The EVA wishes to encourage an ethical and animal-friendly lifestyle on the EPFL and UNIL campuses as well as to generally sensitise the student community to the animal cause and animalism.
It wishes to offer the EPFL/UNIL community the possibility to eat and live as independently as possible from animal exploitation by significantly increasing the vegan offer in the catering facilities.

The EVA also aims to bring together vegan students and people interested in veganism and animalism in a discussion-oriented community and to offer support and advice to students and staff who wish to adopt a vegan lifestyle.

If you are interested in joining the EVA, coming to meet us, talking to us, if you have questions, if you want to join us to organize an event or for any other reason, you can write us at:

The situation at UNIL is not very different from that at EPFL, the offer of vegan meals is currently quite limited, and the labeling is still very partial. In many cases, it is necessary to ask questions to the staff of the restaurants and cafeterias, especially about sauces and side dishes. General information on the catering offer at UNIL is available here.

• To the left of the entrance of the Unithèque (official name of the Banana) is the refectory, which proposes every day a big salad buffet with several vegan options, an oriental plate like a Lebanese mezzé “veganizable” on request (ask for no meat or yogurt sauce), and some days a plate like an Indian dish (most often vegan, like rice + vegetables in sauce)
• To the right of the entrance of the Unithèque is the brasserie, which offers (in limited quantity unfortunately) grilled vegetable sandwiches and vegan croissants + some chocolates, cereal bars and Roobar at the cash register.
• Still at the Unithèque, the mezzanine overlooking the brasserie is a picnic area with self-service microwaves that are very practical (plan on waiting for lunch during class time).
• At Amphimax, the cafeteria offers only a few vegan choices: a few possibilities in the small salad bar, some grilled vegetable sandwiches and vegan croissants, as well as occasional portions of hummus or tabbouleh in plastic trays, and cereal bars and Roobar at the cash register. On the other hand, there are also self-service microwaves (please allow for a waiting time at noon during the school year).

• At the Anthropole, the basic offer of the cafeteria is globally identical to that of the Amphimax, with however in addition at midday a small stand of Lebanese type cooking, which proposes in particular falafels. Do not hesitate to ask at this stand for other possible options.
• Also at the Anthropole, the Epicentre is an organic grocery-caterer with a social, local and sustainable goal. Its offer of fresh dishes can vary according to the season, and includes salad, lentil and tabbouleh trays, as well as grilled vegetable and pesto sandwiches. And also ice creams (Green Fairy), vegetable milks, chips, chocolates, cereals etc. More info on their Facebook page.
• At Géopolis, the cafeteria offers vegan menus from time to time, check the offer in advance by clicking here (but if possible not from a mobile!)
• At the sports center cafeteria, the basic vegan offer is limited to vegetable soup, but on request the staff will gladly try to arrange a vegan variant of a dish of the day.
• And finally, the kiosk at the Amphipole (open during class periods) offers a few cereal bars, and during the summer, its managers are ready to order vegan Ben and Jerry’s ice creams if they don’t have any left in their freezer!