WEATHER STATIONS

6. Meat consumption is killing the planet. The meat industry is responsible for 18
per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than transport. Forests are cut and
monoculture GMO plants cultivated for animal feed, generously sprinkled with
pesticides, which cause the death of millions of insects and birds. And meat
consumption is still on the increase.
7. In the space of the last few years, populations of animals living in the wild decreased
by 50 per cent, but population of animals reared in cages went up. Those animals
never see the sun, never touch the soil. We have organized a little animal Auschwitz
for them, but on a larger scale. What’s more, we pump them with antibiotics and as a
result those same antibiotics will stop having an effect on us.
8. Sometimes you have to travel by plane, even if it is against your deepest beliefs.
Though there are people who think that we don’t have to fly at all. And I’m inclined
to agree with them.
9. I’m cool, I’m smart, I’m inspirational. Even at events in London or Berlin. Though
I think I should learn English properly. Or should I? There are so many great
translators. Perhaps it’s better not to take the work away from them. Anyway poetry
read in Polish sounds beautiful. So let’s have it in Polish.
10. Everything is possible. I still don’t know how to write about global warming to
captivate the attention of owners of companies, which pollute our planet, or the
politicians, who are paid by them, but I’m not giving up. And anyway — as far as I
know — they do understand the problem. But we still don’t exert enough pressure on
them, so it’s worth writing about it to make a change.
Translated by Anna Hyde
10 THINGS I HAVE LEARNED DURING MY FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING
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