Mary Bates, PhD

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To Decrease Your Environmental Footprint, Eat Less Meat

A new review of sustainable diets found those that reduced the amount of meat consumed had the most beneficial impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and land and water use. Vegan and vegetarian diets can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and land use by as much as 70% and reduce water use by 50%.Read more at the PLOS Ecology Blog: To Decrease Your Environmental Footprint, Eat Less Meat.