The Vegetarian Society of SA - website

Spokesperson:

Anne Sanders

Secretary

Contact Details:

(08) 8260 2778

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Key role of Member Group: 

Promoting Vegan/vegetarian diet and lifestyle as the most immediate and effective means of protecting the environment.

Key Achievements and Activities for 2008/09:

• Participated in National Vegetarian Week Sept 28th - Oct 4th), which promoted vegetarianism as a healthier, more humane and more sustainable lifestyle.
• Participated in Vegan Festival (15.11.08) and Fruit and Veg Parade (April '09) together with related groups
• Currently supporting two organisations* that are campaigning for the advocacy at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change of plant based diet as an essential element in combating climate change: reducing methane emissions, curtailing large scale land clearance.

*Suprememaster and VegClimate Alliance

Identify three key environmental issues impacting on South Australia:

• 1. Need to restore vegetation to compensate for the large areas cleared to provide pasture and grains to support animal husbandry.
• 2. Need for careful management of water resources.
• 3. Need to control population growth (and urbanisation) in relationship to the resources needed to sustain it without negatively impacting the environment.