The Vegan VEDDAS attended the Bazaar with its line of institutional products: T, Sweatshirts, HAT, CANECAS, EcoBags, Bottons, STICKERS, ETC.
No Bazar, people could indulge in the best of vegan cuisine made with care and humane by many cooks São Paulo!
An opportunity to acquire cosmetics, garment, accessories, books, general gifts free testing and animal ingredients!

Event page on Facebook.

Peter Hammarstedt (captain of the Sea Shepherd ships) Conference on Animal Rights 2012 U.S.! The VEDDAS will be present again at the end of this month for the eighth consecutive year to lecture about our work, aprender com ativistas lendários e ampliar as pontes com o movimento animalista internacional.

To learn more, visit: www.arconference.org

On 15 June, VEDDAS|Sorocaba display the short “The Gear”.

Local: Rua Olavo Bilaspur,68 – Trot. the R.Aparecida. Union
This was an invitation from members of the NGO ” Same frequency ”

Do not miss!

Abril de 2010

For some time, comecei a perceber-me incomodado quando alguém declara orgulhar-se por ser “vegetariano”.

After evaluating if I would be with that expressing a symptom of intolerance, I found that it was not an intolerance directed at individual, but a nuisance on the inconsistency implicit in this supposedly pride in declaring themselves "vegetarian", especially in the common use of the term, que atualmente abrange também aqueles que consomem ovos e laticínios.

In my view, being vegan (exclude not only eggs and dairy food, but also all other derivatives of animal origin from all the daily) is no more than a moral obligation to all. Being only the minimum to be done, what's it to be proud of? The fact that a person not be so ignorant or accommodated as most that surrounds it is not any reason for pride. Depending on the environment where the person is located, this may be reason to admire her for her courage, determination and willpower, but not something that can be proud of itself. After all, she is doing nothing more than his duty, which is not to exploit other sentient beings, thus freeing them from misery, escravidão e morte que lhes seriam impostas em troca de algum prazer ou conforto momentâneo e individual.

But if the person raises your veganism a step further, deciding to dedicate himself to bring the message of animal rights to others (becoming an activist), from there she could consider doing something beyond their moral obligation, apesar que uma outra ótica poderia chegar à conclusão de que o ativismo também seja nada mais do que a nossa obrigação moral.

The dilemma facing the finding of inconsistency implicit in this "proud vegetarian" applies not only to vegans, but (and greater severity) those who exalt his benevolence while rejoice with products that derive from the same amount (more than) farm animal and meat. I mean, of course, products such as eggs and dairy. With a break to reassess my tolerance (or the possible lack thereof), I understand that the transition phase of the consumption of some foods derived from animals, Though not essential, is commonly required in view of the degree of alienation that prevails in our society. Thereby, a phase of "decompression" (the consumption of animal products) can be useful to the individual to achieve normality (Veganism). However, we must not fail to consider that the direct transition from carnism to veganism is also perfectly feasible from a physiological standpoint. The impediment is not in physiology, mas sim no hábito.

I admire the fact that the individual has awakened and begun to review and release addictions, matrices and comodismos that still maintain the large mass attached to ignorance and neglect, unconscious, but not exempt, the responsibility that each has on the perpetuation or the abolition of animal slavery. Although I can understand that this process may require some time until the person abandon all animal products, I still can not say that I see this as something to be proud of. There are those that pass quickly through this phase transition or that, if not do so quickly, galgam de maneira constante os degraus necessários e isso é admirável.

However, is because they think that's good that is because they think they are not able, there are those who reach the "status" of having abandoned the consumption of animal meats and consider it the final conquest, as the possibility of veganism was reserved for a chosen few or unusually developed in their understanding of morality. The fact is that behind the "satisfaction" with their food classification is one reason: self-indulgence. Yes, self-indulgence, since the physiological point of view it is possible to abstain from the consumption of animal products in their entirety. If there is any attachment to them, this attachment is clothed with the excuse that their social condition or your daily routine does not make the transition, the fact is that addiction is. Even though there is an attachment to the food itself, there is an attachment to this daily routine that supposedly prevents the change. Now, if the person does not change his routine, is because it would bring consequences that would generate some discomfort, some? Logo, the person chooses to keep the discomfort to the animal will be explored so that she can keep the routine you consider to be the most comfortable for herself. Isso é comodismo.

