Global Warming, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, starvation in developing countries, loss of natural resources and water and air pollution are the most prominent environmental concerns today. All of these problems are contributed to by the consumption of meat and dairy products.


Ditching meat and dairy is one of the most effective things you can do to help the planet. Vegans have smaller carbon footprints than meat-eaters. Going vegan for a year is 20 per cent more effective in reducing global warming emissions than taking five ‘green’ steps put together – recycling, not using a tumble dryer, driving sensibly, taking showers instead of baths and using low energy light bulbs.


FACTS:
- 1/3 of the worlds grain goes to feeding farmed animals.
- 70% of the Amazon rainforest is now used for grazing 'food' animals, almost the other 30% is used for growing soya as fodder.
- A beef steer will consume 17kg of vegetable protein to produce 1kg of meat.
- We have already lost 27% of our biodiversity, and by 2050 this figure will have risen to 38%!