Why I'm a weekday vegetarian | Graham Hill

Translator: Rasmus Birk Reviewer: Mette Cecilie Olholm

About a year ago,

For ca. 1 år siden

I asked myself a question:

stillede jeg mig selv et spørgsmål:

"Knowing what I know,

"Vidende hvad jeg ved,

why am I not a vegetarian?"

hvorfor er jeg så ikke blevet vegetar?"

After all, I'm one of the green guys:

Jeg er trods alt en af de "grønne".

I grew up with hippie parents in a log cabin.

Jeg voksede op med hippieforældre i en bjælkehytte.

I started a site called TreeHugger --

Jeg startede en hjemmeside der hedder Treehugger.

I care about this stuff.

Jeg interesserer mig for den slags.

I knew that eating a mere hamburger a day

Jeg vidste at bare det at spise én hamburger om dagen

can increase my risk of dying by a third.

kan øge min risiko for at dø med en 1/3.

Cruelty: I knew that the 10 billion

Jeg vidste at de 10 milliader

animals we raise each year for meat

slagtedyr vi hvert år opdrætter

are raised in factory farm conditions

bliver opdrættet under fabrikslignende forhold

that we, hypocritically, wouldn't even consider

som vi, hyklerisk, aldrig ville overveje

for our own cats, dogs and other pets.

for vores egne katte, hunde og andre kæledyr.

Environmentally, meat, amazingly,

Miljømæssigt er kød, helt utroligt,

causes more emissions

skyld i mere udslip

than all of transportation combined:

end al transport

cars, trains, planes, buses, boats, all of it.

biler, tog, fly, busser, både, det hele.

And beef production uses 100 times the water

Og kødproduktionen bruger 100 gange mere vand

that most vegetables do.

end produktionen af de fleste grøntsager gør.

I also knew that I'm not alone.

Jeg vidste også at jeg ikke var alene.

We as a society

Vi som et samfund

are eating twice as much meat

spiser dobbelt så meget kød

as we did in the 50s.

som vi gjorder i 50'erne.

So what was once the special little side treat

Så hvad der en gang var det lille ekstra,

now is the main, much more regular.

er nu hovedmåltidet, og meget oftere.

So really, any of these angles

Egentlig burde en enkelt af disse kendsgerninger

should have been enough to convince me to go vegetarian.

have været nok til at blive vegetar.

Yet, there I was -- chk, chk, chk --

Men alligevel sad jeg der og sp..., sp..., sp...,

tucking into a big old steak.

spiste en stor, gammel bøf.

So why was I stalling?

Så hvorfor trak jeg tiden ud?

I realized that what I was being pitched

Jeg indså at det der forelå

was a binary solution.

var en binær løsning.

It was either

Det var enten:

you're a meat eater or you're a vegetarian,

du er en kødspiser, eller du er en vegetar.

and I guess I just wasn't quite ready.

Og jeg var nok ikke helt klar.

Imagine your last hamburger.

Forestil dig din sidste hamburger.

(Laughter)

(Latter)

So my common sense,

Så min fornuft,

my good intentions,

mine gode intentioner,

were in conflict with my taste buds.

var i konflikt med mine smagsløg.

And I'd commit to doing it later,

Og jeg sagde til mig selv at jeg ville gøre det senere.

and not surprisingly, later never came.

Og overraskende nok, kom senere aldrig.

Sound familiar?

Lyder det bekendt?

So I wondered,

Så jeg spekulerede,

might there be a third solution?

kunne der være en tredie løsning?

And I thought about it, and I came up with one.

Og jeg tænkte over det. Og jeg fandt på endnu en løsning.

I've been doing it for the last year, and it's great.

Og jeg har gjort det det seneste år, og det er fantastisk.

It's called weekday veg.

Det hedder "hverdags vegetar".

The name says it all:

Navnet siger det hele.

Nothing with a face Monday through Friday.

Intet med ansigt mandag til fredag.

On the weekend, your choice.

I weekenderne er det dit eget valg.

Simple.

Enkelt.

If you want to take it to the next level,

Hvis du ønsker at tage det til næste niveau

remember, the major culprits

så husk at de store syndere

in terms of environmental damage and health

i forbindelse med miljømæssig skade og helbred

are red and processed meats.

er rødt og forarbejdet kød.

So you want to swap those out

Så du vil gerne bytte dem ud

with some good, sustainably harvested fish.

med noget godt og bæredygtig fisk.

It's structured,

Det er så struktureret

so it ends up being simple to remember,

at det ender med at være nemt at huske.

and it's okay to break it here and there.

Og det er ok at bryde reglerne af og til.

After all, cutting five days a week

Trods alt svarer 5 dage om ugen

is cutting 70 percent of your meat intake.

til 70% af dit kødindtag.

The program has been great, weekday veg.

Det har været et fantastisk program - hverdagsvegetar.

My footprint's smaller,

Jeg sætter mindre fodspor.

I'm lessening pollution,

Jeg forurener mindre.

I feel better about the animals,

Jeg har bedre samvittighed over for dyrene.

I'm even saving money.

Jeg sparer endda penge.

Best of all, I'm healthier,

Men bedst af alt, jeg er sundere.

I know that I'm going to live longer,

Jeg ved at jeg kommer til at leve længere,

and I've even lost a little weight.

og jeg har endda tabt mig en smule.

So, please ask yourselves,

Så venligst spørg dig selv,

for your health,

for dit eget helbreds skyld,

for your pocketbook,

for din pengepungs skyld,

for the environment, for the animals:

for miljøets og dyrenes skyld

What's stopping you from giving weekday veg a shot?

hvad der stopper dig i give hverdagsvegetar en chance?

After all, if all of us

Faktisk, hvis vi alle

ate half as much meat,

spiste halvt så meget kød,

it would be like half of us

ville det være det samme som hvis halvdelen af os

were vegetarians.

var vegetarer.

Thank you.

Mange tak.

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