More than 2,500 Cornell students have pledged to forego eating any meat at least once a week as part of a campus and international campaign to aid the environment and reduce animal cruelty. Sophie Zhu, grad, and Jack Nobel ’17 of Cornell Students for Animal Rights initiated the meatless Monday campaign in spring of 2015. Weekly reminders sent to the students who pledge to go meatless include on-campus meal ideas as well as encouragement. “We expected that this would be something that students would sign onto because it’s an easy way to create change,” Nobel said. “To go meatless Mondays is to think about the impact you’re having on the planet and animals and even on your own health,” Barnett said.

Source: Daily Sun May 02, 2017 15:56 UTC