Eat less meat on Mondays (or any day)

Eat less meat on Mondays (or any day)

The Issue

Eating less meat can help stop global warming, or at least slow it down -- because globally, livestock farming is responsible for nearly 20% of the greenhouse gas pollution caused by human activities. That is a full FIFTH of anthropogenic greenhouse gases.

For omnivores accustomed to making meat the centerpiece of a meal, this might be a challenge. So let's pledge to eat less meat at least one day a week, and help each other figure out how to do it deliciously. I'll be blogging about it regularly on the Stop Global Warming blog, in a series called Less-Meat Mondays.

Have a great less-meat recipe that you'd like share with the world? Send me the info and a photo, or a link to where you're blogging it, at emily -AT- change -DOT- org.

Image source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Emily GertzPetition StarterI'm a journalist covering the environment, technology, science and sustainability. My work has appeared in Dwell, Grist, Plenty, Popular Mechanics online, Scientific American online, and more. I contributed to <a href='http://Worldchanging.com'>Worldchanging.com</a> for several years and wrote several sections of the book "Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century" (Harry N. Abrams, publisher). I founded and wrote Change.org's "Stop Global Warming" blog for 14 months.
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The Issue

Eating less meat can help stop global warming, or at least slow it down -- because globally, livestock farming is responsible for nearly 20% of the greenhouse gas pollution caused by human activities. That is a full FIFTH of anthropogenic greenhouse gases.

For omnivores accustomed to making meat the centerpiece of a meal, this might be a challenge. So let's pledge to eat less meat at least one day a week, and help each other figure out how to do it deliciously. I'll be blogging about it regularly on the Stop Global Warming blog, in a series called Less-Meat Mondays.

Have a great less-meat recipe that you'd like share with the world? Send me the info and a photo, or a link to where you're blogging it, at emily -AT- change -DOT- org.

Image source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

avatar of the starter
Emily GertzPetition StarterI'm a journalist covering the environment, technology, science and sustainability. My work has appeared in Dwell, Grist, Plenty, Popular Mechanics online, Scientific American online, and more. I contributed to <a href='http://Worldchanging.com'>Worldchanging.com</a> for several years and wrote several sections of the book "Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century" (Harry N. Abrams, publisher). I founded and wrote Change.org's "Stop Global Warming" blog for 14 months.

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Petition created on October 20, 2008