Meat Free Monday
While reading the latest GOOP newsletter (from Gwyneth Paltrow) I came across an interesting website started by Sir Paul McCartney and his family, called Meat Free Monday. They are encouraging people to eat less meat as a way to reduce our impact on the environment:
Meat Free Monday is an environmental campaign to raise awareness of the climate-changing impact of meat production and consumption. Many people are unaware that livestock production is responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions – that’s more than the entire transport sector.
To build a better world in the future we all need to make changes in our lifestyles now. Not all the changes we have to make are easy; and not all the easy changes we can make are meaningful. But making just one day a week a meat-free day, really is the little thing that can make a big difference. For instance, the group Compassion in World Farming estimates that if the average UK household halved its consumption of meat this would cut more emissions than if car use was cut in half. By making a simple change in the way you eat, you are taking part in a world changing campaign where what’s good for you is also good for the planet.
It’s an interesting idea and I think it shows that by making small changes in our daily lives, we can have a great impact on the environment.
Check out their UK site for more information and how to get involved.
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Why not make one meat day instead of a meat-free day? It would be more appropriate to have an organic roast lamb, for example, on one day of the week and to not eat meat for the rest of the week.
I’m not much of a meat eater so that would work for me but the problem is, most people eat meat most days of the week.
Eating meat only 1 day per week is just not a realistic goal and no regular meat eaters would do it.
I guess the point is to make small, manageable changes which can still have a positive impact on the environment.
Do they really eat meat most days of the week? Come to think of it, I think that is what my dad does, but he is unteachable in these matters.
Well, I think so. Most people I know do, unless they are a vegetarian of course.
So yeah, I couldn’t see most people suddenly switching to eating meat once per week
24% of methane emissions in America come from farm animals such as cows and sheep. Methane is 20x as effective as CO2 at trapping heat in the atmosphere. This plus the emissions from transportation, running the factories, water consumption, etc. Think what a positive impact to the planet it would be if everyone stopped eating meat just one day. Better still, every day! Our planet may still have a chance. Your body will thank you, and so will the animal whose life may have been spared for one more day.
Promote kindness to our earth and all that share it with us.
Yeh, we dont eat meat on Mondays and Thursday for religious reasons as in Hindu we are not suppose to eat meat but now we do.
But I think this is great idea for all .