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Eat less meat on Mondays (or any day)

Eating less meat can help stop global warming, or at least slow it down -- because globally, livestock farming is responsible for nearly 20% of the greenhouse gas pollution caused by human activities. That is a full FIFTH of anthropogenic greenhouse gases.

For omnivores accustomed to making meat the centerpiece of a meal, this might be a challenge. So let's pledge to eat less meat at least one day a week, and help each other figure out how to do it deliciously. I'll be blogging about it regularly on the Stop Global Warming blog, in a series called Less-Meat Mondays.

Have a great less-meat recipe that you'd like share with the world? Send me the info and a photo, or a link to where you're blogging it, at emily -AT- change -DOT- org.

Image source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

This is an ongoing pledge that should be fulfilled as often as possible between Oct 20, 2008 and Oct 25, 2010.

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Bryan D. Freehling Lahaska, PA @ 11:12AM PT Aug 27

Help fight world hunger

http://animalrights.change.org/actions/view/help_fight_world_hunger_2#

If you want to stop 1 billion people from going hungry each day; If you want to stop the needless deaths taking place every 3.6 seconds due to starvation then a vegetarian lifestyle is the solution to help solve world hunger. World hunger stems from the inefficient use of resources used for animal agriculture.

Grain currently fed to livestock is enough to feed 2 billion people. Compassion in World Farming, "[c]rops that could be used to feed the hungry are instead being used to fatten animals raised for food." It takes up to 16 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of edible animal flesh.

Indeed, what we eat does affect the world. The consumption of animal meat is responsible for the lack of resources necessary to eradicate world hunger.
Soodle Billy Co.Dublin, Ireland @ 12:59AM PT Aug 22
Pledge fulfilled Aug 22!

And this includes NO FISH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFpPmYS9siQ

I am actually vegan, this was the best choice I made, you can make that choice to... http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/
Just *C* Mosheim, TN @ 08:30AM PT Aug 21
Pledge fulfilled Aug 21!

How timely . . .

My housemates and I recently agreed to go "meatless" at least one day a week!
Alexa Weger Dekalb, IL @ 11:29AM PT Aug 01

My boyfriend and I recently moved into a new apartment, living together for the first time. I went on a recipe-copying rampage for a month before the move and found some great ones that we're going to try and if we like them, learn to make them sustainably. But the meatless pledge is something we've talked about and have decided to give it a go. A great way to do it is ceral for breakfast, a salad for lunch and some sort of pasta dish for dinner. It seems to work best for us. =)
SALLY DIX Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom @ 11:03PM PT Jul 04

This will not be a problem for me. Pledge signed.
Julie Greenspan San Diego, CA @ 06:38AM PT May 14

I grew up not eating meat on Fridays. This is an easy pledge to fill and one that's good for me. I encourage everyone to adopt this practice for selfish as well as global reasons. Mac n Cheese, anyone?
Michael T. Tiedemann Poughkeepsie, NY @ 06:52PM PT May 09

Day 10 of being a "semi-vegetarian" (No red meat, pork, or chicken). I do however still eat fish, but only on Sunday.
Douglas Baer Jacksonville, FL @ 02:17AM PT Apr 10

I have become a "part time vegetarian", so Less Meat Mondays will not be a problem.
Cindy K Belmont, CA @ 08:50PM PT Mar 24

Such a simple way to help sustain the earth!
Adrienne Michetti Hanoi, Viet Nam @ 12:45AM PT Mar 02
Pledge fulfilled Mar 02!

It really doesn't take long before it's habit. Give it a couple of weeks, you'll see how easy it is -- not to mention cheaper! I signed this pledge not long ago and already have felt a difference. I'm not vegetarian, but I'm not a regular meat-eater either, and I feel good about that both for my personal health and the health of the planet.