Our friends across the big pond started a great celebration fifteen years ago to promote vegetarian awareness for the week of May 21st-27th.  National Vegetarian Week is organized by The Vegetarian Society, the world’s oldest vegetarian society, formed in 1847.  Events are scheduled throughout the UK for the week.  Be sure to check out the website to see what’s going on in your area.  While there are no "official" events for us in the U.S. (that I know of), what better time to give vegetarianism a try?  Theoretically, you could consolidate the next seven weeks of veg-one-day-a-week into one week.  

This year the focus will be on the environmental benefits of going veg.  This is a hot topic right now and I think it clearly demonstrates that a veg diet significantly reduces your impact on the planet.

Author Information -  During his spare time Eric writes for and maintains wannaveg.com. For his day job he works for an electronics company in San Diego, CA. Eric has been a vegetarian for about 10 years and believes that going 'green' and reducing meat consumption go hand-in-hand.

Tags: Environment, vegetarian