PETA Action Will Coincide
With City's Ban on Plastic Bags to Make the Point That to Go 'Green,' You Have
to Go Vegan
For Immediate Release:
January 2, 2013
Contact:
Sophia Charchuk 202-483-7382
Oakland, Calif. - Handing out free reusable bags that read, "If Going Green Is Your Bag, Go Vegan," PETA members dressed as a giant celery stalk and a gargantuan carrot will greet shoppers outside an Oakland grocery store on Thursday. The humongous veggies' point? That while Alameda County's ban on using plastic carry-out bags is a good way to start protecting the environment, the very best thing that concerned residents can do for the planet is to chuck meat, eggs, and dairy products and go vegan.
"PETA's shopping bags point out that it's impossible really to 'go green' without going vegan," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Between polluting the soil, water, and air and gobbling up our natural resources, the meat industry is as toxic to the Earth as it is to human health."
According to the United Nations, a global shift toward a vegan diet is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change, and researchers at the University of Chicago concluded that switching from a standard American diet to a vegan diet is more effective than switching from a standard American car to a hybrid. In addition, vegans are, on average, trimmer than meat-eaters are, and they're less prone to suffering from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and cancer. And, of course, every vegan spares the daily suffering and terrifying deaths of more than 100 animals every year.
Where: Safeway, 3747 Grand Ave., near the intersection of Grand and Sunnyslope avenues, Oakland
When: Thursday, January 3, 12 noon
Your coverage is invited. Please RSVP to Sophia Charchuk at 202-483-7382 or SophiaC@peta.org.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.
