Much of the value of veg*nism may come from influencing cultural norms and those around you, rather than directly reducing demand. Social effects are hard to measure, so I doubt you’ll find reliable offsetting metrics.
For donation recommendations, I’d recommend checking out Animal Charity Evaluators’ top charities! But I’d encourage your mother to donate and stay vegetarian (and go vegan!).
A practice of effective donations to animal welfare charities probably influence cultural norms too; hard to say which one has a larger second-order effect though naively I’d guess it’s donations.
Eh I disagree—most people rarely, if ever, speak to their friends and family about their donations so I think it’s unlikely for much to spread via that medium. On the other hand, people very often share meals with friends, family and other folks where the topic of animal welfare is much more likely to come up and be discussed (e.g. “oh you picked the vegan option, how come?”.
Much of the value of veg*nism may come from influencing cultural norms and those around you, rather than directly reducing demand. Social effects are hard to measure, so I doubt you’ll find reliable offsetting metrics.
For donation recommendations, I’d recommend checking out Animal Charity Evaluators’ top charities! But I’d encourage your mother to donate and stay vegetarian (and go vegan!).
A practice of effective donations to animal welfare charities probably influence cultural norms too; hard to say which one has a larger second-order effect though naively I’d guess it’s donations.
Eh I disagree—most people rarely, if ever, speak to their friends and family about their donations so I think it’s unlikely for much to spread via that medium. On the other hand, people very often share meals with friends, family and other folks where the topic of animal welfare is much more likely to come up and be discussed (e.g. “oh you picked the vegan option, how come?”.