I joined 40 days challenge without meat :D

On the 10^th February 2016 I started my challenge in collaboration with Dagen Zonder Vlees. The story goes when I got invited in a Facebook event from AEGEE – Leuven. In the event, they wrote interesting description:

(c) AEGEE Leuven

“In Belgium, there is a campaign running from February 10th to March 26th to eat less meat for 40 days. The campaign is called 'Days Without Meat', or DWM, and it is set to raise awareness about the impact of our eating habits on the environment. As a bunch of committed young AEGEEans, this is also our duty! You don't have to be an AEGEEan thought to be aware and committed: support AEGEE and support the environment with us!”

(c) Dagen Zonder Vlees

I join the campaign by signed in on the website of Dagen Zonder Vlees and join their AEGEE group.

The procedure is very easy and I did it on my mobile phone.

Their idea is very easy and simple but hard to apply. That is to eat LESS meat and fish for 40 days. It is not to make you completely vegetarian or so (but if you can why not :) ), it is a common challenge for sustainable eating habits. 

I am doing the challenge for the environmental impact, to reduce my carbon footprint and to be friendlier to the earth. This idea goes together with my new habit of quitting plastic. And you know what?? It’s been almost 1 month now I don’t buy anything that have or package in plastic (HORAAYYY!!!).

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Some of you maybe confuse. How come reducing meat consumption can lead to reduction of carbon footprint and makes you before friendlier with environment?

It is because meat consumption is among one of the main cause of climate change. Here is why: Livestock emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector by emitting methane gas to the atmosphere. Besides that, it is also not sustainable. To grow one cow for meat, you need a lot of water and soy while with the same amount of food you can feed more people on earth.

soruce: google.com

Source: google.com

Besides eating less meet, there is additional challenge. Everyday you can tick the box if you manage to fulfil the challenge.

1.     Challenge 1: I did not eat any meat or fish today

2.     Challenge 2: Today, I only ate seasonal vegetables

3.     Challenge 3: I did not throw away any food today

4.     Challenge 4: Today, I did not buy any food in disposable containers

Source: Dagen Zonder Vlees

I am super excited with this challenge. I will try to keep up with all of the additional challenges. For me, the forth challenge is quite easy since I quit using plastic packaging and bought my food in market or bulk shop or in recyclable container (paper bag, glass jar, cloth)

Today (12 February 2016) just 3 days doing the challenge, I already safe water that can me used for 31 times showering!!! (to see my update for this challenge, you can scroll down to the bottom of this blog and see my progression) :)

If you want to join the challenge, you can just sign in or just do it :)

Like me living without plastic, it is very hard in the beginning, but once you get it, it is very nice lifestyle.

(c) Dagen Zonder Vlees