McCartney urges people to 'turn veggie'
Sir Paul McCartney has said turning vegetarian is the biggest change anyone could make in their lifestyle to help the environment.
The former Beatle said the world's meat industry was one of the major contributors to global warming, as he urged people to "turn veggie" to tackle the problem.
He said: "I would urge everyone to think about taking this simple step to help our precious environment and save it for the children of the future."
Sir Paul, who turned vegetarian many years ago, made the comments in an interview with US animal rights organisation Peta.
He said he found it "very surprising" that most major environmental organisations left vegetarianism off their lists of top ways to tackle global warming.
He added: "Of course there are many powerful businesses which would wish to resist this idea but it is becoming clearer that a simple change in people's lifestyles could make a major difference to our environment."
Sir Paul is the latest celebrity to appear in a Peta advertising campaign promoting vegetarianism.
Along with stars including Alicia Silverstone, Casey Affleck, and Forest Whitaker, the former Beatle dons an "Eat no animal" T-shirt for the campaign.
© Independent Television News Limited 2008. All rights reserved.
Post to Fark
Post to del.icio.us
Digg this story
Post to reddit
Post to Facebook
Post to StumbleUpon
Seed Newsvine
Post to GNN
