February 2nd, 2018 Industrialized nations must gradually cut their meat consumption in half in order to achieve a sustainable climate, warns a new report from a leading German NGO. The Meat Atlas 2018 report from Friends of the Earth Germany – better known as BUND – also argues that countries must Read more…
June 12th, 2017 Today – Monday 12th June – marks World Meat Free Day. This is an initiative that pushes for everyone to adopt a meat-free diet for 24 hours in an effort to is raise awareness of the need to reduce our meat consumption for our health and the Read more…
The former President Mary Robinson has called to “eat less meat, or no meat at all, become vegetarian or vegan” during negotiations ahead the Paris Agreement on climate change.
July 15th 2016 Ireland’s agriculture and food system needs to substantially change if we are to meet the challenge of climate change, a report into Climate Smart Agriculture has found. Significantly the report has also acknowledged that by changing the food we eat we can significantly reduce carbon emissions. This Read more…
With our growing population and consumption, we hear everywhere that if we continue to consume the way we do we will need more than one planet.
Ireland’s Catholics will be avoiding meat this Friday. But a growing cohort of people are moving away from a high meat diet because of its impact on the planet through the high emissions it generates. In this piece Chaitanya Brady speaks to a number of Irish people who have moved away from meat.
