Trying to be vegan for a month in January or longer could and will make a change to the climate crisis, resulting in a better life and saving the world. Many people of any age are scared to try new things and yet they end up loving it as they get used to it and it can benefit them and others just like trying to be vegan. I agree with Salas when she points out the facts related to the climate crisis is getting worse due to human activities and we can be a part of this change.

The message of the “Will Veganuary Really Help the Climate Crisis?”, by Camila Aguero-Salas, a senior high school student who is vegan herself, is to educate and promote the idea of becoming vegan for a month and how it can benefit us and the planet. The context behind this whole opinion piece of “ Will Veganuary Really Help the Climate Crisis?” it is just by searching up “climate crisis” you begin to see articles even from a few hours ago stating the effects of climate change happening throughout the world and needs to be stopped before it worsens. It’s heartbreaking to see that this is getting worse and worse everyday when there is a problem that can be  solved. 

Aguero-Salas proposes the idea of helping to be a part of solving this climate crisis by becoming vegan by using data of how many animals die, how many are used for food production. The use of statistics spread through the opinion piece lets us, the audience, see the place of truth and I was introduced to a perspective of roughly how little vegans there are which is why the climate crisis is so high. As people see this information it can show how it really will further affect us in the future. 

The choices Salas makes is with punctuation she uses periods all throughout the article but until the very end in a question questioning, “…is there any meaningful change really perfect?”. This is smart play since it would leave the audience with the only question through the whole article in their minds. She attempts to persuade them that the climate crisis needs to be resolved and shows them how it can partly be resolved by being vegan. 

The thought process Aguero-Salas brings out the emotional aspect of people who eat meat because of  culture gives more insight into an alternative which is smart and helpful in convincing her audience even more. Stating, “…there are plenty of alternatives and substitutes that can allow for people to still engage in their culture through food, and to appreciate it more.” When I’m baking a cake and don’t have butter I use avocado oil and it still tastes just the same if I were to use butter so I support this statement. 

Salas addresses an audience consisting of people of any age that want to help or educate themselves about preventing further climate crises by trying to be vegan for a month. The perspective I’m seeing as the audience is to become a vegan not only for the support to stop animal cruelty but to save the planet one step at a time. Her tone is compassionate and optimistic with the current situation of seriousness of the climate crisis bringing me to want to try to become vegan. 

 Veganury could and will make a difference in the climate issue as more people join in on the idea of helping the planet. The little things as the way we eat is viable enough to prevent more of the climate crisis happening. I believe this opinion article, siding with the side of becoming a vegan will help prevent the climate crisis, is great enough for me to want to be a part of the change.