World Vegetarian Day
When is World Vegetarian Day?
October 1
When is World Vegetarian Day?
October 1
Celebrated on the first of October every year since 1977, World Vegetarian Day is an observance day designed to raise awareness about vegetarianism and to promote the benefits this lifestyle provides. Benefits that not only include better health for those practicing a vegetarian lifestyle, but also benefits proposed benefits to society and the environment as well, This day is also the first day of World Vegetarian Month which concludes with World Vegan Day on November 1st.
History
World Vegetarian Day was first enacted by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 as a way to promote the vegetarian lifestyle among non-vegetarians. A year later, it would become adopted by the International Vegetarian Union. Over the past four decades it has slowly gained popularity as more and more people began looking at the moral, economic and environmental issues surrounding the consumption of meat.
World Vegetarian Day was first enacted by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 as a way to promote the vegetarian lifestyle among non-vegetarians. A year later, it would become adopted by the International Vegetarian Union. Over the past four decades it has slowly gained popularity as more and more people began looking at the moral, economic and environmental issues surrounding the consumption of meat.
Facts About Vegetarianism
The country with the largest vegetarian population is India. About two-thirds of the world’s vegetarians currently reside in India and the country accounts for more vegetarians than any other country in the world.
The country with the largest vegetarian population is India. About two-thirds of the world’s vegetarians currently reside in India and the country accounts for more vegetarians than any other country in the world.
A recent study done in Great Britain showed that the IQ of a child could be used to predict whether that child would become a vegetarian or not. According to this study, the higher a child’s IQ the more likely they are to become a vegetarian.
Famous vegetarians include Mohandas Gandhi, Jane Goodall, Sri Chinmoy, George Benard Shaw, John Harvey Kellogg, Meat Loaf, Benjamin Franklin, Sir Isaac Newton, Mark Twain and Henry Ford.
Conclusion
World Vegetarian Day is a day for everyone to take a look at their eating habits and to reflect on how those eating habits may affect one’s health, society and the environment. It is also a day that allows people to try out the vegetarian lifestyle without committing to it completely.
World Vegetarian Day is a day for everyone to take a look at their eating habits and to reflect on how those eating habits may affect one’s health, society and the environment. It is also a day that allows people to try out the vegetarian lifestyle without committing to it completely.
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