Game Plan for Reversing Climate Change

It begins with waking up the global media!

SOS #245 -- J. Morris Hicks -- (11-28-23)

What would happen if all seven of the media luminaries pictured below were to become aware of the simple fact that animal agriculture is by far the leading driver of climate change and the ONLY driver that is theoretically possible to completely eliminate by 2030?

At no cost!

This SOS is all about helping to make that happen. Known worldwide by just their first names, these seven media superstars appear below in order of their ages -- from their 70's to their 40's.

I am confident that once these seven media stars fully grasp the crucial role that our food choices play in our future on this Earth, they will know what to do.

• A good place to start might be to globally publicize the Oxford Union Debate won by Dr. Sailesh Rao's team in December 2023 -- regarding the urgent necessity to completely abolish the leading driver of climate change (animal agriculture) all over the world.

A possible key player relative to making the above scenario a reality -- is the mayor of the world's most influential city.

Mayor Eric Adams is quite possibly the most influential elected official in the world who has first-hand knowledge and experience about the fact that eating nothing but whole, plant-based foods can reverse type 2 diabetes in over 90% of the cases.

He also understands that a such a dietary regimen has an excellent chance of reversing climate change -- but only if enough people move rapidly in the direction of eating exclusively plant-based foods.

As the mayor of the world's most influential city -- AND the world's most "vegan" city, Mayor Adams is ideally positioned to play a huge, positive role in the future of humanity.

And he can get that done by simply enlightening some of the world's best and brightest journalists -- regarding the reality of what is, by far, the leading driver of climate change.

Why invite seven journalists? If he invites seven, he should have a good chance of having at least 4 or 5 of them in attendance.

From their group photo above, here is my working list (based on my own assessment of integrity and fame) of seven possible invitees, listed from oldest to youngest, four women and three men:

• Diane Sawyer (77) ABC World News
• Jane Pauley (73) CBS Sunday Morning
• Katie Couric (66) NBC, CBS, Now Independent
• Christiane Amanpour (65) CNN
• Anderson Cooper (56) CNN
• Ali Velshi (55) MSNBC
• Chris Hayes (44) MSNBC

Now, there is one other person who I would like to see the mayor invite to that meeting in his New York office.

Turning 21 on January 3, she is arguably the most influential person in the world under 30 -- and she would no doubt be delighted to attend that meeting...but not in person.

Why not in person? Because as a young woman of rare integrity, she walks the talk every day of her life. As such, she no longer flies on airplanes -- and she no longer eats animal-based food.

As for the topic of the day, I am thinking of this simple question:

How can we slow, stop or reverse climate change soon enough to save billions of innocent children?

Here's how we may be able to get that done. As the mayor of New York, I am fairly confident that Mr. Adams could arrange to host a meeting with almost any single one of his millions of constituents, regardless of their fame, politics or current position.

That said, I am thinking that he would have no trouble scheduling such a meeting with the majority of the media luminaries listed above -- all of whom have spent most of their careers in New York.

Also attending that meeting would be four other professionals -- a panel of experts who know all about the ability of plant-based eating to promote the health of humans while quickly reducing -- and ultimately eliminating -- the leading driver of climate change.

To be clear, that leading driver of climate change, animal agriculture, is doing more damage than all other drivers combined!

As for the “panel of experts” in the room, I envision that their primary purpose would be to field many questions that will no doubt be raised by the well-known journalists present.

For example, Dr. Sailesh Rao will be invaluable when it comes to explaining why animal agriculture is — by far — the leading driver of climate change AND the easiest driver to totally eliminate.

• Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Nutritional Science, Cornell, author of The China Study. His career suffered mightily at Cornell once his work began to implicate animal agriculture, an industry that provides massive financial support for the university.
• Dr. Michelle McMacken, NYC Physician experienced in reversing chronic disease with whole food, plant-based eating. Works with Mayor Adams in NYC hospitals.
• Dr. Sailesh Rao, Stanford PhD in Engineering. A co-inventor of the internet, he published a 2019 peer-reviewed paper finding that animal agriculture accounts for at least 87% of GhG emissions. He also worked several years as a climate change presenter for Al Gore.
• Dr. Abraham Oort, retired Princeton meteorologist who documented his knowledge of the connection between diet and climate change in this recent article in New Hampshire.

