---
title: "2002 - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/?view=category&id=110"
date: "2026-11-06T00:47:23+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

2002

 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Countdown to the Congress](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con1.gif) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3214:congress-2002-countdown&catid=110)

## [World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Countdown to the Congress](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3214:congress-2002-countdown&catid=110)

Countdown to Congress by Tina Fox, Chief Executive of The Vegetarian Society UK March 2001 When the Society won its bid to hold t…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress, Edinburgh 2002: Global Voices - Tina Fox](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con1.gif) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3220:congress-2002-globalvoices&catid=110)

## [World Vegetarian Congress, Edinburgh 2002: Global Voices - Tina Fox](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3220:congress-2002-globalvoices&catid=110)

Global Voices by Tina Fox, Chief Executive, Vegetarian Society UK , October 2001 In the last two articles about Congress I have v…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/congress-2002-index.png) ](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-2002-congress-2002-index.html)

## [World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002](https://ivu.org/hv-congress-2002-congress-2002-index.html)

The next Congress will be 2004 in Brazil - check this link for details they become available.

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Introduction](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con1.gif) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3222:congress-2002-intro&catid=110)

## [World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Introduction](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3222:congress-2002-intro&catid=110)

The International Vegetarian Union has organised a World Vegetarian Congress, on average every two years, since the first in 1908…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - congress and castles](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con1.gif) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3213:congress-2002-castles&catid=110)

## [World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - congress and castles](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3213:congress-2002-castles&catid=110)

Of congress and castles…. by Tina Fox, Chief Executive of The Vegetarian Society UK June 2001 In May this year I was fortuna…

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 [ ![World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - maps](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con1.gif) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3230:congress-2002-maps&catid=110)

## [World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - maps](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=3230:congress-2002-maps&catid=110)

Scaleable map of the conference centre Click on this link to see a map of the University Campus, the big arrow shows the conferen…

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