The most important step anyone who cares about the environment can take is to stop eating animals.
Animal agriculture is the leading force in destroying the planet's trees. Trees are cleared to make room for grazing animals raised to be slaughtered. Or the cleared areas are used to grow grains to feed the grazing animals. Either way, animal agriculture destroys precious, irreplaceable resources like the rainforests. Of all the activities that have negative impact, animal agriculture inflicts the highest level of damage on the rainforests.
Our rainforests are the precious lungs of this planet. Animal agriculture is arboreal lung cancer.
Eating only plants, our environmental footprint is drastically reduced. Continuing to eat animals will plunge our planet to a level of unsustainability that will render it uninhabitable for us. We had better care about the trees if we do not want to face extinction ourselves.
We each have control over what we eat. Our choices are hugely important. Eating only plants will give the planet the literal breathing room it needs while we develop better systems to feed our growing population. And we can each choose this environmentally friendly option. It truly can make a difference. Learn how here.
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