Owu says it is all about sustainability. We have banners all over the campus that say sustainability. I attended a workshop from this speaker who works in United Nations when I was in NY and visiting UN building during Thanksgiving break for the international student trip. He talked about global warming and how consuming meat is one of the leading causes of global warming. What I plan to do is to actually visit our dining halls and see how much meat is consumed every day and then calculate how much OWU is contributing to global warming just by consumption of meat. I want to crunch the numbers and show the statistics and raise awareness across campus.
I could also come up with a plan to come up with ways where those of us (including myself) who consume meat can find ways to decrease the consumption by showing my research data. Like come up with a plan where our dining halls aren’t non-vegetarian stuff all 7 days a week and in a way lead by example. It is not to target anyone necessarily but to calculate how much we, here at Ohio Wesleyan are contributing to global warming. Livestock breeding is the source of 15-20% methane gas that is released all over the world contributing heavily to increasing temperature. As someone who is a meat lover himself, I want to challenge my own perspective and really want to do something about it, which is why I think this might be the first step for me to avoiding eating meat as much I like to eat.
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