Throughout 2016, 350 Colorado will rally members to take part in a monthly Eco-Challenge designed to start us on a path to a Fossil-Free lifestyle. Join the contagion and participate with us! Each Eco-Challenge is designed to be an easy and fun way to remind ourselves that each of us CAN contribute and make a difference starting NOW.
Won’t you join us? Click here to sign up for the monthly Eco-Challenge!
FEBRUARY ECO – CHALLENGE: Meatless Mondays: Eat meat-free each Monday during the month of February.
- Bonus Point: Eat meat-free for one week.
- Double Bonus Point: Eat meat-free all month.
- Extra Bonus Point: Host a house party screening of “Cowspiracy” with friends.
Why, you ask? Here are a few reasons:
- Meat production accounts for ~15% of greenhouse gas emissions – that’s even more than the transportation sector.
- Factory farms raise 99.9% of chickens for meat, 97% of laying hens, 99% of turkeys, 95% of pigs, and 78% of cattle.
- Not only do factory farms lead to the mistreatment, suffering and death of billions of animals every year, but they also cause soil contamination, loss of biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and land, energy and water wastage.
- Further, emerging foodborne diseases that are causing public and ecosystem health challenges around the world are often traced back to industrial animal agriculture.
- Corporations have a vested interest in keeping the food system profitable above all, and they are powerful enough to shape policies that keep it that way. When corporate influence shapes policy, their profits come ahead of people’s interests.
SOLUTION: Reduce meat consumption, because less meat = less emissions. And choose sources wisely. Know where the meat comes from, how the animal was raised, and what it was fed. By consciously choosing sources of meat, you can benefit your health, animal welfare, and our environment.
Want to learn more about the issues surrounding the meat industry and it’s impact?
350Colorado: Local Food & Fighting Climate Change with your fork
It’s Time to End Factory Farming
Did you successfully complete last month’s Eco-Challenge? Fill out this report form to be entered into a prize drawing at the end of the year!
Want to get involved with these and other climate-related issues? Click here to join 350 Colorado and help make a change.
More about how the Monthly Eco-Challenge works:
- At the start of each month we will announce the month’s Eco-Challenge via Facebook, Instagram, and email. Take up the charge – sign up below and get started!
- Extend your personal impact by sharing the Eco-Challenge with at least five friends (via Facebook, Instagram, email, or word of mouth). Share your ideas, successes, and struggles in upholding the challenge on social media to inspire others.
- With each month’s new challenge, we will also ask you to let us know if you successfully completed last month’s challenge to be entered into a prize drawing at the end of the year. We will email you with a quick form to fill out (honor system reporting). We have great prizes donated by Patagonia and others! Each successfully completed month will get your name in a jar.
- Some months there will be extra credit for bonus challenges for an extra chance toward year-end prizes!
Click here to sign up for this month’s Eco-Challenge!
Align yourself with Fossil-Freeing your lifestyle one small step at a time, while building community with other like-minded members. Together, we can make a big change.