Over the weekend, I watched an extremely interesting documentary on Netflix called 'Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret'. The documentary followed Kip Andersen, who was investigating the effects of animal agriculture on greenhouse gas emissions and so on climate change.
A vast majority of the documentary focused on actually explaining how cows contribute so greatly to greenhouse gas emissions, such as through the water intensive grain cows consume. Additionally, 'Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret' revealed a range of shocking facts, for example the United Nations (UN) stated that cattle-rearing produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector. I found comparative information such as this put the issue of animal agriculture really into perspective.
The documentary also brought to attention how a number of organisations, such as Greenpeace, were reluctant to discuss the environmental consequences of animal agriculture. This has certainly demonstrated that the impact of animal agriculture is not being publicised enough which has truly inspired me to investigate this topic further.
A vast majority of the documentary focused on actually explaining how cows contribute so greatly to greenhouse gas emissions, such as through the water intensive grain cows consume. Additionally, 'Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret' revealed a range of shocking facts, for example the United Nations (UN) stated that cattle-rearing produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector. I found comparative information such as this put the issue of animal agriculture really into perspective.
The documentary also brought to attention how a number of organisations, such as Greenpeace, were reluctant to discuss the environmental consequences of animal agriculture. This has certainly demonstrated that the impact of animal agriculture is not being publicised enough which has truly inspired me to investigate this topic further.
It is interesting to see how much the impact of animal agriculture could have on GHG emissions. However, after fact-checking many of the statistical claim from the documentary, the figures were very much misrepresented, taken out of context, and cherry-picked to fit their narrative. My blog posts will be discussing some of the issues with their claims and its wider impact on the environmental NGOs as a whole.
ReplyDeleteHowever, for the time being, I would say this documentary is full of propaganda and lies that exploits people's appitites for conspiracy theories and lack of ability to fact check their claims. It is slightly disheartening to see no criticism coming from your post.