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Proposal ID1000
Proposal2020 Platform Amendment: Chapter III, Section K, 12Encourage a plant-based diet
PresenterPlatform Committee Sponsor: Animal Rights Committee
Floor ManagerTrahern Crews
PhaseClosed
Discussion02/03/2020 - 03/01/2020
Voting03/02/2020 - 03/08/2020
ResultAdopted
Presens Quorum34 0.6666
Consens Quorum54 0.6666 of Yes and No Votes

Background

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Proposal

Amend Chapter III, Ecological Sustainability, Section K. Ethical Treatment of Animals by adding a new point 12 to read:
12. Encourage a plant-based diet to reduce methane gas emissions that contribute to climate change, reduce animal suffering, reduce animal waste runoff in waterways, reduce animal consumption of grain that could feed the impoverished, and for improved health, among other reasons.

Resources

Approval of this proposal will amend the 2018 GPUS Platform.

Contact(s):
Platform Committee: platcom@gp.org; Co-chairs Bruce Hinkforth, Tim Willard
Animal Rights Committee: Mary Lawrence wellonwheels@hotmail.com

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