David Fechner

Working towards reducing suffering for all sentient beings and ensuring that present and future generations can enjoy the beauty of our planet.

[David Fechner @DavidFechner2]

Showing a picture of a vegetarian dish on the menu is a simple and cost-effective way to make environmentally sustainable dishes more appealing because it triggers consumers' imagination of eating the dish.
@SMGriffith1
@gift_griffith

[Journal of Sustainable Tourism @JSustTour]

🆕#OpenACCESS in #JOST

"How can restaurants entice patrons to order environmentally sustainable dishes? Testing new approaches based on hedonic psychology and affective forecasting theory." By @DavidFechner2
@MarionKarl5 @SaraDolnicar

🔗to article and video abstract below

[David Fechner @DavidFechner2]

#Factoryfarms are the perfect breeding ground for #diseases. #Restaurants can support the transition to farming practices that priorities animal welfare by using #plantbased meats instead of meat to cook #delicious meals this Christmas. #H5N1 #birdflu
https://t.co/yET7XFFY5g

[Sara Dolnicar @SaraDolnicar]

Developing theory-based practical approaches to make #tourists behave in more environmentally #sustainable ways?

Here's some useful guidance: https://t.co/B5WiolhsM9

FREE https://t.co/xIHc0Ykilj

Great work @CsillaDcs & @DavidFechner2

#UQtourism
@lowharmhedonism
@UQ_Business

[David Fechner @DavidFechner2]

Inviting everyone who lives in #Australia and is older than 18 years to share their thoughts on #plantbased meats in restaurants.

Takes only 10min, you get the chance to win a $50 voucher and I heard it is fun. 😃 TIA
https://t.co/EF8Y4421BG

[Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie]

Eating locally is not an effective way to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet.

This is despite a recent paper in @NatureFoodJnl claiming that 'food miles' make up 20% of food emissions.

In my latest Substack post I explain why this is wrong: https://t.co/5iFGl8CMFX

[Matthew Hayek @matthewhayek]

“The infectious disease trap of animal agriculture” is out in Science Advances. Outbreaks of “zoonotic” diseases that spillover from animals to humans are likely to increase, unless we can reduce demand for animal-based foods. 🧵 1/ https://t.co/mNO9i3yhP1

[David Fechner @DavidFechner2]

#Tourism can help prevent future pandemics and epidemics by:
🥗 Offering #plantbased meals as the #default
🐷 Buying meat from #local farms that priorities animal welfare
🌳 Planting #trees
🤖 Deploying service #robots
https://t.co/vdQhgwlMd4
@SaraDolnicar
@SMGriffith1

[Nicholas D. Carter @NicholasDCarter]

To produce 100g of protein from beef, we need ~27x as much land as the @BeyondMeat. Chicken & pork need ~6x as much cropland for animal feed.

It doesn't make sense that this land hasn't been better accounted for in national GHG estimates.

https://t.co/o1Jh9SVvLP @_HannahRitchie

[Dr. Faraz Harsini @DrFarazHarsini]

Omw to Dallas, behind this chicken transport truck. It's cold. They're confined in tiny cages as their feathers are scatterings in the cold wind.

I'm in my warm car omw to see my best friend. They're in cold air on their way to be killed.

We'll look back at this with shame.

[Sara Dolnicar @SaraDolnicar]

Wondering how to accurately conceptualise/operationalise 8 forms of eudaimonia & hedonia for your empirical research?

Detailed guidance FREE NOW: https://t.co/1ODFdF7CrG

DOI https://t.co/nBQRTkSp8r

👋@CsillaDcs+@SarahMacInnes3
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@lowharmhedonism
@UQ_Business
@UQ_News

[Greener by Default @GreenerDefault]

Check out this article to learn how we helped @LinkedIn cut their food carbon footprint in HALF by encouraging more sustainable food choices. #behavioralscience #sustainablefood #plantbased #corporatesustainability

https://t.co/XFsh2ERTkj

[WePlanet @weplanetint]

We’d rather eat microbes than animals. Here's @GeorgeMonbiot to explain why 👇

Watch the full video here:
https://t.co/rxFVBOMbZS
#RebootFood

[Paul Behrens @ProfPaulBehrens]

*New paper out* 🍃 Plant-based diets would help food security.

If Europe moved to plant-based diets it would compensate for the food shock of Russia's invasion of Ukraine (and reduce environmental impacts)...🧵

https://t.co/9CKmy5seXR @NatureFoodJnl @CarbonBrief

[Melanie Joy @DrMelanieJoy]

COP27—the annual UN climate change conference—started on Sunday. Government leaders from across the globe are meeting to discuss issues related to climate change. One of the biggest issues, however, is rarely discussed by world leaders: animal agriculture’s climate impact.

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[Jan Dutkiewicz @jan_dutkiewicz]

“There are just two actions needed to prevent catastrophic climate breakdown: leave fossil fuels in the ground and stop farming animals. But, thanks to the power of the two industries, both aims are officially unmentionable.” https://t.co/sxlWXQUddC

[Hannah Daly @HannahEDaly]

Revealed: How the livestock industry funds the ‘greenhouse gas guru’. Mitloehner is a pro-meat scientist, funded by the livestock industry, whose downplaying of livestock’s role in climate change has been very influential in Ireland.

https://t.co/XiNCUKRQLN via @UE

[jonathanwatts @jonathanwatts]

“Let’s fight for zero deforestation,” Lula says in first speech as president-elect. “Brazil is ready to resume its leading role in the fight against the climate crisis, protecting all our biomes, especially the Amazon Forest.”

[Matthew Hayek @matthewhayek]

Lula da Silva won the Brazil presidential election, ousting Bolsonaro. Lula's previous terms saw the largest declines in Amazon deforestation ever.

[Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie]

A glimmer of hope for the Amazon rainforest 🌳

Lula da Silva wins the Brazilian election.

In Silva's previous terms in office (2003 - 2010), deforestation fell from 25,000 km² to almost 5,000 km².

Since then, progress was reversed but it can turn again.

[Greener by Default @GreenerDefault]

We partnered with @LinkedIn and @SodexoGroup's @TheGoodEatingCo on a groundbreaking pilot of plant-based defaults in LinkedIn's San Francisco office. Spoiler alert: it was a huge success!