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[quote width=”” align=”left”]This year Animal Friends again invites citizens to take on The Veggie Challenge<\/span> [\/quote][divider]- The Veggie Challenge lasts from ZeGeVege Festival until World Vegetarian Day<\/p>\n This year Animal Friends again challenges citizens to the veggie adventure which will begin at the ZeGeVege Festival, Sept 7-8, and last until World Vegetarian Day, Oct 1, 2012. Interested citizens can register and begin the challenge today, or sign-up during or anytime after the ZeGeVege Festival. Though The Veggie Challenge lasts only until the end of September, Animal Friends hopes citizens will continue pursuing a veg lifestyle even after the offical challenge commences.<\/p>\n The goal of The Veggie Challenge is to showcase the advantages of a vegetarian diet and to make the general public aware of the ethical, health, and ecological values of a vegetarian lifestyle, showing everyone that delicious and healthy food, just like quality cosmetics, does not have to be of animal origin.<\/p>\n There are lots of reasons to participate in The Veggie Challenge and everyone can discover something that will push themselves to make a beneficial lifestyle change. Plant based food is good for our health and postively affects our quality of life and its longevity and also helps to save natural resources, prevent world hunger, preserve water and the earth, and reduce pollution. It also directly affects the fate of many sentient beings whom we share this planet with.<\/p>\n More than 150,000 vegetarians and vegans live in Croatia, and their number is growing both in Croatia and worldwide. Many celebrities like Mike Tyson, Emily Deschanel, Olivia Wilde, Tobey Maguire, Woody Harrelson, Jared Leto, Ellen DeGeneres and others have incorporated the veggie challenge into their everyday lives by choosing veganism for animals, theenvironment, and their health.<\/p>\n Everyone participanting in The Veggie Challenge can expect prizes for their perseverance, video and printed materials, recipes, and free services like cooking workshops and Vegan Buddies, a program that connects you with a helpful and experienced vegan mentor. Everyone living in Croatia can register.<\/p>\n Additional encouragement will also be given to Veggig Challenge participants through a new video in which a three-year-old boy shows how easy it is to make pumpkin muffins.<\/p>\n The four-legged members of our families can also join The Veggie Challenge by consuming quality plant-based food which will be featured at the ZeGeVege Festival.<\/p>\n The ZeGeVege Festival will also offer, through tastings, workshops, educational materials, books, cookbooks, nutrionists’ advice and various other materials and activities, support for an easy switch to a vegetarian diet.<\/p>\n The ZeGeVege Festival of Sustainable Living will bring citizens closer to a healthy diet, ecological and ethical products, and entertain all with a rich program, promotions, innovations, prize contest, and much more. The restaurant at the ZeGeVege Festival will offer tasty dishes at discounted prices so everyone will get an opportunity to taste various vegan meals and cakes.<\/p>\n The restaurant of the ZeGeVege Festival will be organized by Vegehop, while nutritional advice will be given by Irena Svenda, who holds a Master degree in nutrition.