Being self-indulgence considered by most as a negative behavior, I wonder where does the huge inconsistency boast of a practice guided by ease. Perhaps the comparison criterion is the, after all, although accommodated, people who continue to consume strongly some products derived from animals are less well than the majority of the population continues to consume strongly everyone Products of animal origin. Or, perhaps, this acceptance is because it was instituted to abandon meat consumption is already something sufficiently worthy of admiration and pride, and therefore would not be necessary to go beyond. As I have already explained, even said "besides" (the abandonment of all animal foods diet) is well below the minimum that everyone should practice (the veganismo, applied to all the everyday) and too short of the ideal being objectified (veganism added to animal rights activism).

Therefore, if we are to help people in their process of letting go of what keeps them linked to the consumption of products derived from animals, we, before anything else, pointing to them where your inconsistency, as this motivate them to continue moving forward. Evict them from undue laurels is not directing them an attitude of intolerance, but encourage them to follow walking with conviction and consistency until they can take ownership and pride, more suitably, da satisfação que almejam com a sua classificação dietética.

In this sense, and coming against solve my particular nuisance already reported, new terms are proposed to classify those who choose to leave the consumption of food of animal origin. The terms that are presented below were discussed by the members of the newly founded Vegan Society, an organization that was part of the motivation for its creation in the apparent confusion and misuse that has been made of the concepts of vegetarianism and veganism. As well as 1944 Vegan Society UK surgiu to highlight vegetarians (to use the setting time) who abandoned the consumption of eggs and dairy, coined the term "vegan", similarly Society Vegana, established in Brazil em 2010, proposes to reclassify the concept hitherto known as vegetarianism to its true condition, that is to protovegetarianismo.

The prefix therefore (Greek) designates that which gives evidence of being, or who leans to be, but which is not yet. Examples of this usage the terms prototype and protozoan. Examples of a protovegetariano the ovolactovegetarians, lactovegetarianos, ovovegetarianos, apivegetarianos or any combination of the prefixes that designate the animal food that continues to be added to your vegetarian diet (but not, precisely because these foods bring animals aggregates). Protovegetarianos are, therefore, those who want to be vegetarians (feed exclusively on plant foods), but not there yet, pois ainda se mantêm presos ao consumo de alguns produtos de origem animal.

Already the term vegetarian applies to that individual who bases his power entirely on plant foods and mineral. The term Vegan applies to the individual, in addition to adopting a vegetarian diet (eliminating everyone Products of animal origin of their food), also fails to consume the products of animal exploitation in other aspects of their way of life, como por exemplo nos cuidados com a saúde e nos esportes e entretenimento dos quais escolhe participar.

Naturally, the terms do not apply only to the individual, but also to food, the product, the establishment, etc.. To cite some examples following the new terminology, to designate, is vegetarian, a restaurant should serve only foods of plant origin, but does not need to be especially careful with the origin of the cleaning products you use. Already a restaurant vegan is consistent with the term when it goes beyond the food we serve to also take care of other aspects related to its operation and that may involve the use of products derived from animal exploitation. Similarly, an entity that calls itself vegetarian can not be permissive with the consumption of foods of animal origin. The correct designation for an entity that may be condescending with the consumption of animal products is protovegetariana. To cite another example, a cookbook vegetarian does not deserve the name if there be recipes with eggs and dairy. If a book with recipes that keep those animal products, correct classification is a cookbook protovegetarianas (to use a generic term) or a cookbook ovolactoapivegetarianas or similar composition in case you want to be more specific about the ingredients they use or do not use. However, passa a ser incorreto usar o título “receitas vegetarianas” para designar uma publicação que inclua ingredientes animais em suas receitas.

