Amsterdam's Ban on Meat and Fossil Fuel Advertising Comes Into Effect | Earth.Org
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A ban on fossil fuel and meat advertising in public spaces came into effect on Friday in Amsterdam, the first capital city to do so.

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/51503858

Over 50 cities, mostly European, have either restricted or tabled motions to introduce formal limitations on the advertisement of polluting products and services. Some – including several Dutch municipalities, Stockholm, Edinburgh and Sydney – have banned them altogether.

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  • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
    31·
    14 days ago

    Im all for banning big mac ads, but does this apply to delis and local butchers as well? That seens like an area where this ban could be more controversial compared to fast food advertising.

    • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      91·
      14 days ago

      All meat consumption leads to the same kind of pollution, soil destruction and inefficient land use, with an even worse effect in a tiny country like the Netherlands. So they decided to do something about it.

      • Barley_Man@sopuli.xyz
        51·
        14 days ago

        All meat consumption leads to the same kind of pollution, soil destruction and inefficient land use.

        This is absolutely not true. There is a vast difference between a US factory farm feeding cows nothing but corn and soy, and a Sami reindeer herder who is herding reindeer in the frozen tundra the same way his family has for thousands of years. Some land can’t be used for anything else than grazing, and while overgrazing is a thing, it’s not a universal constant. However the majority of meat on this earth is not sustainably farmed. That is absolutely true. But you can’t say no meat is sustainable.

        • angrystego@lemmy.world
          6·
          14 days ago

          But traditional herding cannot be used to produce enough meet for the high demand there is. Therefore it is necessary to lower the demand, and banning meat advertising could help with that.

          • Barley_Man@sopuli.xyz
            11·
            14 days ago

            Yes the Netherlands should cut way down. Other countries like Mongolia where the land is not suited for anything else, should be allowed to continue.

          • Barley_Man@sopuli.xyz
            1·
            14 days ago

            The sami do sell the meat to non-sami. Today and traditionally. Their traditional way of living involves trading reindeer meat and hide for grain and tools from the coastal farmers. And they are not the only herding culture who did it. You can take a look at the modern day maasai who trade beef for corn meal. Meat only is not that good of a diet so you have to trade if meat and hide is all you produce.