Watch: Why does rock star Paul McCartney want us to stop eating meat on Mondays?
It’s not about the benefits of vegetarianism.
Rocker Paul McCartney wants you to stop eating meat on Mondays. If every fan of The Beatles – as everyone knows, McCartney was one of the Fab Four – around the world were to comply, that would certainly see a huge drop in meat consumption once a week.
It’s not about going vegetarian – although the musician is one himself. As the short documentary above, narrated by McCartney points out, animal agriculture – growing livestock for food – is extremely damaging to the environment, for it requires increasingly unsustainable levels of resources, including land, water and energy.
And so, the appeal for “One Day A Week”, where he’s joined by his family and by actors Emma Stone and Woody Harrelson. “Perhaps it’s time to ask a question – what can I as an individual do to help?” asks McCartney.
The short film also features a previously unreleased McCartney track, Botswana.