http://www.ivu.org/news/online/October_2010.pdf
What about yourself, your brother and sister? Why are you
vegetarians?
It‟s quite interesting because we‟re all vegetarians for different
reasons: my sister for health reasons, my brother for environmental
reasons, and myself for ethical reasons. All in all, however, we
too believe in the advantages of a vegetarian lifestyle and are
passionate in spreading this knowledge.
Meat Wastes Water
Clean water for drinking and other human needs such as irrigation
is a precious and increasingly scarce resource. Indeed, the
increasing scarcity of water is one more reason to promote
vegetarianism.
Meat production not only pollutes water, due to the huge amount of
liquid and solid waste produced by the animals whom we eat, meat
production also uses more water than does the growing of plant
foods.
Many readers of IVU Online News are aware that environmentalists
calculate people‟s carbon footprints, but many of our readers may
not be aware that environmentalists also calculate our water
footprints: www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/productgallery
We all learn from our mistakes. What is one example from your
own experience?
I have learned as I get older that it is so important to promote
the message positively. Making people feel guilty about animal
cruelty or their diet never works, as they shy away from you, and I
am sure I was guilty of that when I was younger and probably more
aggressive!
Tina stepped down as VSUK Chief Executive in 2006, the same year
that she was appointed to Vegetarian for Life (now Director), and
has now decided to step down from the IVU Council.
Who is one of your heroes from the vegetarian movement? What can we
learn from that person?
I don't think I have just one particular person. I admire Gandhi a
great deal for his persistence and willingness to suffer for the
vegetarian and other causes, and I also admire George Bernard Shaw,
as he used humour, and I think that is a very valuable tool in our
armoury.
http://www.ivu.org/news/online/October_2010.pdf