Tag Archives: climate catastrophe

Last call for planet Earth

Posted on August 16, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today I was motivated to write a short blog on passing a roadside advert that has stood for many years, directing shoppers to a butcher in a nearby village. Bragging about ‘100% Scottish beef’ and ‘award winning pies and sausages, … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Global disasters | Tagged animal agriculture, Apocalypse, Business as usual, climate, climate catastrophe, climate disaster, climate emergency, famine, fires, floods, fossil fuel, IPCC, polar melting, temperature records, wildfires | 6 Comments

Lies, damn lies, and statistics*

Posted on March 27, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Summary (for clear image) February is the month that FAO (The Food and Agriculture Organization, a specialised agency of the United Nations) publishes the annual global statistics of the number of land-based individuals slaughtered in the latest statistical year, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Global disasters, Statistics | Tagged amphibians, antibiotic resistance, avian flu, chickens, climate, climate catastrophe, data, diet, health, increase, insects, media hype, motive, not a diet, pandemic, plant-based, plant-based eating, plant-based options, slaughterhouse, species extinction, Statistics, veganism, wishful thinking, zoonotic, zoonotic disease | 3 Comments

Property – what it means to be ‘owned’

Posted on February 25, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I’ve written about ‘property’ before but it’s a topic that bears repeating. Maybe I’ll stumble across new ways of expressing the monstrous abomination that owning other individuals represents. As the crushing impacts of widespread climate-collapse increase in frequency, along with … Continue reading →

Posted in FAQ, property status | Tagged animal rights, climate catastrophe, climate crisis, climate disaster, exotic meat, foie gras, hunting, kangaroos, koala, legal, livestock, macerator, owned, property, property status, shark fin, speciesism, standard practice, trophy hunting, veal, welfare, welfare standards, zoonotic | 7 Comments

Slaughter numbers jump by 2.2 billion

Posted on February 10, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Despite the euphoria caused by the proliferation of plant based dietary options in shops and restaurants, the statistics don’t bear out the wishful thinking about veganism taking over the world any time soon. In fact, given the accelerating climate catastrophe … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer demand, Global disasters, Statistics | Tagged 2018, climate catastrophe, diet, environmental destruction, increase, plant based diet, Statistics, vegan | 27 Comments