Ethereally
gorgeous
Bollywood
debutant
Manushi
Chhillar
is
celebrating
Earth
Day
by
highlighting
how
being
a
vegetarian
impact
the
planet
in
a
positive
way.
The
Prithviraj
actress
has
been
roped
in
by
People
for
the
Ethical
Treatment
of
Animals
(PETA)
India
to
encourage
everyone
to
the
kerb.
PETA
is
doing
a
national
campaign
with
Manushi
that
shows
her
sporting
a
crown
made
of
broccoli,
asparagus,
and
tomatoes
to
drive
home
the
message
of
vegetarianism.
Manushi,
who
won
the
Miss
World
crown
for
India
17
years
after
Priyanka
Chopra
won
it,
says,
"For
me,
staying
vegetarian
was
a
personal
choice
that
I
made
long
back.
I
wanted
to
concentrate
on
how
that
impacts
my
overall
fitness."
She
adds,
"Food
is
a
personal
choice
and
we
must
eat
what
we
feel
is
best
for
us,
but
my
friends
at
PETA
India
and
I
encourage
everyone
to
give
being
vegetarian
a
try
for
Earth
Day
and
beyond
if
they
so
choose."
According
to
the
United
Nations'
Food
and
Agriculture
Organisation,
animal
agriculture
-
breeding,
raising,
and
slaughtering
animals
for
food
-
is
responsible
for
about
14.5%
of
global
greenhouse-gas
emissions,
which,
by
some
estimates,
is
greater
than
all
the
world's
transportation
systems
combined.
What's
more,
animal
agriculture
uses
one-third
of
the
world's
fresh
water
and
one-third
of
global
cropland
for
feed.
Water
scarcity
already
affects
every
continent
-
over
two
billion
people
live
in
countries
experiencing
high
levels
of
water
shortages,
and
more
than
690
million
people
still
go
hungry.