Olivia Lamm

Waste in general motivates me to change my behavior. I've always hated wasting food and just throwing things out. I started composting in order to combat the amount of food scraps that we just throw away. Composting has tons of other benefits too. My family are avid gardeners, so using those food scraps to make soil seemed like the perfect solution. It just made sense to start composting because it's like two birds with one stone: helps save on food waste and has beneficial environmental impacts, as well as reusing the compost right in our own yard. 

I think people in richer countries eat more meat because meat is seen as a luxury. When people go out for celebrations, they go to fancy steak houses, and order the porter house or the surf and turf meals. Poorer countries utilize the animals to aid in farming or transportation. Richer countries have cars/ public transportation, and have special, mechanized machinery to aid in farm work. Richer countries have more meat to grow, produce, and sell. It's more about the profit than the usage. 

Tons and tons of research has been done and proves how devastating meat it for the environment and our bodies. Studies have shown that human bodies don't digest meat, such as beef, well and how it leads to constipation. Animals, especially cows, also have huge carbon foot prints and are large causes of greenhouse gases, especially methane. Eating less meat, and therefore lowering its consumption rate and overall demand, can lead to better health for humans and the environment. 

i dont eat as much without distractions