13 Mar
16:00 - 17:30
Sustainability & food week

Professionals in Sustainability #3: plant-based diet - cancelled due to covid-19

Increasingly there a jobs available within the sustainability field. There is a need of lawyers, entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers and much more who have a background in sustainability. Do you see yourself pursuing a career in the field? Then you are invited to attend monthly seminars with professionals from the field. Learn from their struggles and successes and ask your questions!

This seminar series is mainly aimed at students, however as a staff member you may be interested to join, learn and get inspired from sustainability professionals as well!

No need to sign up. Drinks and snacks afterwards.

Tobias Leenaert

Tobias Leenaert is the author of ‘How to Create a Vegan World: a Pragmatic Approach’ and blogs at www.veganstrategist.org. He is a long-time speaker and strategist, and together with Melanie Joy, gives vegan advocacy trainings all over the world for the Center for Effective Vegan Advocacy (CEVA). He is also co-founder of ProVeg, an international pro-vegan organization with the mission to reduce the global consumption of animals by 50% by the year 2040. A vegan for over twenty years, Tobias lives in Belgium, with his partner and many rescued animals.
In his lecture he will address different arguments for a plant-based diet, looking at the subject from a sustainability, animal rights and heath perspective. He will further shine a light on current drivers of the plant-based movement from a business, tech and finance angle. Tobias will explain his approach to communicating the benefits of veganism, which is friendly, pragmatic and strategic. He will talk about his personal mission and why he decided to work within the field of sustainability, the challenges that occur along the way and much more.

This lecture is part of the Sustainability & food week organised by Green Office.

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