- Target:
- Reading Council
- Region:
- United Kingdom
- Website:
- www.t3v.veggroup.org
The Belgium town of Ghent is the first town in the world to go vegetarian at least once a week. There will be a regular weekly meatless day, in which civil servants and elected councillors will opt for vegetarian meals. Schoolchildren will follow suit with their own veggie day.
It is hoped the move will cut Ghent's environmental footprint and help tackle obesity. Around 90,000 so-called "veggie street maps" have printed to help people find the city's vegetarian eateries. The British city of Liverpool is also following Ghent's lead. We would like Reading to also become vegetarian once a week.
If Reading's citizens went vegetarian one day a week that would save the equivalent of 25,000 tons of CO2 p.a. (that's the same as removing 8300 cars from the roads). If they went vegan (no diary or eggs) then that would be nearly 50,000 tons (that's 16,600 cars!). This initiative would also have a very beneficial effect on our citizens health.
Debate this issue at the Reading Eco Veggie Fayre
We, the undersigned, ask for Reading Borough Council to follow the example of the Belgium town of Ghent in declaring Reading vegetarian once a week.
You can further help this campaign by sponsoring it
The Reading's weekly veggie day petition to Reading Council was written by Stephen Fenwick-Paul and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.