TABLE 6.
Comparison of total mean environmental impact (GHG emissions, land occupation, water use) per practitioner group for 1 month of eating animal-proteins, with gender as a covariate.
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Fisher’s LSD (p-value) [CI for difference] |
Yearly savings NP vs. AM | ||||||||
| Meditation practice | n | Mean Month | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mean Year | Compares to | |
| GHG EMISSIONS (KG CO2-EQ) | |||||||||
| 1. NP | 120 | 47.31 | 36.42 | – | 567.7 | 215.52 | Return flight from London to Frankfurt | ||
| 2. IM | 82 | 31.9 | 32.21 | 0.044 [0.222, 17.68] | – | 382.8 | |||
| 3. AM | 92 | 29.35 | 26.41 | 0.007 [3.14, 20.04] | 0.566 [−6.40, 11.67] | – | 352.2 | ||
| LAND OCCUPATION (M2*A) | |||||||||
| 1. NP | 120 | 48.88 | 37.66 | – | 586.5 | 216.12 | Area needed to keep 4 free-range hens on grass pasture, or 293 hens in a Sykes henyard (excluding production of 6t of straw per year for henyard) | ||
| 2. IM | 82 | 32.95 | 33.29 | 0.042 [0.34, 18.40] | – | 395.4 | |||
| 3. AM | 92 | 30.87 | 27.05 | 0.010 [2.80, 20.28] | 0.648 [−7.17, 11.51] | – | 370.4 | ||
| WATER USE (M3) | |||||||||
| 1. NP | 120 | 0.39 | 0.30 | – | 4.68 | 1.8 | 12 days of UK average household water use for one individual | ||
| 2. IM | 82 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.041 [0.003, 0.147] | – | 3.12 | |||
| 3. AM | 92 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.008 [0.025, 0.164] | 0.607 [−0.055, 0.094 | – | 2.88 | ||
The three columns on the right compare the mean consumption per year and exemplify the reduction of environmental impact by the advanced meditators vs. non-practitioners. NP, non-practitioners; IM, Infrequent/novice meditators; AM, Advanced meditators (Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, 2017; EnergySavingTrust, 2013; Plamondon, 2016).