{"id":1844,"date":"2022-12-23T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T09:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/plant-based-and-sustainable-food\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T13:22:37","slug":"plant-based-and-sustainable-food","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/en\/plant-based-and-sustainable-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-Based and Sustainable Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOTHER EARTH CARES ABOUT ANIMALS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ADOPTION OF HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, MOTHER EARTH launched a new initiative to focus on promoting sustainable and plant-based food, with the aim of creating increased awareness of the advantages of adopting more sustainable diets (in particular vegetarian and vegan diets). In addition to being healthier, they have a smaller environmental footprint which contributes to reducing global warming, and millions of living beings are spared from unnecessary suffering.<\/p>\n<p>World food production is responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but is, at the same time, affected by climate change. In addition, more than a third of yearly global food production is wasted (the figure is closer to 40% for Europe), which has a significant climatic impact (could be interesting to explain why? Pollution, etc).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vegtables-circle.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vegtables-circle.png 640w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vegtables-circle-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vegtables-circle-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vegetable-2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vegetable-2.png 330w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/vegetable-2-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>_________<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, changing the food system, in terms of production and consumption patterns, is a fundamental to addressing the issue of climate change, due to its transversal nature which affects both the economy and daily life (daily life doesn\u2019t make sense here, maybe consumption habits?).<\/p>\n<p>With this new initiative, MOTHER EARTH intends to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce meat consumption and promote protection and compassion for animals;<\/li>\n<li>Reduce environmental footprint of food production;<\/li>\n<li>Reduce greenhouse gases and deforestation as a result of intensive livestock farming;<\/li>\n<li>Fight climate change;<\/li>\n<li>Improve environmental education;<\/li>\n<li>Improve health;<\/li>\n<li>Increase sustainability;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cPROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION<\/strong><br \/><strong>IS FUNDAMENTAL TO LEADING<\/strong><br \/><strong>HUMANITY TOWARDS A VISION OF UNITY, BECAUSE<\/strong><br \/><strong>MOTHER NATURE IS IRREPLACEABLE&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>-FERNANDO RODRIGUES-<\/strong><br \/>(MADEIRA ISLAND COORDINATOR)<\/p>\n<p>Webinars<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUSTAINABLE AND PLANT-BASED FOOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTHE ELEPHANT ON THE PLATE\u201d \/ \u201cFROM FARM TO FORK\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In November 2021 we held a series of webinars called \u201cThe elephant on the plate\u201d, presented by Jos\u00e9 Lobato and moderated by Heitor Louren\u00e7o and Mauricio Pereira. The objective was to explain the various dimensions and consequences of exaggerated human meat consumption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All 4 webinars of \u201cThe elephant on the plate\u201d showed the astoundingly negative effects of our food choices, especially meat consumption.<\/p>\n<p>The webinars were divided in four essential topics: Environmental Impact, Human Health Impact, Impact on Animal Ethics and Impact on Social justice.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/magazine.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/magazine.jpg 708w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/magazine-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vs0Ty2AUeeU&#038;t=27s\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg 350w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\tImpacts on Social Justice<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XIC7phM2OYc&#038;t=28s\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg 350w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\tHuman Health Impact<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cbWt3uwbjTk&#038;t=291s\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg 350w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\tEnvironmental Impact<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2JKczcRuQCM\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly.jpg 350w, https:\/\/motherearth.ngo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/video-overly-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\tImpact on Animals and Animal Ethics<br \/>\n\t\thttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E<\/p>\n<p>_________<\/p>\n<p>To conclude the webinar series, MOTHER EARTH interviewed<br \/>MEP Francisco Guerreiro about the European Parliament\u2019s political stance regarding Plant-based food and in particular, about the EU\u2019s \u201cFarm to Fork\u201d Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>All the videos can be seen on <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MotherEarthPT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MOTHER EARTH<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&#8216;s Youtube channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWE MUST URGENTLY RESPOND TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL<\/strong><br \/><strong>THREAT POSED TO OUR PLANET,<\/strong><br \/><strong>INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>-FILIPE MORAIS-<\/strong><br \/>(MINHO COORDINATOR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOTHER EARTH CARES ABOUT ANIMALS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ADOPTION OF HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. 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