{"id":1432,"date":"2019-06-27T07:46:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/climate-x.dvlpmnt.wpengine.com\/we-all-have-a-part-to-play\/"},"modified":"2019-06-27T07:46:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:46:04","slug":"we-all-have-a-part-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integralgood.com\/climate-x\/we-all-have-a-part-to-play\/","title":{"rendered":"We all have a part to play – Paula Shelton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The movie moguls, the farmer, and the planet<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this week's news, brickbats swung at vegan movie moguls and a bouquet was presented to a vegan farmer \u2014 two stories from different media outlets presenting opposing views on the farmer vs future debate. <\/p>\n

First, the movie moguls<\/h4>\n

The Dominion Post\u2019s Phil Quin took a swing at privilege in his opinion piece,\u00a0Here\u2019s my beef with the entitled and pampered fat cats<\/a>. Quin\u00a0focused first on movie moguls, James Cameron and Peter Jackson, for daring to threaten the livelihood of New Zealand farmers by setting up a business hoping to one day produce plant-based meat. He made it clear that he doesn\u2019t like the idea of anyone, and especially anyone with disposable income, imagination, and a healthy eating habit, messing with the meat-eating, milk-swigging, methane-producing status quo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then, the sheep farmer<\/h4>\n

On the same day, Radio New Zealand\u2019s Jesse Mulligan interviewed a reformed beef and sheep farmer in his story\u00a0The sheep farmer who turned vegan activist<\/a>. In this piece, James Wilson, a 40-year veteran of beef and sheep farming, tells how a health-scare led him switch to a vegan lifestyle. And while it wasn\u2019t concern for the planet that originally prompted his switch, Wilson now says, \u201cI\u2019m convinced one of the few things we can do as individuals to backtrack on CO2 emissions is to give up eating meat\u201d. He reckons he\u2019s halved his personal CO2 contribution and has a new lease of life at the same time.<\/p>\n

And, all of us<\/h4>\n

Changing the way we do things to avoid\u00a0a climate catastrophe<\/a> is not going to be easy. There will be tantrums. We will scream \u2018privilege\u2019 at some activists, and \u2018lunatic\u2019 at others. Some industries will decline and new ones will build up. We will all need to embrace change. Change will be very, very, hard. It will be like dragging a teenage planet to church for confession. But the alternative is unthinkable.<\/p>\n

Me<\/h4>\n

For my part, I\u2019m flexitarian. It\u2019s the best I can manage for now. We all have a part to play \u2014 movie moguls, farmers, and me.<\/p>\n

– by Paula Shelton<\/p>\n

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Photographer: Sam Carter<\/a> | Source: Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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