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George Guimarães, nutritionist and animal rights activist, talks to us about speciesism as the root that allows us to have animal exploitation as the basis of civilization. He is a businessman, nutritionist and animal rights activist. Since 2006 he has directed the NGO VEDDAS, a group he presides over and which has been a prominent player in the animal rights movement in Brazil and abroad. As a nutritionist, he dedicates himself to research, counseling and consulting on vegetarian nutrition in his office in São Paulo. He has published papers and articles in national and international scientific journals. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx