Our Diet – Leading Towards a Sustainable Future - Or Killing Our Planet?

More and more New Zealanders are becoming aware of the reality of climate change and are taking steps to lead lives that are more environmentally friendly - we are recycling more, buying more green products, reducing our consumption of fuel – yet there is one change that we can all make in our lifestyles that would have a far greater impact on preventing the destruction of our beautiful planet….

Few of us realize the huge impact that our dietary choices have on not only our health, but our environment.

For example –

Do you know what is one of the major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions and the root of most of our planet’s serious environmental problems?

What is the cause of many species extinctions every year?

Why is the World Health Organization concerned about future water depletion?

There is one thing that links all of these….

In an engaging and thought-provoking presentation, Dr Aryan Tavakkoli will discuss the many-fold effects of our dietary choices - from personal health, to ecological and environmental effects, through to global issues including climate change and even world hunger.

This presentation has been delivered throughout New Zealand at different eco-shows and other venues. Some members of different Transition Towns groups have already attended at these venues.

Dr Aryan Tavakkoli MBBS FRACP practices as a Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine in the Hutt Valley, Wellington.

She qualified from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, London, in 1991, and achieved her specialty in General Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine after postgraduate training in South-East England.

She developed an interest in complementary medicine at an early stage in her career as a conventional doctor, obtaining qualifications in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture from the British College of Acupuncture in 1996, and in herbal medicine from the College of Phytotherapy, UK, in 2002.

Data and research will be presented from the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and leading scientific journals, demonstrating the profound impact our dietary choices have on our lives and on the life (and destruction) of our planet.