http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2009/06/02/belgian-city-makes-thursday-veggie-day/ Global environmental challenges Wed, 22 May 2013 01:40:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2009/06/02/belgian-city-makes-thursday-veggie-day/comment-page-1/#comment-339690 Venkatesh Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:02:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=13053#comment-339690 Appreciate the great work. This is called unity. Appreciate the great work. This is called unity.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2009/06/02/belgian-city-makes-thursday-veggie-day/comment-page-1/#comment-339678 Ashwini Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:55:27 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=13053#comment-339678 It is quite fascinating to see an entire city mobilizing to take the lead in this movement to cut meat consumption for the benefit of the environment as well as personal health. This philosophy, of reducing meat consumption in order to reduce the risk of preventable diseases and our carbon footprint, is one that Meatless Monday, a nonprofit campaign with Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health, encourages. The history and science of this campaign is encapsulated by the Meatless Monday Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpnKeYmR1NM. It is quite fascinating to see an entire city mobilizing to take the lead in this movement to cut meat consumption for the benefit of the environment as well as personal health. This philosophy, of reducing meat consumption in order to reduce the risk of preventable diseases and our carbon footprint, is one that Meatless Monday, a nonprofit campaign with Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, encourages. The history and science of this campaign is encapsulated by the Meatless Monday Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpnKeYmR1 NM.

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