Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a 2014 American documentary film produced and directed by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. The film explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment—examining such environmental concerns as climate change, water use, deforestation, and ocean dead zones—and investigates the policies of several environmental organizations on the issue.
The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival[1] and the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement.[2]Cowspiracy has been criticized for asserting that animal agriculture is the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental destruction,[3] with other sources assessing the impact as being less than is stated in the film.[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.[9][10] Screenings are licensed through the distributor, as well as through the now-defunct Tugg Inc. website.[11]
An updated version of the documentary, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, premiered globally on Netflix on September 15, 2015.[12]
The 2017 documentary What the Health was written, produced, and directed by the same production team (Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn) as Cowspiracy.[13]
Featured individualsedit
Co-producer/director Keegan Kuhn speaks at the Cowspiracy conference in Berkeley, September 2016.
The following individuals were featured in the film:
Cowspiracy won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival,[1] as well as the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement.[2] It was also nominated for Cinema Politica's 2015 Audience Choice Award.[14]
Doug Boucher, reviewing the film for the Union of Concerned Scientists blog, disputed the film's assertion that 51% of global greenhouse gases are caused by animal agriculture.[4][17] He described the 51% figure as being sourced from a 2009 Worldwatch Institute report by Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang[18][19] not from a peer-reviewed scientific paper. He claimed to have observed methodological flaws in Goodland and Anhang's logic, and said that the scientific community formed a consensus that global warming is primarily caused by humanity's burning of fossil fuels.[4] He stated that the scientific consensus is that livestock contribute 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, far lower than the 51% stated by the film and the source article.[4] A 2018 peer-reviewed meta-analysis found that a "no animal products" scenario would deliver a 28% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the economy.[20]
^ ab. The South African Eco Film Festival. April 9, 2015. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
^ ab. Festival de films de Portneuf sur l'environnement. April 27, 2015. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
^ abBlundell, Nicholas. "A Critique of Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret". Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^ abcdBoucher, Doug (June 10, 2016). "Movie Review: There's a Vast Cowspiracy about Climate Change". The Equation blog. Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
^Kanner, Ellen (August 4, 2014). "Meatless Monday -- 'Cowspiracy:' The One Thing No One Talks About". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
^Animal Agriculture: A Neglected Agent of Global Warming? 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine 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
^. Village. February 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^. SF Weekly. June 25, 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^Alison Homewood. "Beware Cowspiracy – and the spread of the vegan virus -- New Internationalist". New Internationalist.
^. Tugg Inc. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
^"Exclusive: Interview With Directors Of 'Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret' On Netflix, A Controversial New Documentary". Decider. August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
^Jackie Day (January 23, 2016). "Cowspiracy Film Makers Announce NEW film: What the Health!". My Vegan Journal.
^. Cinema Politica. April 6, 2016. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
^Solomon, S.; et al., , Technical Summary, archived from the original on October 15, 2012, retrieved August 18, 2012, in IPCC AR4 WG1 2007.
^"AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis". www.ipcc.ch. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
^Herrero, Mario; Wirsenius, Stefan; Henderson, Benjamin; Rigolot, Cyrille; Thornton, Philip; Havlík, Petr; de Boer, Imke; Gerber, Pierre (November 2015). "Livestock and the Environment: What Have We Learned in the Past Decade?". Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 40: 177–202. doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-031113-093503.
^Goodland, Robert; Anhang, Jeff (Nov–Dec 2009). "Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in climate change were pigs, chickens and cows?". Worldwatch Magazine. Worldwatch Institute. pp. 10–19. S2CID 27218645.
^"What if the key actors in climate change are...cows, pigs, and chickens?" (PDF). A Well-Fed World. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
^Poore, J.; Nemecek, T. (June 1, 2018). "Reducing food's environmental impacts through producers and consumers". Science. 360 (6392): 987–992. Bibcode:2018Sci...360..987P. doi:10.1126/science.aaq0216. PMID 29853680.
Works citededit
IPCC AR4 WG1 (2007), Solomon, S.; Qin, D.; Manning, M.; Chen, Z.; Marquis, M.; Avery, K.B.; Tignor, M.; Miller, H.L. (eds.), Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, ISBN978-0-521-88009-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (pb: 978-0-521-70596-7).
