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Ok, homo consumens, but environment is for whom?

Everybody is talking about homo consumens, about our interests in heavy consumption… All these discussions about vegetarians and meat-eaters, which is healthier or not for us… all these contradictions based on the health of citizens that so easily confuse the homo consumens, yet… so few connections with global warming. An article on BBC with the UN’s climate specialist talked about the worrying foreseen doubling figure meat consuming by 2050. “Changing diets is one thing we should consider”, climate specialist is telling us all, as a means to combate climate change.

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