CAMPAIGNS

ProVeg International prides itself in dynamic campaigns that contribute to creating a world where everybody can choose healthy and delicious food that is good for all animals, humans, and the planet.

ProVeg South Africa runs several of the campaigns started by ProVeg International locally, but also has a host of campaigns and events unique to South Africa and the African context

DIET CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE (DCNCC)

As a part of our Diet Change Not Climate Change campaign, which is focused on raising awareness of the environmental impact of food choices, we engaged in a handful of activities.

On 25 March, we joined several other environmental activists in the city of Cape Town for the Global Climate Strike We brought banners with the #DietChangeNotClimateChange logo and chatted with many activists about how food choices impact the cause.

A few months later, we attended the launch of a plant-based menu, by HSI Africa's Green Monday initiative at University of Cape Town (UCT) residences where we hosted a presentation on the campaign and its key milestones since its launch.

To celebrate World Environment Day, we hosted ProVeg South Africa's first environmental film festival focusing on the link between food and climate change. More details on this are on page 18.

This year, the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) was hosted on African soil in Egypt. Because of this, we were lucky enough to send one of our team members from the South African branch to attend COP, support the UN team, and share research results on the #Food4Climate pavilion stage. Nanine Wyma joined the UN advocacy team for the second week of COP27 and presented preliminary research results on implementing plant-rich diets for diabetes in South Africa.

“It’s clear that the health of all humans is intertwined with the health of animals and surrounding ecosystems,” said Wyma.

“Implementing a plant-rich diet is not only the most compassionate way of eating, but also reduces the risk of climate change and chronic disease. Illuminating the health co-benefits of our solutions provides additional motivation to take action. Our research clearly showed that there were enough health benefits for South African diabetics who ate plant-based diets to motivate for larger, more controlled research interventions.”