Ex-Beatle McCartney For Meatless Mondays

The ex-Beatles pop music sensation Sir Paul McCartney and his two daughters are avidly campaigning for meatless Mondays to “reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s livestock, among the most serious contributors to global warming.”

The Independent reports: “The McCartneys have attracted support from across the worlds of showbusiness, science, business and the environment. The singer Chris Martin, Hollywood stars Kevin Spacey and Woody Harrelson, actress Joanna Lumley and Sir Richard Branson are advocating meat-free Mondays.

“Support has also come from comedians Ricky Gervais, David Walliams and Matt Lucas, the poet Benjamin Zephaniah and Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman.

“Another supporter, Sir David King, the Government’s former chief scientist, said: ‘The carbon and water footprints associated with producing beef are about 20 times larger than maize production. Eating less meat will help the environment.’

Have a look at the Meatless Monday YouTube video here…

“Until the late Middle Ages, that was already standard practice throughout Europe. The Christian majority then abstained from meat each week as a matter of holy obligation, whether or not they could afford it.

(Interestingly, in India millions of Hindu followers of Lord Hanuman, of the legendary epic Ramayana fame, abstain from eating meat on Tuesdays. Even Muslim butchers close shop on Tuesdays to honour this Hindu sentiment.) See here for Hanuman film…

“The UN and Britain are concerned about the environmental impact of livestock, although the Government has shied away from urging people to eat less meat.

“Vast swathes of the Amazon rainforest are being cut down to make way for cattle ranches and to grow soy for feed. Belching from cows emits vast amounts of methane, which has 21 times the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide.” More here…

The Australian government is encouraging people to eat kangaroo meat instead of cattle and sheep meat. (See here…)

Now some nostalgia…For The Beatles’ fans here is a site worth visiting…

In 1984 Playboy interviewed McCartney… See here…