Veggie Days Globally

Meatless Thursdays in Belgium
‘Day of the Lentil Burghers: Ghent Goes Veggie to Lose Weight and Save Planet’

by Ian Traynor –The Guardian

A story about how Ghent, Belgium became the first city to adopt a weekly veggie day…http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/13/ghent-belgium-vegetarian-day

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Meatless Mondays in USA
‘Campaign Aims To Make Meatless Mondays Hip’ by Allison Aubrey – NPR

How a veteran advertising executive is helping promote a weekly veggie day… http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129025298&sc=fb&cc=fp

‘Meatless Mondays, a movement that has legs’ – The Washington Post

Jane Black | It’s probably no surprise that Sir Paul McCartney, a long-time vegetarian, banned all meat from staff meals on his current world tour. But when Mario Batali starts to push people to eat their vegetables, you know something is happening… http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/18/AR2010051800891.html

Dixie Mahy, President of The San Francisco Vegetarian Society, was pleased to receive a Certificate of Recognition on March 20 from Supervisor Eric Mar and The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recognizing the Society for its support of MEAT OUT Day at its annual Meat Out Luncheon. The idea for the Great American Meat Out is based on The Great American Smoke Out of years ago encouraging smokers to go without smoking one day. “Now we encourage people to go without meat one day in hopes they will kick the ‘meat habit’ and replace it with good food and good health.”

A copy of the Certificate of Recognition for SF Meat Out,
PR Meat Out Letterhead

 

Meatless Mondays in Taiwan

‘Animal rights campaigners cook up a meat-free Monday’ –Taipei Times

Translated by Eddie Chang | Following the lead of famous British singer and former Beatle Paul McCartney, who is promoting the Meat-Free Monday campaign, some local activists are launching a “Meat-Free Monday platform” in Taiwan on Sept. 21…

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2009/09/19/2003453873

 

 

 

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

Backed by celebrities ranging from Chris Martin to Sheryl Crow, McCartney launched his Meat Free Monday campaign asking households to cut out meat on Mondays and slow global warming.

McCartney’s meat-free mission will be supported by several high-profile chefs, including Giorgio Locatelli and Yotam Ottolenghi, who have created vegetarian recipes for the campaign’s website.