The Green New Meal

In the rapidly worsening climate emergency, the lives of our own children and grandchildren and of future generations worldwide, are at stake. We must act urgently. The good news is there's something we all can do: match our consumption patterns with our ethical values and our moral obligations. A "Green New Deal" is essential, but it's not enough. Michael Betzold summarizes the overwhelming evidence that must inform the action needed to meet the existential challenge we face. It starts with your next meal.

Urgent issues abound today. But nothing is so overwhelming as the rapidly worsening climate emergency. The survival of civilization itself is in peril. The lives of our own children and grandchildren, and of future generations worldwide, are at stake. We must act. The good news is there's something we all can do: match our consumption patterns with our ethical values and our moral obligations. A "Green New Deal" is essential, but it's not enough. Michael Betzold summarizes the overwhelming research evidence that must inform the effective, rational, simple, everyday action needed to meet the existential challenge we face. It starts with your next meal.

Michael Betzold is a Detroit-based journalist, Emmy-winning author of ten books, and member of the Climate Save movement.