Veganism-Environmental Guide and Nutrition in Species Ministry. VEGAN = LOVE FOR PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PLANET.
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MISSION STATEMENT
"V-EGANISM educates people and helps people and animals regarding the political and social justice cause, Veganism, which is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude--as far as is possible and practical--all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing, cosmetics, household products, entertainment, service or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals, and the environment."
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Thursday, October 27, 2022
The Saints and Their Feast Days
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
38 Surreal Images With Animals To Spread Awareness About Speciesism
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Cory Booker 2020: His Animal Welfare Plan of Action
Cory Booker 2020: His Animal Welfare Plan of Action
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
How to Know a Quality Vegan Bag in 7 Steps
"What are the best quality options? And how can you know a quality vegan bag as opposed to a piece of toxic junk that’s going to fall apart easily, and harm animals in its life-cycle process?"
Read the answers here: How to Know a Quality Vegan Bag in 7 Steps
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Animal Activist Mary Max Has Died by Suicide
Friday, May 10, 2019
Book: "Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals on Farm Sanctuaries"
Friday, August 10, 2018
These half-billion-year-old creatures were animals—but unlike any known today
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These half-billion-year-old creatures were animals
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
I'm an Animal Rights Activist
I like the name, "Vegan", I really do, and often in the past I have usually identified myself in the animal movement as a vegan, but the term is vague when it comes down to defining what this social justice movement is all about. Some people still look at me with a blank look on their face when I say I'm vegan. Therefore, from now on, I will rarely call myself vegan but instead, identify myself in a more straightforward way by saying I'm an...
Animal Rights Activist
It's a no-nonsense, well defined label. Plus, that name alone will cause people to think about how they treat animals. For instance, let's say I'm having brunch with someone for the first time. They order a meat sandwich and I order the only vegan sandwich on the menu. The person I'm having brunch with says to me, "Why didn't you order a meat sandwich? It's a bit too heavy to have so early in the morning?" I answer by saying, "No. I don't eat meat because I'm an animal rights activist."
So now they could think, 'Hmmm. I love animals too. Defending animals sounds like the right thing to do. But by eating meat that means I'm not being an activist for animals?'
See what I mean? If I had said, 'No. I do't eat meat because I'm a vegan,' they probably would not equate veganism with animal rights activism which both do mean the same thing, regardless of what some people believe. Veganism and animal rights activism may mean the same but the word vegan has become so bastardized and watered down to the point of tasting like water that most people when they hear the term vegan they think it as some sort of insignificant cult or club.
About a month ago, at work someone offered me some milk chocolate. I said to him, "No thanks. I'm a vegan." He said to me, "Oh, OK. Well, if you change your mind, the chocolate will be in the front in the lunchroom area."
Here I am, a staunch animal rights activist of 36 years and he has it in his mind that I will all of a sudden "change my mind" and stop being a vegan after 36 years! I told that to a meat-eating ex-boyfriend and even he was surprised at that co-worker's ignorance. People simply don't take the word vegan seriously.
Had I said to him, "No thanks. I'm an animal rights activist", do you think he would have thought I would immediately change my mind? I don't think so.
When choosing a term to represent yourself, choose wisely, as words speak volumes.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
13 Literary Takes on the Lives of Animals
"Here’s a look at a dozen books that memorably explore the lives of animals — some to mysterious effect, some focusing on their interaction with humans, and some using them to counterpoint the foibles or challenges of humanity. They range in tone from the comic to the tragic, from the esoteric to the surreal."
Sunday, July 2, 2017
A Peaceful, Cruelty-Free Fourth of July
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Defining Vegan Revisited
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Your Home and Companion Animal
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Responding to a Question
I'm a member of a group that emails a daily food-for-thought question. When you answer, your comment gets left in limbo for moderation...my response was approved and it got posted on the board.
Here is the question and my response follows:
Who or what has given you a clearer picture of some important view on the world?
In 1982, being enlightened by knowing I was contributing to animal abuse by eating them and using them for clothing, household products, bodycare, and the horrors that animals go through by using milk, eggs, honey…Any type of animal product.
So from then on, I have been an activist for animals, in educating people in telling them in this day and age, we know longer need animals to be and stay healthy or use them for anything; we as humans have evolved to being healthily cruelty-free. I and many others are proof of this.
So I help strip away the assumptions and animal prejudices (speciesism) people have toward animals to provide people with a clearer view of a more peaceful world.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Don't Be a "Closet Vegan". Be an Activist Vegan.
Something Very Simple
People should automatically know you are vegan right away. Wear a T-shirt, button, necklace, etc. proudly showing you are vegan. When people know you are vegan, they may want to ask you questions, have concerns, etc. giving you a chance to answer them. Or who knows, you may meet a fellow vegan this way.
Obviously, you may not be able to wear vegan items everywhere you go, like maybe at work; just wear them wherever you can. Simply wearing something vegan is also good for shy vegans.
In other words, don't be a "closet vegan". Just being a vegan is great, but to speed things up to help more animals, we need to speak out more about animal rights.
Read more on how to be an vegan activist at my site here, further below, titled:
TO VEGANS: How to *Raise the Bar* and also be an Activist!
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Simply Vegans Come in All Healthy Shapes and Sizes!
