How about telling people to stop having kids? That's going to have a greater impact[1] in the long run than not eating meat.
Well, if you can't bring yourself to tell people that, what makes it all right to tell them to go vegetarian (TODAY)?
Prozelytizing your style of life is not how you get others to be more friendly to the environment.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/12/want-to-...