There will be one more "expert" in the room -- when it comes to knowing a thing or two about reversing chronic disease simply by eating whole, plant-based foods. The mayor himself.

Eric Adams, before being elected mayor, published a book documenting how he reversed his type 2 diabetes and partial blindness by shifting to whole food, plant-based eating. Link to his 2020 book, Healthy at Last.

(A record of the multi-faceted environmental impact of our food choices appears on this page in that book)

In thinking more about the possible format for the session, I am envisioning that the mayor would want to serve as the overall discussion leader and that I would be standing in the wings -- ready to assist him if needed.

After introducing everyone in the room (including Greta on the big screen via Zoom) the mayor may wish to begin with a few bullet points about some not-so-well-known truths the world is not yet hearing from the global media -- anywhere:

Six not-so-well-known Truths

that the World Needs to Know

(But the global media is failing to tell them)

ONE. Eating 100% plant-based foods is far better for our health (capable of reversing most chronic diseases)

TWO. Plant-based eating is far better for our pocketbook (capable of cutting family food budgets by more than 50%)

THREE. Climate Change. A massive shift to plant-based eating is our best possible chance — for slowing/reversing climate change soon enough to prevent the collapse of our civilization and the needless deaths of billions of people.

FOUR. Rapid global transition is theoretically possible. Plant-based eating by all humans can be accomplished by personal choice -- without the interference of any government — and it can be done by 2030. 

• (People just need to be bombarded with the truth — constantly! Also, we should think about offering free food for those who need it and think about providing financial incentives for scores of others to make the shift.)

FIVE. Animal agriculture is by far the leading driver of climate change and the ONLY driver that is possible to completely eliminate quickly — a shift driven totally by individual choice.

SIX. The problem is that all of the above is very complicated — especially when it comes to the role of individual choice, government, science, medicine, industry, media and academia. If all of this is true, why haven’t more people heard about it?

Why are so many people ignorant regarding these topics? 

My good friend and colleague, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, describes a grim reality about exactly why more people have not heard about all of these truths regarding our food choices.

He laid it out pretty well in the introduction to Part IV of his 2005 book: The China Study, which sold over three million copies.

• The entire system, government, science, medicine, industry, media, and academia —promotes profits over health, technology over food and confusion over clarity. 
• Most, but not all, of the confusion about nutrition is created in legal, fully disclosed ways and is disseminated by unsuspecting, well-intentioned people, whether they are researchers, politicians, or journalists.
• The most damaging aspect of the system is not sensational, nor is it likely to create much of a stir upon its discovery. It is a silent enemy that few people see and understand.”

The Key Role of Knowledge and Integrity in Journalism

I concluded recently that humanity’s best possible chance of convincing hundreds of millions of people to make urgent shifts toward plant-based eating — rests with the world’s 4th Estate becoming obsessed with reporting all about the six issues described above.

Importantly, they also must report extensively on the solution, which is the simplest part of this unprecedented dilemma in which we find ourselves. 

The solution is refreshingly simple and easy; it’s all about what we choose to put on our forks, spoons and chopsticks at every meal.

It's also all about taking an aggressive approach to influencing billions of people to completely stop eating meat, dairy, eggs and fish ASAP -- and, in so doing, hopefully buying us the time we need to repair the many other unsustainable aspects of our civilization cited above.

The Bottom Line

In my opinion, the Mayor of New York City is the right person, with the right knowledge, in the right position, at the right time -- to be later remembered by historians as the single leader most responsible for preventing the collapse of our civilization.

In closing, I would consider it an honor and a privilege to go to work full-time for the mayor -- in whatever role he might feel would best help him accomplish the above mission.

Finally, what can YOU do?

Become a healthy vegan -- making sure that over 80% of your calories are derived from whole, plant-based foods. As such, you will be doing your part in dismantling the leading driver of climate change: global animal agriculture.

You'll also be doing your part in dismantling the global, out-of-control "disease management" industry called healthcare.

In the APPENDIX below, you can read all about what we must do to understand much more about the climate dilemma in which we find ourselves -- along with what it will likely take to prevent a collapse of civilization before 2050.

This appendix can help you get that done:

Appendix to SOS Memos

(lots of data, FREE books, scientific reports, videos & more)

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  Sincerely, J. Morris (Jim) Hicks

jmorrishicks@me.com

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