PRESS STATEMENT
27 October 2009
Statement following Lord Stern comments
on climate change and meat consumption.
In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat
is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It
puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet
is better.” He predicted that people’s attitudes would evolve
until meat eating became unacceptable. “I think it’s important
that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they
are eating,”
Annette Pinner, Chief Executive for the Vegetarian Society, welcomed
Lord Stern’s remarks. “What we choose to eat is one of the
biggest factors in our personal impact on the environment,” she
said. “The single most damaging foodstuff is beef and all non-vegetarian
diets required significantly greater amounts of environmental resources,
such as land and water. One of the best choices you can make for the
planet is to reduce the amount of meat in your diet.”
To find out more about Why It’s Green to Go Vegetarian visit www.vegsoc.org/environment or call the Vegetarian Society, an educational charity, on 0161 925 2000
for a free copy of its environmental booklet.
To read the original article visit The Times at
· http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6891362.ece
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