Check out this video on the link between meat and environmental degradation. Why is meat not “green”?

Thanks for stopping by the enVeg site. enVeg is a UF student organization based around a truth that may be hard to swallow: Animal agriculture is harming our planet.

Read about our chalking messages in the Alligator at: http://alligator.org/articles/2009/09/25/news/campus/090925_enveg.txt

The discussion about animal agriculture’s effect on climate ignited recently because of a report from the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization called “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” which revealed that the livestock sector is a major contributor to land degradation, water scarcity and climate change.

In fact, the report revealed, livestock production contributes to a whopping 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than all the world’s transport combined.

That’s why enVeg asks students to reduce their meat consumption in order to help the planet. We set up a table biweekly in the Plaza of the Americas, on what we call “Meatless Mondays,” to ask students to give up meat one day a week in order to minimize their ecological footprint.

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If you read about enVeg in Jared Misner’s story in the Alligator, “School cafeterias serve more vegetarian dishes,” then thanks for stopping by and taking an interest in our organization!

enVeg is a University of Florida student group that educates people about the connection between meat and the environment. Because 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions may be attributed to animal agriculture, we ask students to become “meat reducers” in order to lessen their impact on the planet.

Going all-out vegan or vegetarian is praiseworthy, but we believe every effort makes a difference, hence our Meatless Mondays campaign to encourage people to give up meat just one day a week in order to combat climate change.

We also host monthly potlucks, biweekly meetings and various events throughout the year.

Upcoming activities include:

• An ice cream social at Karma Cream with Gators for a Sustainable Campus

Sep 18

• A question-and-answer forum with animal/environmental activist Bruce Friedrich on Oct 24
• A talk by vegan triathlete Brendan Brazier Oct 28

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Did you see the enVeg manifesto in The Fine Print?

Thanks for coming to the enVeg website! Our mission is to get the word out to students about how animal agriculture accelerates the climate crisis, and encourage others to reduce their meat consumption in order to “go green.”

Here are 3 things you can do that would make us really happy and make a HUGE POSITIVE IMPACT on the planet:

1. Come to our meeting Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 pm in Rinker 106. You can even nominate yourself to run on the board of enVeg next year and help spread this important message about going green by eating veg.

   If you can’t come tonight, we have our next meeting on Wednesday, April 1: same time, same place.

2. Subscribe to our blog updates by email. We will update with important tid bits about the livestock/climate issue, occasional videos, meeting reminders and other things worth knowing. Note: You will receive no more than one email per day, ONLY on days that the blog is updated.
3. Go set up an account in 2 minutes at the enVeg forum and participate. Most importantly, leave a tip or suggestion in the forum on how we can spread the word about the connection between livestock and the environment.

Thanks for stopping by. We hope to see you around. If you want to get in touch with us, click to send us an email.

P.S. Thanks to enVeg publicity coordinator Ellen Martin for pioneering the manifesto.

This story is in the front page of the New York Times today:

As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions

Thanks to Lindsey for pointing it out.