Celebs gone green: 10 vegetarian celebs

Leona has plans to launch a vegetarian clothing line.  Photo:Courtesy

Bill Gates

Billionaire Bill Gates is a vegetarian and a vocal advocate for a plant-based diet. He argues that a vegetarian diet is healthier and more environmentally friendly, noting that the production of meat is responsible for more than half the greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Thus, for him, moving toward a vegetarian diet is important in light of the environmental impact of large-scale meat and dairy production, with livestock estimated to produce nearly 51 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases.