Category: Animal

How and why to go vegan?

Go Vegan slogan with vegatablse around itResearchers say that going vegan is the single biggest thing you can do to help save the planet.

Preventing the exploitation of animals is not the only reason for becoming vegan, but for many it remains the key factor in their decision to go vegan and stay vegan. Having emotional attachments with animals may form part of that reason, while many believe that all sentient creatures have a right to life and freedom. Specifics aside, avoiding animal products is one of the most obvious ways you can take a stand against animal cruelty and animal exploitation everywhere.

What are animal rights?

Animal rights means that animals deserve certain kinds of consideration. This is regardless of whether they are endangered, useful to humans, or “cute”. It means recognizing that animals are not ours to use – for food, entertainment, clothing, or experimentation.

As consumers, we have the opportunity to vote with our dollar. This means we should be consciously consuming by supporting brands and companies that are environmentally friendly and animal testing FREE!

Here are a few ways that one can participate in the prevention of animal suffering:

 

Image of globe full with animals and a text sayin gthat it is their planet too

Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox

Join internationally acclaimed acoustic ecologist, Gordon Hempton, as we listen to sunrise circle the globe, hear snow melt, whales sing and discover that the Earth is music, clear enough to hum all day. And let’s re-examine our widely held belief that the human ear evolved to hear human speech. We will listen to nature sounds that fit neatly into our peak hearing sensitivity (2 kHz-5 kHz) and speculate about the evolutionary consequences of detecting these sounds over great distances. During modern times with our global environmental crises is it enough to hear ourselves or must we, as a species still subject to the laws of survival, once again listen to what the Earth is telling us

Quiet Planet Essentials Video from Gordon Hempton on Vimeo.