🥩 Lunch Lecture: The End of Meat 🥗
Should we all go vegan? That’s for you to decide, but Tobias Leenaert’s rational and pragmatic approach might just help you shape your opinion. In this talk, he will discuss the impact of the way we treat animals - and the importance of why we should address it.
🌿 Although the majority of people in the Netherlands believe we should eat less meat, the average meat consumption in our country has hardly changed this century. The shelves of meat substitutes get wider, the number of flexitarians grows rapidly, as do concerns about the climate. At the same time, no more than 5% of people are pescetarian, vegetarian or vegan.
🌍 Tobias Leenaert has been lecturing on veganism for several decades. In this talk, he takes a closer look at the issue of animal welfare in our society and explains why it is one of the most important moral issues of our time. In addition, he will discuss what should or could be done to speed up solving this matter.
🌱 Tobias Leenaert is the author of How to Create a Vegan World: a Pragmatic Approach and blogs at www.veganstrategist.org. He is a longtime speaker and strategist, giving talks and trainings all over the world. He is also co-founder of ProVeg International, a food awareness organisation working with a broad range of parties – from decision makers to the general public – to transform the global food system. Tobias is keen on thinking out of the box, building bridges between different groups, and practicing what he calls ‘slow opinion’.
📌 This lecture will take place on Wednesday 8 February from 12:40 to 13:20 in the Blauwe Zaal in the Auditorium and is organized by Effective Altruism Eindhoven, Studium Generale, and the Vegan Student Association Eindhoven.
✍️ You can sign up for this lunch lecture through the website of Studium Generale.
🚀 After program
After the lecture, EA Eindhoven will host an extended Q&A and discussion with Tobias and the Good Food Institute from 13:30 to 15:15 in Auditorium 15 (no signup necessary) about the most impactful things students and faculty at this university can do to tackle animal suffering and the future of food. This includes the launch of the Eindhoven Alternative Protein Team, a new student initiative at TU/e that seeks to help enable this goal.
🍽️ Dinner with VSA Eindhoven
Afterward, there will be a dinner at Bar Bistro Calypso, a plant-based food restaurant in the center of Eindhoven. For 15 euros per person, they will put their specials on the table for us all to share. There are two types, so you can try some of both. Their specials switch monthly and you can find their current ones on their Facebook page. We’ll also be getting free water and a round of Mexikaner, their homemade liquor 🌶️. And at 22:00, there will be a round of snacks!
♟️After dinner, we will be playing some games! Feel free to come for either dinner or games only.
🧆 What? Dinner + playing some games + having drinks + snacks = boatloads of fun
📍 Where? Bar Bistro Calypso (Stratumsend 83, Eindhoven)
🕚 When? We’re starting at 18:00 on Wednesday 8 February
✍️ Sign up? Yes! You need to sign up here.
🧑🤝🧑 Who? Everyone is welcome!
✨ See you there!