Quote by Edward O. Wilson Download Open image ““Meat yields higher energy per gram eaten than does vegetation.”” — Edward O. Wilson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“We can eat meat, it tastes good, but it’s very costly considering the land we have to use to produce the plants needed to… — Sven-Erik Jacobsen Copy Share Image
“...I have become more interested than ever in the effect of a diet higher in 'greens' than it is in meat - both in… — Nigel Slater Copy Share Image
It takes the farmer 10 kgs of vegetation to feed the animal in order to produce 1 kg of meat. In other words a… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
Cows and other livestock account for roughly one-sixth of all greenhouse-gas emissions, and as a general point, eating meat means taxing the Earth. — Annie Lowrey Copy Share Image
“omnivores contribute seven times the volume of greenhouse gases that vegans do.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Every day, millions of plants are killed by vegetarians. Help stop the violence. Eat a steak.” — Roque Cole Copy Share Image
Please eat less meat - meat is a very carbon-intensive commodity. — Rajendra K. Pachauri Copy Share Image
“Get grass-fed animal foods. Cattle are grass-eating animals by nature.” — Deborah Kesten Copy Share Image
“And I’ll tell you another thing: if consumers don’t want to pay the farmer to do it right, they shouldn’t eat meat.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“When you abstain from eating and drinking animal products, fewer animals are slaughtered, and you contribute less to climate degradation.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“Nature is the birthright of everyone on Earth. The millions of species we have allowed to survive are our phylogenetic kin. Their long-term history… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Traditional religious beliefs have been eroded, not so much by humiliating disproofs of their mythologies as by the growing awareness that beliefs are really… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.” — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Overall, it seems now possible to draw a reasonably good explanation of why the human condition is a singularity, why the likes of it… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“let’s also promote the humanities, that which makes us human, and not use science to mess around with the wellspring of this, the absolute… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Moreover, we look in vain to philosophy for the answer to the great riddle. Despite its noble purpose and history, pure philosophy long ago… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Annie Dillard was a pioneer in her Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1974. Among other notable examples are David… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Human beings and their social orders are intrinsically imperfectible and fortunately so. In a constantly changing world, we need the flexibility that only imperfection… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Another principle that I believe can be justified by scientific evidence so far is that nobody is going to emigrate from this planet not… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“To explore and affiliate with life is a deep and complicated process in mental development. To an extent still undervalued in philosophy and religion,… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it in an… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image