Farming and slaughtering animals is now recognised as a significant contributor to today’s greatest environmental problems.

Designating one day a week as Meat-Free is a simple action that each of us can take to reduce our contribution to climate change, ensure that we, and the planet we live on, have a future…So join us this Monday 6pm at our Community Resource Centre.

Sir Paul McCartney has followed in the footsteps of the world’s leading climate scientist by calling on people to go meat-free one day a week and cut carbon emissions.

“I think many of us feel helpless in the face of environmental challenges, and it can be hard to know how to sort through the advice about what we can do to make a meaningful contribution to a cleaner, more sustainable, healthier world,” said McCartney. “Having one designated meat free day a week is actually a meaningful change that everyone can make, that goes to the heart of several important political, environmental and ethical issues all at once.”

Reducing meat consumption didn’t just slow climate change, he said, but would help to fight global hunger and improve the welfare of animals.

Last year the world’s leading authority on climate change, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, told the Observer that going meat-free once a week was the “most attractive” way for individuals to reduce emissions. Earlier this year The Guardian revealed that hospitals in the NHS were taking meat off menus as part of a strategy to cut greenhouse gas emissions, while just last month the Belgian town of Ghent announced plans to make every Thursday a meat-free day.

The links between meat and climate change have been well-known for several years. A UN study in 2006 showed that the livestock industry was responsible for a staggering 18% of man’s global greenhouse gas emissions, partly because of deforestation in the Amazon.

PAWS wishes to support McCartney’s meat-free mission by hosting a Meat Free Monday in the Ciry of Perth every Monday. The ongoing campaign hopes in future to measure the number of people switching to meat-free Mondays and reducing CO2 emissions.

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