Hello! We’re Eat Green Cardiff. We are a group of young people taking part in an Environmental
Leadership Programme run by the charity UpRising.
As
part of the programme, we are running a
campaign to encourage people to adopt a plant-based diet for one week, in an effort to reduce
consumer impact on climate change.
The 21st of June 2020 was international climate day, to celebrate we launched Eat Green Week! As
part of this, we asked people to take part in a week of plant-based eating in a bid to reduce
their food-related carbon footprint. To help everyone achieve this we put together a FREE
PLANT-BASED COOKBOOK with help from some of our favourite plant-based cafes, restaurants and
brands from Cardiff. Click “Online Cookbook” below to view an online version of our cookbook.
Click “Download Cookbook PDF” to download a PDF version of our cookbook for you to keep.
We would love for you to send pictures and tag us in pictures of your
food on Instagram,
Twitter or
Facebook
@eatgreencardiff.
Animal agriculture is one of the main drivers of climate change:
Meat and dairy production is responsible for 60% of agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions, while
the products themselves provide just 18% of calories and 37% of protein levels around the world.
[3]
Who said you need meat to get your protein (Have you seen David Haye!)?
The informative graph below
shows how much of a difference reducing meat and dairy could make. You could chop your emissions in
half! Any reduction in your meat and dairy consumption will make a big difference (and it means less
smelly cow farts - yay!).
We have to act now or a potentially catastrophic global temperature rise of 1.5° will be
unavoidable by 2030. [5] The government has a part to play to reduce our emissions but by
adopting
this diet you can make a huge difference too.
We understand that meat can be tasty, but we believe a
healthy planet for generations to come is better, and plant-based food is delicious! Not only will
you be helping the planet, but you will be adopting a healthy and more ethical diet. If you want to
take part in a week of plant-based eating subscribe to our mailing list by clicking on the subscribe
button
at the top of the page. We would absolutely love to have you!
If you have any questions before taking part, or during the week feel free to ask us anything on the
following:
[1] Greenhouse Gas Protocol, 2014. Everything You Need to Know About Agricultural Emissions.
[Online]
Available at: https://ghgprotocol.org/blog/everything-you-need-know-about-agricultural-emissions
[Accessed 27 03 2019].
[2] WWF. 2018. Living Planet Report - 2018: Aiming Higher.
Grooten, M. and Almond, R.E.A.(Eds). WWF, Gland, Switzerland.
[3] Poore, J. & Nemecek, T., 2018. Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and
consumers. Science, 360(6392), pp. 987-992.
[4] Scarborough, P. et al., 2014. Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters,
vegetarians and vegans in the UK. Climatic Change, 125(2), pp. 179-192.
[5] IPCC, 2018: Summary for Policymakers. In: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas
emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate
change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [V. Masson-Delmotte, P. Zhai, H.
O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S.
Connors, J. B. R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M. I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor, T.
Waterfield (eds.)]. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 32 pp.