Eating vegan for the environment
Replacing animal products with the huge diversity of vegan food out there could be the biggest thing an individual can do to slow global warming and improve the environment.
There has been a huge growth in information on this, and we will link to the most pertinent and well respected sources here, for anyone to refer to, inluding students, teachers, activists, environmentalists and aspiring vegans and veggies.
On-line information
- Vegetarian Society's snappy summary with links to statistics
- Summary of how eating vegan could be the biggest thing you can do for the planet (includes an original graph)
- YouTube video of presentation on livestock and the environment and the current lack of focus on it.
- Latest veggie environmental news
- Animal Aid's wrecking the planet factfile.
- United Nations report highlights livestock as the top contributor to global warming.
- Compassion in World Farming reports - to encourage people to at least meat reduce for the planet (5 meat reducers = 1 vegan in eco terms).
- IVU's listing of key sites on meat eating and global warming.
printed materials
- Vegetarian Society booklets
- Viva! environment leaflet
display and presentation materials
- T3V environment posters - A series of A4 smart high-visibility posters on this subject by Stephen of Thames Valley Vegans & Vegetarians.
- Contact us and we may be able to email you powerpoint presentations available to us.
public speakers and cookery demonstrators
- Animal Aid can provide a speaker on eco-vegan issues and a very wide range of animal and ethical issues.
- Viva! and Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation speakers' network
- Vegetarian Society speakers' network
- T3V speakers in the Thames Valley & Berkshire area providing a wide variety of workshops, debating sessions and cookery demonstrations for schools and adult groups of all sizes.
- Michael Gregar MD, from the USA, who sometimes does UK speaking tours and has excellent in-depth DVDs, mainly of a medical nature
what else should be listed here?
Contact us if you have or know about more excellent resources, or good websites to link to for listings of environmental events active vegans can join in with.
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