Earth Day is Every Day
Earth Day is every day - This is what I tell my Environmental Science students. Still, it is great to see groups of people stepping up on Earth Day 2023 to spread awareness, host cleanups, and hold zero waste events; I even saw a reduce, reuse, recycle free-sale in my neighborhood. It still always surprises me how little people know about how our diet affects Earth. In fact, the International Panel on Climate Change has found that 1/3 of all greenhouse gasses are due to the food we consume and animal-based foods are associated with the highest greenhouse gas emissions. You can read all about that here: Food and Climate Change
I am not advocating for everyone who reads this and cares about climate change to immediately trade in your beef for beans - I'm just hoping you will consider adding one or two plant-based meals a week. Your body with thank you, the animals will thank you, and the Earth will thank you.
