction?
Is veganism sustainable? Whilst conventional wisdom would have you think so, a rethink may be in order.
Is veganism sustainable? Whilst conventional wisdom would have you think so, a rethink may be in order.
It appears that whilst there are some great projects on the ground, we Australians are way behind reducing our overall impact on this world and thus our long term sustainability.
I am bound to irritate, shock, appal, upset and amuse some people. I feel compelled to point out the obvious as aplenty do not. Given there are over 3000 ‘gods’ that have been conjured up by mankind in over 1000 religious denominations, this subject is worth exploring. I will probably be castigated by some. However, I also welcome a well-reasoned debate supported by logic and evidence.
Consumerism has certainly taken its toll on society and the environment. Take all the effort that goes into mining the raw materials for the consumer electronics industry, transport of the same – often from afar – only to eventually end up dumped.
Working in the ‘sustainability’ space with medium to large enterprises over the years, I have unfortunately at times been faced with the casual response of: “this does not affect us, nor do we have any say”.
Overlooking the Indian ocean, I am sitting on the balcony of the Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka, where one of the most prolific science and science-fiction writers ever, Arthur Charles Clarke (1917-2008) penned his famous series of novels.
Aiming to surpass all other previous missions and establish a lunar ‘palace’ on the moon, China, for the first time, successfully landed its Chang’e spacecraft on Jan 2, 2019, on the far side of the moon.