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Today we're talking to Emma Sancho, a 4th year psychology student who's involved in the Plant-Based Universities Campaign, which recently kicked off at Glasgow Uni.

Join us to learn more about the benefits of having a plant-based diet and to understand the motivations behind the campaign. If you'd like to get involved, you can visit their website here and follow them on Instagram at @plantbasedunis and @plantbasedunisglasgow for the Glasgow branch.

Here are some of the resources mentioned in this episode:

• Earthling Ed - author of How to Argue With a Meat Eater & educator around veganism. Website: https://www.earthlinged.org/ .

• Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret - documentary on the harmful impacts of factory farming. Available at https://www.netflix.com/title/80033772 .

• Farvid, M. et. al. (2021). Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Eur J Epidemiol, 36(9): 937-951. Available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34455534/ .
• The Guardian article summarizing Oxford study, available on this link .
• Carbon Management Plan, University of Glasgow, available on this link .

If you want to get involved with GUEST, visit our website or Instagram page at @uofgguest, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me at Julia.Martinez@glasgow.ac.uk.

Thank you for listening to this month's episode, and stay tuned for more!