Dr Sailesh Rao explains the positive environmental effects for the world of going vegan

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Dr Sailesh Rao speaks for the proposition of the motion that This House Would Go Vegan. Dr Rao is the founder and executive director of Climate Healers.
In this speech, he details the nine planetary boundaries which scientists say we must stay within to keep Earth inhabitable and how we have currently transgressed six. He then details how these can be rectified by drawing down greenhouse gases and creating healthy forests, seas and land once again.
This is the third speech of eight.
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[@English_Rose4]

Everyone 'Loves' animals until they hear the word 'Vegan' then they will argue tooth and nail why it's acceptable to abuse them.

[@youbeever]

Everyone "loves" babies until they hear the word "pro-life" then they will argue tooth and nail why it's acceptable to abuse them.

[@JL-zm6md]

It is no surprise that the diet that is kindest to animals is also the best for the planet and the best for our health.

[@JulieAdams-td4xx]

Do you know anything about soil health and growing crops?

[@kizwiz6]

​@JulieAdams-td4xx There are many vegan-friendly agricultural practices that can contribute to soil rejuvenation and better carbon sequestration without involving animal exploitation. All crops should ultimately be farmed in diversified no-till conservation agriculture green manure systems, rather than relying on manure or synthetic fertilizers.

[@dobrickgenevo]

It's kind of amazing to me. I don't believe in god but the "universally positive" aspect of veganism makes me feel like we were meant to do it, as compared to the "universally negative" entailments inherent with carnism.

[@dobrickgenevo]

By the way, just pointing out that veganism isn't simply a diet but an ethical position for animal rights and against animal exploitation which entails a lifestyle that extends beyond a plant-based diet into boycotting or replacing other purchases, activities/behaviours, and overall way of viewing and interacting with the world as it relates to animals.

[@karialbaarteflamencointern777]

I am speechless! This is about the most intellectually sound collection of powerful words of integrity and science based I have ever heard in my entire life. Thank you for doing this for our planet, for the animals and the pinky promise to your grand daughter. You are moving mountains!!!

[@barbaraibiel]

Yes, but the same cannot be said about the opposition.

[@joekrige2673]

@@barbaraibiel the opposition are a group of buffoons; no intellect, no scientific evidence, nothing, just trivial bla bla bla.

[@theomer1]

Excellent talk backed by data.

[@cristianpurcaru]

Sound arguments.😊

[@vivianchinelli8797]

Well done, Dr. Rao!!! BRAVO! Vivian Chinelli (still proud to have the book you gave me in Santa Monica)

[@carothehonestpeanut]

This is extremely powerful

[@barbaraibiel]

Bravo, Dr Sailesh Rao! Well said.

[@user-245er4ud]

Fantastic speech!

[@rebeccaallen9917]

Excellent speech and research backs it up. Here's a paper he wrote explaining in further detail.

[@viviannguyen1111]

I think you meant to link something! And I agree, great speech with the necessary facts

[@bb24711]

Do you have the paper?

[@dobrickgenevo]

Maybe just put the title. Anywho, I'm sure we can find it.

[@dobrickgenevo]

Either way what he says is in agreement with scientific consensus.

[@someguy2135]

KZbin often deletes comments that include links to anything other than YT videos. Just give us the title and we could Google it.

[@bodilrummelhoff7372]

Wow, fantastic speech!! Thank you!!

[@someguy2135]

Wonderful science based summary of the practical benefits of a plant based food production system!

[@KK-111]

Very powerful, visionary...and clearly, a lovely and honorable man.

[@van281189]

🙏

[@katherineniemiec9078]

This session with all of these great vegans was amazing.

[@postanimaluseworldpauw8287]

I am so excited to watch this - Sailesh, you and your colleagues have done an outstanding job. Congratulations.

[@Vegan_4The_Animals]

Create a better world by living vegan...

[@Mrm1985100]

Cool clothes

[@manjushreeabhinav6694]

So proud of you, Dr. Rao.

[@butdoyou1970]

Hear....Hear

[@tylerwhitney3443]

I met him in Portland

[@iansomerville]

Great speech.

[@stokepusher5481]

It would be great if whole foods could be sourced from good, clean farming and taste and nourish and taste like they ought to more reliably. Food should be easier, not stress inducing, but fair and even fun. It would also be great to see more honest, healthily prepared whole food to go merchants, if there was one thing I would like to a Tesla bot do first, that would be dishing out reasonably priced, tasty enough wraps and buddha bowls!! Sometimes people just don't know whats actually good for them, more often than not with sugar, salt and certain fats involved in crappy, capitalist driven brain bait, but health really is wealth, we need a national reboot on living and feeling well, from a healthy microbiome (aka happy tummy) feeling more like a rich rainforest of diversity and strength, rather than a junk food gutter

[@efortunywhitton]

One of my fav all-time humans. ❤

[@Peace-vs9yi]

I think we may have so many disagreements but at the end of day we all want happiness to ourselves n other human beings and we want all animals and all life forms to live and flourish...