FRAMEWORK ==== ====

In this time of transition, a small glossary listing the new terms to the above terms can be useful:

Protovegetariano - Some guy who keeps animals derived added to your diet. May be a combination of prefixes egg-, lacto- and API- (example: ovolactovegetariano). Anteriormente conhecido como vegetariano.

Vegetarian - Individual who consumes only plant foods and mineral. Formerly known as strict vegetarian, o que hoje vemos ser uma redundância nos termos.

Vegan - Individual who adopts a vegetarian diet (disclaims any food of animal origin) e também abole os produtos de origem animal de outros aspectos do seu modo de vida.

FRAMEWORK ==== ====

It is natural that there is some confusion in the use of these terms during the first years of transition. You will need to work its use not only in communication between vegetarians and protovegetarianos, but also with the media and the public. Although this change may bring some confusion at the beginning, we are paving the way for clearer communication and free of flaws that keep today indulgence hidden under the eyes of the individual who remains attached to it, stroking it bother the providential, if it were not hidden, poderia motivá-lo a seguir em sua caminhada rumo à abolição de todas as formas de exploração animal do seu modo de vida.

Giuliano J P Silva, psychologist, musician and activist: giupubis@gmail.com

Psychology could contribute to the work of activists VEDDAS?

I hope with this text enable a reflection on how the activist puts people in touch with their actions during, so that contact is most possible constructive, for both the activist and for people affected. I will use the knowledge of humanistic psychology, the person-centered approach, e minha experiência pessoal como ativista e como psicólogo nessa tarefa.

Although we are subject to external values ​​we impose ways of being that distance us from what we really are, we all have at our core a natural ability to self dirigirmos. Unlike the fairly widespread mentality that the human being is a being irrational and that their impulses, when uncontrolled, lead to the destruction of self and others, humanistic psychology believes that humans naturally live in a constant search for inner harmony, and consequently in a quest for greater harmony with their environment. Therefore, the best way to encourage a person to evolve is to believe in its natural condition to think, feel, seek and be directed in the way of their own needs, to, from this belief, facilitating conditions for the person contact with itself and the world you live in to find their own answers and your unique way of being. The best way of activist, Educator, psychotherapist, do amigo ajudar é criando condições ideais para facilitar que a pessoa possa buscar em si própria o seu caminho.

These conditions are created from three basic assumptions in accordance with the Person Centred Approach. They are: congruence, a empatia e a aceitação incondicional positiva.

Congruence

Congruency means the ability to accept their feelings without disguise, fight or deny whatever it is feeling or thinking. You recognize yourself as someone who is upgrading to better living. Even when Experiment a feeling that I do not like, must first accept that feeling as my, para conseguir olhar para ele e ter tranquilidade para transformá-lo.

There is no hiding seek a feeling or thought during a conversation without it somehow appears to the caller or to an audience. Even if the other person does not know what goes on inside of me, I issue the message is affected by the noise of my internal struggle. Once accepted what I feel, recognizing that however dangerous or objectionable to be my feeling is that I am now, not need to commit energy to repress, ocultar ou negar isso.

If during a conversation your feelings and inner thoughts begin to undermine what you're trying to say or affect their willingness to listen and understand the other, a way to handle it is to communicate in a careful, however, true what you are feeling, is the feeling for the person with whom you are talking, referring to the audience before or you are referring to yourself. Generally, the simple fact of saying how you're feeling, now makes this feeling stop bothering. For example: Once, to direct me to a large audience and staffed by people with more experience in managing people than I, I began to feel anxious. Early on in my speech, I noticed that my breathing was getting hard and my thoughts were a bit confused, punctuated by the concern of my image being impaired. My initial reaction was to address that anxiety, because I sensed that this could harm my presentation. But the more I tried not to feel anxious, I was more anxious. Until I remembered the principle of congruence and interrupted my speech telling the audience that I was feeling anxious to talk to as many experienced people and that was a little short of breath because of that. Many people laughed as if I had said that to make a joke. I heard some people saying that it was next regular. The fact is that, after expressing how I felt, be anxious no longer a problem for me. Not to be left totally anxious, mas stopped lutar against anxiety. Being anxious was no longer a problem that I needed to worry, assim me senti mais tranquilo e pude acessar melhor as ideias que queria transmitir.

