環保意識的延伸 Environmental Consciousness

相信很多人都已經知道Vegan飲食除了能使動物免於遭受苦難，

更能夠有效改善整體環境的碳排量，

但是所謂的環境永續與生態平衡，不能單靠改變飲食；

更重要的是，自身消費習慣及對於各種物品使用的態度和再利用的頻率！

與其不斷地跟風購買各式功能的「環保器具」，

對於手上現有的物品能夠物盡其用，其實更是一種環保的態度！

每一件物品產生的背後，必定對環境都有著不同程度的破壞或耗損， 即使是號稱可回收的產品，在生產及回收的過程當中，也免不了資源的消耗。

在這裡舉個最隨處可見的例子：衛生紙 雖然衛生紙在消費者末端，可以完全溶於水中或化為塵土， 但在製造的過程當中卻耗費了許多資源，無論是原料、生產、包裝及運送等等...... 而對於其它難以回收或是再利用的產品（如塑膠製品等）。

世界各國其實都面臨著暫時無解的窘境， 這也是為什麼我們希望能夠呼籲大家，

在進行消費時，能夠是有意識地去多多思考，

每一次消費的背後可能延伸出來的問題，進而去改變自己的消費習慣。

在諦 Veganism 共響空間，我們堅持提供一個零廢棄的用餐環境， 不提供任何拋棄式物品（餐具、吸管、餐盒）， 如需外帶服務，我們免費提供可重複使用的玻璃餐盒及提袋（需付押金）， 更以每日消毒的純棉擦嘴巾替代一般餐巾紙， 希望能藉由這些小地方來帶動更多的人一起朝著零廢棄努力！

而我們在面對一些跨國企業所推出的Vegan餐點時，雖然內心不免感到興奮 但是理智告訴我們，在層層的商業模式之下， 這些Vegan餐點恐怕已失去了原本對於整個環境應有的美意，

僅淪為跨國企業眼中的賺錢噱頭。 畢竟，若是在一間左手賣炸雞、右手賣素食的連鎖餐飲店內消費， 那麼也只是讓他們能夠運用素食的收入繼續壯大非素食的供應， 如此一來，便抹煞掉Vegan的核心價值了。

Many of you might already know that vegan stands for animal rights as well as reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emission on this planet.

However, being vegan cannot be seen as the only solution for our environment. The consumption of every individual and their attitude towards the frequency of reusing objects also play a vital role in this issue. There is no point in buying those up-to-date ‘environmentally friendly objects’ that are well advertised everywhere. Reusing what you’ve already got in your house is actually a more practical thing to do.

Behind the production line, there is always a certain level of harm to the environment. Although many of these goods claim to be ‘recyclable’, the damage and consumption of natural resource within the processes of production and recycle is still remarkable. Let’s take toilet paper for example, despite the fact that toilet paper seems to create no waste at all since it dissolves in water, the process of collecting ingredient, producing, packaging and delivering actually cost the earth a lot of more than what we think. The problem even becomes bigger when encountering other non-recyclable objects and/or plastic product and therefore it remains as an unsolved issue for every country. That is why we would like to encourage people to think in more depth before they purchase anything, and to be a conscious person in taking responsibility for their shopping behaviour.

Therefore, we do not offer any type of disposable cutlery nor napkins. Instead, we offer daily sanitised 100% cotton made cloth and reusable takeaway containers. You may use our takeaway containers for free with only NT$350 deposit and it will be refunded once the containers returned.

In addition, it has become a trend for cross-nation corporations to start selling vegan meals, and it could be really difficult to refuse those kinds of food. However, in our opinion, those corporate vegan meals might have lost their original intension as ‘vegan’. It is evident that those companies who are selling both meat and meat-free product have just found themselves another way to make more money, instead of genuinely caring for what the vegan philosophy is all about.