Tag: Veganuary

Counting on … day 5

7th January 2025

We usually focus on Earth Overshoot Day in the summer as we approach that day in which we have consumed a full year’s worth of the earth’s renewable resources. (In 2024 Earth Overshoot Day fell on 1st August). But why don’t we focus on it sooner when we might have a greater motivation for change? ie at the start of the New Year?

Many of us use the New Year as a time to make improving resolutions, so making better or more considered use of the Earth’s resources would seem a good start. 

January is also ‘veganuary’ and a considered vegan diet can also be good for the Earth. Locally grown, seasonal food has a lower footprint than meat and dairy whether that footprint is measuring carbon or methane missions, water use, fertiliser use or pollution. 

Counting on … day 3

3rd January 2025

For the last few years January has become Veganuary – a month in which to enjoy good food that is good for the planet and good for social justice. If we are all ate less meat we would have no problem growing enough food to feel the world’s growing population, we could restore vast tracts of land for nature and reduce greenhouse gas emissions! 

Eating less meat is about eating more beans and pulses, nuts and seasonal vegetables. It is about switching from dairy to plant milk and dairy butter to plant butter. It is about enjoying a great richness and variety of flavours – herbs and spices, nuts and seeds, fruits and juices.

Here is an encouraging article from the Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jan/01/meera-sodha-veganuary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

And suggestions for how to ease your way into plant based eating – https://greentau.org/2021/10/12/eco-tips-11/