Estimate the water, carbon, and land you can (or do) save by eating less animal products.
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10 out of 10 cows think soy burgers taste better than beef burgers.
Source: International Mooo Census (2020) -
One study found the water footprint of a 150 gram (1/3 pound) beef burger (2350 Liters621 gallons) to be almost 15 times that of a 150 gram soy burger (158 Liters42 gallons).
Source: Ercin et al (University of Twente & United Nations, 2011) -
Total emissions from global livestock was 7.1 Gigatonnes of CO2-eq per year, which represented 14.5 percent of all global anthropogenic GHG emissions in 2005.
Source: Gerber et al (2013, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization) -
"...meat, aquaculture, eggs, and dairy use ~83% of the world's farmland and contribute 56 to 58% of food's different emissions, despite providing only 37% of our protein and 18% of our calories."
Source: Poore & Nemecek (2018, Science)