Becoming vegetarian
How it changed my life
“How it changed my life” seems a bit too dramatic, right? Tomas you only went vegetarian/vegan for a month and you didn’t even succeed! To that I say that you’re right, but let me be a drama queen. The whole experience really changed my mindset. By that I mean that I used to think it would be pretty easy to go vegetarian, just eat the right thing and don’t let your mind wander to greener pastures, literally. But, after going through this experience I decided that I’m never going to go vegetarian or vegan ever, period. But the experience actually had some positive impact on me as a whole. To start, I ended up saving just over 12 pounds of meat, most of which being chicken. This totals to 11781 gallons of water saved given the average amount of water used for chicken being 468 gallons and the average amount of water for beef being 1799 gallons, according to The Poultry Site.
As is shown in my Google Sheet, I didn’t fully comply with my own expectations but I still managed to help the environment in a way that I really didn’t expect. I saved over 147 baths worth of water just because of this challenge. I felt that in the endgame, it was a easy trade off to not eat meat for a month for me to learn about how my actions impact the climate, no matter what I’m doing.
So reader, I urge you to take action in your life and your community. I’ve heard of this movement called Meatless Monday, which is dedicated to having no meat on Monday’s. This would, in theory, reduce meat eaten by 14%. This small action would benefit personal health and also would be very beneficial for the planets ecosystem.
