It's official: Save money, reduce carbon emissions...Go veggie

Since the Copenhagen Climate Congress in March, there has been a fair amount of hubbub about the climate benefits of changing one's diet. The bottom line, as put by Treehugger, is that a vegetarian diet, or one at least that radically reduces meat consumption, can have massive climate change mitigation benefits. According to a presentation at the Congress/Treehugger, if this transition of dietary norms was started in 2010 and completed by 2030, and that pasture and cropland was allowed to regrow as forest, it would soak up such large amounts of CO2 that, in combination with the resultant reduction of methane emissions due to the animals themselves, the costs of climate change mitigation would drop by 70% by 2050, as compared to a business-as-usual scenario.

In addition to reducing carbon emissions/climate change mitigation costs, being a vegetarian saves you SO much money (I can speak from experience). I don't need to go into the cost-savings of cutting meat from your diet...we all know that veggies cost way less than meat. So, even if you aren't going to full-time veg, think about cutting meat out of your diet a few days a week. You'll be doing both yourself and the environment a favor.