Be a vegetarian (Don't eat meat)
This User Created Action was created by user_542. Last comment by user_962 on 3 Jan 2011:| Living in Colorado, this would HUGELY increase my carbon footprint. A vegetarian diet simply cannot be a low-carbon diet in a region that cannot gr... |
Description
Be a vegetarian (don't eat meat). It's good for your health, the environment, the animals, and your wallet.Tags
- food
- health
- other
- vegetarian
Assumptions We Made
The official handbook for the Live Earth concerts says that "refusing meat" is the "single most effective thing you can do to reduce your carbon footprint (http://www.goveg.com/environment-globalWarming.asp). Being a vegetarian can reduce your carbon emissions by 3,530 lbs/year (http://creativecitizen.com/solutions/849-Don-t-Eat-Meat-Become-A-Vegetarian-). Money savings are enormous -- cheaper food and less medical bills (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/GoVegetarianToSaveMoney.aspx?vv=450)Impacts
Initial Impacts
Each time you carry out this action, the immediate impacts are:
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Ongoing Impacts
Some actions also have additional impact over time. For this action, these are:
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Potential Annual Impact
We assume that this action will be carried out daily (about 365 times a year). In this case, in a year you could save:- Unknown
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