Meatless Monday

If you have a vegan or vegetarian in your life, you’ve most likely have had a discussion (or rather a heated debate) as to why you should cut meat out of your diet. In a perfectly green world, all of...

Humane League intern Lou Ryan is a full-time student and activist. She currently studies professional writing at Kutztown University, where she has written a number of health-related articles for the student-run newspaper The Keystone. This Thursday, March 20th at 10 a.m., City Council will officially present its recently passed Meatless Monday resolution to the Humane League, the nonprofit organization instrumental to the measure. Find out more updates, after the jump!

After City Council passed a resolution to encourage Philadelphians to participate in Meatless Mondays, we're seeing the next target: City Schools.  Find out more, after the jump!

Monday. I’m sure you looked at the alarm clock this morning, rolled over and put your pillow over your head, begging for 8 more hours of sleep and another day of the weekend. (Or was that just me?) Monday also has another new meaning in Philadelphia: Meatless Mondays. But what does this resolution mean for Philadelphians? What’s the point of eating meat most, some or none of the time?

6 Baby Steps to Eat Vegetarian:  (Helping a Reader's New Years Resolution) One of our readers asked: "I'm trying to eat less meat in the New Year and want to go vegetarian. Do you have advice?" Here are 6 lessons I learned along the meat-free way: