Meat Free Monday Campaign

“Meat Free Monday” – Small Step to Heal the Planet.

You think your choice between a serving of grains and a piece of succulent steak to have for lunch has only to do with you and your body? Of course you have a personal right to decide what meal is best for you, but you also have right to know the truth, the truth about the cost to nature of that steak getting to your table. If you are concerned about the state of nature and its future and want to do something with it you are not alone there is a growing group of people who are passionate about the issue. “Meat Free Monday” is a social movement lead by Paul McCartney which declares there is a strong link between the problems of nature and people eating too much meat every day: if each person for at least one day per week agreed not to eat meat it would be a sizeable help to the environment. Such campaigns as “Meat Free Monday” standing up for people’s cut in meat consumption once a week are effective and make a meaningful contribution to improving our natural environment. It concerns everyone’s future, the condition of the world that would be left to our children, grand children, and future generations. Joining one single campaign is a small step that each person is capable of making with the aim of reducing negative impacts of our age and giving the planet a chance to heal itself.

The main argument of the “Meat Free Monday” campaign is based on recent studies by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that reveal striking results: what many people claim to be one of the major air pollutants, transport has in fact less harmful impact on environment than overall effluence from meat production. FAO has calculated that direct emissions from production of meat make up about 18 percent of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions while transport, by contrast, accounts for just 13 percent of humankind's greenhouse gas footprint, according to the IPCC (FAO). Hence, as it turns out consuming meat is worse for...