Andrew Fitzel is majoring in cognitive science with a concentration in philosophical & conceptual issues. As well as minoring in environmental and climate humanities (EACH). He is co-president of Animal Rights Carleton.
Animal Rights Carleton (ARC) which is a student-run social group that aims to help educate about issues pertaining to animal rights and animal agriculture, as well as investigating their implications in terms of morality, the climate crisis, and human health and that advocates for a plant-based lifestyle.
Actions
- Going vegan, vegetarian, or pescatarian is one of the most impactful individual actions one can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Even, just reducing meat intake to only a couple of days a week can have an impact.
- Animal Rights Carleton may start a campaign to remove additional costs of alternative milk on campus, be sure to look out for them and support!
- Add some vegan recipes to your cooking.
Resource List
The following is a list of resources recommended by attendees at our event.
Animal Rights Carleton
Reports, Articles, and Statistics on Animal Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Consumptions of The Animal Industry
- Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options
- Key Facts and Findings from Food and Agriculture United Nations
- Ontario: Water requirements of livestock
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Livestock & Poultry – Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Community.
- Can We Make Cow Burps Climate-Friendly?
- How the Alt-Right Uses Milk to Promote White Supremacy.
Non-fiction Books About Climate Change and Food
- Winters, Ed. This Is Vegan Propaganda (And Other Industry Tells You).
- Also see, https://www.earthlinged.org/, for more information on Ed Winters and his work. He also has a YouTube channel at: Ed Winters.
- Mosby, Ian, et al. Uncertain Harvest: The Future of Food on a Warming Planet. uofrpress.ca, https://uofrpress.ca/Books/U/Uncertain-Harvest.