All Blog Posts Tagged 'vegan' (44)

Claudette Vaughan of Abolitionist-Online interviewed Gary Yourofsky in 2005. There were some strong statements made in this interview, many of which Gary was asked to comment on in his 2011 ARZone interview which can be found …

The Namibian ombudsman, currently Adv. John Walters, is mandated by the constitution of Namibia under Articles 89-94. He has the power to take direct action in providing relief by bringing forth an interdict or other suitable remedy as a means to secure the termination of the offending action or the abandonment or the alteration of the offensive procedures as complained against.

As a hybrid institution, the office of the ombudsman incorporates the public protector,…

Matthew Calarco, PhD, Associate Prof of Philosophy, who lives in California with his dog, Nietzsche, became vegan at the age of 18, and has been concerned about both the environment and the oppression of both humans and other animals since then.

Matthew has written seven books, including Zoographies, in which he writes "While there is no widely agreed upon definition of what precisely constitutes animal studies, it…

Vegan, peace, justice, wisdom, and freedom.…

In a few days I’m going to pack a tent and sleeping bag into our inflatable kayak and paddle to an uninhabited mangrove island here in the…

Very interesting study about the effects of categorising animals as food. Below is a brief summary and some of my thoughts on the matter but there is a lot more in the paper, which can be found here http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666311001413

The study seeks to understand “the effect of categorization as food on the perceived moral standing of animals”. it has been suggested…

Life is good! I am currently residing in the beautiful mid-west, USA and I am no longer homeless. It’s wonderful that I can now cook my own meals again. After posting a photo of my vegan dumplings my good friend, Sandy, asked me for the recipe. I get many requests for recipes, so I am starting a new section whereby I may share my culinary delights.

Please keep in mind that I am vegan for the animals first, the planet second and…

How does one get through everyday life when it includes a continuing awareness of the abject misery to which we subject endless animals, children and humans? How do you live within your own skin when others of your species are so abjectly cruel? Over the holidays, when I was placed at a table next to a “ham,” I could not help but consider the pig that was the living being,…

Originally published on ThisDishisVeg.com



January 23, 2012

It is true that any social movement succeeds in stages. The time necessary for a society to see an issue as a problem, to see how their actions contribute to suffering…

Being vegan is difficult, and if it is going to mean anything, and result in anything, then it must be difficult.…

Transcript of Dylan Powell’s ARZone Live Guest Chat

19 November 2011

5pm US Eastern Time

10pm UK Time…

Built-in Fairness Meters

The more biologists and psychologists delve into understanding innate behavioral drives, the more they find that we humans seem to be hard-wired to be highly sensitive to fairness in social interactions. Interestingly, this universal taboo against unfairness in human relationships is also…

Originally published ThisDishisVeg.com

November 2, 2011

There are many reasons one would choose to go vegan—and many justifications in opposition.  Often, the argument for each "side" involves discussions of…

Originally published at This Dish is Veg

September 8, 2011

Meat-eating environmentalists and the Tooth Fairy have more in common that you’d think.  Eating animal products, whether from a factory farm or “local, free-range” has an undeniably destructive effect on the Earth, and it is…

Originally Published on This Dish is Veg

August 26, 2011

In a twist of audacity, the fur industry has committed misdirection worthy of Houdini—fooling many a stalwart environmentalist and vegan into becoming walking advertisements for their…

Transcript of ARZone Workshop 8

Are You Too Vegan or Are You Vegan Enough?

29 October 2011

6pm US Eastern Time…

A list of Frequently Asked Questions commonly heard by many vegans.

What is a vegan?

A vegan is one who fully respects the lives and well-being of others. A vegan strives to avoid harming others and does everything possible to avoid using any living being as a resource or a thing. A vegan doesn’t eat other animals and she does…

Transcript of Dino Sarma’s Live ARZone Guest Chat

15 October 2011

6pm US Eastern Time

11pm UK Time…