• Papolento 9: Being vegetarian, a political choice

  • Nov 10 2012
  • Length: 19 mins
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Papolento 9: Being vegetarian, a political choice

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  • Conversation with Julia, recorded in a hostel in Moscow. We talked about travelling with little money, through hitchhiking and Couchsurfing, the differences between Vegan and Vegetarianism, and their health and ethical reasons: in Russia most people who stop eating meat do it for health reasons, whereas in Germany a lot of people are also doing it for ethical reasons. Another topic was how the concerns with the environment tend to be more spread over wealthy countries such Germany or France: in countries with a lot of poverty like Russia or Brazil, these issues tend to be eclipsed by the struggle to survive. Then we talked about how vegetarianism is often connected with a political choice, against capitalism and its negative consequences to the environment. She explained the practice od Dumpster Diving, where people take food and other objects from garbages of Supermarkets or wealthy residencial areas: you might think this is something done only by homeless people with no other choice, but actually it is also done by University students and other people who could behave differently, but who want to mark their position against the culture of "throwing away too much". The conversation ended with the non-conformists in Russia in the 60ies, after Stalin's death, who were trying to copy the Western way of life, what makes a funny contrast with the non-conformists in Brazil.
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