Activities you can do alone or with a group!
- Bring in vegetarian food to share with co-workers at you place of employment. For more ideas of things you can do in the workplace click here.
- Wear informative vegetarian message T-shirts throughout the month
- Display World Vegetarian Day / Vegetarian Awareness Month posters at libraries, supermarkets, co-ops, health food stores, churches, art centers and other appropriate public areas
- Invite friends and family home for a celebration meal
- Ask libraries (public, college, high school, etc) to set-up a display of their vegetarian titles
- Encourage restaurants, co-ops, and health food stores to support and publicize their vegetarian options, including in their promotional flyers
- Host a screening of vegetarian and related documentaries or films for friends, and/or arrange to have them shown on public access TV
- Place an ad in newspapers and other local publications
- Host a potluck, picnic, or meal at a restaurant
- Write a letter to the editor announcing these occasions and tell about how vegetarianism has benefited you
- Solicit bookstores to set up a display of vegetarian cookbooks and to offer special discounts throughout the month
- Give an educational presentation for any group you are affiliated with
- Ask your city mayor or town supervisor to sign a World Vegetarian Day proclamation (Contact us for a sample)
- Deliver a vegetarian lunch to local officials (with media coverage, if possible) or to local radio talk show hosts
- Serve a meatless meal at area homeless shelters
- Leaflet at fairs, malls, or at other public events
Take the fun to schools, colleges and universities!
- Ask school officials (president, principal, superintendent) to sign a World Vegetarian Day proclamation. (Contact us for a sample)
- Place a notice in school newsletters and monthly calendars
- Ask your library to set up a display of their vegetarian titles
- Do food/cooking demonstrations or food samplings
- Ask your cafeteria to observe these occasions, and if they aren’t already, to serve meatless meals or a meat-free option
- Exhibit an educational display, posters or banner in high traffic public areas
- Have classroom or study group discussions
- Invite vegetarian spokespersons to address an assembly, workshops or other sessions
- Host public screenings of vegetarian and related documentaries or films
Non-vegetarians can also join in the celebration!
- Eat meat-free for the day or throughout the month
- Learn how a vegetarian diet can benefit you personally
- Try the meatless options available at local restaurants and eateries
- Discuss vegetarianism with your interested friends, family and co-workers
- Host a meatless meal or potluck for your friends
- Eat meatless meals on a regular basis