University banned beef because a fashion expert declared a ‘climate emergency’

University banned beef because a fashion expert declared a ‘climate emergency’
"When Goldsmiths, University of London was looking for a new leader who would reorient its fight against climate change, it looked past those who were conventionally qualified, such as environmental scientists.

The British university chose someone with more intuitive insights: a fashion expert.

...She banned beef from Goldsmiths’ campus and enacted the equivalent of a 12-cent tax on water bottles and single-use plastic cups – decisions that may bring to mind the regulatory overreach that led the United Colonies to break free from Britain..."

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Why canteens should stop serving beef – and probably milk too https://www.theguardian.com/food/shortcuts/2019/aug/13/why-canteens-should-stop-serving-beef-and-milk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …

Why canteens should stop serving beef – and probably milk too

Goldsmiths, University of London has put down a challenge to everyone with its canteen beef ban. It is one the rest of us should take up for the sake of the planet

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It’s a sweeping agenda for an academic who has only written books about fashion..."

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