World Vegan Day

November is World Vegan Month!

There are many benefits in adopting more of a plant based diet and limiting our meat intake.

The impact of the western world’s overconsumption of meat in our diet is one of the biggest drivers of climate change, health problems, deforestation and inequality.

There has been a rapid increase of demand (and also our waistlines) for meat products over the last 40 years.

This trend will continue to contribute to global warming, widespread pollution, deforestation, land degradation, water scarcity and species extinction. More animals mean more crops are needed to feed them: the planet cannot feed both increasing human and farmed animal populations, especially when there will be between 2-4 billion more human mouths to feed by 2050.

If we are trying to reduce our car use, limit the amount of water we waste, become more ‘energy-efficient’ and generally lessen our environmental impact, we must also examine the most important factor of our personal ecological footprint: what we eat.

Throughout November we will be putting up tips on how to reduce your animal product in take and the benefits your choices can have.