MUST SEE!! "COWSPIRACY - the Sustainabilty Secret" - the film that environmental organizations don't want you to see! 2014

COWSPIRACY - The Sustainability Secret in about 15 minutes (Short Version)       

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Published on 3 May 2016

This is the short version of the eye opening documentary "Cowspiracy - The Sustainability Secret". This is an unofficial version and I don't in anyway claim this to be an official version of the documentary. This is a must watch documentary to know about the impacts our day to day activities causes on the planet.



COWSPIRACY: The Sustainability Secret                

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Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.

Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill. Yet it goes on, almost entirely unchallenged.

As Andersen approaches leaders in the environmental movement, he increasingly uncovers what appears to be an intentional refusal to discuss the issue of animal agriculture, while industry whistleblowers and watchdogs warn him of the risks to his freedom and even his life if he dares to persist.

As eye-opening as Blackfish and as inspiring as An Inconvenient Truth, this shocking yet humorous documentary reveals the absolutely devastating environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers a path to global sustainability for a growing population.

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Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
Movie Poster for Cowspiracy
Directed by	Kip Andersen Keegan Kuhn
Produced by	Kip Andersen Keegan Kuhn
Starring	Kip AndersenHoward Lyman Richard OppenlanderMichael Pollan Michael Klaper Will Tuttle Will Potter
Cinematography	Keegan Kuhn
Edited by	Kip Andersen Keegan Kuhn
Distributed by	A.U.M. Films First Spark Media
Release date	June 26, 2014 (2014-06-26) (Los Angeles)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a 2014 documentary film produced and directed by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. The film explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment, and investigates the policies of environmental organizations on this issue. Environmental organizations investigated in the film include Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Surfrider Foundation, Rainforest Action Network, and many more.^[1][2][3][4]
The film was crowdfunded on IndieGoGo, with 1,449 contributors giving $117,092. This funding was 217% of their goal, and it allowed them to dub the film into Spanish and German and subtitle it into more than 10 other languages, including Chinese and Russian.^[5][6] Screenings are licensed through the distributor as well as on Tugg.^[7]
A new cut of the documentary, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, premiered globally on Netflix on September 15, 2015.^[8]

Contents

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• 1 Featured individuals
• 2 Accolades
• 3 Criticism
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Featured individuals[edit]

• Lisa Agabian (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society)
• Manucher Alemi (Department of Water Resources)
• Lindsey Allen (Rainforest Action Network)
• Kip Andersen (co-director)
• Will Anderson (Greenpeace)
• Deniz Bolbol (American Wild Horse)
• Heather Cooley (Pacific Institute)
• Kamyar Guivetchi (Department of Water Resources)
• Bruce Hamilton (Sierra Club)
• Susan Hartland (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society)
• Michael Klaper (physician, author, advisor)
• Howard Lyman (former rancher, author, activist)
• Demosthenes Maratos (Sustainability Institute at Molloy College)
• Chad Nelsen (Surfrider Foundation)
• Ann Notthoff (Natural Resources Defense Council)
• Richard Oppenlander (lead consultant, author, founder of a vegan food company, environmental researcher, lecturer)
• lauren Ornelas (Food Empowerment Project)
• Michael Pollan (author, lecturer)
• William Potter (journalist)
• Leila Salazar (Amazon Watch)
• Geoff Shester (Oceana)
• Kirk R. Smith (Environmental Health Sciences)
• Sister Dorothy Stang (advocate for the poor, the environment)
• Will Tuttle (speaker, educator, author, musician)
• Josh Tetrick (Beyond Eggs)
• David Robinson Simon (author, law activist)

Accolades [edit]

Co-producer/director Keegan Kuhn speaks at the Cowspiracy conference in Berkeley, September 2016.

Cowspiracy won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival,^[9] as well as the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement.^[10] It was also nominated for Cinema Politica’s 2015 Audience Choice Award.^[11]

Criticism[edit]

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2016)

Doug Boucher, reviewing the film for the Union of Concerned Scientists, disputed the film's claim that 51% of global greenhouse gases are caused by animal agriculture. Boucher describes the 51% figure as being sourced from a 2009 Worldwatch Institute report by Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang; not from a peer-reviewed scientific paper. He asserts methodological flaws in Goodland and Anhang's logic, and claims that the scientific community has formed a consensus that global warming is primarily caused by humanity's burning of fossil fuels.^[12] Boucher claims the scientific consensus is that livestock contribute 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions - far lower than the 51% claimed by the film.^[12]
This Union of Concerned Scientists review concludes by alleging that livestock does indeed contribute to global warming—albeit at a far lower rate than the film claims—and notes that the film's allegation of a scientific 'conspiracy' to suppress knowledge belies the vast amount of literature published on the topic of livestock's contribution to greenhouse emissions.^[12]

See also[edit]

• Environmental impact of meat production
• Livestock's Long Shadow
• Intensive animal farming
• Racing Extinction
• Holocene extinction
• The Sixth Extinction

References[edit]

1. Jump up ^ Kanner, Ellen (August 4, 2014). "Meatless Monday -- 'Cowspiracy:' The One Thing No One Talks About". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2014. 
2. Jump up ^ Animal Agriculture: A Neglected Agent of Global Warming? The co-producers of the documentary film "Cowspiracy" discuss the environmental impact of Intensive animal farming - and why mainstream organizations have been silent about it. November 20, 2014, The Real News
3. Jump up ^ "Cowspiracy". Village. February 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-04. 
4. Jump up ^ "Burgers Are Ending the World, Says Cowspiracy". SF Weekly. Jun 25, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-04. 
5. Jump up ^ "Cowspiracy IndieGoGo campaign page". 
6. Jump up ^ Alison Homewood. "Beware Cowspiracy – and the spread of the vegan virus -- New Internationalist". New Internationalist. 
7. Jump up ^ "Cowspiracy page on Tugg". 
8. Jump up ^ "Exclusive: Interview With Directors Of 'Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret' On Netflix, A Controversial New Documentary". Decider. August 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-08-28. 
9. Jump up ^ "Cowspiracy Wins Audience Choice Award". The South African Eco Film Festival. April 9, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-09. 
10. Jump up ^ "Le FFPE récompense les films gagnants de la 12e édition". Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement. April 27, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-28. 
11. Jump up ^ "Vote for the 2015 Audience Choice Award!". Cinema Politica. April 6, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-24. 
12. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b c} Boucher, Doug (10 June 2016). "Movie Review: There's a Vast Cowspiracy about Climate Change". The Equation blog. Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved 12 June 2016.