Did you know that farmed animals produce more greenhouse gas emissions (18%) than the world's entire transport system (13.5%)?
Makes you think doesn't it? That was the idea behind the Vegetarian Society's Silent But Deadly campaign, launched in September 2007. The Vegetarian Society created posters, postcards and t-shirts to highlight the campaign, which was a great success.
Here are a few more livestock facts from the Vegetarian Society's fully referenced guide, Why It's Green to Go Vegetarian:
- There are approximately 1.5 billion cattle and 1.7 billion sheep on the planet. A single cow can produce as much as 500 litres of methane per day.
- Methane has 23 times the global warming impact of CO2 and cows and sheep are responsible for 37% of the total methane generated by human activity.
- The animals we rear for meat also account for 64% of all the ammonia that humans impose on our precious atmosphere, significantly contributing to acid rain.
A vegetarian or vegan diet is significantly less harmful to the environment than a carnivorous diet. Cut the meat, cut the emissions.
Silent But Deadly campaign materials
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