Vegetarianism
Abstaining from the consumption of meat
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| 2022 | Co-edited 'Contemplative Practices and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies for Higher Education: Bridging the Disciplines' with Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp through Routledge, exploring intersections of pedagogy, contemplation, and social justice. |
| August 2022 |
Kural
Governor of Tamil Nadu, R. N. Ravi, publicly criticized Anglican Christian missionary G. U. Pope for 'translating with the colonial objective to trivialise' the spiritual wisdom of the Kural, claiming Pope produced a 'de-spiritualised version' of the text.
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| 2021 |
Meatless Monday
A research study revealed that one-third of Meatless Monday participants successfully transitioned to a vegetarian diet after 5 years of consistent participation, demonstrating the campaign's potential for long-term dietary transformation.
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| 2021 | A research review compared growth between vegetarian and meat-eating children, finding no significant differences in their developmental outcomes. |
| October 2021 |
Kural
Central Institute of Classical Tamil announced plans to translate the Kural text into 102 world languages.
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| 2020 | Published two scholarly articles: 'Unstoried Air, Breath, Embodiment' in ISLE and 'Mindful Ecofeminism and the Multispecies Sangha' in Tarka |
| 2020 | Launched an 'Open Letter to the Environmental Humanities' during the COVID-19 pandemic, calling for scholars to commit to environmentally conscious behaviors. The letter was signed by over 40 international scholars and published in BifrostOnline's Spring 2020 issue. |
| 2020 |
Kural
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recited Kural couplets to the Indian armed forces.
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| 2020 | A meta-analysis investigated the growth of infants on a lacto-vegetarian diet, concluding that they exhibited normal growth and development. |
| August 2020 | Paul McCartney gave an interview reflecting on The Simpsons' 'Lisa the Vegetarian' episode, expressing his initial concern and subsequent delight that Lisa remained a vegetarian as promised by the show's producers. |
| March 2020 | Scholar Nathan Poirer reviews 'Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture', discussing how veganism can be integrated into popular culture without being perceived as threatening. |
| 2019 | Authored 'Out of the Closets and Into the Climate! Queer Feminist Climate Justice', further developing the intersection of queer theory, feminism, and environmental activism. |
| 2019 | A research analysis revealed that adherence to restricted diets like vegetarianism is associated with increased feelings of loneliness and social isolation. |
| 2019 | A scientific review was conducted examining bone mineral density in vegetarians, finding lower density at the femoral neck and lumbar spine compared to omnivores. |
| October 2019 | South Park aired the episode 'Let Them Eat Goo', which featured a vegetarian character. |
| 2018 | Published 'Ecofeminist Aesthetics', expanding theoretical frameworks in ecofeminist thought. |
| 2018 | A peer-reviewed meta-analysis found that eliminating animal products would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 28% across all economic sectors. |
| 2018 | In Black Panther, M'Baku challenges stereotypes by portraying the Jabari tribe as vegetarians, with actor Winston Duke highlighting the scene's potential to make vegetable eating seem 'cool'. |
| 2017 | Published 'Critical Ecofeminism' through Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington Books, further developing her theoretical contributions to ecofeminist thought. |
| 2017 | Wrote 'Feminism and Environmental Justice' and 'Just Ecofeminist Sustainability', continuing her critical work on intersectional environmental scholarship. |
| 2017 | A medical review determined that vegetarians experience 25% lower mortality rates specifically from ischemic heart disease, highlighting the cardiovascular health advantages of a meat-free diet. |
| October 23 2017 |
Meatless Monday
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced that 15 Brooklyn schools would participate in Meatless Mondays starting in spring 2018.
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| 2016 | Han Kang's three-part novel The Vegetarian was published in the U.S., exploring a woman who sees vegetarianism as a way to avoid causing harm and eventually identifies as a plant. |
| 2016 | Estimates published highlighting potential global healthcare and environmental savings from widespread vegetarianism adoption. |
| 2016 | Israel was described as 'the most vegan country on Earth', with five percent of its population adopting a fully vegan lifestyle, highlighting the growing popularity of veganism among both non-Orthodox and Orthodox Jewish communities. |
| April 26 2016 |
Kural
The Madras High Court directed the Tamil Nadu state government to include all 108 chapters of the Books of Aram and Porul of the Kural text in school syllabus for classes VI through XII, starting from the academic year 2017–2018, to 'build a nation with moral values'.
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| January 2016 |
Kural
Chitravina N. Ravikiran set the entire 1330 verses of the Kural to music in a record time of 16 hours.
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| 2015 | Published 'Ecofeminism and Climate Change', analyzing the relationship between feminist theory and environmental challenges. |
| 2015 | Cowspiracy won the Audience Choice Award at the South African Eco Film Festival. |
| 2014 | Authored 'Indigenous Women and the Environmental Humanities', contributing to discussions of environmental justice from an indigenous feminist perspective. |
| 2014 | The New Yorker published Jonathan Lethem's short story 'Pending Vegan', which follows a protagonist who renames himself to acknowledge his uneasiness with human-animal relationships. |
| 2013 | Published 'International Perspectives in Feminist Ecocriticism' through Routledge, expanding global perspectives in feminist environmental critique. |
| 2013 | Published scholarly works 'Literary Milk: Breastfeeding Across Race, Class, and Species' and 'Postcolonial Milk Studies', exploring intersectional perspectives in feminist and ecological scholarship. |
| 2012 | Life of Pi features Pi as a vegetarian influenced by his Hindu, Christian, and Muslim religious backgrounds. |
| 2012 | A comprehensive health study was conducted revealing reduced all-cause mortality risk among vegetarians, providing significant scientific evidence supporting potential health benefits of a vegetarian diet. |
| November 2012 |
Meatless Monday
The City of Los Angeles declared all Mondays to be 'Meatless Mondays', following actions by various school districts and other cities.
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| March 2012 |
Meatless Monday
The Government of Croatia supported the initiative by excluding meat from the menu of the Ministry of Environment and Nature Protection on Mondays.
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| June 2011 |
Meatless Monday
Aspen, Colorado became the first official 'Meatless Monday city', with over 20 local restaurants, Aspen Valley Hospital, Aspen Elementary School, The Aspen Club & Spa, and The University of Colorado School of Medicine participating.
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| February 2011 |
Meatless Monday
The Oprah Winfrey Show highlighted Meatless Monday during an episode on vegan living. Oprah declared Meatless Monday options would be available in Harpo Studios cafeteria and encouraged her studio audience to participate.
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| January 2011 |
Meatless Monday
Sodexo began offering Meatless Monday materials to more than 900 hospitals in their network.
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| October 2010 | Published scholarly article 'Reproductive Technology, or Reproductive Justice?' in Ethics & the Environment journal |
| April 2010 |
Meatless Monday
Chef Mario Batali introduced Meatless Monday menus in all 14 of his restaurants, featuring two weekly plant-based options.
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| April 12 2010 |
Meatless Monday
The Johns Hopkins Hospital launched Meatless Monday in their cafeteria.
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| April 6 2010 |
Meatless Monday
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a Meatless Monday resolution to encourage restaurants, schools, and grocery stores to offer plant-based options.
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| February 17 2010 |
Meatless Monday
Former Manhattan borough president Scott Stringer proposed that all New York City public schools adopt Meatless Monday in his Food NYC report.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Green Monday (organization), Cowspiracy, Meatless Monday, Kural, Vegetarianism & Greta Gaard, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.