The national climate change march went very well on Saturday. Despite rain for the first half of the march, over 6 000 people showed up. George Monbiot, Caroline Lucas (Green MEP), Chris Huhne (Lib Dem MP), and Phil Thornhill (National Coordinator, Campaign against Climate Change) were some of the speakers in front of the US embassy, on Grosvenor Square.
You can see 50 photos of the event here.
One key message from Caroline Lucas was that a meat-eater on a bicycle is more of a burden on the climate than a vegan in a SUV. On irrigated land, 1lb of vegetables uses 25 gallons of water, whilst 1lb of beef uses 5,214 gallons. Cows also "emit" methane, a greenhouse gas that is far more potent than carbon dioxide. We all need to be more vegetarian/vegan in our diets.
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