Episode 12: Plant-Based Diets: A Climate Solution Right on Our Plates

Everyday Climate Champions

In this episode, we talk to Ravinder Sehgal, Board Member of the San Francisco Veg Society and biology professor at San Francisco State University. We learn about why and how eating more plant-based food can decrease our negative impact on the climate. We discuss deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, misuse of energy, land and water, and more. Ravinder also shares easy, everyday tips and recommendations for how to adopt a more Earth-friendly diet.

Great Guest Quote: “If people reduce the amount of animals they eat, I believe slowly we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere, and improve the climate.”

Keywords: #vegandiet #plantbased #veganfood #plantbaseddiet #plants #climate#climatechange #climatecrisis #vegan #vegansofinstagram #endfactoryfarming#endanimalagriculture #livevegan #veganliving

Host: Ellisa Feinstein

Transcript HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_Al_EQOUkqPYtnfmxY_0eiJZydEHtHDN8y8RGv2HNo/edit?usp=sharing

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Related Websites:

• Could going vegan help reduce greenhouse gas emissions?: Article outlining the findings from a study by Patrick Brown, professor emeritus in the department of biochemistry at Stanford University and Michael Eisen, a professor of genetics and development at UC Berkeley

• Food production is responsible for one-quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions: Well-researched article about main contributors to food’s emissions

• New estimates of the environmental cost of food: University of Oxford article highlighting environmental impacts of food producers and their products

• SF Veg Society: non-profit organization that promotes a plant-based diet and a vegan lifestyle for healthy, ethical and sustainable living

• About Ravind Sehgal: Learn more about Ravinder Sehgal and his work

• Rainbow Grocery: San Francisco-based worker-owned grocery store that only carries vegan and vegetarian food items, beauty/personal products, and home goods

• Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicin - Non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving human and animal lives through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research

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