Dear
friends,
56 BILLION animals are crammed into filthy,
windowless cages and slaughtered every year to feed our
meat addiction.
It’s truly horrible, and it may take
years to shut down these disgusting factory farms,
but
there's one thing we can all do today that could
accelerate their end:
eat less meat. Avaaz is
46-million-strong and global. If we each
pledge to go
meat-free just one day a week, even if we are already
vegetarian or vegan, then invite our friends, celebrities, and
companies to join, we could help build the
largest global
pledge ever!Let's send a signal to industrial meat
producers that their days are numbered, and begin to turn the
tide on this cruelty.
Count me in to cut back on meat!
I’m already vegetarian/vegan, or I already cut back!Our
meat consumption isn't just fueling mass animal torture, it's
killing our planet!
Livestock contributes more to global
warming than all cars, planes, and buses worldwide, and
75% of all our agricultural land is devoted to crops for
livestock feed. It's gotten out of hand!
We don’t all
have to become vegetarian overnight, but
experts say
cutting back on meat is the single best thing we can do to
stop planetary catastrophe. Momentum is already
building, but if we supercharge a global pledge now, our
movement from India, to Brazil, to the United States has
unique potential to spark a worldwide trend to radically
reduce demand for meat, and eventually shut down these
revolting farms. Let’s each
pledge one small step today:
Count me in to cut back on meat!
I’m already vegetarian/vegan, or I already cut back!Many said we could
never stop our fossil fuel addiction, but when enough of us
together started changing our habits, and demanding our
governments took action, the needle moved. Let’s come together
again to stop this cruelty and save our planet,
together.
With love and hope for
2018,
Danny, Allison, Marigona, Nataliya, Lisa
and the entire Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION:
Eating Less Meat Essential to Curb Climate Change,
Says Report (Our World)
https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/eating-less-meat-essential-to-curb-climate-change-says-report 11
Facts About Your Food That Will Shock You (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpellmanrowland/2017/01/03/shocking-food-facts/#74a732761574 The
Road to a Paris Climate Deal (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/climate/2015-paris-climate-talks/will-reducing-meat-in-my-diet-help-the-climate Here’s
how much giving up beef helps — or doesn’t help — the planet
(Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/heres-how-much-giving-up-beef-helps--or-doesnt-help--the-planet/2017/07/20/03bb5ba2-6d60-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html?utm_term=.115bde940c28 If
Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/08/if-everyone-ate-beans-instead-of-beef/535536/ 
