Monday blues no more, because Green Monday is in! As an initiative that started from Hong Kong, Green Monday aims to make sustainable living actionable and easy. The founder of the movement believes that apart from climate change, global food insecurity is also a vital area to focus on in order to live sustainably. Therefore, this movement seeks to encourage individuals to pledge to go green on Mondays. What does that even mean?
The first day of the week is representative to new beginnings, and starting a week right provides the momentum to do and feel good throughout the week. Green Monday makes it effortless for individuals to make a difference simply by going meatless for a day. But, why would going meatless help tackle climate change?
Did you know that going meatless for a day saves you the amount of water equivalent to showering 20 times? There are statistics that shows that it takes 650 liters of water to process 500 grams of wheat, while it takes 7000 liters of water to process the same amount of beef. This is the impact that one person can make. If one person can make this much difference by going meatless for a day, imagine the impact of hundreds, even thousands of people making the Green Monday pledges!
NTU is the first University in Singapore to adopt Green Monday, while Earthlink organises various events to further promote the cause, and to get more people on board to go green on Mondays. Every individual can make an impact, and play a role in tackling climate change and global food insecurities, one day at a time. Have you pledged to go green on Green Mondays?
Earthlink NTU
The largest environmental sustainability group in NTU