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International non-profit organisation
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]
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
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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 5th World Vegetarian Congress was held in India, in 1957. It has been described by historians as bringing together
Hindu nationalism
and internationalism.
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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
[8]
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 and led to the 1974 founding of the
North American Vegetarian Society
.
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Notable members
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Regional groups
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