Meat Free Monday Australia sends out weekly newsletters with recipes from celebrity chefs. Their website hosts a blog featuring up-to-date news on meatless issues as well as information pertaining to organic foods, fair trade, animal welfare, household waste, and other sustainable topics.

Argentina’s movement launched in 2012. Their online messaging encourages people to go Meatless one day a week for their health and to help the environment.

“Donderdag Veggiedag”—Thursday Veggie Day was founded in 2009. “Donderdag Veggiedag” is a campaign run by EVA, a nonprofit committed to the production and consumption of plant food and an environmentally friendly society.

In 2009, Ghent was the first city in the world to pass a Veggie Thursday proclamation. Their campaign has spread throughout the country, and “Veggie Day” is now an official word in the Belgian dictionary. Check out their website for recipes, cultural news, and endorsements.

In Bhutan, Meatless Monday is known as “Jangsem Monday.” Jangsem actually translates to “Bodhicitta” in the Sanskrit language, which is taught by the Buddha and Buddhist masters as the essence of enlightenment. Jangsem serves as reminder to think beyond yourself and to think of others. The national TV broadcaster, BBSC, promotes Meatless Mondays there, on the show the “Jangchub Shing” (or the Bodhi tree). The show has featured special guest David Yeung, the director of Hong Kong Green Monday.

Organizers in Bhutan are spreading Jangsem Monday by sharing vegetarian recipes, gardening, and motivating local politicians, actors, singers, bands and an artist to join the movement. They are also working to launch Jangsem Monday to spread greater environmental awareness at the Royal Thimphu College, and are visiting schools in the capital city of Thimphu to encourage students to learn about the connection between Buddhism and going meatless. Further, they are working to spread the movement to hotels and restaurants, and also promoting vegetarian restaurants. They will promote Meatless Monday by featuring participants of schools, communities and people who are going meatless on Monday, online and on TV.

Lunes sin Carne was launched in Bolivia in January 2014. Their efforts are led by the animal rights organization APLAB, Amor por los Animals Bolivia. While most Bolivians participate for health reasons, others are inspired by animal rights and the environmental benefits of going meatless. Each Sunday, APLAB promotes Lunes sin Carne at a fair in the center the capital city, La Paz.

At these Sunday fairs, APLAB organizers offer vegetarian and vegan food samples and recipes to help the community prepare for Monday “sin carne”. Other efforts include active outreach through Facebook, where they promote Meatless Monday and share meatless recipes with over 22,000 followers. Three times a year they organize large events with live music, vegetarian foods, and educational promotions about Lunes sin Carne. The movement continues to grow in La Paz, where there are now more than five vegetarian restaurants.

In Brazil, Segunda Sem Carne was founded in 2009. The campaign is run by the Brazilain Vegetarian Society. The city of Sao Paolo offers one million vegetarian meals twice a month, which translates a reduction of 88 lbs of meat per month.

Sengunda Sem Carne has the support of celebrities who wear t-shirts and share the meatless campaign via social media. Their website includes an outline of the program activities, news, press, recipes, and links to its thriving social media communities.

Meatless Monday in Canada is a local chapter of global initiative, led by Earthsave Canada. They work in collaboration with several other like-minded groups, including their French-language partner in Quebec–Lundi Sans Viande.

Several Canadian universities and schools have proclaimed Meatless Monday, including McGill and Queens. The City of Vancouver proclaimed Monday June 10th, 2013 as the city’s and country-wide first official Meatless Monday. See their website for more news and detailed information. Quebec Meatless Monday launched in Quebec in 2010 as Lundi Sans Viande. Its site provides a list of participating restaurants, celebrity signatories and user-submitted recipes, as well as an archive of press releases dating back to its inaugural exposition.

Vegetarianos Chile runs their national Lunes sin Carne movement, which continues to grow strong. Their website shares a wealth of information including recipes and news about vegetarian life.

The Lunes sin Carne campaign is well known in Latin America providing resources and information for those interested in Meatless Monday. Chile continues to garner campaign support from celebrities. They are working to spread the movement to the government, schools and restaurants. And, they promote Lunes sin Carne at large-scale cultural events, including Lollapalooza 2014. See their website for more!

The Croatian Meatless Monday program is led by Animal Friends Croatia. The capital Zagreb was the first city to officially support Meatless Monday. Their campaign grows strong–they have the official support of Ministry of Agriculture, the City of Samobor, and the former President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic. Local restaurants and like-minded organizations participate in the movement. Animal Friends sends out a popular weekly newsletter, and their website describes the great success of Croatia’s Meatless Monday campaign! Check out their favorite recipes here: French Salad and Horseradish Sauce

Two Meatless Monday campaigns thrive in Denmark.

Meat Free Monday Denmark was started in 2012 as a grassroots campaign led by Noura Mahfouz Kindler. Partnering with large food chains, food manufacturers and restaurants, the group holds events to promote Meatless Monday with live music, art, and presentations. Check out their original song, Make It a Monday!

Kødfri Mandag (which translates to Meat Free Monday) has brought Meatless Monday to three large universities. Check out Kødfri Mandag’s beautiful vegetarian cookbook and other Meatless Monday inspirations.

Launched in France in January 2019, the Meatless Monday initiative “Lundi Vert” translates to “Green Monday.” It is supported by 500 personalities in France (including leading scholars in nutrition) as well as the main NGO working in environmental and animal defense fields. The campaign is associated with a longitudinal study of nutritional changes led by a team of scientists in economy, nutrition and psychology supported by the National Center for Scientific Research and coordinated at the House of Human Sciences in Grenoble.

In Germany, “Donnerstag ist Veggietag” (Thursday Veggie Day), was launched in 2010. The campaign is run by VEBU or Vegetarierbund Deutschland, the vegetarian society of Germany. VEBU is a nonprofit committed to the production and consumption of plant food with the eventual goal of an animal- and environment-friendly society.

There are over 30 cities participating in Germany’s Meatless Monday campaign. Schools, companies are on board to go meatless too! See their website for recipes, cultural news, and national endorsements.

In Amsterdam, the Zuidas Meatless Monday Campaign launched in 2014. Zuidas is the growing business district in the capital city where eight companies have already joined the movement. Participating groups include a bank, a global paint company, a management consulting company, law firms, municipality services and a real estate firm. Employee and company feedback has been positive and the programs continue to expand. In September 2014 organizers will host the official kick-off event in a square on the Zuidas business district to promote the movement by offering vegetarian foods at small market stalls. In November, they will be considered for the Accenture Innovation Award. For more information and campaign updates, check out their Twitter or Facebook.

The Meatless Monday (Lunes sin Carne) campaign in Honduras is led by national nutrition leaders. Their program partners with local restaurants, writes promotional articles for the national news and shares vibrant meatless recipes each week.