Quantcast Vegetarian StarMeatless Mouthful–Jonathan Safran Foer On Meat Eating Environmentalists

Jonathan Safran Foer

“Sure, you could be an honest person who tells lies all the time but I don’t think we need to get into whether such a thing disqualifies you or not but what we can say is this: We know it is indisputably the number one cause of global warming. So what does it mean exactly to be an environmentalist on a daily basis if you are not thinking about the number one cause of global warming or one of the top two or three causes of all other environmental problems?”

“Does it mean you are necessarily someone who doesn’t care about the environment? Obviously not, but it might mean you have a blind spot for something big. I should add that Greenpeace doesn’t serve meat at any of their functions anymore. Oceana is having a big internal debate about whether they should serve meat and fish at its functions too. ”

Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals, to The Ecologist, on the debate if someone can call themselves an environmentalist and still eat meat.

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2 Responses to “Meatless Mouthful–Jonathan Safran Foer On Meat Eating Environmentalists”

  1. pdxamish Says:

    Great Book FYI. He points out people like Michael Pollen as well how have hypocritical views. Very rarely do meat (or cheese) eaters eat 100% Non factory farm products. Plus veggies are tasty and cheap

  2. Karina Says:

    No I do not think you can be a meat eating environmentalist. The meat industry is the number one cause of global warming. Denying that, is being willfuly ignorant. Even Al Gore refused to acknowledge the fact the biggest thing someone can do to help the environment is to give up eating flesh.