The Hardest Part of Being Vegan Isn’t the Food

As more people adopt a vegan lifestyle, it’s important that vegans know how to advocate effectively about the moral philosophy underpinning this way of living. Janine Bancroft, a long-time social justice advocate and now host of Green Vegan Grandma, interviews Clare Mann the psychology of veganism and carnism, whistle-blowing and the battle for justice and…

Finding Peace in a Time of Chaos

Webinar Recording: Finding Peace in a Time of Chaos Dr Will Tuttle (World Peace Diet) and myself held a 60-min live webinar to explore the deeper meanings behind the chaos that people are experiencing globally in 2020. Although our time was short, we were able to explore ways in which we can create a greater…

Can Ubuntu Contributionism Free Us from Socio-Economic Slavery?

Profit is at the centre of industrialised animal cruelty. What if a different system existed that freed both us and the animals from the destructive cycle? What if there was a better system based on collaboration, working to our strengths and which benefited everyone? More details about the Ubuntu Movement can be found here: https://www.ubuntucontributionism.org/what-is-ubuntu

How do you cope when global fear goes viral?

Recent 2020 events are bringing the world to its knees. Mainstream media are ramping up the fear in confusing and often misleading reports, throwing us further into panic and two universal fears: Fear of Death + Fear of Uncertainty. If you’re to maintain your sanity, recover after the crisis is over and re-build what you’ve…

Are We the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For?

Just how powerful is positive thinking? Does it just make us feel better or is it a secret tool in creating a vegan world? At the Adelaide Vegan Festival 2019 Clare Mann says, “We are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For” and that the Power of Intention, when harnessed, will accelerate us creating a vegan…

Why People Won’t Change and What You Can Do About It

Globally, 2019 was called The Year of the Vegan with Time Magazine saying this on one of front cover of one of its issues. Record numbers of people attended the Australian festivals with the annual World Vegan Day in Melbourne seeing nearly 25,000 attendees. Despite the increasing awareness of the moral, health and environmental imperatives…

Dispelling Myths with JaneUnchained

The JaneUnchained News Network is a digital news network for animal rights and the compassionate vegan lifestyle. In this interview, live streamed from the Animal Rights National Conference 2019 in Washington DC, Jane and I discuss how we can influence non-vegans to change. If you’re frustrated by people’s resistance to the vegan message, these simple…

The Importance of Bearing Witness in Animal Activism

Have you ever wondered if vigils and “bearing witness” to the suffering of animals on their way to the slaughterhouse is really making a difference?  Does it help the animals who are just about to lose their lives or having no benefit other than traumatising activists further?   These questions and more are explored in this…