Sir Paul McCartney legendary musician, environmental activist and longtime vegetarian Founder of meat free Mondays has humbly requested the world to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle one day a week. Sir Paul McCartney believes even having one meat-free day per week would help to reduce pollution and greenhouse gases, alleviate global hunger, improve human health and increase the ethical treatment of animals. Joining McCartney for the announcement are his daughters, Mary and Stella McCartney, John Lennon widow Yoko Ono, and a host of other celebrities. 

Other celebrities have jumped on the bandwagon, including Chris Martin, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ricky Gervais, Sir Richard Branson and Sheryl Crow, as well as chefs such as Spago’s Wolfgang Puck and Tal Ronnen (the chef behind Oprah Winfrey’s 21-day Cleanse).

In Australia, the movement is relatively new but is already having an effect on the health sector, says Aloysa Hourigan, senior nutritionist with Nutrition Australia.

“At the moment the Australian dietary guidelines are being reviewed and they’re going to focus on the environment and sustainability as well as on food,” she says.

Why have a Meat Free Monday?

Meat Free Mondays is all about helping people to have one day a week free of meat, but this does not necessarily have to be a Monday!!

PAWS Cafe is not just for vegetarians/vegans, it is for people who want to experiment with flavours and vegetables and discover that they can create exciting colourful meals without always relying on meat.

Eating more vegetables is not only great for your health but also good for the planet too! UN’s top climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri states that “People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming. UN figures suggest that meat production puts more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than transport.”

The World Land Trust, an international conservation organisation that takes direct action to save threatened wildlife areas around the world, are supporting Goodlife in their Meat Free Monday’s campaign.

World Land Trust, whose patron is Sir David Attenborough, are helping to combat global warming by conserving endangered rainforests around the world by raising funds for their local partner to purchase threatened land and protect it as permanent nature reserves. The trees on these reserves lock up carbon which would otherwise have been released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, contributing to climate change. The reserves also protect all the wildlife that depend on these rainforest habitats for their survival. You can help! ‘Buy’ acres with the World Land Trust.

Tying in with our food relief and holistic living programs, PAWS offers cheap and healthy cruelty free meals on 7 days a week evenings, 11am – 8pm. Our Meat Free Mondays in WA have been continuing for a few years and have amassed a volume of regular attendees along with a reputation for providing quality food as well as a pleasant atmosphere.

PAWS invites everyone to join us for an evening meal at our Meat free Mondays. There is no criteria to join us as it is the intent of PAWS to demonstrate and build a healthy community by providing food in a respectful and dignified manner to anyone who walks through the door. This is coupled with causing no harm to any living entity in the process being in mind, word or deed.