a whole city goes veggie.

to balance yesterday's beef-centric post, here's a story about an entire city of 200,000 in belgium that's going veg every thursday. every restaurant in the town will guarantee to have  a vegetarian dish on their menus and schools will make a veggie meal the "default" option on thursdays. why?

"the organisers cite un data arguing that meat production and consumption are to blame for 18% of greenhouse gases – more than cars. 'if everyone in flanders does not eat meat one day a week, we will save as much co2 in a year as taking half a million cars off the road,' said the ethical vegetarian association.
tom balthazar, the labour party councillor pushing the scheme, said: 'there's nothing compulsory. we just want to be a city that promotes sustainable and healthy living.'"

more information on going vegetarian.

image credit: bárbara porto.