Be "Meatless in May" to Help Fight Global Warming
Your Daily Thread and Chelsea Green have partnered up to raise awareness about the beef with meat. The raising of livestock, specifically the factory farming of animals, is a major contributor of green house gases that pollute our planet. The raising of these animals creates 18% of global greenhouse gases, more than all of the world's cars and SUVS combined.
During the month of May we'll be cutting meat out of our diets and highlighting the environmental effects that meat production takes on our planet. Each of us who choses to go "meatless" will individually keep up to 420 lbs of carbon emissions out of the air.
Help our movement. Take the pledge at our "Meatless in May" Facebook page and show how you can make a difference.
The rules are simple for this campaign -- "meatless" means no animals (including fish). Eggs and dairy are okay.
Be sure to visit Your Daily Thread and Chelsea Green all month long for tips on living meat free, giveaways and interesting debates on how we can reduce our carbon footprint.
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How is an egg not meat?
In the quotes, I assume it was a tofu scramble.
An egg is:
"the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species."
Meat is:
"the flesh of animals as used for food."
Meatless May 1st Sunday Brunch
Green Tea w/Fresh Jasmine Blossoms
Apple, Carrot, Beet Ginger Juice
Brasilian Banana's in Cinnamon Brown Sugar Glaze
Coconut Scones
brb
Oh, wow. The bananas sound delicious!
I had friends over for a vegan brunch, too. :) French toast, pancakes, Gimme Lean sausage, cookies, vegan "chorizo and eggs," and diner potatoes.
Yummy...the dishes beckon me ;-(
As delicious as that photo of veggies looks, it would even be better with some big juicy chunks of kielbasa -- yumm!
Blocked Vegan ;-)
Animal products should be the exception not the rule.
"A diet heavy on meat is not only unhealthy, it is also immoral: It indulges a personal fancy at the expense of depleting resources essential to feed the entire human population.
"The Chaos Point: The World at the Crossroads" by Ervin Laszlo
Well, not completely meatless. I have been eating less meat for almost one year and I have managed to lose quite a few pounds. My body chemistry has changed quite a bit. I eat more complex carbohydrates and vegetables in place of meat, as a matter of fact, I find that I eat more in general. My body temperature used to be a little on the cold side and now I find myself feeling quite warm most of the time. It is getting to the point that I am looking for a colder climate to live in so I can be more comfortable. I don't eat a lot of fried foods. Broiling, poaching, grilling, sauteing, steaming, and boiling are the way to go. I prefer fruits to candy.
"Meatless in May, Embrace a Solution to Pollution" : =)
MEATLESS IN MAY, UNLEASH THE VEGAN IN YOU!
I don’t understand the fish issue. I have no problem going meatless although I love meat, I don’t understand why I have to give up fish too? By going veggie, I am contributing to the use of fossil fuels because our ground is still frozen and there are no vegetables grown within hundreds of miles from where I live. I can get fresh fish from locals but not vegetables so please explain how going only veggie will help. I think it is too restrictive and you will lose many who would join in.
What do you think the cattle & other livestock in your area eat? They eat trucked-in grains and vegetables. If you eat these foods directly, rather than feeding massive amounts of grains to animals and then eating these animals, you're actually reducing the amount of fossil fuels needed to get food on your family.
Meatless May Vegan Month
"Meatless in May"; I like that part of the headline the other part needs to be dropped...
"....fight global warming, really?"
THINK DIFFERENTLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9GTUMh490
USA TODAY, april 2007
"The growth of factory farms, their proximity to congested cities in the developing world, and the globalized poultry trade all are culprits behind the spread of avian flu, while livestock wastes damage the climate at a rate that surpasses emissions from cars and SUVs, according to the findings on avian flu and meat production from a report released by the Worldwatch Institute, Washington, D.C."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1272/is_2743_135/ai_n19039005/
just one of thousands of articles, some more current with reference to swine flu as well.
there are current articles, by the way, linking this particular swine flu outbreak to avian & regular flu as far as its genetic makeup is concerned.
Thank you.
May I state my point a bit clearer regarding the headline: "Meatless in May"; that works the other part is old paradigm linguistics; NLP, though controversial some studies are worth looking into, especially in regards to mass media communication ;-)
"...fighting global warming", how about simply EMBRACING global warming?
Fish don't necessarily contribute to greenhouse gasses in the way that cattle do, but fish farming is highly toxic. Wild-caught fish is depleting global fish populations, and the sea animals depend on these populations for survival.
We NEVER buy farm raised fish, nor do we eat the endanered fish. I understand your point, but my question remains why not recommend decreasing dairy consumption as dairy cows belch methane just as much a meat cows.
I was a little surprised at fish too. Don't know if I can give up fish and meat but I can sub soy milk which is really good.
I've seen enough footage of factory farms to sicken me and I can't afford organic all the time, so I will give this a shot during May.
Let's see an update June 1st, ok? Great idea!!!
Avoiding endangered fish still doesn't help the overfishing problem. Non-endangered species are declining, too, and the sea animals still need these species for survival. Humans don't.
We have cut way back on meat consumption for several months now and I would love to do more. I do not get the recommendation not to cut back on dairy though, from a green house gas point of view, dairy cows belch just as much as meat cattle. And how to fish contribute to green house gases. The best thing is eating locally and we are lucky enough to have local and great access to salmon, cant cut that out yet!!
Right on sister! Your girls rock!
Another site with good vegetarian resources is HealthyHighways.com.
Don't eat meat forever, it'll be better for you and the planet. Drink more home-made organic fruit smoothie for better health!
You want to worship the Moon? Okay with me! You want to NOT eat meat in May? Okay with me? Me? I'm going out for a hamburger and it's May 1st!
Blocked Vegan.
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