Empathy

Often the way I believe to be the best, is the best for me. But each one progresses from the stage where it is and from what is. Therefore it is best to me may be different from each other better. Com empatia é possível compreender e respeitar melhor os motivos pelos quais um indivíduo escolhe um caminho diferente do que eu escolho.

Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else's forever, because in this way we have more able to understand and accept each other in their motives, their fears and feelings and thus better able to judge not, interferir ou direcionar a pessoa por um caminho que acreditamos ser o melhor.

Unconditional Positive Acceptance

Is to accept others in a positive way, always understood that the person, its form, está no fundo procurando se sentir bem e se encontrar.

Accept no means agree. When we believe in the natural tendency of people to look and feel good meet, we find it easier to accept the other, mesmo não compreendendo ou não concordando.

When we accept and welcome the other trend is that people feel more comfortable being who is. Once the person is not committed to defend the judgment of another, but rather, finds acceptance, poderá olhar para si mesmo e decidir mudar se estiver preparada e julgar que é o melhor para si.

Thus, the meaning of the work of the activist is to provide resources, information and knowledge available, facilitating the conditions for the other to be what is, para que assim ele possa empreender as mudanças de comportamento que quiser.

REFERENCES

FADIMAN, James & Frager, Robert (1986). Theories of Personality. Sao Paulo: Harbra.

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ROGERS, Carl R. (1994). Encontro Groups. Sao Paulo: Martins Fontes.

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04/09/10

A better world, beings free of exploitation
In my mind, perhaps, mere illusion
What I see in me is different
What seems to see everyone

It can never be that I come to be
But do not bet on doubt want to satisfy
Utopia, romance, impossible to achieve?
Just know that if I engage in this view

Elect to it instead of the current reality
Without giving up the work required to change the truth
Not so much by choice, but caring
For what I see bothers to both reason about the heart

Dams victimized by cautious and unwary
By prophets, hypocrites, purveyors of horror
Ignoring any request for mercy
Any form of pain

All in the name of the human animal, da gula, Oil
The start of billions of pairs of eyes
Greed, do sangue, Beef and secretion
Entertainment and its sciences without reason

Guided or blinded by their self-righteousness
Create mechanisms, enslave, afflict
Put, testify
Win, overlap
Pluck all who live or would live
What they themselves ever would take

Justified on the palate, with "nature", with the robe
Impose newcomers and innocent one reality
Descriam cherish vices and virtues of every color
Transform them in graphics, in numbers, a mere actor

Are all that are to be
Pass to be a quasi
Almost born
Almost dies
That almost lives
(and in many lives)
In full horror

I open my eyes
I leave the sofa
Because they do not expect
Why you do not persevere
Have no way out of this place

It is only through our hands
Yes no responsibility, and calls for action
For a revolution not enough classes
There is a historical debt of the species that created the cages

There is a kind of debt
Inheritance speciesist
There is a debt planetary
Inheritance consumerista
The minds dissidents
The revolution abolitionist

Hearts angry
The massive response
The hands of the brave
The answer, when the hour, arms

A utopia, the utopia of reason
Maybe believing that the entire solution
Will always come through discourse, petition
Policy or the embrace of peace in the heart

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In the previous issue of the Journal of Vegetarians I reported directly to the readers of the ship Steve Irwin Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on the progress of the intervention campaign against whaling. Now back to Brazil, trago as novidades sobre o restante dos dias a bordo e a conclusão da campanha.

