{"id":19,"date":"2019-02-27T15:50:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/?p=19"},"modified":"2019-03-19T22:27:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T22:27:06","slug":"the-planets-got-beef-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/2019\/02\/27\/the-planets-got-beef-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Earth’s Got Beef With Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my first post, I am going to share one of the most important things you can do to help in the battle against climate change:\u00a0eat less meat.<\/em>\u00a0Specifically, eat less beef. I know, that’s probably not what you want to hear, because cheeseburgers just really hit the spot, but did you know that livestock operations account for roughly 50% of methane emissions into the atmosphere? Of domestic livestock, the beef cow\/calf sector is the largest contributor of methane emissions (source<\/a>). Not only this, but meat production requires massive amounts of Earth’s resources. For more information, check out\u00a0this video.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Look, I understand that cutting back on meat is not easy for a lot of people. I still eat meat, mostly chicken and turkey, but I try to limit my consumption as much as possible. I never eat beef anymore, but it was a little easier to give up because I love cows. Just check out some videos of them.<\/a>\u00a0They are so playful and loving and honestly, have personalities comparable to dogs.<\/p>\n

I would like to become a full vegan someday because every animal’s life is valuable, but as a meat lover, I have quickly learned that it is not easy. So, I started with giving up beef. I think it is SO important to emphasize that this doesn’t have to be an all or nothing thing. If you want to become a full vegetarian\/vegan, that’s great! But a lot of people think that they have to either completely cut out meat\/dairy or just go back to their old ways of not caring. This is just not the case. Even if you could devote one day a week to not eating meat (ex: Meatless Mondays) you are still making a bigger difference than you might think.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t yet, check out Morning Star products. My absolute favorite is their veggie burgers. The “Meat Lovers” 1\/4 pound burger is delicious and has 27 grams of protein in one patty! I encourage you to try one, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Grill it, microwave it, etc., throw it on a bun with some lettuce and ketchup, mustard, whatever else you like, and voila! You have yourself a cruelty-free and environmentally-friendly burger (except if you add cheese, then it’s a little less friendly. But I’m still proud of you for trying new alternatives! ;))<\/p>\n

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That’s all I have for you today! Stay tuned for more posts like this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For my first post, I am going to share one of the most important things you can do to help in the battle against climate change:\u00a0eat less meat.\u00a0Specifically, eat less beef. I know, that’s probably not what you want to hear, because cheeseburgers just really hit the spot, but did you know that livestock operations account for roughly 50% of methane emissions into the atmosphere? Of domestic livestock, the beef cow\/calf sector is the largest contributor of methane emissions (source). Not only this, but meat production requires massive amounts of Earth’s resources. For more information, check out\u00a0this video.\u00a0\u00a0 Look, I understand that cutting back on meat is not easy for a lot of people. I still eat meat, mostly chicken and turkey, but I try to limit my consumption as much as possible. I never eat beef anymore, but it was a little easier to give up because I love cows. Just check out some videos of them.\u00a0They are so playful and loving and honestly, have personalities comparable to dogs. I would like to become a full vegan someday because every animal’s life is valuable, but as a meat lover, I have quickly learned that it is not easy. So, I started with giving up beef. I think it is SO important to emphasize that this doesn’t have to be an all or nothing thing. If you want to become a full vegetarian\/vegan, that’s great! But a lot of people think that they have to either completely cut out meat\/dairy or just go back to their old ways of not caring. This is just not the case. Even if you could devote one day a week to not eating meat (ex: Meatless Mondays) you are still making a bigger difference than you might think. If you haven’t yet, check out Morning Star products. My absolute favorite is their veggie burgers. The “Meat Lovers” 1\/4 pound burger is delicious and has 27 grams of protein in one patty! I encourage you to try one, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Grill it, microwave it, etc., throw it on a bun with some lettuce and ketchup, mustard, whatever else you like, and voila! You have yourself a cruelty-free and environmentally-friendly burger (except if you add cheese, then it’s a little less friendly. But I’m still proud of you for trying new alternatives! ;))   That’s all I have for you today! Stay tuned for more posts like this one!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7831,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[926876],"tags":[77762,32,927150,46347,46346],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pro-tip-tuesday","tag-alternatives","tag-environment","tag-meat","tag-vegan","tag-vegetarian","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions\/139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/sustainablestudent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}