Co-authored with Damon McDonald and first published on Ecorazzi on 10 September 2018. Photo credits to Vegandale. Empowering, positive and unapologetic vegan advocacy while having fun at a vegan food and drink festival are not mutually exclusive activities. From the clever, and often laugh out loud funny, vegan artwork that reinforces the simple idea that to help…
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What About Zero Waste?
The most recent green bandwagon is “zero waste”. Zero waste is generally understood to mean moving towards generating nothing that gets disposed of in the general rubbish. People are meant to reuse what they have, compost, recycle, not use plastic bags and so forth. This is all admirable and necessary and if, like me, you…
Notes From A Vegan Field
A version of this was first published on Ecorazzi on 16 October 2017. Sometimes, creative vegan education means talking to hundreds of people in one day and other times, it means talking to one. Go out there and do it. And sometimes you don’t choose activism; it chooses you. That’s what happened in Chicago this…
Just Whatever
First published on Ecorazzi on 30 April 2017. I do not know what cows have done to Josh Tetrick, CEO of Hampton Creek, but it must be something egregious for him to exact revenge by using them in his company’s products. Yes, the darling of all vegans, the plant-based company originally established to replace eggs…
A Letter to… My non-vegan mother, who I still love
First published in Ecorazzi on 6 March 2017. The following is a response piece to the anonymous letter by a non vegan mother to her vegan daughter that was recently published in The Guardian. As always, the issue is not about us, but about them – the victims in all this – the animals. If…
Creative, Non-violent Advocacy: Identify Issues and Keep It Simple
Happy World Vegan Day! The most important thing we can do to stop the relentless injustice against animals is to go vegan and make more vegans through creative, non-violent advocacy or education. But what does creative, non-violent advocacy mean? It means engaging with people in any way we are comfortable. It might be through talking to people…
When Size Ultimately Doesn't Matter: Cages
First published in Ecorazzi on 24 October 2016. In this piece, I take a look at the ballot initiative in Massachusetts concerning cages. If the question were “is it necessary to kill animals for humans to live happy, delicious and healthy lives”, then this would be something to get excited about. However, as a vegan and…
No, I Will Not Watch The Great British Bake Off
First published in Ecorazzi on 9 August 2016. On a recent trip to the US, I caught up with some old friends. As it often does, veganism came up in conversation with a number of them, as did The Great British Bake Off. Odd combination, but I cannot blame them. We just do not make…
Body Count
First published in Ecorazzi on 4 July 2016. We often hear shouts of “victory” and “progress” whenever there is a news article about decreased meat consumption, an increase in non-dairy milk options or other vegan products for sale, more vegan options at restaurants, an improvement in welfare standards of farmed animals or promises not to…
A Proud Vegan's Riposte to "the vegan cult"
First published in Ecorazzi on 14 June 2016. With the recent media attention on veganism, it was up to The Telegraph and Mr. Alex Proud to write up a reactionary piece asking us the head-scratching question, “why would anyone in their right mind join the vegan cult?” Gasp! We are a cult (where is our…
