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From churches to strip clubs, all businesses have the ability to practice sustainability and reduce their carbon footprint. One strip club reduced their carbon footprint by banning meat products in their food and dancing in leather but dancers were allowed to to wear artificial leather or pleather. However, according to Kara Jesella for the New York Times the owner “may have underestimated the appeal of stripping to vegans, or of vegan cuisine to striptease fans” since he “put the club up for sale.”

Veganism and vegetarianism are often linked with the movement to fight animal cruelty and the meat industry, which is often seen as a clumsy, cumbersome and inefficient giant sucking up resources and spewing too much carbon pollution as a result. More from the New York Times:

TWO things that you can find a lot of in Portland, Ore., are vegans and strip clubs. Johnny Diablo decided to open a business to combine both. At his Casa Diablo Gentlemen’s Club, soy protein replaces beef in the tacos and chimichangas; the dancers wear pleather, not leather. Many are vegans or vegetarians themselves….

People adopt a diet free of animal products for a variety of reasons. They may believe it is healthier or more environmentally friendly. They may support animal rights. In addition, veganism is often part of a larger progressive agenda, which makes many particularly sensitive to sexism charges.

Carol J. Adams, the author of “The Sexual Politics of Meat,” a bible of the vegan community, said that women’s rights and the rights of animals have often been aligned. She traces the relationship to the 1890s. “A lot of feminist suffragists also became vegetarian,” said Ms. Adams, who gave up meat in 1974 while living in a feminist community in Cambridge, Mass. She noted that Susan B. Anthony attended a dinner at which the toast was for “Total Abstinence, Women’s Rights and Vegetarianism.” (An unrepentant omnivore, Ms. Anthony had a predilection for porterhouse steak.)

Ms. Adams added that feminists were early adopters of vegetarianism. “Back in the ’70s, lots of women were saying, ‘I don’t want to be a piece of meat. I’m not going to eat a piece of meat,’ ” she said.

Vegans who use sexuality to promote the cause say it is a good way to convert carnivores — in particular, men.

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