Persuasive powerpoint that calls for a change to plant-based diets.

1. Plant-based Diets to Increase Sustainability
Alyssa Atkinson
Ohio University

2. What constitutes a plant-based diet?
- Vegetarian, vegan diets are common
- Decreased consumption of animal byproducts
- Decreased production of animal byproducts
- Increased consumption/production of plants
Background Photo.
Flowers, taken by Alyssa
Atkinson.
(Graça, Calheiros, & Oliveira, 2015).

3. Why go Plant-
based? Positive
Effects: Environmental
 Economical
 Health
 Ethical
(Alsaffar, 2016).
Sustainable Diet [digital image]. doi:10.1177/1082013215572029

4. Environmental Impact:
 Animal meat production requires more
resources
 Livestock-51% of GHG emissions
 Destruction of land
 Pollution of atmosphere
 Meat has worse impact
Figure 2. High impact of meat and fish on the environment.
The Double Pyramid [digital image]. doi:10.1177/1082013215572029
(Alsaffar, 2016).

5. Economical
 Cost to feed animals is
immense
 Higher co2 emissions and
energy cost
 Can feed more people with
plants
 Plant diet can sustain seven
billion
 That is the entire global
population
Figure 3. High Co2 emissions of meat and dairy. Chen, Tucker, Badami,
Ramankutty, & Rhemtulla. (2016). GHG Emissions [digital image].
doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.143
(Alsaffar, 2016).

6. Health
 Meat is high in fat
 Leads to obesity
 Links to cancer and heart disease
 Plants are completely natural
 Plants contain essential nutrients
(Alsaffar, 2016).
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7.  Animals are mistreated to produce profits
 Farmers must keep up with demands
 Animals suffer when killed
 Animals have low quality of life
Ethical
Background Photo. Chickens
have little room for movement.
ASPCA. (2016). Farm Animal
Welfare [digital image].
Retrieved from
http://www.aspca.org/ animal-
cruelty/farm-animal-welfare
(Graça, et al. 2015).

8. Global Impact
 Sustainability of water
and land resources
 One in eight are currently
hungry
 End world hunger
 Create a healthier
America
Figure 4. High water usage by meat and dairy. Chen et al.,
(2016). Water Footprint [digital image].
doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.143
(Alsaffar, 2016).

9. Switch to Plant-based Diets to…
 Increase sustainability of the
environment
 Promote a healthy economy
 Increase individual health
 Promote ethical treatment of
animals
 Eventually end world hunger
(Alsaffar, 2016).

10. Reference List
 Alsaffar, A. (2016). Sustainable diets: The interaction between food industry, nutrition,
health and the environment. Food Science And Technology International, 22(2), 102-
111. doi:10.1177/1082013215572029
 ASPCA. (2016). Farm Animal Welfare. Retrieved from http://www.aspca.org/animal-
cruelty/farm-animal-welfare
 Chen, D. M., Tucker, B., Badami, M. G., Ramankutty, N., & Rhemtulla, J. M. (2016). A
multi-dimensional metric for facilitating sustainable food choices in campus cafeterias.
Journal Of Cleaner Production, 135, 1351-1362. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.143
 Graça, J., Calheiros, M. M., & Oliveira, A. (2015). Attached to meat? (Un)Willingness
and intentions to adopt a more plant-based diet. Appetite, 95, 113-125.
doi:10.1016/j.appet.2015.06.024