柏林交通灯敦促司机们吃素

原文：https://vegnews.com/2019/8/traffic-lights-in-berlin-urge-drivers-to-go-vegan

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TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN BERLIN URGE DRIVERS TO GO VEGAN

柏林交通灯敦促司机们吃素

The “Stop Meat” and “Go Vegan” lights are subtle messages from locals.

“戒肉”、“吃素”交通灯传达了当地居民的微妙信息。

by NICOLE AXWORTHY

作者：NICOLE AXWORTHY

AUGUST 31, 2019

2019年8月31日

Traffic lights in Berlin, Germany are encouraging drivers stop eating meat and go vegan. Unknown activists recently pasted “Stop Meat” stencils on red traffic lights and “Go Vegan” stencils on green traffic lights across Berlin-Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, among other intersections. 

德国柏林市的交通信号灯鼓励司机们停止食用肉类并成为纯素食者。在柏林中心区（Berlin-Mitte）和弗里德里希斯海因-克罗伊茨贝格区（Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg）等地的交叉路口，不明身份的活动人士最近把“戒肉”和“吃素”的模板分别贴到了红灯和绿灯上。

Local police officers say the activists can’t be prosecuted for pasting them on the traffic lights because the stencils were easy to remove and they didn’t leave residue.

当地警察表示，由于很容易去除模板而且没有残留物，故此不好起诉那些在交通灯上粘贴模板的活动人士。

Meat consumption and the environmental impact of its production are hot topics across the country. Earlier this month, German lawmakers proposed raising the value-added tax on meat to 19 percent to encourage the consumption of more plant-based products, a move that politicians believe will benefit Germany’s goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 31 percent by 2030.

肉类消费以及肉类生产的环境影响是整个德国的热门话题。本月早些时候，德国立法者提议将肉类增值税（VAT）税率提高到19%，以鼓励增加植物性产品的消费；政界人士认为，这一举措将有利于德国到2030年实现其减少温室气体排放量31%的目标。