Campaign preaches "no" to meat
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Filipe Vilicic
The Brazilian Vegetarian Society (SVB) officially launches on Saturday in the capital, a campaign to convince people to stop eating meat at least once a week - the "second without meat."
"In addition to preserving nature, this attitude is beneficial to health because it prevents, for example, diabetes and cardiovascular problems," sociologist fold Marly Winckler, president of SVB and vegan (vegetarian type of radical, who does not eat eggs, do not drink milk and do not wear clothes of wool or silk) for 14 years. "Ideally that would no longer consume any animal-derived every day. But adopting this habit on Monday is a start, "he adds.
The movement uses three main justifications. The first is that the farming industry accounts for 18% of global emissions of greenhouse gases and 80% of deforestation in the Amazon forest. Furthermore, to produce a kilo of meat are spending 15 thousand liters of water.
The campaign will be launched on 3 in an event organized by the SVB and the Municipal Green and Environment on the marquee of the Ibirapuera Park, south side. There will be lectures, workshops, yoga classes and other activities, which will extend through Sunday.
"Animals are slaughtered cruelly and clogged hormone," said Environment Secretary, Eduardo Jorge, who stopped eating red meat for 20 years. "It is disgusting to see how they are treated. With World without meat, we want to make people aware that there is good work for such violence. "After the event, the department intends to continue to publicize the project in schools, businesses, bars, restaurants, markets and offices of doctors and nutritionists. Entrepreneurs who join sign a term in which they undertake to encourage their employees to reduce the consumption of meat.
Launched in 2003 in the United States, the Meatless Monday (translated here as Monday without meat) aims to reduce global production of cattle, poultry and related products in 15%. "You only need the people turning vegetarian once a week," said Marly Winckler, president of SVB. "We chose Monday to be a day where people tend to adopt new habits, and diets." The idea spread to other countries, like Belgium and Australia. In June this year, was released in England.
"I will disclose to my carnivorous friends," says geographer Vinicius Madazio, ovo-lacto (do not eat meat, but eats derivatives as eggs and milk) since 2003. "There are already more people concerned with nature than when eliminated meat from my diet."
According to SVB, Brazil has increasingly vegetarians. "A proof is that our number of members increased by about 20% a year," said Marly Winckler. Today, the organization has a thousand members.
Source: Jornal da Tarde
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