About the International Vegetarian Union (IVU)
20 Feb. 2006 (Latest Update)
Contents
- The History of IVU
- IVU Goals and Members
- Previously-held IVU World Conferences
- Vegetarian Groups around the World
- IVU World Conference Specifics
- IVU's Site in Japanese
The History of IVU
- IVU, The International Vegetarian Union (based in the United Kingdom), is a worldwide union of vegetarian groups that has been in operation for about one hundred years. Since it's first conference in 1908 in Dresden, Germany, it has been educating about vegetarianism at global conferences. IVU's 1998 conferencein Thailand marked its 33rd worldwide gathering.
IVU was founded in 1889 as a union to unite vegetarian groups across the globe and as a successor to the Vegetarian Federal Union. The Vegetarian Federal Union held its first world conference in 1893 in Chicago, a second (1897), third (1901), and fourth (1905) in London, and its final conference in Dresden, Germany in 1908, which is when the IVU was established.
For more information on the IVU and its affiliations, please visit the History of IVU.
IVU Goals and Members
- The International Vegetarian Union is a nonprofit organization that strives to encourage vegetarianism throughout the world.
Vegetarianism includes veganism and is defined as the practice of not eating red meat, white meat, fish, and other animal by-products. (Consumption or avoidance of eggs and/or milk is not strictly-defined.)
The IVU is managed of vegetarians who promote vegetarianism through their non-profit organization. Supporters of the organization are other organizations and individuals that may or may not be managed by vegetarians.
More information: About IVU and its Members
Previously-held IVU World Conferences
- World Vegetarian Congress
- 1908 Dresden, Germany
- 1909 Manchester, England
- 1910 Brussels, Belgium
- 1913 The Hague, The Netherlands
- 1923 Stockholm, Sweden
- 1926 London, England
- 1929 Steinschonau, Czechoslovakia
- 1932 Berlin/Hamburg, Germany
- 1938 Daugaard, Denmark
- 1947 Stonehouse, England
- 1950 Oosterbeck, The Netherlands
- 1953 Sigtuna, Sweden
- 1955 Paris, France
- 1957 Delhi/Bombay/Madras, India
- 1960 Hannover/Hamburg, Germany
- 1963 Barcelona, Spain
- 1965 Swanwick, England
- 1967 Delhi/Bombay/Madras, India
- 1969 Jerusalem, Israel
- 1971 The Hague, The Netherlands
- 1973 Ronneby Brunn, Sweden
- 1975 Maine, USA
- 1977 Delhi / Bombay / Calcutta / Madras, India
- 1979 Loughborough, England
- 1982 Neu-Ulm, Germany
- 1984 Baltimore, USA
- 1986 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
- 1990 Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1993 Madras, India
- 1994 The Hague, The Netherlands
- 1996 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1999 Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 2000 Toronto, Canada
- 2002 Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2004 Florianopolis, Brazil
iIVUFThe International Vegetarian Union)
Vegetarian Groups around the World
- You can search for members and supporters of IVU at: IVU. Click on "Search the IVU database for details of all Member and Supporters" to begin.
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- All Affiliated Organizations: Check "Member Societies" and click "Submit"
- Affiliations by region: Check your region under "Select Region and click "Submit"
- Affiliations by country: Check "Specific country"and click "Submit"
- The Organization's Main Sites
