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F2 Change-Makers: Emma, Andrew, Chloe, and Matthew
Our Sustainability Challenge...
Environmentally-friendly eating
Our Sustainability campaign aims to reduce food waste and promote veganism.
Our Sustainability campaign aims to reduce food waste and promote veganism.
Meat is bad for the environment, and we would like to encourage individuals to avoid meat if possible.
Our Moral Imperative...
Our Moral Imperative...
Encourage individuals to avoid eating meat, if it is possible.
Our Campaign serves/benefits the UTS community by...
Our Campaign serves/benefits the UTS community by...
Protects the environment.
The Sustainable Development Goal(s) our campaign addresses...
The Sustainable Development Goal(s) our campaign addresses...
12- Responsible Consumption And Production
13 - Climate Action
15- Life on Land
Events or Activities that you'd like to engage the UTS community in?
Events or Activities that you'd like to engage the UTS community in?
Eat vegan or vegetarian options whenever possible; a fun challenge is to engage in Meatless Mondays, where every Monday you try a plant-based meal for lunch.
Awareness
Awareness
We're going to create posters to hang around the school.
Meatless Mondays
Meatless Mondays
We're trying to organize Meatless Mondays - an event where students show their support by packing a lunch without meat. Unfortunately, this won't happen because it is unfair to give rewards to individuals who don't bring meat because some people can't bring a vegan lunch.
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More Vegan Options
More Vegan Options
We've emailed the Hot Lunch Catering service about adding more vegan options, and unfortunately, this won't happen because they never responded to our email. If we had a second chance to do this, we would ask Mr. Chalmers to send an email, since it is likelier they would respond to Mr. Chalmers.
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The Harms of Eating Meat
The Harms of Eating Meat
Below is some information about how this problem is manifesting in the world, and some real-world examples.
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Deforestation
Deforestation
The main causes of deforestation are for farmland. This is because in order to make space for farm animals, farms cut down trees in an unsustainable fashion, which kills the habitats of many animals. Eating meat directly increases the demand for meat, which incentivizes farmers to cut down more forests.
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Water Use
Water Use
A single kilogram of Canadian beef takes almost 16,000 liters water to produce. This is a huge amount of water, considering how this water could have been given to individuals without easy access to water. If people cut back on meat, we would save millions of liters of water.
Beef Research. "How Much Water Is Used To Make A Pound Of Beef?" Beef Cattle Research Council, 2019, p. 1. https://www.beefresearch.ca/blog/cattle-feed-water-use/
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Climate Change
Climate Change
In a year, a cow will release 220 pounds of methane. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 28 times more powerful to heat our atmosphere than carbon dioxide. When we eat meat, we are increasing the effects of climate change, which is harming the lives of everyone that lives on this planet.
Quinton, Amy. "Cows and Climate Change." UC Davis, 2019. https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/making-cattle-more-sustainable
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