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Reaching people about veganism: experiences of a 6-month vegan

April 13, 2010 @ 12:37 am

Although I was a vegetarian for three years after college, I went vegan about six months ago. So much has happened since then and I’ve learned so much that it’s impossible to recap it all in a single blog post. In fact, it’s hard to even keep these posts short since I have so much to say. So my strategy is to blog about veganism more in “chunks,” then eventually collate it all into a website.

One of the coolest things about going vegan for me is meeting other like-minded people and having a positive ripple effect on others on the curious. I recently got an email from a vegan that reads my posts and, with her permission, I’ve reprinted her questions here. My responses and thoughts on this follow.

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A Response to "Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living" by Robert and Brenda Vale

December 22, 2009 @ 9:25 pm

So by now, a few of you may have seen media stories about this book declaring how bad pet ownership is for the environment.

Let’s get right to it: Citing domestic dogs and cats as a significant contributor to our current environmental woes is, in short, patently ridiculous.

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