Greenpeace has come up with a fun online way to sent a message to the world leaders gathering at the UN Climate Change conference in Dec in Copenhagen.

In our October issue, we reported on the launch of a Meatless Monday campaign in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a metropolis of approximately 20 million people. Marly Winckler, head of the Vegetarian Society of Brazil and IVU Regional Coordinator for Latin America, kindly provided some additional information about the campaign.

Led by IVU member society, Vegetarian Society of Brazil (SVB), one of the world’s largest cities, Sao Paulo, with 11 million inhabitants, kicks off a Meatless Mondays campaign on 3-4 October.

A petition is circulating on the internet urging the government of Taiwan to adopt Meatless Mondays:

Please tell us the history of how Meatless Thursday came to be. What was your society's role in making this happen?

This is the title of a draft report issued by UNESCO. While the report focuses on Asia, it has implications worldwide. Perhaps a somewhat unique aspect of the report is that in addition to considering economic and environmental issues, it also discusses the ethics of industrial meat production. Here is an extract from the report’s Executive Summary.

Momentum towards eating less meat grew recently when the Swedish government issued draft guidelines suggesting that people can reduce global warming by cutting back on meat.