International Vegetarian Union

The International Vegetarian Union (IVU) is an international non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote vegetarianism. The IVU was founded in 1908 in Dresden, Germany.[1][2]

International Vegetarian Union
AbbreviationIVU
Motto"Bringing veg'ns together worldwide since 1908"
Formation1908 (1908)
Founded atDresden, Germany
TypeNonprofit
PurposePromotion of vegetarianism
Region
Worldwide
Websiteivu.org

It is an umbrella organisation, which includes organisations from many countries,[3] and often organises World and Regional Vegetarian Congresses.[4] These alternate in two-year cycles.

Description
Participants in the first World Vegetarian Congress in 1908

The ruling body from IVU is the International Council, and the members who form it are unpaid volunteers elected by the Member Societies at each World Vegetarian Congress.

Member organizations may be continental groups (EVU, VUNA,[5] NAVS,[6] etc.), local or other regional vegetarian organizations whose primary purpose is the promotion of vegetarianism and the support of vegetarian living (e.g. EarthSave).

The IVU also encourages regional and national organizations to run vegetarian festivals, such as the 43rd World VegFest in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, on 25 October 2015[7] and the hundreds of currently organized vegetarian festivals on many continents.

The organization's 1975 World Vegetarian Congress in Orono, Maine has been called the most significant event of the vegetarian movement in the United States in the 20th Century[8] and led to the founding of the North American Vegetarian Society.

Notable members

Regional groups
  • Asian Pacific Vegan Union (APVU) (formerly known as Asia Pacific Vegetarian Union)
  • European Vegetarian Union (founded in 1988)
  • Vegetarian Union of North America (preceded by the American Vegetarian Union 1949–1970s and the North American Vegetarian Society 1974–1987[9])
  • South American Vegetarian Union
  • Southeast Asian Vegetarian Union

See also

References
  1. Puskar-Pasewicz, Margaret, ed. (2010). Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-313-37557-6.
  2. "IVU Welt-Vegetarier-Kongress 1908". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. Dia mundial dels veganisme 01/11/2005 Vilaweb (in Catalan)
  4. Monday 8 UK 8 November 2004 Financial Times
  5. "Vegetarian Union of North America". International Vegetarian Union. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. "NAVS Programs". North American Vegetarian Society. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. "IVU World Vegfest in Australia". IVU World VegFest. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. Kamila, Avery Yale (16 August 2020). "Vegan Kitchen: Exactly 45 years ago, Maine hosted a historic 2-week conference for vegetarians". Press Herald. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  9. The American Vegetarian Union
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