The Amazon

[Anonymous]

This is the Amazon:


“Demand for meat is destroying the Amazon. Smarter choices at the dinner table can go a long way to help.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/03/09/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-beef/

[Anonymous]

This gets all the press. But it ignores the other almost bigger problems that Brazil faces. The destruction of the Cerrado and the destruction of the Pantanal. Both of those are essential to the very existence of the Amazon and other rain forests in Brazil.

I remember flying to and from Brazil as a kid. It was hours upon hours of unrelenting green. Now it is a patchwork.

[Anonymous]

Nobody cares. This post has no replies, but Will Smith on the other hand….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares. This post has no replies, but Will Smith on the other hand….

Some people care. Just not enough people. Also I’m gonna go with, “this problem feels too big for most people to feel like they can do anything about it.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody cares. This post has no replies, but Will Smith on the other hand….

Some people care. Just not enough people. Also I’m gonna go with, “this problem feels too big for most people to feel like they can do anything about it.”

Look at the vegetarian thread in the schools forum and you will see that nobody cares. If we all ate less meat then we could create change but nobody wants to anything other than what feels good in the moment.

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile, a Texas Roadhouse is being built within walking distance from some other corporate steak place in Manassas. This is Manassas, but still...