All partners in this ‘movement of movements’ are calling for the same demands on government to bring about the changes we urgently need. Animal Rebellion Turtle Island joins this call, believing that this presents a profound opportunity to transition away from animal farming and industrial fishing to a plant based food system and halt mass extinction.
Tell the Truth
Government must tell the truth by declaring a climate and ecological emergency, working with other institutions to communicate the urgency for change.
Government (and media) telling the truth about the climate and ecological emergency (CEE), must include telling truth about the unjust practices and devastating environmental impacts of animal agriculture and fishing. Animal Rebellion Turtle Island recognizes that one cannot speak about the CEE without openly talking about the impacts of animal agriculture on the planet, including but not limited to: deforestation, ocean dead-zones, biodiversity loss and air pollution.
Act Now
Government must act now to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2025.
We are heading towards a climate catastrophe and will be facing social collapse, mass starvation and the death of billions of beings if the government does not act now and act decisively. We focus on what is necessary and that is reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2025. We recognise this cannot be done without a transition to a just and sustainable plant-based food system.
Beyond Politics
Government must create and be led by the decisions of a Citizens’ Assembly on climate and ecological justice.
This is an emergency. The issues are huge and complex, and the solutions needed are urgent. Political power in North America, on the territory claimed by the states of Canada, United States and Mexico is in the hands of a few elected politicians. Over the last 40 years, this system has proved incapable of making the long-term decisions needed to deal with the climate and ecological emergency. Politicians simply can’t see past the next election. Politicians are lobbied by huge corporate interests to protect certain industries, such as those of the animal farming and fishing industries. We need ordinary citizens to be presented with the facts of animal agriculture to make informed and unbiased choices, with the power to make legislative change.
COMPASSION FOR ALL BEINGS
Government must make compassion for all sentient beings, both human and non-human, the ethic at the heart of policy and legislation, and give priority to alleviating suffering where it exists.
Animal Rebellion Turtle Island understands that this demand will only be met with an explicit commitment to eradicate all severe suffering, and with equal consideration for suffering, human and non-human alike.
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