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Pythagoras believed that souls passed from being to being, and that eating animals was a kind of violence. Buddha and the Jain spiritual teacher Mahavira held similar beliefs, which led to robust vegetarian traditions in Asia. In the 19th century both health and spiritual movements held that meat was overly stimulating to the digestive system and led to immoral behavior. And there’s a long tradition of vegetarianism rooted in the rejection of human dominion over other creatures.More recently there’s been a rise i
n a new inspiration for the diet, as a way to take action against climate change. As studies suggest a relationship between eating meat and climate catastrophe, more people are changing the way they eat, but this environmentally-friendly diet isn’t necessarily all or nothing. Whether you identify as a part-time vegan, climatarian, flexitarian, reducetarian, or a plant-forward omnivore, beans and greens are very much in the spotlight.
n a new inspiration for the diet, as a way to take action against climate change. As studies suggest a relationship between eating meat and climate catastrophe, more people are changing the way they eat, but this environmentally-friendly diet isn’t necessarily all or nothing. Whether you identify as a part-time vegan, climatarian, flexitarian, reducetarian, or a plant-forward omnivore, beans and greens are very much in the spotlight.“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use.… It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car.”
—Joseph Poore of the University of Oxford, lead researcher on ”Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers”