since i went.

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01 who i am

I am / / .
Today I am years old.

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02 the turning point

Since I went /
at the age of .

9 years on this path so far

03 up to today

live

In the 9 years since I went vegetarian, this is what I've spared:*

204.662487
Land animals I've spared
198 chickens · 1,620 beef burgers · 1,395 pork & lamb meals
1,059.312793
Fishes & marine lives I've spared
693 finfish · 366 shellfish (+1 every 3.1 days)
14.760197 tonnes
CO₂e emissions I've prevented
+4.49 kg CO₂e saved every day
26,370.31846 m²
Forest & grazing land I've spared
2.64 hectares (+8.02 m² spared/day)
7,380.08912 kg
Animal feed I've saved
+2.25 kg of animal feed saved every day
4,230,051.084 litres
Freshwater I've saved
+1,287 L/day (+0.015 L every second)

* Based on University of Oxford and UN FAO data · sources

04 the rest of my life

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Across my full life (61.4 years from age 18 to ), this is what I will spare:

Cow in misty pasture Slaughterhouse carcasses
+ 01 the reality
Over 80 billion land animals are slaughtered for food every year.
1,396
Land animals I will spare
1,351 chickens · 11,052 beef burgers · 9,517 pork & lamb meals
School of fish underwater Fish catch on trawler deck
+ 02 the reality
Over a trillion wild fish are caught every year.
7,227
Marine animals I will spare
4,728 finfish · 2,499 shellfish
Morning mist over skyline Heavy dark industrial smoke
+ 03 the reality
Livestock emits more greenhouse gas than all planes and ships combined.
100.7 tonnes
Lifetime CO₂e I will prevent
Equal to 112 transatlantic flights
Misty morning meadow Clearcut felled forest
+ 04 the reality
Cattle ranching drives about 80% of Amazon deforestation.
179,902 m²
Lifetime habitat I will spare
18.0 hectares returned to nature
Golden wheat grain close-up Wild rabbit in harvested grain straw
+ 05 the reality
It takes about 25 kg of feed to produce 1 kg of beef.
50,348 kg
Lifetime animal feed I will save
50.3 tonnes of animal feed
Misty river in valley Polluted wastewater discharge into river
+ 06 the reality
1 kg of beef takes 15,415 litres of water to produce.
28.86M litres
Lifetime freshwater I will save
11.5 Olympic swimming pools
Going vegan spares +401 more animals & +37.5 tonnes CO₂e over my life

Everything I spare

Man · Age 27 · Vegetarian since 18 (9 yrs so far · 61.4 yrs lifetime)
Slaughterhouse carcasses Cow in misty pasture
74% of farmed land animals live in factory farms.
1,396 Land Animals I Spare
Fish catch on boat deck School of fish in ocean
4.9 million km² of seabed is bottom-trawled every year.
7,227 Marine Lives I Spare
Dark industrial smoke Morning mist sky
Vegan diets cause a quarter of the emissions of high-meat diets.
100.7 t CO₂e I Prevent
Clearcut felled forest Foggy morning meadow
A plant-based world would free 3.1 billion hectares of farmland.
179,902 m² Habitat I Spare
Wild rabbit in grain Golden wheat grain
36% of the world's crop calories go to animal feed.
50,348 kg Animal Feed I Save
Polluted river discharge Misty valley river
Manure and fertiliser runoff from farms creates ocean dead zones.
28.86M L Freshwater I Save
Animals & meals spared · so far / lifetime
Chickens & poultry 198 / 1,351 birds (21.6k meals)
Beef burgers & cattle cuts 1,620 / 11,052 burgers (2,763 lbs beef)
Pork chops, bacon & pigs 1,080 / 7,368 meals (26 whole pigs)
Lamb & sheep cuts 315 / 2,149 meals (14 sheep/lambs)
Wild & farmed finfish 693 / 4,728 fish
Shellfish & crustaceans 366 / 2,499 shellfish
Total animals & meat meals 1,264 / 8,623 lives (42.2k meals)
Carbon, land & water saved · so far / lifetime
Greenhouse gas (CO₂e) 14.8 t / 100.7 t
Forest & grazing land 26,370 m² / 179,902 m²
Animal feed 7,380 kg / 50,348 kg
Freshwater footprint 4.23M L / 28.86M L
Annual land & CO₂e rate 2,930 m² & 1.64 t CO₂e / yr
Target lifespan horizon 79.4 years (editable)
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