Meat free Mondays (and vegan Tuesdays)
July 2009
We challenge you to go meat free on Mondays.
Turns out eating meat is one of the most carbon intensive things you can do (the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has worked out that meat is responsible for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions). So the logical thing to do is quit meat on Mondays. The Belgian city of Ghent has given up meat on Thursdays, but that's not aliterative, so we suggest Monday as an alternative. The entire city of Ghent is doing it's bit to combat obesity, cruelty to animals in industrialised farming and climate change. We think you'll agree, that they're all three bad things. If ghent can do it so can you and there's a whole website dedicated to helping you do it.
As with every monthly challenge, we'd like you to get in touch and tell us that your doing it and how you're finding it. What we'd most like to know this month is your favourite veg(an)etarian recipe, send 'em in to .
For the veggies amoungst you, we challenge you to vegan Tuesdays. For the vegans, we challenge you to find a sustainable alternative to soya (and make it readily available). Remember, meat free Mondays aren’t just for the month, they're for life.