Looking to do a little spring cleaning and start off 13S right?
Try joining Dartmouth Animal Welfare Group in cleaning out meat from your diet on Mondays!
Why Monday, you ask?
From an early age we internalize a rhythm of Monday marking the start of
a new week. And studies suggest we are more likely to maintain behaviors
begun on Monday throughout the week. That makes Monday the perfect day
to make a change for your health and the health of our planet.
Why meatless, you ask?
For your health:
-Cutting out meat, even if it’s just once a week, can dramatically
decrease your risk of heart disease by up to 19% according to a Harvard University study.
For the environment:
-The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse
gas emissions that are accelerating
climate change worldwide..... this is more emissions than transportation generates!
needed to produce one calorie of plant-based protein. Moderating meat consumption is a great way to cut fossil fuel demand.
-About
70 percent of all grain
produced in the United States is fed to animals raised for slaughter. The 7 billion livestock animals in the United States
consume five times as much grain as is consumed directly by the American population.
For the animals:
-If all Americans participated in Meatless Monday, more than
a billion animals would be spared from factory farms each year.
-Most livestock for the meat industry is raised on factory farms, where the animals are kept in crates
so small that they cannot even turn around.
-Studies have found that pigs are comparably intelligent to dolphins.
Look for DAWG in Collis lobby starting at 5pm on Mondays for more info on why and how to
go meatless on Mondays
+ sign our Meatless for April pledge! Email us if you want to get updates and ideas!