How to Live a Healthy and Happy Vegan Lifestyle

Humanity is facing a critical moment in our history. Severe environmental issues such as climate change, land-use change, and biodiversity loss threaten to disrupt civilization at the global level.  To address these issues, humans must cultivate a sustainable world. In this talk, Evan Parker offers a surprising yet impressive sustainability solution: veganism.  Discover why veganism is both a necessary social justice philosophy and a powerful strategy for sustainability.

  Kip Anderson—producer of ocean conservation documentary Seaspiracy—and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk are demanding the Biden Administration overturn a Trump-era executive order that allows the proliferation of fish factory farms.   This week, filmmaker Kip Anderson, producer of ocean conservation film Seaspiracy, and Ingrid Newkirk, president of animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), sent a joint letter to President Joe Biden.  In the letter, Anderson and Newkirk demanded that President Biden overturn Executive Order 13921, which allows for the proliferation of offshore fish factory farms, which, aside from being cru farmed fish, are environmentally damaging to wild marine populations and oceans.  The Trump-era executive order also limits the environmental review of developing these aquaculture farms and places the burden on taxpayers to identify the locations where these farms can be constructed. Continue...

  'So many bodies are squashed together in one space, with no crates, no boxes, no shelter, no chance of a momentary reprieve from the utter havoc'. Acclaimed actor and vegan advocate Evanna Lynch has gone undercover in a factory farm for chickens. The Harry Potter star visited a standard farm in the UK alongside Matthew Glover – Founder of Veganuary and VFC . Lynch penned a blog post about the experience, which she described as ‘overwhelming’ and ‘chaotic’. “We stop and pause once through the door to look out at 25,000 chickens crammed together under one roof,” she writes. Continue...

  'I think the world has a meat addiction' Credit: Ludi Lin Actor and model Ludi Lin has praised the benefits of a plant-based diet while declaring the world has a ‘ meat addiction ‘. The Mortal Combat star made the comments in a recent interview about his diet with Mens’ Health. “I eat a plant-based diet for many reasons,” Lin told the publication . “One of the reasons is because it’s healthy. The other reason is that I want to. “I have everything I need in a plant-based diet. My proteins are usually hemp [and] peanut butter. They’re complete proteins, especially hemp, it’s one of the biggest and best plant-sourced proteins.” The celeb says his diet consists of ‘a lot of vegetables’ – with a particular liking for the skin of pumpkins. He also eats sheets of nori seaweed when he wants a snack and stays hydrated with plenty of water. Continue...

My Non-Vegan Friend is seriously considering a plant-based diet but he has his concerns. Check out our conversation about switching to a vegan diet.   Guilt Free Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guiltfreetv/

This video outlines 5 ethical reasons you should go vegan...including: 1) Why Eat One, And Not The Other? Why does North America eat turkeys, pigs, cows, chickens, and not cats or dogs?   2) Environmental Impact - deforestation, habitat lost, ocean dead zones, and endangered species such as orangutans and Sumatran tigers have all been linked to animal agriculture.   3) Ending World Hunger - Could we feed the world if we stopped raising livestock? A study reveals that we grow enough food on this planet to feed our growing world population expected to hit 9.8 billion by 2050.   4) The Reality of Animal Agriculture - The violence and oppression of migrant workers, and of the animals being tortured and killed to meet demand. Farmers struggle to maintain the broken business model of factory farming.   5) Moral Compass - if you had to kill your own food, could you do it? A study finds that vegans and vegetarians showed increased sign of activity in the brain centre that controls empathy

We’re told that milk is important for a strong healthy body, and if you stop consuming dairy most people will turn around and say “wait, how are you going to get your calcium”? But everything we’ve been led to believe about dairy is a product of marketing, advertising and government collusion. 

Can you keep eating meat after hearing this? Earthling Ed a vegan educator debunks every argument against veganism.   Earthling Ed Ed Winters is a vegan educator, public speaker and content creator based in London, England. Winters is the co-founder and co-director of Surge, an animal rights organisation determined to create a world where compassion towards all non-human animals is the norm.  In 2016 Surge founded The Official Animal Rights March which succeeded in a growth from 2,500 participants in London in 2016 to 28,000 participants across the world in 2018. In 2017 Winters produced the documentary Land of Hope and Glory and launched the on-going moving activism project The Big Vegan Activism Van.  He has spoken at over 1/3 of UK universities and has given speeches across the world.

  A petition created by Seaspiracy filmmakers has garnered over 500,000 signatures within two weeks – marking the start of a ‘global shift’ towards better protecting the world’s oceans. Ali and Lucy Tabrizi directed the hit Netflix documentary that charters their journey across the world to uncover the ‘horrors’ of industrial fishing. Now, they’re calling on world leaders to stop the ‘death of the oceans’. Seaspiracy petition Since its launch two weeks ago, the petition climbed to 100,000 signatures within just three days. At the time of writing, it’s hiked to over 510,000. It’s hoped government bodies in the UK, US, Canada, and Germany will set up ‘no-catch zones’ in at least 30 percent of surrounding waters. This will help protect wildlife and their habitats, which have been harmed by intensive fishing methods. Continue...

