Edmund Rice Centre

Edmund Rice Centre

15 Henley Rd
(PO Box 2219)
Homebush West,
NSW 2140
AUSTRALIA

Ph: (02) 8762 4200
Fx: (02) 8762 4220

Int'l Ph: +61 2 8762 4200
Int'l Fx: +61 2 8762 4220

Located just 100 metres to the south of Flemington Railway Station. Link to new location on Google Maps

Brisbane Annexe

5 Abingdon St
(Postal: 84 Park Rd)
Woolloongabba,
QLD 4102

Ph 1: (07) 3103 7376
Ph 2: (02) 8090 1976
Fax: (02) 8762 4220

Staffed part-time
- please call for appt

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To meat or not to meat: reducing your eco-footprint

‘Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.’

Albert Einstein

Not everyone can afford solar panels or a hybrid car, but our diet is one thing that we have the power to change and make a definite impact with.

Eating less meat and animal products (even if that just means having one meat free day per week), or foregoing them altogether, is one small way for individuals to make an impact on some of the massive injustices facing our world today: from poverty and ill health, to environmental degradation and climate change.

Vegetarians are asking questions about the food they eat and are trying to connect the food they eat to morality: animal rights, health, the environment, eco-footprint, food shortages, and costs to people in developing countries. And we have a choice to eat meat or not to eat meat.

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