Meatless Monday
Student advocate to address Green Liaisons on campaign for Meatless Monday
8:31 a.m., Nov. 18, 2015--The last University of Delaware Green Liaisons luncheon of the fall semester, featuring Clarké Snell, president and founder of the UD Veg Club, will be held from noon-1 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, in the Alumni Lounge of the Perkins Student Center.
Snell will speak about her campaign for a meatless Monday on campus and how she has partnered with the Humane League and with like-minded students at Yale University to realize this goal.
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“Meatless Monday is a worthy investment for both our campus and our nation because it is an easy way to decrease meat consumption,” said Snell, a senior biochemistry major. “It has so many positive environmental, health and animal welfare effects.”
Snell’s goal to promote Meatless Monday on campus has had some success.
“Having the knowledge of how our diet and lifestyle affects us is giving us the power to make thoughtful choices in how we consume,” said Snell, who is also a founder of the UD Prenatal Support Group, treasurer and teacher for UD Yoga Club, board member of Down to Earth Food Co-Op, vice president of the American Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists Chemistry, a teaching assistant and tutor.
“It's an easy way to make a difference, particularly for the environment, once you realize the relationship between what and how we consume,” Snell said. “The overall goal is, of course, to reduce meat consumption as a whole, no matter what day a week, but Meatless Monday is a catchy and easy tool to give people resources – recipe ideas, fun facts, et cetera – to do so successfully.”
More about Green Liaisons Sustainability Lecture Series
Once a month, Green Liaisons are invited to attend a lunchtime presentation on the small steps that can be implemented by every student, faculty and staff member in order to make UD a greener place to learn, work and live.
All lunches in the Green Liaisons Sustainability Lecture Series are open to Green Liaisons and are usually held from noon to 1p.m. Members are encouraged to bring their own lunches. Topics and locations change monthly. Drinks and dessert are provided.
Members of the campus community who are not currently Green Liaisons but want to represent their departments can contact Francis Karani at fkarani@udel.edu or Emily Behnke at ebehnke@udel.edu.
More information regarding the lunch schedule, past events and general information on the Green Liaisons Programs can be found on the website.
Graphic courtesy of Meatless Monday, a non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns