原文：https://vegnews.com/2019/9/nearly-50000-people-want-california-university-system-to-ditch-beef

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NEARLY 50,000 PEOPLE WANT CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM TO DITCH BEEF

将近50,000名人员要求加州大学系统放弃牛肉食品

A widely distributed petition to ban the sale of beef across the University of California’s campuses follows a similar move in the United Kingdom—all in an effort to reduce the schools’ environmental impact.

积极效仿英国的类似做法，一份禁售牛肉的请愿书传遍了加州大学（University of California）系统的各个校园──所有的努力志在减少学校对环境的影响。

by NICOLE AXWORTHY

作者：NICOLE AXWORTHY

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

2019年9月23日

Nearly 50,000 people are supporting a petition to ban the sale of beef products across the entire University of California (UC) system—one of the world’s largest university systems with approximately 300,000 students. 

目前，有接近50,000名人员支持整个加州大学（UC）系统禁售牛肉制品的请愿。加州大学系统拥有大约300,000名学生，是世界上最大的大学系统之一。

The petition comes after United Kingdom-based college Goldsmiths announced it had banned all beef from being served on its campuses as part of the school’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2025. 

在此之前，本部位于英国的金史密斯学院（Goldsmiths）已宣布在校园内全面禁止供应牛肉，以促进本校在2025年前实现碳中和（carbon neutral）的承诺。

Goldsmiths, which is part of the University of London and has approximately 10,000 students, decided to significantly reduce their contribution to climate change after students and staff discovered that their carbon footprint was disproportionately large—3.7 million kilograms (8.2 million pounds) of carbon emissions each year. 

金史密斯学院是英国伦敦大学（University of London）的一个直属学院，拥有大约10,000名学生。该学院师生员工发现他们的碳足迹（carbon footprint）偏大，每年碳排放量高达370万公斤（820万磅），于是决定（采取有效措施）大幅减少他们对气候变化的影响。

The UC petition also points out a landmark study by the University of Oxford that concluded going vegan is the “single biggest way” to reduce one’s environmental impact, and that beef in particular is responsible for 20 times more greenhouse gas emissions than plant-based proteins. 

这次加州大学系统请愿也指出了牛津大学（University of Oxford）的一项具有里程碑意义的研究。该项研究得出以下结论：纯素饮食方式是减少个人环境影响的“一条最大途径”；牛肉的温室气体排放量特别大，比植物性蛋白食品的高20倍。

The creators of the UC petition believe that more universities need to follow the precedent set by Goldsmiths.

加州大学系统请愿的创立者认为，更多的大学需要仿效金史密斯学院率先树立的榜样。