What Every Young Activist Must Know
When we start off as young activists, we are often driven more by passion than by planning. But an effective activist takes more than just passion and guts.
Browsing: Philosophy
The Fetish of Being Vegan
By all means, be vegan, but let’s not make a fetish out of our personal consumption, at the cost of our attention to other things that may impact the lives of animals much, much more.
Thoughts on China’s Yulin Dog Meat Festival
China’s Yulin festival inspires international outrage over the consumption of dog meat. But many who are horrified by eating dogs fail to think critically about their own meat consumption or the forms of violence against animals that go on closer to home, too.
Activist Burnout is Real
Just as we do the best with what we have in our work, we must also do the best to maintain our personal lives, our social support groups, our hobbies and our self-care rituals. We must replenish ourselves so we can bring the best of ourselves to this movement.
Unexpected Ways to Help Farmed Animals: An Interview with Joey Savoie of Charity Entrepreneurship
According to research-based recommendations on the most important areas of focus for improving animal lives, factory-farmed birds and fish need our help most.
The Meat Motivated Mind: An Interview with Dr. Jared Piazza
Why is it so hard to get most people to give up meat? An expert provides an overview of some of the research into the psychology of meat eating.
Getting Out of Our Vegan Crater: On the Inbreeding of Vegan Ideas
Listening to others we may disagree with doesn’t mean we have to give up on our convictions, but we can learn from the exchange or gain new allies.
The Beginning of the End?
BirdLife speaks to renowned American author Jonathan Franzen about birds, economics, ethics and the end of the earth.
These Meat Companies are Giving up on Producing Meat
Now and then, we come across something that gives us a glimpse of how a meat-free future is unfolding. The most amazing testimony of things to come comes from meat companies that are actually giving up on meat.
The Biophilic City: Towards a New Understanding of Urban Wildlife
Cities will certainly be the most important human habitat going into the foreseeable future, and it is crucial that we get them right. It is essential to understand that our well-being is tied to a connection to nature and that nature in the city is not an amenity but a necessity.
How to Veganize Other People
In the end, we can’t make other people do anything. But we can influence them in the right direction and help them open their heart and minds.
Bridging The Divide Between Animal Protection And Traditional Conservation Biology
Compassionate conservation takes the well-being of wild lives as a core commitment. For the compassionate conservationist, forms of conservation that do not consider the well-being of other animals and their environments as an equal concern to other conservation goals are fundamentally unethical.