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  • Well, I went vegan a few years ago after being vegetarian for years -

  • and I was vegetarian because of animals; because I didn't agree with killing animals or exploiting them -

  • and I didn't understand veganism, I thought they were all nuts

  • and I thought it was too restrictive of a lifestyle

  • that's really what my perception of it was.

  • And then a few years ago I started meeting more vegans and activists

  • and gained more interest in that side of things

  • and I was always asked: "why are you not vegan?" and I started to research that and learn about those things

  • and the more I read, the more horrified I was by what was going on

  • and the more I realised, that isn't me, I need to be vegan -

  • I am vegan in my soul!

  • [laughing] so, yeah I transitioned to veganism

  • and uhm,

  • yeah! For me, veganism is just about equality,

  • it's about recognising that just because something is different

  • doesn't mean you should exploit it or use it

  • and it's not, it doesn't mean that you have more right to life than an animal does

  • uhm, because I see that

  • I think humans were threatened by diversity

  • you know, even with other people, with

  • people of different faith and people of different colours

  • anything that is too different from us

  • we get, we feel threatened and we want to kind of crush it or

  • destroy it

  • and I think, you know - humans are protective

  • we have laws in place for that and all humans

  • look human - but animals are just a little bit too different

  • and I think that's the only reason why people think it's okay to exploit them

  • but I think personally don't believe diversity is a

  • good enough reason for exploitation

  • and I think they can teach us about ourselves and

  • I think life is precious

  • and that yeah, as I say - their lives aren't worth less

  • than us, like I mean I might value my mum's life

  • more than a cow but that doesn't mean that

  • the cow's life is worth less, and it doesn't mean

  • I mean fortunately I don't have to choose between

  • them! They can both coexist and I think to me, veganism

  • is about coexisting peacefully

  • And I also think that, people often say to me

  • "why do you care so much about animals, why can't you care more about people?"

  • and it's like

  • this is for people as well, you don't even have to be an animal lover

  • because

  • veganism, it benefits the planet so much -

  • we have all the facts that the animal agriculture industry

  • is destroying the planet, it has the greatest

  • adverse affect on the planet and also

  • choosing a vegan diet, which we have -

  • we have available to us

  • that can have the greatest impact, that

  • as an individual, you can have the greatest impact on

  • on reducing climate change and reducing global warming

  • through a plant based diet.

  • So yeah,

  • I would say, I think it's a people thing as well

  • and uhm

  • it's, there's simple steps you can take, so

  • yeah, I encourage everyone to try The Vegan Society

  • Seven Day Vegan Challenge,

  • plate it up for the planet and do it with your friends, you know

  • get people involved and really dive in and learn about it and

  • support each other, it'll be fun!

  • I mean, it is, I am concerned -

  • the threat of climate change is very real, all the facts are there

  • and it's like - people act like it's a myth just because it's

  • a few years in the future, you know, we don't really like to -

  • we like to worry but we don't like to actually

  • contemplate the reality or take action.

  • I think also people just feel -

  • it makes them feel small when they think about that, whereas actually

  • very small changes that we make to our lifestyles, to our diet

  • can have an effect and can

  • reduce our carbon footprint

  • and I actually wrote down a quote from my friend

  • who wrote about this, you know and a few weeks ago there was all this

  • furore about the Paris Treaty and people saying

  • criticising, pointing fingers at everyone else

  • for not doing enough for the environment and my friend he wrote:

  • "why is it so much easier to wave our moral fingers

  • at a commonly recognised villain,

  • while overlooking the villainous behaviour that lurks within us all?"

  • kind of dramatic, but he means that like

  • we can act, we can make changes

  • there are little things that we can do such as, you know, eating a plant based diet or

  • you know, recycling

  • even when you go to the grocery store and you're

  • buying your vegetables - don't take the plastic bags and

  • use public transport, there are

  • as I say, we, I think we all

  • we want to get upset and get angry but

  • we need to channel all that energy into action and doing things

  • changing, making changes in our lifestyle

  • to reflect that anger [laughs] and that frustration

  • because yeah, as I say, it isn't a myth - it's happening

  • and I think we don't want to look back in a few years and say

  • "oh we had all the information, I wish we'd done something" -

  • we want,

  • we want to be with a healthy happy Earth and saying "we did everything we could"

  • Before I went vegan, no. I had no idea about

  • the environmental impact of our diet

  • I mean, you just don't think about that because the environment is such a huge thing

  • and you just don't think one person can

  • have an affect, and then I

  • watched things like Cowspiracy, read some books on it and

  • it's just amazing how, uhm

  • direct an impact one person's diet

  • can have on the environment and how it can reduce

  • you know, your carbon footprint and there's so many crazy facts like

  • 6 months of showering is the same as a beef burger

  • because like, when you think about what it takes to

  • raise the animals and for them to live and

  • they yield so much less food than what they take in

  • there's facts also about like

  • the agricultural industry has

  • more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport industry

  • it's just mind blowing and no, I didn't think about it

  • and it's very humbling to think that just eating

  • a vegan diet can have such a big effect. It's very cool!

  • The best advice that I got when I went vegan was to

  • focus on crowding out the animal products from your diet, so

  • don't think of it as restrictive or deprivation because it's

  • absolutely not that, it's about adding in new vegan

  • foods, you know there's lots of meat substitutes and

  • there's cheese alternatives, there's chocolate alternatives

  • there's everything, so focus on

  • adding in new plant based products

  • before you take everything out

  • and you'll find that it is a very abundant, joyful

  • lifestyle and it's not about sacrifice

  • and I would also say get your friends involved

  • and join communities, join a vegan group

  • or even something like following vegan people or

  • vegan businesses online, so it becomes your norm

  • because I think a big problem about being vegan is you feel like the odd one out

  • you feel like an alien, and uh

  • nobody wants to feel like they're you know, the outcast

  • or they're not involved in the fun

  • and especially as food is such a sharing thing so yeah get friends together

  • and maybe have a vegan potluck

  • uh

  • use it as a chance to experiment and

  • that will make it a lot more fun and a lot more normal and you won't feel

  • like such a weirdo [laughs]

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