The Great Forklift:How to Save the Planet

With Your Fork

Jonathan Maxson, MSW

September 24, 2011

Time is Running Out…

We Need a Serious Interfaith Response to Global Warming

A New Interfaith Sacrament

The Vegan Power Plate (PCRM)

Fanatical?

• Extreme

• Radical

• Eco-militant

• Impractical

• Heretical

Or Last Chance to Avert Runaway Global Warming?

• No other hope to cool the planet

• No time to delay

• 10 years for global vegan transition

Not the Only Show in Town…

International Climate Treaty With Full C&C Orchestra

All Nations, One Musical “Score”

All Nations, One Ultimate Target: 350 ppm CO2

Or Should That Be Two?

Methane-Carbon Dioxide Ratio

New Greenhouse Steady State Relative to Pre-Industrial Levels

Today’s Carbon Dioxide

Today’s Methane

Methane “Hockey Stick” 1

Methane “Hockey Stick” 2

Food Justice For All: Feeding the Multitudes

A Few Words on Economics

• Estimate $1.7 Billion Per Year Consumption of Out-of-State Livestock Products in Maine

• 2-3x with Livestock Subsidies• 4-5x with Healthcare Costs• Maine Job-Creation w/ Vegan Transition• Sequestration w/ Vegan Transition• Deficit Reduction w/ Vegan Transition

Thank You

• permavegan.blogspot.com

• jonathan.maxson@gmail.com