Don’t forget the benefits of normalising vegetarianism/veganism for the people around you. This makes the impact of being vegetarian/vegan bigger than just the number of chickens you don’t eat.
My sister has been vegetarian since she was 6 and has passively inspired many of the rest of our family to either become vegetarian/vegan or at least reduce our meat consumption. I have in turn inspired other people to make changes. My sister’s impact is much more than just the animals she hasn’t eaten.
I think we tend to forget that large-scale social changes result from lots of people making “insignificant” individual choices which gently pressure others to change. It’s a snowball effect that is hard to measure and predict, so it’s easy to feel like our personal choices don’t matter.
Don’t forget the benefits of normalising vegetarianism/veganism for the people around you. This makes the impact of being vegetarian/vegan bigger than just the number of chickens you don’t eat.
My sister has been vegetarian since she was 6 and has passively inspired many of the rest of our family to either become vegetarian/vegan or at least reduce our meat consumption. I have in turn inspired other people to make changes. My sister’s impact is much more than just the animals she hasn’t eaten.
I think we tend to forget that large-scale social changes result from lots of people making “insignificant” individual choices which gently pressure others to change. It’s a snowball effect that is hard to measure and predict, so it’s easy to feel like our personal choices don’t matter.