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Cowspiracy The Sustainability Secret is a 2014 American documentary film produced and directed by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn The film explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment examining such environmental concerns as climate change water use deforestation and ocean dead zones and investigates the policies of several environmental organizations on the issue Cowspiracy The Sustainability SecretPromotional release posterDirected byKip AndersenKeegan KuhnProduced byKip AndersenKeegan KuhnStarringKip AndersenHoward LymanRichard OppenlanderMichael PollanMichael KlaperWill TuttleWill PotterCinematographyKeegan KuhnEdited byKip AndersenKeegan KuhnProductioncompaniesAppian WayA U M FilmsFirst Spark MediaRelease dateJune 26 2014 2014 06 26 Los Angeles Running time91 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 117 092 The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival 1 and the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l environnement 2 Cowspiracy has been criticized for asserting that animal agriculture is the primary source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental destruction 3 with other sources assessing the impact as being less than is stated in the film 4 Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Production 3 Featured individuals 4 Reception 4 1 Criticisms 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Works cited 7 External linksSynopsis editThe documentary was directed by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn and 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 Oceana 5 6 7 8 Production editThe 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 9 10 Screenings are licensed through the distributor as well as through the now defunct Tugg Inc website 11 An updated version of the documentary executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio premiered globally on Netflix on September 15 2015 12 The 2017 documentary What the Health was written produced and directed by the same production team Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn as Cowspiracy 13 Featured individuals edit nbsp Co producer director Keegan Kuhn speaks at the Cowspiracy conference in Berkeley September 2016 The following individuals were featured in the film Michael Klaper physician author advisor Howard Lyman former rancher author activist lauren Ornelas Food Empowerment Project Michael Pollan author lecturer William Potter journalist Kirk R Smith environmental health sciences Josh Tetrick founder of Hampton Creek John Jeavons biointensive agriculture advocate Reception editCowspiracy won the Audience Choice Award at the 2015 South African Eco Film Festival 1 as well as the Best Foreign Film Award at the 12th annual Festival de films de Portneuf sur l environnement 2 It was also nominated for Cinema Politica s 2015 Audience Choice Award 14 Criticisms edit This section possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed October 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Cowspiracy has been criticized for claiming that animal agriculture is the primary source of greenhouse gases 3 Scientific reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have consistently reached the consensus that the leading cause of anthropogenic warming is the combustion of fossil fuels accounting for about two thirds of emissions not animal agriculture 15 16 Doug Boucher reviewing the film for the Union of Concerned Scientists blog disputed the film s assertion that 51 of global greenhouse gases are caused by animal agriculture 4 17 He described the 51 figure as being sourced from a 2009 Worldwatch Institute report by Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang 18 19 not from a peer reviewed scientific paper He claimed to have observed methodological flaws in Goodland and Anhang s logic and said that the scientific community formed a consensus that global warming is primarily caused by humanity s burning of fossil fuels 4 He stated that the scientific consensus is that livestock contribute 15 of global greenhouse gas emissions far lower than the 51 stated by the film and the source article 4 A 2018 peer reviewed meta analysis found that a no animal products scenario would deliver a 28 reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors of the economy 20 See also editEating Our Way to Extinction Environmental impact of meat production List of vegan media Livestock s Long Shadow Intensive animal farming Racing Extinction Holocene extinction The Sixth Extinction Seaspiracy VeganismReferences edit a b Cowspiracy Wins Audience Choice Award The South African Eco Film Festival April 9 2015 Archived from the original on April 16 2015 Retrieved April 9 2015 a b Le FFPE recompense les films gagnants de la 12e edition Festival de films de Portneuf sur l environnement April 27 2015 Archived from the original on May 29 2015 Retrieved April 28 2015 a b Blundell Nicholas A Critique of Cowspiracy The Sustainability Secret Retrieved February 1 2022 a b c d Boucher Doug June 10 2016 Movie Review There s a Vast Cowspiracy about Climate Change The Equation blog Union of Concerned Scientists Retrieved June 12 2016 Kanner Ellen August 4 2014 Meatless Monday Cowspiracy The One Thing No One Talks About Huffington Post Retrieved October 9 2014 Animal Agriculture A Neglected Agent of Global Warming Archived 2017 02 23 at the Wayback Machine 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 Cowspiracy Village February 19 2015 Archived from the original on February 24 2015 Retrieved March 4 2015 Burgers Are Ending the World Says Cowspiracy SF Weekly June 25 2014 Archived from the original on March 11 2015 Retrieved March 4 2015 Cowspiracy IndieGoGo campaign page Alison Homewood Beware Cowspiracy and the spread of the vegan virus New Internationalist New Internationalist Cowspiracy The Sustainability Secret Tugg Inc Archived from the original on 2017 02 20 Retrieved 2014 10 09 Exclusive Interview With Directors Of Cowspiracy The Sustainability Secret On Netflix A Controversial New Documentary Decider August 27 2015 Retrieved August 28 2015 Jackie Day January 23 2016 Cowspiracy Film Makers Announce NEW film What the Health My Vegan Journal Vote for the 2015 Audience Choice Award Cinema Politica April 6 2016 Archived from the original on April 21 2016 Retrieved April 24 2016 Solomon S et al TS 2 1 1 Changes in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Methane and Nitrous Oxide Technical Summary archived from the original on October 15 2012 retrieved August 18 2012 in IPCC AR4 WG1 2007 AR6 Climate Change 2021 The Physical Science Basis www ipcc ch Retrieved February 1 2022 Herrero Mario Wirsenius Stefan Henderson Benjamin Rigolot Cyrille Thornton Philip Havlik Petr de Boer Imke Gerber Pierre November 2015 Livestock and the Environment What Have We Learned in the Past Decade Annual Review of Environment and Resources 40 177 202 doi 10 1146 annurev environ 031113 093503 Goodland Robert Anhang Jeff Nov Dec 2009 Livestock and Climate Change What if the key actors in climate change were pigs chickens and cows Worldwatch Magazine Worldwatch Institute pp 10 19 S2CID 27218645 What if the key actors in climate change are cows pigs and chickens PDF A Well Fed World Retrieved 2023 01 16 Poore J Nemecek T June 1 2018 Reducing food s environmental impacts through producers and consumers Science 360 6392 987 992 Bibcode 2018Sci 360 987P doi 10 1126 science aaq0216 PMID 29853680 Works cited edit IPCC AR4 WG1 2007 Solomon S Qin D Manning M Chen Z Marquis M Avery K B Tignor M Miller H L eds Climate Change 2007 The Physical Science Basis Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 88009 1 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link pb 978 0 521 70596 7 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Cowspiracy Official website Cowspiracy infographic Cowspiracy at IMDb nbsp Cowspiracy at Rotten Tomatoes Cowspiracy on Netflix nbsp Portals nbsp Food nbsp Global warming nbsp Film nbsp United States Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cowspiracy amp oldid 1216766852, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
