Deep trouble: whale mortality caused by overfishing
According to a report of the New Zealand news channel 3News sea mammals, among which whales, are dying of malnutrition. The makers claim that this is caused by overfishing for human consumption. Watch the report here.
Sea the Truth DVD available
After the worldwide success of “Meat the Truth”, which was translated in 13 different languages and released in 16 different countries, the Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation has made another documentary, named “Sea the Truth”. Starting today, the official DVD is available. If you would like to obtain a DVD of Sea the Truth, scroll down and click on the button "Buy Now". The state of our oceans and seas is the main focus in “Sea the Truth”. Leading scientists such as Daniel Pauly suggest that if we continue to catch and eat fish at the current rate, the oceans and seas will be empty within 40 years. The hunt for fish is an economic monster on the run: large bottom trawlers are scraping the bottoms of the seas empty, taking with them all living things with destructive force. The massive amount of bycatch is thrown back into the sea, maimed or...
Meat the Truth screening at European Commission
Yesterday, July 13th, Meat the Truth was screened at the European Commission in Brussels (Belgium). Managing director of the NGPF and project manager of Meat the Truth was invited to introduce the film and answer questions of the audience afterwards. The Environment Sub-Committee (ESC) for the European Commission Stagiaires organized the evenening, after seeing Meat the Truth at the United Nations in Brussels on May 26th. Organiser Adrien Lantieri: "We are highly impressed by the quality and clarity of the message delivered, filling the huge gap left previous documentaries, furthered by your enthusiastic and motivational talk at the end of the screening. We easily convinced other sub-committee members to the utmost necessity of screening MEAT THE TRUTH to stagiaires. Indeed, the ESC's mandate is two fold: raising awareness amongst the 600 fellow trainees and...
Book "Meat the Truth" available, starting June 2nd
On June 2nd, the Nicolaas G. Pierson Foundation will release English-written, "Meat the Truth, Essays on Livestock Production, Sustainability and Climate Change". The book Meat The Truth is the continuation of the same titled documentary that was presented in London in 2008, which is now available in 13 languages and 16 countries. Meat the Truth was the first documentary to address the link between livestock farming and greenhouse gas emissions. The anthology Meat the Truth, Essays on Livestock Production, Sustainability and Climate Change, contains contributions from many scientists, such as Geoff Russell, John Powles, Every Stehfest, Danielle Nierenberg, Barry Brook and Harry Aiking. Researchers from Wageningen UR, who reviewed the calculations of the film, by request of Dutch Minister Verburg and Marianne Thieme, also contributed to the...
Large attendance at Meat the Truth screening in Copenhagen
Almost 200 people attended the screening of Meat the Truth on Thursday the 17th of December during the climate summit in Copenhagen. The climate film screened at the Klimaforum09, the people's climate summit, and was greeted by the audience with great interest. The film addresses the enormous impact of livestock farming on global warming, a fact that is often ignored by policymakers and therefore an important message to stress during this summit. Marianne Thieme was present to answer questions from the audience after the screening, which was highly appreciated.
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