Thursday, July 21

The impact of going meatless for just one day

Going meat free just one day a week has a larger impact on the environment then most people realize.
 
If you eat one less burger a week, it's like taking your car off the road for 320 miles.

If a four-person family skips meat and cheese one day a week, it's like taking your car off the road for five weeks -- or reducing everyone's daily showers by 3 minutes.

If a four-person family skips steak once a week, it's like taking a car off the road for nearly three months.

If everyone in the U.S. ate no meat or cheese just one day a week, it would be like not driving 91 billion miles -- or taking 7.6 million cars off the road.

Its not too much to do, especially with so many great vegetarian and vegan options on the market these days.  Its just one day, can't kill you to try it.

1 comment:

  1. I wish we had better vegetarian options here like you guys but still have been meatless for a while now! I do eat cheese and fish though :/

    I get milk and eggs from organic farms where the animals aren't stuck in some horrible cage and stuffed with feed made from their own kind!! Have even bought the local cheese like so as well. Haven't found other cheeses that are free range / organic but have seen a vegetarian version.

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