For the environment Environmentalists make up another sect of "vegetarian missionaries" who forcefully make the case against meat. At first glance, vegetarianism and environmental protection might not seem to be clearly linked, but environmentalists argue that much of the environmental havoc accompanying rapid population growth in recent years--including pollution, the cutting of rain forests and loss of water resources--is directly linked to the livestock industry.
另外一種像「傳教士」一般，積極鼓吹人們減少肉食的，是環保人士。素食與環保看似八竿子打不著關係，但許多環保人士分析，近年來全球人口不斷增多，今日原始雨林遭砍伐、水資源浪費、環境汙染，都與畜牧脫離不了關係。