fábulas sustentáveis

When I talked to fisherman from the sardine fishery, sometimes they mention their preoccupation about the sardine price in relation to chicken. They said that chicken was getting continuously a lower price at the stores, and that it was difficult to compete with it and make people to buy sardines. But... Can we compare both productions systems? Moreover, Can we compare the quality of protein and animal welfare of both foods? Here it is a very interesting  study  about Life Cycle Assessment of broiler chicken production in Portugal. It is based in data from Portugal and applied to the Portuguese food consumption. In Portugal, 75% of chicken meat consumed is  broiler chicken  and it is the most consumed meat in the country.  When comparing the global warming potential (GWP) of chicken production systems with those of pork and beef production systems, considering a functional unit based on the same protein supply (168.4 g), the production of broiler chicken had the lowest G

To see this TED talk at this stage of my PhD thesis, mostly writing and re-writing, is very exciting. Someone has the same thoughts as me? Great! Or did I reach the same thoughts as someone working with fish? Exactly! We just have found the same evidences. Anyway, I have a second point that I would like to add: Eat sustainable seafood, save the oceans. It is not just about the way we fish, it is also the way we eat. So now... I just need to write a few pages, based on bibliography, using the best research references I can find, with the most important facts about the issue, in the simplest words, not too long, understandable, and in good english, which is named a PhD thesis...to state: We need to preserve the oceans to feed the world. But we need to eat sustainable seafood to save the oceans.

Use less paper* when drying your hands in the toilette and you will save many trees in this planet. Changing small habits in every day, have big results. And it does not need to be found by a PhD project research! * or no paper at all...we can always use the back of the trousers :)