Thursday, January 6, 2011

Documentaries on Vegetarianism Or Veggie-Related Topics

http://www.beautiful-vegan.com/2010/04/documentaries-and-videos_9347.html
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How and Why Did You Become a Vegetarian?

As you think of the answer or as you may be considering becoming a vegetarian check out this partial list of famous veggies from around the world: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vegetarians

Animal Rights Speaker: Nadia Montasser


There are so many reasons why one should go vegetarian. Those include, but are not limited to protecting your health, stopping environmental pollution &global warming, fighting poverty worldwide and fighting cruelty to animals. Open your eyes and see what you might have never seen before. Chew on the reasons why you should go vegetarian instead of chewing on meat!!

Bio:

Nadia is a graduate of Economics from the Faculty of Economics &Political Sciences, Cairo University. She has 7 years of experience in different fields.
For the past 5 years, Nadia has been an animal rights activist helping Animal Welfare Organizations in Egypt. Nadia represents the biggest Animal Rights Organization in the world (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). She is their contact person in the Middle East. She has traveled to several Arab countries speaking in press conferences about animal abuse. Her contributions in the field led to shedding the light on the horrendous abuse inflicted on animals inside slaughterhouses in Egypt, leading to Australia banning live animal exports to Egypt until conditions were improved. Nadia won the Genesis Award, on the international Brigit Bardot category in 2006, after contributing to a special feature on animal rights in a Pakistani magazine.
She has participated in several demos with PETA in Egypt; one of which was with a man dressed as a sheep giving flowers to the Australian ambassador after banning live sheep exports to Egypt in 2006. In 2007 she was arrested and interrogated for a few hours after participating in a demo with a man dressed as a crippled chicken demonstrating against KFC’s cruelty in Tahrir square. Her latest peaceful PETA demo was last summer in Mostafa Mahmoud square titled (Spice up your life; Go Vegetarian). She has been a vegetarian for 5 years now.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Environmentalist Speaker: Ahmed El-Dorghamy


The impact of food choices on the Environment:

Food is one of our most important lifestyle choices that has a great impact on the environment. Blind consumerism is plaguing our world today and can be related to most of our environmental concerns and involves many socio-economic problems as well.  In order to understand the dimensions of these problems, better understanding of the Life Cycle Assessment concept, Carbon Footprints, Water Footprints and Virtual Water, are a few among many concepts that should be understood by environmental activists and vegetarians to have a sense of perspective and appreciation of their food choices, which will improve their ability to raise awareness beyond their circle. It is also a lot of fun to be able to explain the dramatic global dimensions of the bit of food you're chewing on!

Bio:

El-Dorghamy is an Environmental Management Consultant assisting the government, NGOs, and private sector in environmental management and planning. He received both his M.Sc. in Energy Technology and M.Sc. in Environment from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. He is currently co-founder of the Green Arm of Nahdet El-Mahrousa NGO aiming to promote environmental awareness and encourage collaboration amongst environmental groups and activists. He is also co-founder of Cairo Cyler's Club (CCC) and continues to engage in various activities that promote healthier and environmentally conscious lifestyles. 

Spiritual Speaker: Leslie Zehr

The Body Temple

Each of us is provided with a sacred space to house our soul. That is the body temple. How we nurture and tend this body is a reflection and manifestation of our spiritual beliefs. Join us as we explore sacred living, or conscious living, which includes taking care of our temple and the importance of diet, cooking, honoring food and the different philosophies behind these practices.

Leslie Zehr left western culture in 1986 to make her home in Egypt. Leslie was born in Lima, PerĂº but received most of her education in the USA. She is the author of The Alchemy of Dance: Sacred Dance as a Path to the Universal Dancer. In 1995 Leslie started the Women’s Group for Health and Well-being in Egypt. The group sponsors monthly gatherings as well as lectures and workshops in different areas of health and well-being. Leslie has International Certifications in Hypnotherapy, Touch for Health and Aromatherapy as well as Diplomas in Homeopathy and Sandplay therapy. She is a Reiki Master and holds a BS in Psychology from VPI, where she also studied Biochemistry. She is Cairo’s most prominent Aromatherapist. In February 2006 she presented a talk to the Doctors at the National Research Center of Egypt as a way to introduce Aromatherapy to Department of Complementary Therapies. Leslie’s work with plants has led her to develop the Al-chemia Remedies a line of Egyptian Flower and Sacred Sites Remedies. Her main work is with The Universal Dancer which incorporates Sacred Dance and esoteric wisdom which she teaches both in Egypt and abroad. As well as her book she has published numerous articles on Sacred Dance, Aromatherapy, Spiritual Astrology, The Mayan Calendar, Personal Alchemy and the Al-chemia Remedies.

Leslie Zehr

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