Meat Free Monday: Can you give up meat for one day a week?
Posted by DavidM in Climate change | 3 March 2010
While there has been a massive focus on greenhouse gas emissions from planes, boats and road traffic, these are overshadowed by the impact of the meat food chain.
Alex Renton's article in The Times last week gave a good overview of the issues that meat-eating creates as well as addressing some of the counter-arguments. A couple of key points he made were that more intensively farmed meat has a higher impact, especially if transported internationally, and that we're slowly eating less meat in the developed world but there is growth in meat consumption in the developing nations.
Alex Renton decided to cut out meat one day a week, which is already the aim of a celebrity campaign. Last year, Paul McCartney launched the Meat Free Monday campaign supported by a host of celebrities, climate scientists and a Belgian town! By cutting out meat one day a week, your consumption will fall by about 15%.
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