Past, present and future of vegetarianism
While Vegetarianism has it's presence in our history already for a long time, it's sometimes very difficult to see the importance of current changes and on-going improvement of the worldwide movement.
Past
TBD.
Regions
To get an idea, what has been done in a specific region, we also maintain Vegetarianism by country. Also the following lists might be interesting to get more details about the existing vegetarian movement:
- List of vegetarian festivals
- List of vegetarian organizations (semantic version)
- List of vegetarian restaurants
Africa
America
Asia
- 1927: The Benefits of Vegetarianism written in Iran
- 1999: Vegetarian Society (Singapore) has been founded in Singapore
Europe
Germany
Netherlands, the
- 1988: EVU was founded in Hilversum, Netherlands
United Kingdom
Oceania
Media
Books
Film
Perspectives
Varia
Present
TBD.
Regions
Worldwide
- September 2015: UN SDGs signed by 193 meber-states on the 25th of September 2015 at the HQ of UN in New York, United States
- October 2015: "Processed meats do cause cancer" WHO changes the public perception about well known facts.
Europe
- October 2015: The V-Label by EVU has been simplified by only using the terms: Vegetarian and Vegan for the future.
Perspectives
- Vegetarianism and also Veganism becomes mainstream, the importance of Vegetarian Organizations is key in coordinating: Information exchange, events for the community
Varia
Future
TBD.
Regions
Worldwide
- 2015/2016: TOVA will be "drafted"
- 2016: First Vegetarian Progress Index will be released
Asia
Singapore
- Singapore: EarthFest (SG) (unknown)
Thailand
- Bangkok: Vegfest (TH) (unknown)
Europe
- 2016 VeggieWorld in various locations (published)
- 2016 Veganmania in various locations (unknown)
Frankreich
- Paris 2016: 02.04.-03.04.2016 VeggieWorld
Germany
- Berlin 2015: 07.11.-08.11.2015 VeggieWorld
- Duesseldorf 2016: 21.10.-23.10.2016 VeggieWorld
- Hamburg 2016: 12.03.-13.03.2016 VeggieWorld
- Munic 2016: 30.04.-01.05.2016 VeggieWorld
- Rhein-Main 2016: 26.02.-28.02.2016 VeggieWorld
Netherlands
- Utrecht 2016: 05.03.-06.03.2016 VeggieWorld
Switzerland
- Zurich 2016: 23.09.-25.09.2016 VeggieWorld
Perspectives
There is a global trend away from the "traditional vegetarian" view/believes towards a more Open society also in terms of the global development and progress in sustainability where vegetarians and even more vegans can become a role model for the next chapter in modern human history, which should be able to use our "brains together" and advocate for a better society for the future.
Varia
- for e.g. Beyond Meat (startup) which made Bill Gates think again, will find their new markets/new consumers.