[@eating2extinction]

We made an evidence-based documentary film that directly addresses what Dr Sailesh covers in this talk.

[@marcelomiceli5291]

yes, and will have to happen

[@raj180380]

In this whole debate, opponent (of veganism) speakers are just speaking as trolls.

[@Ritza.Elefteria.Michaki]

What is exactly Environment when earthquake rises, fire 🔥, water 🌊, and so on.... Carbon dioxide or monoxide it's a database that one long time ago created, and gave it this Name,but is it really like that? Since everything is alive even the little flower 🌹🌺 is alive, so are we Energy, vegan isn't for all, since we are different from each other unique 🥰 I always believe.

[@joekrige2673]

What is your point? Are you vegan?

[@watonemillion]

He looks tasty

[@fcukgogle9213]

This man comes from India, which so happens to have the largest vegetarian/vegan population in the world, it so happens to be one of the most polluted country in the world so you might have to excuse me if I don't believe a single word he says or what any Vegan says...

[@okman9684]

Only 25% of india is vegetarian other 75% are very much non-vegeterian so you are factual wrong. Also pollution in India is highly concentrated in urban areas which are highly population dense and less vegetarian. Most of the rural indans are vegetarian because of their high conservative relegious values compared urban population. you will see more cleaner environment on rural parts of india even having the same population as urban area (almost 50% of indian population live in rural parts). Thats why it can sustain a higher biodiversity and lush forest compared to the entire eu which has less biodiversity while having more area and less population than india. Even if you take the entitr europe including russisn part as well as balcans which have less humans to begin with india still beats entire europe in biodiversity. Can you imagine a land less than a 3rd of europe with double the population still sustaining more biodiversity than entire continental erope! Also not to mention india seeing a rise in tiger, rihno and elephant population while still growing industries rapidly! You can see a different example of growth without consideration of animals in china where almost every animal is extinct or in brink of extinction due to rapid industrialization except pandas 🐼, cats 🐱 and dogs🐶(because they subvert humans duh). There is even a historic event during which Chinese people killed all the birds so that they protect the crops but then a massive famine hit them because pest started thriving due to absence of their predator (birds). So yeah you definitely need good biodiversity to have a sustainable environment while growing economically rapidly. Europe used to have lions, auroch, rihno, elephants (yes europe was full of big animals) but now they all are gone only due to humans while india has protected asian lions(only present in india extinct in asia), gharial (only in india but extinct in Bangladesh), one horned rihno (protected in india endangered in rest of asia) etc.

[@fcukgogle9213]

They're still chocking on their own air, Europe is not @@okman9684

[@elloohno1349]

@@okman9684 where in the world are people more vegetarian than India?

[@rebeccaallen9917]

@@elloohno1349 Nepal perhaps.

[@elloohno1349]

@@keres3366 good, because India also has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world

[@bubaks2]

How does your % compare with the co2 released by the militaries of the worlds super power? The pentagon releases some of this data, but the climate activists never use it. Have you guys actually seen it?

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

CO2 is NOT a pollutant so it does not matter.

[@jhunt5578]

Red herring

[@DandelionGum1]

As the other user replied, this is a red herring. You are not factoring in opportunity cost. We have destroyed a huge proportion of effective carbon sinks on the planet to make way for crop and pasture land specifically for animal agriculture. The less land we are using the more opportunity we have to draw down carbon and keep it locked away. Rewilding is a huge piece of the puzzle with climate change but we cannot do this if we won't release land from animal agriculture. The frustrating thing is how easy it would (and should be). We wouldn't even need to manage that released land very attentively, just leave it alone and let nature do its thing. It will take a long time though, and we currently can't even convince many people that the problem exists. I just hope it's not too late.

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

@@DandelionGum1 No such thing as a destroyed carbon sink.

[@factsoverfeelings1776]

@@DandelionGum1 Also Earths entire biosphere is carbon based. So calm down.

[@toprajesh1]

Thank you Sailesh, you said everything that is wrong with us in just eleven minutes. You gave me a copy of Pinky Promise, I read it and forwarded the copy to many youngsters. I am not sure about 2026 but we will get there for sure, Kimaya won't have to wait for too long! By the way, are you coming to Sadhana? They are going to have another vegan fest next month, 16-18 Feb.