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Replace beef with chicken once a week

Replace beef with chicken once a week and save as much CO₂ as a 54-kilometer car ride. A small effort, a big difference.

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What we find interesting: If you replace beef with chicken once a week, you save as much CO2 as if you drove 54 kilometers in a gasoline car. A small change with a big impact.



3 more reasons to eat less beef:
  • If everyone in the Netherlands replaced 150 grams of beef with chicken once a week, it would save agricultural land equivalent to about 6 million football fields.
  • If everyone in the Netherlands replaced 150 grams of beef with chicken once a week, we would save the same amount of CO2 emissions annually as 396,156 Dutch households. This is comparable to the total emissions of all residents of the city of Utrecht for an entire year.
  • 3.5 servings of red meat increases the risk of premature death by 10 percent. High consumption of red meat is linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity and diabetes.

Steps

  1. 1
    Try a 3D printed burger at restaurant Loetje
  2. 2
    Collect 3 new chicken recipes. Find plenty of inspiration here and here
  3. 3
    Did you know that eating less meat is also good for your health? Read more about it here.
Replace beef with chicken once a week