People needs to eat less meat to help the planet. We all know the link between factory farming and greenhouse gas emissions, about the cruelty inherent in industrial agriculture, about the wasted resources and the damaged ecosystems that result when meat is produced on a vast scale. There is growing social pressure to go vegetarian for environmental reasons. Some people take the plunge, cutting meat out of their diets completely, but there are many who cannot make such a drastic change. Feeling guilty for lacking the determination, desire, or means to eliminate meat altogether It's time for us to consider something other than all or nothing approach to meat-eating.
Where you either eat meat or you don’t, and there’s no
middle ground in which to explore other ways of thinking about food. This vegetarian
or non-vegetarian way of discussing dietary choices makes the situation worse
because it discourages people from taking smaller steps that could still
benefit the planet. Any incremental progress is better than none, we can start
with eating less meat as making the most sense in a world where meat still
reigns, defining holidays and cultural traditions and appealing to people’s
palates in reality. Reducing meat consumption should bring all concerned
individuals together, instead of pitting us against each other. We can start committed to eating less meat -
red meat, poultry, and seafood - as well as less dairy and fewer eggs,
regardless of the degree of individual’s motivation. This concept is appealing
and practical because not everyone is willing to follow 100% vegetarian diet. We
need to start this pathway toward less destructive consumption patterns and a
gateway to 100% vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.
We can adopt a
semi-vegetarian diet with the occasional inclusion of meat. We can be weekday
vegetarians, eat vegetables from Monday to Friday and cheat on weekends. When
we are ready take it to the next level we can swap weekend meat with sustainably
harvested fish. And it's okay to break it here and there sometimes. After all,
cutting five days a week can cut 70 percent of weekly meat intake and
individual footprint’s getting smaller. Not to mention that we can better about
the animals and save money. Best of all, we can maintain our body weight and
we’ll be healthier. So for our health, for our finance, for the environment,
for the animals, we should start practicing weekday vegetarian diet. After all,
if all of us ate half as much meat, it would be like half of us were
vegetarians and can make a huge difference.
Source- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/18/vegetarianism-save-planet-
environment
Image Source- http://www.vegan-magazine.com/2017/04/10/go-vegan-save-the-planet/
Source- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/18/vegetarianism-save-planet-
environment
Image Source- http://www.vegan-magazine.com/2017/04/10/go-vegan-save-the-planet/
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