Sea Shepherd is an organization working for the conservation of the oceans and their mode of action is via direct intervention in the activities that offend marine life. The campaign of which I had the privilege to participate as a volunteer is to stage the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary where the Japanese whaling fleet is present up to kill 1.000 whales every year. For seven consecutive years, fleet of Sea Shepherd opposes doing this activity is also present, which ends up generating direct confrontations between the two fleets. This season, counted with whalers 5 Sea Shepherd ships and three ships and a helicopter. The Steve Irwin is the main ship of the Sea Shepherd fleet, where Captain Paul Watson leads the entire fleet and where I spent 46 dias trabalhando como voluntário em tarefas relacionadas ao convés e à Ponte de Comando.

Those who wish to know more details about this history and fleet, wants to kindly read the article "Front War by Frost Whales " in Issue # 53. When this article was written, had already located the whaling fleet three weeks ago and since then chased. The last ship to be found outside the tanker (responsible for replenishing the Japanese fleet) and the only ship that was missing was to be located the factory ship (where whales are processed after death). You can also catch up on all the experience of the campaign reading my blog Diary http://guerragelida.blogspot.com or by accessing the website of Sea Shepherd www.seashepherd.org.

After a few days escorting the tanker away from the Whale Sanctuary me through storms with winds of 90 km / h e ondas 12 meters, Steve Irwin made a maneuver that allowed the ship outwit arpoeiro already followed us a few days ago with the task of informing our coordinates to the factory ship, making it impossible mission to find you in the vastness of the ocean. To realize a leak, it was necessary to enter into a new storm, now with winds 120 km / h e ondas 15 meters, crew made life even more difficult and the risk of being aboard a mission like this, where help may be days shipping, became even more evident. The risk provou up productive, as to mislead the ship arpoeiro, foi possível continuar a busca pelo navio-fábrica.

The area for which sailed in the days that followed was filled with growlers (huge slabs of ice floating), which represents a major risk to the Steve Irwin and his crew as the ship was not designed to navigate in ice. In previous years, the hull of the ship was open to the clash against these ice sheets that have strength similar to concrete and can be larger than a house. Uma abertura no casco pode resultar em uma fatalidade para toda a tripulação.

After early, to 5 the morning of 25 January, decola the helicopter from the Steve Irwin started looking hair Navier factory, o Nishinmaru. Taking off several times during the day to sweep the area in search of the factory vessel, was late in the afternoon that the helicopter brought the news, I heard on the radio during my break: "The helicopter got visual confirmation of Nishinmaru". A wave of euphoria swept the crew, hoped soon to see the factory ship close, prepare to block its activity. This was the moment for which everyone expected. The factory ship was 35 miles away, still far to be reached. The important thing is that we knew where he was. Agora seria uma questão de tempo até alcança-lo.

The ship arpoeiro (Yushinmaru) was quick to locate the Steve Irwin, going to the monitor, which would make it more difficult for our approach. Taken in an area of ​​icebergs and growlers, the radar is capable of detecting a ship at a great distance. Therefore, the best tool still the helicopter continued to take off to make sure the position of the factory ship, Our larger target. Around 8 night, the factory ship, in a desperate act, began to sail amidst an area with ice concentration greater. The aerial photos produced aboard the helicopter showed that the Steve Irwin could not navigate the same area. The Steve Irwin sought to surround him on the other side of the ice field (that stretched for hundreds of miles). With teams helicopter and extremely worn Deck, because they are working for 19 hours without a break, o monitoramento aéreo teve que ser interrompido por volta da meia-noite pois qualquer erro na operação poderia causar uma fatalidade e as mentes já não conseguiam estar tão atentas quanto se fazia necessário.

