Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Of all the positions one could choose and advocate to help fight global warming, Greenpeace chooses the mass slaughter of kangaroos? I ask this as a very sad and disappointed long-time Greenpeace member. Do you really think that the mentality and practice and cruelty, destruction, and animal slaughter will get us to a better place, a cleaner world, a more peaceful and sustainable society? The means do not justify the ends; the means are the ends as we create the path as we walk along it. Instead of your ridiculous proposal, we should be advocating greener lifestyles which include greener mentalities and greener diets, green living that will promote peace, as in the name Greenpeace, as opposed to violence and destruction. Please visit Meat Eating and Global Warming at www.ivu.org/members/globalwarming.html and Eco-Eating at www.brook.com/veg for some better ideas. Peace, Dan Brook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Hi Peter. Thanks for your response. I went to the big switch web site you recommended, but here's the problem: you're still willfully ignoring a major contributor to global climate change: meat. This is part of what's on that web site: * Personal action on climate change o Switch to Green Power <http://www.thebigswitch.org.au/index.cfm?page=whatCanIdo.page & pageUUID=41AD694C\ -4235-F224-A26705A8F950FF9B> o Shrink your energy use <http://www.thebigswitch.org.au/index.cfm?page=whatCanIdo.page & pageUUID=50E7322E\ -4235-F224-A523B66061D70D5A> o Shift to cleaner transport <http://www.thebigswitch.org.au/index.cfm?page=whatCanIdo.page & pageUUID=50EDF3FB\ -4235-F224-A0A0107DD2249129> These are all good things, of course, but one has to wonder why an otherwise courageous, independent, and scientifically-based organization like Greenpeace doesn't have a listing for " reduce your meat consumption " , given that the livestock industry is one of the top contributors to global warming, accounting for about 18% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Please visit " Meat Eating and Global Warming " at www.ivu.org/members/globalwarming.html and Eco-Eating at www.brook.com/veg for some good ideas. You might also want to visit Greenpeace's hidden " On Your Plate " page at http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/green-living-guide/on-your-plate for more information from your own organization. Peace, Dan Brook, Ph.D. Dept of Sociology San Jose State University San Jose, CA 95192 USA Frontdesk wrote: > Dear Dan, > > Thanks for your email. I've taken the opportunity to address your > concerns below. Greenpeace is not advocating that people eat kangaroo > meat. > > Recently a report partly funded by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, > entitled " Paths to a Low Carbon Future " was released by Greenpeace > Australia Pacific. The report was authored by Dr Mark Diesendorf of > the Sustainability Centre and details options for Australia to reduce > its greenhouse emissions by 30% by 2020. Its available at: > http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/energy/?p=90 > > According to Dr Mark Diesendorf Australia can cut its greenhouse > pollution by 30% by 2020, but only if we get really serious about > shifting from coal to renewables, massively increasing energy > efficiency and decarbonising our transport fleet. Australia will also > need to eliminate land-clearing and deforestation and consider > changing some of its lifestyle choices to reduce greenhouse pollution. > The report suggests, amongst other things, that reducing beef > consumption would help reduce our emissions and offers eating less > beef and / or substituting beef with kangaroo meat as one way we could > do that. > > This suggestion in the report has been picked up by some media that > are claiming " Greenpeace is urging kangaroo consumption to fight > global warming " . This is not the case. Not all of the measures in the > report are Greenpeace policy and Greenpeace does not advocate eating > kangaroo meat. We are disappointed by this media coverage and think > it trivialises the important issues this report exposes. This report > was intended as a conversation starter so that we can take a hard look > at the changes necessary if we are going to tackle global warming. > > It is clear that we urgently need government vision and leadership on > climate change. Thanks to your generous support, Greenpeace, together > with Australia's leading environment groups, has established The Big > Switch website. This ground breaking website makes it easy for all of > us to engage with our elected leaders and get them to implement real > climate change solutions. It's a great website that you can view at: > http://www.thebigswitch.org.au > > As you probably know, Greenpeace is independent which means we don't > accept funding from any government or business. Our work on climate > change is possible only because of supporters like you. If you do > reconsider your decision to cancel your support we'd love to have you > back. For more information on donating to Greenpeace, call our toll > free Supporter Services number 1800 815 151 or simply visit our > website here <http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/donate/>. > > Best wishes, > Peter Wong > -- > > Greenpeace Australia Pacific > GPO Box 3307, Sydney, NSW 2001 > P: 02 9261 4666 > F: 02 9261 4588 > www.greenpeace.org/australia > > We have kept your details so that we can update you in future about > our work. If you would prefer that we do not contact you, please let > me know. > > > > Dan Brook wrote: >> Of all the positions one could choose and advocate to help >> fight global warming, Greenpeace chooses the mass slaughter >> of kangaroos? I ask this as a very sad and disappointed >> long-time Greenpeace member. >> >> Do you really think that the mentality and practice and >> cruelty, destruction, and animal slaughter will get us to a >> better place, a cleaner world, a more peaceful and >> sustainable society? >> >> The means do not justify the ends; the means are the ends >> as we create the path as we walk along it. >> >> Instead of your ridiculous proposal, we should be >> advocating greener lifestyles which include greener >> mentalities and greener diets, green living that will >> promote peace, as in the name Greenpeace, as opposed to >> violence and destruction. >> >> Please visit Meat Eating and Global Warming at >> www.ivu.org/members/globalwarming.html and Eco-Eating at >> www.brook.com/veg for some better ideas. >> >> Peace, >> Dan Brook >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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