San Francisco celebrates meat-free Mondays

[AROCES]

It's high time.

On Tuesday, April 6, San Francisco Supervisors passed a resolution to mark Mondays each week as Meat Free Mondays.

The idea is to underscore the connection between meat eating and climate change.

In 2006, a UN report concluded that the production and eating of meat contributes to climate change:

The report calls the livestock sector a "major player" in affecting climate change through greenhouse-gas production. The FAO found that the ranching and slaughter of cows and other animals generates an estimated 18 percent of total human-induced greenhouse-gas emissions globally.

Greenhouse gases – such as methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide – are linked to global warming.

Livestock emit methane and other greenhouse gasses through excrement and belching. The FAO estimates that cow manure and flatulence generate 30 to 40 percent of total methane emissions from human-influenced activities.

As demand for meat grows, the report explains, so does the need for pasture and cropland, making deforestation an additional concern; currently, according to the report, the livestock sector occupies 30 percent of ice-free land on the planet. Extensive grazing also takes a toll on arable land.

http://www.examiner.com/x-7396-SF-Healthy-Living-Examiner~y2010m4d7-San-Francisco-celebrates-meatfree-Mondays

[Amberlight]

Interesting. I have been a vegetarian for 1 1/2 years. It was a private decision and I do not tell anybody to eat or do not eat meat. If a person is intereted in finding out why I decided to not eat meat, then I will share, but I don't preach or look down on people who do.

I have a problem with this though, just as I would have a problem with "I eat meat day." I think it's devisive and causes an "us versus them" attitude.

Not eating meat for a day is not going to stop global warming or even generate awareness.

[Pseudo Intellectual]

The hippies are at it again...

[ninjadude]

I think someone just woke up from their nap with this article. Meatless mondays have been something millions of people do already. I personally don't believe in it but it's obvious that many follow it.