The following day, had lost the factory ship. The Gojira was undergoing repairs in Australia and therefore can not assist in the search. The Bob Barker was a few days away, it just left chasing the tanker. To assist in the search, was launched from the Steve Irwin a weather balloon with camera and radar, but produced no fruit. With the ship arpoeiro in our rear and navigating through the ice, nossas chances de encontrar o navio-fábrica eram pequenas.

At this moment, has begun a hunting operation to remove the ship arpoeiro, which would give us some advantage to resume search. The boat was launched on Delta water supplies needed (bottles with butyric acid, smoke bombs, chords to seize the ship propeller arpoeiro) and the helicopter was flying. As there was the time my shift at the Bridge, unite me to the team's Deck to follow the action closely. Realizing our approach maneuver, arpoeiro the ship headed for an area of ​​ice closed, precluding the approaching boat Delta due to their limited ice navigation. But Steve Irwin followed breaking the ice, saw that it was stained with red paint that was torn from the hull. The noise impact against dozens of tons of ice cracking beneath your feet is impressive. The hope was that, fleeing amid the ice, the ship is arpoeiro encurralasse unable to pass. However, they went inland ice. As the capacity of arpoeiro ship speed is greater than the Steve Irwin, the chase was abandoned after an hour and returned to find the factory ship, que é o melhor que poderíamos fazer nesse momento.

The other ships of the Sea Shepherd fleet would soon come to the region and the Steve Irwin and his crew were preparing to head back to the harbor in New Zealand for refueling, because our fuel reserves and supplies are approaching the limit. Throughout the history of Sea Shepherd, this was the longest period of navigation Steve Irwin, which was a total of 46 days sailing. After the 5th week, since we had no fresh fruit or vegetable. Fruits in syrup or strawberry jam were the closest to a fruit "fresh" on board and there would still be a couple more weeks until returning to port. The bath was restricted to a bath 3 minutes each 3 days and the routine began to affect the morale of all. What was encouraged us know that although we are not achieving an efficiency of 100% in reducing hunting, it was reduced by at least 70% já que a frota baleeira estava constantemente ocupada com a frota da Sea Shepherd e suas ações.

Indeed, we headed back to the mainland and on 5 February arrived at the port. It was time to say goodbye mission aboard the Steve Irwin and others also landed, being replaced by new volunteers. We had a warm welcome from local activists, who welcomed us with fresh fruit! Unsatisfied, My first stop was in a market where the sight of shelves stuffed with fresh fruits and vegetables gave me a sense of what would be the vision of paradise!

While the Steve Irwin was replenished with fuel, supplies and new volunteers, Bob Barker and the Gojira continuing in the Antarctic region by seeking factory ship. On 9 February, the factory ship was located by Gojira, which soon was joined the Bob Barker and the intervention was initiated in their activities, blocking its loading ramp of dead whales. On 17 February, the Japanese government ordered the whaling fleet returned to Japan. The reason, as described by a Fisheries Agency official in communication with the Japanese factory ship: "There is no despistarmos vessels Sea Shepherd!”. Outras declarações oficiais do governo japonês deixam claro que o motivo da retirada da frota baleeira foi a presença da frota da Sea Shepherd e suas intervenções.

Having hunted with low efficiency during the 40 while they were in the area and being forced to return home more than a month ahead of schedule, the Japanese fleet suffered the biggest loss in its history. As Bales, on the other hand, had the greatest victory. Preliminary figures indicate that they hunted only 15% quota established (to pay the costs of the expedition, they must hunt 50% quota established). Never before they returned home to weakened and never before Sea Shepherd returned so strengthened. Captain Paul Watson has promised to return to Antarctica next year if necessary, but what we all really want is that the government of Japan to leave this archaic activity and unite

The many other nations, to inve killing, work to preserve the lives of these magnificent animals. There will come a day when we can celebrate the accession of many nations to the perception of the deserved respect for all life forms. Per hour, que essa vitória pontual sirva para inspirar-nos a continuarmos lutando pelos direitos de todos os animais.