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Leather Carbon Footprint Is Over 12 Times Larger than that of Vegan Alternatives (veganfta.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/vegan@slrpnk.net

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[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

why not use any of the million natural alternatives?

Care to elucidate us?

[–] ValarieLenin@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

Idk leather is a goated material to protect from roadrash, and you would be hard pressed to find a better fabric insulator than wool. It just breaks our heart that the creatures that evolved to create these miraculous materials are being tortured and murdered for their bodies.