Category: Activism
Nick’s Kitchen Proves You Can Be Vegan And Filipino
Vegan Filipino Restaurant Opens In San Francisco I have never tried Nick’s Kitchen yet, but I have heard that the restaurant serves vegan Filipino dishes. You can expect to eat vegan versions of lumpia, pancit, sisig, and leche flan. The restaurant originally opened in Daly City and it used to ... more
Read moreSo Vegans Are Individualistic and Egalitarian?
Targeting Deeply Held Values Crucial For Inspiring Pro-Environmental Behavior According to this study, our deeply-held values can predict whether we take action to protect the environment or not. These values align with our political leanings, whether we are liberal or conservative. It said that because we have different values, we ... more
Read moreWant To Save Our Forests? Go Vegan!
More Forests, Less Meat According to this study, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology stated that we need to reduce meat to save and bring back our forests. They said that because forests protect our climate, reforestation can help combat climate change. The researchers quoted the Paris Agreement that global ... more
Read moreWhy We Need To Be Vegan
No.1 Reason To Become A Vegan Although health is one of the reasons to be vegan, this article states that the environment is the number 1 reason to be a vegan. The article cited a 2018 study of 40,000 farms in 119 countries published in the journal Science, saying that ... more
Read moreIs Humanity Ready for Veganism?
Granted, if the overwhelming majority of the population are basically omnivores, then what are the chances of a bigger percentage of the population going vegan? What would be the reasons for going vegan for the rest of us? Given the fact that most of us were raised on meat, chicken, ... more
Read moreGreta Thunberg’s Speech to the UN
Greta Thunberg is the new young face of the vegan environmental movement, protesting the complacency of our world leaders regarding the crisis of climate change and global warming… more
Read moreWhy is the Dalai Lama Not Vegan?
I’ve always respected the Dalai Lama and his efforts at promoting World Peace, and his profound respect for all living sentient beings. I have quite a few books by the Dalai Lama, many of them teaching love & compassion, and even his teaching to love our enemies. Given what the ... more
Read moreAmerican Diet Receives a Relatively Poor Grade
Report Card of the Standard American Diet According to this study, adults in the U.S. are still consuming a lot of refined carbohydrates and a lot of saturated fat. Particularly, older people, those with low income, and those with a low education attainment face greater hurdles in eating unhealthy. The ... more
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