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This is where we’d like to get to know a little more about you. Share your experiences of meat-free Monday, are you a long-term dedicated vegetarian or are you new to meat-free and interested in more tips and ideas?

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by Nanna (25.01.2011)

I think this campagne is a really great idea! I'm the only vegetarian in my family, but we have talked about having a meat free day once a week ;)

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by Pi Kerr (25.01.2011)

I am a vegetarian, my father is not. I put to him the idea of having meat free Mondays and we started a debate which I felt I lost because I had not prepared for it. He is also much more knowledgeable and I felt angry with myself for not being able to hold my own.

Anyway I am now trying to prepare an email debate with him, giving me more time to research and learn along the way.

Two things that he said that I would like debate with him were:

1)"Me not eating meat on a Mondays doesn't change a thing" (he says the same for voting, living in a conservative stronghold, he doesn't bother to vote because he says it'll change nothing)

2) "So imagine everyone stops eating meat on Mondays ... where will all the food come from to feed everyone, what will everyone eat? What will happen to all the animals?"

I have started my debate by trying to find good quotes etc... (see below) but wanted to ask you more specifically about his second question. I said that everyone might try a tofu burger or some lentil pie. His argument was that "the problem was population, there are too many people now to feed, how would you feed all the people in the world without killing animals."

I was left without a come back. I started to say how we could replace the fields of crops we grow for animals with fields of crops for humans but he just attacked again, saying what would happen to the animals? I was lost. Can you help with any websites, references, information etc.. I couldn't find anything on your website that answers this.

Some of the things I've found to help persuade him!

"A small shift in your consciousness can create a ripple effect into all eternity"

Gandhi said, "In a gentle way you can shake the world."

"Know that all significant change throughout history has occurred not because of nations, armies, governments and certainly not committees. They happened as a result of the courage and commitment of individuals. People like Joan of Ark, Albert Einstein, Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison and Rosa Parks. They might not have done it alone, but they were, without question, the change makers."

"If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending a night in a closed tent with a mosquito."

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by ico mazda (24.01.2011)

im very happy to meet [meat free mondays].
i thank u to make this great project, organizetion.
im a vegetarian since i was little.
i love animals and couldnt understand why we need to kill them for our food..
(i was lucky to have a great mom cooks for me special dishes without any meat just for me.) usually it is very hard to live as a vegetarian in asian countries(im japanese.) eatin meat is normal here and they say im crazy or i feel or think too much when i tell them that im tryin not to eat meat at all.
so life was super easier when i went to england^^ i want to know what more i can do for savin animals.
i also want to share my vegetarian-recipes too.

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