European Vegetarian Union

EUROPEAN VEGETARIAN UNION - NEWSLETTER JULY 2006

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 2:08 PM

Dear friends,

The FAO has recently warned that poor harvests are to be expected, leading to higher prices, greater food shortages and consequently more hunger in the world. As always in these cases, FAO avoids mentioning that this already difficult situation will be aggravated by the fact that large percentages of harvests are not distributed to needy people but instead are fed to animals which are then eaten by the rich.

This situation is immoral and unacceptable.

During the 2007 EVU talks under the motto 'THE VEGGIE ANSWER TO WORLD HUNGER' we want to discuss this problem and determine ways by which vegetarians everywhere can raise awareness, more effectively inform the public about the dire situation and call upon decision makers to take an interest in a gentle and compassionate lifestyle that does not exploit people and animals and helps nature to heal.

Please join us to develop a common strategy which will make the many benefits of vegetarianism clear, both generally and in this difficult context.

There is still plenty of time to send us your ideas and suggestions which will then be incorporated into the schedule and thus become a building block for the optimal program needed to make the event a success.

If you are interested to give a speech about world hunger and vegetarian ways to alleviate it, please let us know by e-mail.

Best regards

Renato Pichler
President

European Vegetarian Union

Contents
1. Invitation to the AGM 2007
2. Invitation to the EVU Talks 2007
3. 'The Ecological Consequences of Meat Consumption' (also in GE/FR)
4. United Nations
5. Links

1. Invitation to the AGM 2007

When: Saturday, 28 April 2007, at 1030
Where: 'Sport Inn / Sport- und Seminarzentrum im Prater'
A-1020 Vienna (Leopoldsstadt/City Center)
Details: please see program EVU Talks 2007.
More information will be distributed at a later date.

2. Invitation to the EVU Talks 2007

'THE VEGGIE ANSWER TO WORLD HUNGER' 
When: Friday p.m. 27 April 2007 - Tuesday 1 May 2007 a.m. 
Where: 'Sport Inn / Sport- und Seminarzentrum im Prater' 
A-1020 Vienna (Leopoldsstadt/City Center)
Rustenschacherallee 3-5 
Tel.: +43 1 720 84 91 
Fax +43 1 720 16 91 
Mobil: + 43 650 720 84 89 
Email: ksv@ksv-sportzentrum.info 
Website: http://www.ksv-sportzentrum.info/fr-sportinn.htm
Accommodation: 
"all-inclusive", some meals in the "Sport Inn".
*	double room occupancy - 4 nights, including 4 breakfasts and 2
dinners. 
per person:
230 Euro for 'early bird' bookings until 1 January 2007. 
250 Euro for bookings as of 2 January 2007. 
*	single room - 4 nights, including 4 breakfasts and 2 dinners. 
250 Euro for 'early bird' bookings until 1 January 2007. 
270 Euro for bookings as of 2 January 2007. 
Please let us know in case you want to: 
- Book only accommodation (arrange meals yourself). 
- Are interested in free private accommodation (arrange meals yourself). 
- Want to make arrangements for a longer stay in Vienna. 
- Want to arrange a shorter stay or only certain days. 
We'll do our utmost to organize your stay to Vienna according to your
wishes. 
Outline Programme 
Friday, 27 April 2007 
Lunch time arrival, registration. 
Free time 
Dinner in town 
Vienna by night, visit Antun's Bio Bar (juices are served). 
Saturday, 28 April 2007
0800 Breakfast in Conference Center 
0900 Board Meeting 
1030 AGM 
1300 Lunch in Vegetasia (7 minutes walk, meals as of 4,80 Euro). 
1500 Meetings 
1800 Dinner in Conference Center. 
Sunday, 29 April 2007 
0800 Breakfast in Conference Center. 
0900 Meeting 
1300 Lunch in Vegetasia (7 minutes walk, meals as of 4,80 Euro). 
1500 brainstorming/Resume - drafting of press release. 
1800 Dinner in Conference Center. 
Monday, 30 April 2007 
0800 Breakfast in Conference Center. 
Sightseeing 
Tuesday, 1 May 2007 
Breakfast/Departure 
Contributions and ideas are welcome before, during and after the EVU Talks! 
Organiser: 
VEGANE GESELLSCHAFT ÖSTERREICH 
Waidhausenstr. 13/1, A-1140 Wien 
Tel: +43 1 929 14 988 
Fax: +43 1 929 14 982 
info@vegan.at 
Point of Contact Felix Hnat 
info@vegan.at - felix.hnat@gmx.net 
+43/ 676/ 531 88 95 
All further details.

3. A new flyer is online:

'The Ecological Consequences of Meat Consumption'

"If Americans ate 10% less meat, the quantity of the grain saved could protect around one billion people from starvation."

German:
Ökologische Folgen des Fleischkonsums.

French:
Les conséquences écologiques de la consommation de viande.

4. United Nations

The 'Open Letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations is now online in eight languages:
Danish
Dutch
French
English
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish

Will the next UN Secretary General be Shashi Tharoor, a vegetarian and animal friend?
English version (also available in German, French, Portuguese and Dutch.)

5. Links 

EVU Talks - Background Information 
- PROFETAS: 'The production of animal proteins is
inefficient'. 
- PROFETAS: 'meat production has a
disproportionate environmental impact via both
resource utilisation (land use, biodiversity, freshwater) and pollution
(climate change, pesticides, eutrophication)'.
- FAO: Developing countries 
shaping future of world agriculture trade: a new joint report by the OECD
and FAO says productivity growth in the world's poorest nations is not
keeping pace with the food needs of their rising population.
- FAO: Global Perspective Studies Unit.
- World cereal demand to outstrip supply.
Vegetarianism - Meat 
- Vegetarian diets are a lasting health trend.
- The environmental benefits of vegetarianism/Vegetarianism is not only a
response
to the inhumane practices of factory farms; it is also a way to conserve
natural resources, improve the environment and benefit human health.
- Meat production today is not just inhumane, it's inefficient.
- Sales of vegetarian food are on the rise in meat market.
- Rocker CHRISSIE HYNDE has hit out at meat-eaters 
branding them the true 'terrorists' of this world.
- India: Meat eaters are increasingly unwelcome in upscale Bombay housing.

- It's Not Enough to Be a Vegetarian.

BBQ
- PETA: Sizzling Summer Grilling Recipes.
- Veggie burgers taste great right off the grill.

Health 
- New atlases detail global cancer burden.
- Artificial hormones in U.S. beef linked to breast cancer, prostate cancer.

- Evidence shows healthy food choices can prevent cancer and improve
survival.

Veggie Diary

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