Vegetarianism?!

This may shock you, and at first it shocked me too, but eating meat is basically bad for the environment. When I first learned this I was just about ready to give up on this whole "green" thing once and for all. Those who are closest to me know that I am a carnivore of the worst kind at heart.

Since I was little, I have fasted for two weeks of the year, for religious reasons. This means I couldn't eat any meat or eggs. The first couple days were always fine but as the third approached I was craving meat. Meat would become all I could think of and I would see it everywhere. I couldn't get full without it. It felt like I was suffering, although I was definitely far from it. So am I supposed to give up meat now and feel like that everyday?


Why give up meat? In a nutshell, the world is starting to eat more and more meat at a rapidly increasing rate. In order to keep up with the growing demand, the method of meat production has harmful consequences on the environment. The food produced to feed these animals as well as the gas produced from their umm..flatulence and manure are responsible for almost 20% of the emissions contributing to global warming! Beef production being the worst of all.

As a result, I have started to eat less meat. I cannot give it up entirely, at least not right now. However, if everyone reduced the amount of meat that we eat, that would help greatly. Some ways to ease into this are to make one night a week a vegetarian night. You can also try to eat meat at only one meal per day. My goal is to only eat meat on only 2-3 days a week. I would also like to know where the meat is coming from. Local, farm raised, grass-fed, etc. would be the ideal, but eating out can make this very difficult. I think this is a step in the right direction. I haven't eaten any meat so far this week. And no, it has not been easy. As I mentioned earlier, it is hard for me to feel full without it, but hopefully after awhile my body will begin to adapt to this. But for right now, the empty feeling in my stomach that keeps me awake at night is hard to ignore. Maybe you will try it with me though? Every little bit helps.