<\/p>\n [youtube width=”650″ height=”380″ video_id=”1bo6QZ67y6g”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [quote width=”” align=”left”]Prijatelji \u017eivotinja i ove godine pozivaju gra\u0111ane da prihvate Vege izazov<\/span>[\/quote][divider]<\/p>\n – Zeleni izazov od ZeGeVege festivala do Svjetskog dana vegetarijanstva<\/p>\n Prijatelji \u017eivotinja i ove godine izazivaju na vege avanturu koja \u0107e trajati od ZeGeVege festivala, 7. i 8.9.2012., do 1.10.2012., odnosno do Svjetskog dana vegetarijanstva. Gra\u0111ani se mogu prijaviti i po\u010deti s izazovom ve\u0107 danas, tijekom ZeGeVege festivala ili nakon njega. Vege izazov traje najkra\u0107e do kraja rujna, a najdulje do\u017eivotno.<\/p>\n Cilj Vege izazova je pokazati raznolikost i prednosti vegetarijanske, odnosno veganske prehrane i pribli\u017eiti ekolo\u0161ke, zdravstvene i eti\u010dke vrijednosti odr\u017eivog na\u010dina \u017eivota, te pokazati da ukusna i zdrava hrana, ba\u0161 kao i kvalitetna kozmetika, ne moraju biti \u017eivotinjskog podrijetla.<\/p>\n Razlozi za sudjelovanje u Vege izazovu su brojni i svatko mo\u017ee na\u0107i ne\u0161to \u0161to \u0107e ga potaknuti na pozitivnu promjenu. Biljna hrana dobra je za na\u0161e zdravlje i pozitivno utje\u010de na kvalitetu i duljinu na\u0161eg \u017eivota, kao i na u\u0161tedu prirodnih resursa, sprje\u010davanje gladi u svijetu, o\u010duvanje vode, zemlje i zraka te smanjenje zaga\u0111enja okoli\u0161a. Tako\u0111er, izravno utje\u010de i na sudbinu mnogih osje\u0107ajnih bi\u0107a s kojima dijelimo planet.<\/p>\n U Hrvatskoj \u017eivi preko 150 tisu\u0107a vegetarijanaca i vegana, a njihov broj svakim danom raste i kod nas i u svijetu. Poznate osobe poput Mikea Tysona, Emily Deschanel, Olivije Wilde, Tobeyja Maguirea, Woodyja Harrelsona, Jareda Leta, Ellen DeGeneres i mnogih drugih odlu\u010dili su svoj vege izazov uklju\u010diti u svakodnevni \u017eivot te su odabrali veganstvo radi zdravlja, \u017eivotinja i okoli\u0161a.<\/p>\n Sve koji se prijave na Vege izazov o\u010dekuju iznena\u0111enja i nagrade za ustrajnost, kao i razni video i tiskani materijali, recepti i besplatni servisi poput radionice kuhanja i Vegan Buddyja, odnosno individualne pomo\u0107i iskusnog prijatelja vegana. Prijaviti se mogu gra\u0111ani iz cijele Hrvatske, a sudjelovati mogu i vegetarijanci.<\/p>\n Kao dodatni poticaj za sudjelovanje u Vege izazovu, dostupan je novi simpati\u010dan video u kojem trogodi\u0161nji vegan pokazuje kako je lako napraviti muffine od bundeve: www.youtube.com\/afcroatia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vege izazovu mogu se priklju\u010diti i \u010detverono\u017eni uku\u0107ani koji imaju priliku u\u017eivati u kvalitetnoj gotovoj hrani na potpuno biljnoj osnovi, koja \u0107e biti predstavljena na ZeGeVege festivalu.<\/p>\n ZeGeVege festival tako\u0111er \u0107e, kroz degustacije, radionice, edukativne materijale, knjige, kuharice, savjete nutricionista i mnogo toga drugoga, dati podr\u0161ku za jednostavan prelazak na vege prehranu.<\/p>\n ZeGeVege festival odr\u017eivog \u017eivljenja gra\u0111anima \u0107e pribli\u017eiti zdravu prehranu, ekolo\u0161ke i eti\u010dke proizvode te ih zabaviti uz raznolik program, promocije, inovacije, nagradnu igru i druge zanimljivosti. Restoran ZeGeVege festivala nudit \u0107e ukusne obroke po sni\u017eenoj cijeni kako bi svi imali priliku ku\u0161ati razna veganska jela i kola\u010de.<\/p>\n Prijavite se za Vege izazov te pogledajte recepte i korisne informacije, kao i brojne zanimljivosti na www.vegekit.com<\/a> i www.vegan.hr<\/a>.<\/p>\n Restoran ZegeVege festivala vodit \u0107e Vegehop, a nutricionisti\u010dke savjete davat \u0107e mag. nutricionizma Irena \u0160venda.<\/p>\n [youtube width=”650″ height=”380″ video_id=”1bo6QZ67y6g”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [quote width=”” align=”left”]This year Animal Friends again invites citizens to take on The Veggie Challenge [\/quote][divider]- The Veggie Challenge lasts 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