The American Dietitian Association has said that a vegan diet is safe for all stages of the life cycle. I have met many vegans, but I now see more and more people who want to go further than having a vegan diet and are restricting all processed and cooked foods, becoming raw food vegans.
There has not been enough research to prove if a 100% raw food diet is safe, whereas simply having a vegan diet has been scientifically proven as safe.
What I have personally seen is that raw food vegans are very thin, and many look sickly thin, and that is not good for them or for the animal rights cause. People see these raw food vegans and think they are anorexic--I think that too sometimes. It does raw food vegans no good to look sick and therefore are sick/malnourished. In fact, some foods are better nutritionally and need to be cooked for it to be digested better for the body, including some antioxidants that fights cancer. So at least one should have some cooked foods in their meals along with some oils.
This obsession vegans have with being super-thin is ridiculous! Don't get me wrong; I am anti-severely overweight fat/not being healthy. But what I like about being simply a vegan, unlike a raw food vegan, is that we come in all healthy shapes and sizes, but what I find disturbing are some vegans who feel embarrassed because they are not pencil thin--I've met these vegans.
Regarding image--especially if looking for a romantic partner: Not every guy or girl wants a lollipop body looking person as a mate. Many people love a person with some meat on their bones--and muscle. I very rarely see any muscle on raw food vegans. They look weak and feeble--not attractive at all, in my opinion. This is not what many people want and that's why some people may not be interested in being a vegan because they think they will look like a skeleton.
A good example of size is the singer Beyonce. She is reportedly a strict vegetarian--eating no animal products--and many, many guys (and women) love the way she looks. She has said she will never be thin and she loves her curves, and so do millions of people. That is just one example of how we can be of any shape, so that's one good thing Beyonce is doing is showing the world you can have a great curvy body and be a strict vegetarian (meaning the diet part only of veganism). I've yet to see a raw food vegan be anywhere near her weight and looks (btw, I've seen Beyonce with no make-up at all and she still looks great--doesn't need make-up).
So vegans, of all shapes and sizes, be proud of your body, as long as you are not dangerously overweight (and your doctor can determine a healthy weight for you). Being simply a vegan is perfect for your health, for the animals, and for the planet, so there's no need to restrict yourself of any more food.
Eat well!
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Disturbing Hate and Ignorance
"You don't win people over with hate. Yourofsky is going about it the wrong way."
Gary Yourofsky that is. He's been a long-time animal activist that talks a lot of hate, but now, he appears to be shouting more than ever that he is a misanthropist. Yourofsky doesn't even know what misanthropy means. By definition, being misanthropic means:
If he really was a misanthropist, he would not be in the public eye. He certainly would not be a part of social media, but he's on Twitter, Facebook, etc. networking with other vegans...A real contradiction.
I put in parenthesis because on Twitter I addressed a specific person's website, but I found out at least one other vegan believes in eating a lot of bananas, which is, nutritionally speaking, extremely ill-advised and dangerous.
Yes. Apparently Yourofsky doesn't know a lot about animals.
"Even vegetarian animals kill by stepping on ants. ALL BEINGS KILL in one way or another."
Also, I wonder does Yourofsky realize that some animals also torture and kill for fun. He (and his worshipers) needs to do more animal behavior research.
As I have stated above. But I do have this scary thought; I hope his anger toward all humans, which includes himself, and why he is suddenly publicizing this so much about his hatred, doesn't turn into some mass suicide a la Jim Jones as some twisted ultimate sacrifice for the "love" of animals. He does have very loyal, obsequious followers....
'HEY YOU! I HATE YOUR GUTS, YOU DISGUSTING HUMAN! Oh, and let me tell you about living cruelty-free.'
Yeah, talk like that will really fly well in helping the animals. NOT! It doesn't work that way. I'm sure it will help Yourofsky in getting a crapload of publicity in hating everyone (maybe that's his only agenda, afterall), but he sure won't change people to become cruelty-free with that attitude.
"______ bananas (fill in the large amount of bananas to eat) a day diet type vegans: hope they get nutritionist checkups, as they may have diabetes."
And I hope Gary Yourofsky gets a physcian's checkup as with spouting off all that hate toward all humans and himself, he may have severe high blood pressure.
"Interesting how telling truth, common sense and speaking in love gets some people so upset. That's scary and sad. #BrainWashedByOthers"
Sigh. It is.
Monday, March 9, 2015
Animals Can Teach Us about Life and Ourselves
Here is a wonderful article about how animals teach us how to live a life more abundantly:
Thursday, March 5, 2015
10 Ways Animals Help People with Dementia
As we know, just being around an animal can have a soothing, amazing effect.
Here are 10 ways animals help people with dementia:
1. Reduce anxiety
2. Reduce stress
3. Encourage communication
4. Improve mood
5. Lower blood pressure
6. Improve eating
7. Reduce aggression
8. Lower blood triglyceride levels
9. Increase activity levels
10. Provide an opportunity to play and be creative
The benefits of animals toward people who have dementia are so numerous and strong that everyone should consider taking their companion animal on their friendly visits, as long as it's safe for the animal and if the visitor likes animals.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Live And Let Live - Trailer
Monday, January 26, 2015
Fascination Persists Over Animals and the Afterlife
Questions about the religious status of animals have always been with us....
From Seminary to the Cemetery, Fascination Persists Over Pets and the Afterlife