July 16 antikafe «The department of culture» was Vladivostok youth meeting with Dmitry Veganovym , One of the organizers of the first Russian club vegetarian «Vegan Club». The sponsor of the meeting, who paid for staying guests and listeners antikafe where paying for time, not for the food, was Valentin Dubinin of the Department of Youth of Vladivostok. — I do not drink, do not smoke. I do not eat meat for ethical reasons — says Dmitry. — I am a strict vegetarian, vegan that is: do not eat meat in addition to milk and eggs. I became acquainted with the culture of vegetarianism at a punk rock concert where there were many such people. During the meeting, Dmitry vegans, whose real name I never managed to learn a lot about your vegetarian club. Institution lasted one and a half years, and in February 2012 the closed. — There were a lot of problems with the administration, — explains the reasons for stopping the club Zoozaschitniki — often there are fights, clashes between the polar-minded young people, particularly at rock concerts. There was a lot of financial problems: mainly institutions such profit from the booze, we\’re basically refused to sell alcohol. We worked on the enthusiasm. And would have continued if we had not imposed a higher tax, which we were just not able to pay. By the way, many people could not understand how can 48 people to work without pay, and was suspected of selling drugs. In an institution «Vegan Club» staged yoga classes, public lectures, film screenings and concerts. There even was a school yo-yo. Sold exclusively vegetarian food, and there was a complete ban on the use of alcohol and smoking in the walls of the club. Dmitry vegans cited the story when local rocker during a concert, forgetting himself, lit a cigarette, but a second later came to his senses and put out a cigarette on stage and said, «Damn, I forgot, I\’m in the» Vegan Club «!» After that, the public man told about another of his initiative, «green box» on May 1. — May Day — a day when anyone can walk on the main street of the town and bring their ideas to the masses, — says Dmitry. — And last year we decided to take advantage of this opportunity. Gathered all: ekozaschitnikov, animal rights activists, vegetarians. Positive friendly crowd of 200 people attended the parade. This year, we had already gathered 400. This event brought together the «green» from various fields of activity. Dmitry also organizes frimarketov (freemarket). This is an event where everyone brings their stuff, give and take for free. Public man admitted that he no longer buys clothes. Picks her frimarketah or accepts a gift from friends. — It is necessary to limit yourself to shopping, do not contribute to the cult of consumerism, — says Dmitry. — The world in the future? I think it will turn into a lifeless ball burned if humanity continues in the same vein. Resources run out, the glaciers are melting, the planet is overrun by garbage dumps. Environmental issues are now more important than ever «Trash. More. No. «- the movement of that name actively carries out its activities in the north of the capital and other cities across Russia. Dmitry talked about joint actions with the movement, when they helped people learn the separate collection of waste, not to send it to the landfill, more polluting the planet, and suitable for recycling. Finally Dmitry said a couple of words about the features of their nutrition principles. — Eating meat not only is inhumane, so still and just not economical — explains vegetarian. — Large areas are given by farm animals, even more — for feed crops for them. In general, the right to life is at all. Even animals. I live at home two cats and a dog. And they have to have friends, not food product.
Anastasia Yaroshenko, RIA «VladNews»