14 thoughts on “Does being a vegetarian have anything to do with living a green lifestyle?”
swangirl22
Yes it does since cutting red meat out of your diet saves more in energy consumption and pollution than getting rid of your car!
DSL
It depends on the person. I’ve know some people who consider themselves vegetarians who eat a lot of processed foods like chips and candy. They have a moral opposition to eating animals.
Most vegetarians I know however, include vegetarianism as part of an overall healthy and green lifestyle – it is not only about animal products, but about being a healthy person and contributing to a healthy Earth.
Brian D
First off, the food a vegetarian eats still requires energy to produce. Unless someone grows their own plants and milks their own cows, I’m sure their food has required energy to get to their plate. However, I do support the argument that being a vegetarian and living a green lifestyle are related: both require that a person have some degree of "hippie" in them to follow that lifestyle. But that’s about the only comparison.
problemsolver_33
Yes it does. Animal for slaughter production takes alot of energy for raising, killing and transporting the product. That doesn’t include the methane given off from the animals.
Max P
Not necessarily. It depends on the person whether or not to want to have a green lifestyle. And those who have green lifestyles aren’t necessarily vegetarians either.
JL
Depends on the person. I don’t think that I’ve met a vegetarian who wasn’t environmentally progressive. Vegetarians tend to be more prone to natural, organic, and/or local foods. All of these attributes tie into living a green lifestyle.
Organics ban the use of pesticides, herbicides and unnatural fertilizers, all which are proven harmful to the environment.
Natural and local foods aren’t processed meaning their constituent ingredients don’t travel thousands of miles to your plate which of course reduces the green house gas emissions associated with transport.
f100_supersabre
Nope, not really.
Vegetarians choose to be so; but man is an omnivore, not a herbavore. His teeth were designed BY NATURE to process both meat and vegetable matter.
Indian definition of vegetarian = poor hunter.
cosmicmama
Being a vegetarian is good for your body.
On a larger scale, living a green lifestyle is good for the earth.
Brianna :)
Living a green lifestyle is to help the environment.
Vegetarian does help the environment, but their are other factors.
Like florescent lights, recycling, etc.
gbcopy
Absolutely. The amount of power and food it takes to raise animals for food is astounding.
They have to be fed, housed, slaughtered, and then their meat has to be processed and shipped and stored in the supermarket, and stored at home (in the fridge or freezer.) Imagine how much energy is used.
Gee – I have almost convinced myself to go vegetarian. I’m not quite there yet.
Susan M
Yes. Animals raised for human consumption require lots of feed and make lots of manure and greenhouse gas. Runoff from feed lots pollutes, too.
Eating the grains yourself, instead of using it to grow meat animals, saves a big step which requires lots of energy and resources.
Gen
Well a lot of vegetarians I know also live very green lifestyles but I think you can be vegetarian without being green – it depends on why you are vegetarian in the first place I guess
David V
It depends on your reasons for being a vegetarian. Ideally, it should, but it isn’t a requirement. Live the way you see fit!
Traci
Being vegetarian is one of the best things someone interested in living a green lifestyle can do to help the environment. Raising animals for slaughter is very inefficient, wastes natural resources such as water, wastes food (grain) that could otherwise go to feeding people, and produces lots of waste (feces) and chemical runoff that pollutes waterways.
Not every vegetarian is interested in the environmental benefits of vegetarianism. I do, however, think more "environmentalists" should pay attention to the harm done by factory farming and consider reducing their meat intake.
Yes it does since cutting red meat out of your diet saves more in energy consumption and pollution than getting rid of your car!
It depends on the person. I’ve know some people who consider themselves vegetarians who eat a lot of processed foods like chips and candy. They have a moral opposition to eating animals.
Most vegetarians I know however, include vegetarianism as part of an overall healthy and green lifestyle – it is not only about animal products, but about being a healthy person and contributing to a healthy Earth.
First off, the food a vegetarian eats still requires energy to produce. Unless someone grows their own plants and milks their own cows, I’m sure their food has required energy to get to their plate. However, I do support the argument that being a vegetarian and living a green lifestyle are related: both require that a person have some degree of "hippie" in them to follow that lifestyle. But that’s about the only comparison.
Yes it does. Animal for slaughter production takes alot of energy for raising, killing and transporting the product. That doesn’t include the methane given off from the animals.
Not necessarily. It depends on the person whether or not to want to have a green lifestyle. And those who have green lifestyles aren’t necessarily vegetarians either.
Depends on the person. I don’t think that I’ve met a vegetarian who wasn’t environmentally progressive. Vegetarians tend to be more prone to natural, organic, and/or local foods. All of these attributes tie into living a green lifestyle.
Organics ban the use of pesticides, herbicides and unnatural fertilizers, all which are proven harmful to the environment.
Natural and local foods aren’t processed meaning their constituent ingredients don’t travel thousands of miles to your plate which of course reduces the green house gas emissions associated with transport.
Nope, not really.
Vegetarians choose to be so; but man is an omnivore, not a herbavore. His teeth were designed BY NATURE to process both meat and vegetable matter.
Indian definition of vegetarian = poor hunter.
Being a vegetarian is good for your body.
On a larger scale, living a green lifestyle is good for the earth.
Living a green lifestyle is to help the environment.
Vegetarian does help the environment, but their are other factors.
Like florescent lights, recycling, etc.
Absolutely. The amount of power and food it takes to raise animals for food is astounding.
They have to be fed, housed, slaughtered, and then their meat has to be processed and shipped and stored in the supermarket, and stored at home (in the fridge or freezer.) Imagine how much energy is used.
Gee – I have almost convinced myself to go vegetarian. I’m not quite there yet.
Yes. Animals raised for human consumption require lots of feed and make lots of manure and greenhouse gas. Runoff from feed lots pollutes, too.
Eating the grains yourself, instead of using it to grow meat animals, saves a big step which requires lots of energy and resources.
Well a lot of vegetarians I know also live very green lifestyles but I think you can be vegetarian without being green – it depends on why you are vegetarian in the first place I guess
It depends on your reasons for being a vegetarian. Ideally, it should, but it isn’t a requirement. Live the way you see fit!
Being vegetarian is one of the best things someone interested in living a green lifestyle can do to help the environment. Raising animals for slaughter is very inefficient, wastes natural resources such as water, wastes food (grain) that could otherwise go to feeding people, and produces lots of waste (feces) and chemical runoff that pollutes waterways.
Not every vegetarian is interested in the environmental benefits of vegetarianism. I do, however, think more "environmentalists" should pay attention to the harm done by factory farming and consider reducing their meat intake.