I think it is very unclear whether wild insects have positive or negative lives. So I would focus on understanding their experiences, and how to improve them, instead of decreasing or increasing the number of insects. In any case, Ilike your recommendation to donate to the Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) and Wild Animal Initiative (WAI). The Insect Institute may be good too, but I am not familiar with their work.
The Insect Institute may be good too, but I am not familiar with their work.
I have now checked their publications. They seem to be trying to slow down the growth of the insect industry. I think this may be beneficial if farmed insects have negative lives, but harmful if they have positive lives. In any case, the direction of the effect also depends on how farmed insects replace other farmed animals. I believe the Arthropoda Foundation is more robustly beneficial. They focus on improving the conditions of insects, which is beneficial regardless of whether they have positive or negative lives, and how they replace other farmed animals.
Thanks for the post, Matthew! Strongly upvoted.
I think it is very unclear whether wild insects have positive or negative lives. So I would focus on understanding their experiences, and how to improve them, instead of decreasing or increasing the number of insects. In any case, I like your recommendation to donate to the Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) and Wild Animal Initiative (WAI). The Insect Institute may be good too, but I am not familiar with their work.
I have now checked their publications. They seem to be trying to slow down the growth of the insect industry. I think this may be beneficial if farmed insects have negative lives, but harmful if they have positive lives. In any case, the direction of the effect also depends on how farmed insects replace other farmed animals. I believe the Arthropoda Foundation is more robustly beneficial. They focus on improving the conditions of insects, which is beneficial regardless of whether they have positive or negative lives, and how they replace other farmed animals.