The world we live in is made up of a delicate balance of land and ocean. In fact, 72% of the earth is covered in water.

Although the planet’s climate has gone through peaks and troughs throughout history, the past 35 years of global warming have shown devastating changes, all linked to human activity. Harmful greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide and methane have risen to dangerous heights, and these gasses are causing temperatures to rise on land and sea. The heating of the sea is causing huge amounts of ice to melt in the colder regions which makes sea levels rise too. This has a knock-on effect to our weather and climates – this means more storms, floods and droughts.

One of the major reasons for this is animal agriculture, with industrial raising of cows, pigs and sheep. Methane gas, which comes from animal manure, is 23 times as powerful as a green house gas as carbon dioxide, causing a rapid rise in temperature leading to further climate breakdown.  People talk about the need to reduce their carbon footprint, and taking the bicycle instead of the car. In reality, we should be twenty-three times as concerned about reducing our methane footprint. 

Becoming vegetarian or flexitarian will lower the amount of greenhouse gases you produce, quicker than taking switching to a fuel efficient car or truck, and certainly cheaper than buying a Tesla. It works simply by lowering demand for animal products which means that less animals are being raised and less methane is being released into the air.

Look at that, one simple step and you are already helping the environment in a profound way!