The non-profit vegan rescue center beat 13,500 entries in securing a nomination this year Credit:  Instagram 'A vote for Farm Sanctuary is a vote for the billions of farm animals caught in the animal agriculture system' Farm Sanctuary , a vegan rescue center seeking to end animal agriculture, has been nominated for an award at the acclaimed Annual Webby Awards. The sanctuary is nominated in the highly competitive category ‘Social: Animals’ – and it’s up against a host of social media stars. Moreover, it’s the only non-dog ’cause-led’ nominee in the category. The New York Times described the annual awards ‘the internet’s highest honor’. Activist and podcaster Jameela Jamil is presenting them this year. Moreover, the social category celebrates creativity across social media accounts that celebrate animals. Continue...  

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   Beans, not beef! That's the message doctors with the Physicians Committee are sharing with policymakers in Washington, D.C., this Earth Day to raise awareness of the role of dietary contributors to climate change.  Studies show that beans are beneficial for both the health of the planet and the health of people. The demonstration coincides with the White House’s climate summit with 40 world leaders. The Physicians Committee recently petitioned the White House to update its executive order titled “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad” to recommend policy changes that could help alleviate the climate crisis and improve human health by cutting animal agriculture and promoting a plant-based diet.

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  'The meat and dairy industries are guzzling up our water supply' Credit: Michael Schratter Acclaimed actor and animal-rights advocate Pamela Anderson is appearing on pro-vegan billboards across the US. The Baywatch star is the face of a new ad that debuted on April 5 ahead of Earth Day (April 22). It has been placed outside a number of Sioux Falls fast-food outlets, and declares: “Meat and Dairy Farms Drain Half the Country’s Water.” Ingrid Newkirk is the President of PETA – the vegan charity that created the billboards. In an online statement, she said : “The meat and dairy industries are guzzling up our water supply and sending our planet down the drain. “PETA wants everyone to follow Pamela Anderson’s example and make a splash for animals and the environment by giving vegan meals a try.” Continue...

The actor turned environmentalist has been welcomed to Perfect Day's Sustainability and Health Advisory Council. Leonardo Dicaprio is joining animal-free ice cream brand Perfect Day . The academy award-winning actor turned environmentalist has been welcomed to the company’s Sustainability and Health Advisory Council. Council members will advise the company to ‘tackle the most significant food and environmental issues with the greatest impact’. They will also provide ‘diverse perspectives to help Perfect Day navigate challenges at the intersection of health, agriculture, sustainability, food, and technology’. Continue...  

  In a groundbreaking PETA victory, horrific drowning and electroshock tests on countless animals will no longer be conducted in Taiwan by companies wanting to make anti-fatigue marketing claims that consuming their food or beverage products may help consumers be less tired after exercising. After receiving PETA’s detailed scientific critique and more than 73,000 e-mails from PETA supporters during a public comment period for the agency’s draft  anti-fatigue health claim regulation , the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has  finalized the regulation and removed animal testing  as an option for companies to pursue. Now, only safe and effective human tests are required and allowed. We need your help now to push for an end to animal testing for a different TFDA draft regulation—this one concerning joint-protection health claims for marketing foods and beverages to consumers.  The agency has proposed allowing gruesome, misleading experiments that would chemically or surgically in

Joanne Molinaro, 41, a TikTok star who runs The Korean Vegan food blog, always embeds a life lesson into each new cooking video.  Her therapeutic voice could move someone to tears or heal a broken heart and she uses that same voice to discuss racism, misogyny, body image, and more. "They say that true love lasts forever," Molinaro said in a recent TikTok video, staring into the camera with a knife in her hand. "Wrong." She shoved the sharp blade into a vegan egg roll. "One day you're going to give your trust to someone who doesn't deserve it." She went on to shape the rice into a tiny oval as she spoke about the power and beauty of love. By the end of the 60-second TikTok video, a plate of beautifully wrapped egg sushi was ready, and she invited me to have a bite as I wiped off my tears. Continue....

   Should all children be raised vegan? Let's discuss.

   This video excerpt from  'Cowspiracy' tells it like it is.

It’s moving viewers to tears—and action. Experience PETA’s bold new exhibit and see nearly 200 stories about animals used in experiments. “Without Consent,” PETA’s new traveling exhibit, challenges human exploitation of animals by revealing the long history of suffering inflicted on nonconsenting animals in laboratories. The exhibit features almost 200 stories of animals used in real-life experiments, from decades ago through the present. PETA debuted the exhibit— a massive display featuring two 7-foot-by-7-foot cubes—in Washington, D.C. , where research grants are chosen and awarded, and will display it in city centers and on college campuses around the country. Now anyone can visit “Without Consent” virtually here and read the stories of animals who’ve endured harrowing experiments—including dogs forced to inhale cigarette smoke for months or electroshocked so many times that they gave up even trying to escape, newborn monkeys taken from their mothers and raised alone in a “pit of de