Hey guys, as you might know I'm vegan, but every now and then i'll watch a vid and read up on stuff just to keep reaffirming why I made the wonderful lifestyle choice that I have. 

I grew up as a christian, always going to church, summer camps as well as the majority of people in my life. Since realising how violent and violating the meat & dairy I've always wanted to bring up the topic with some of my church leaders as it doesn't sit in line with the idea of peace, care and compassion. I'd ideally love for them to have a viewing of Earthlings which brings to light not only the cruelty involved but ecological impacts of the meat industry.

I want to share some of my reasons and quotes that affirm why i've made the choose to live as compassionately as I can. I can honestly say I feel fantastic about doing my best to live a life that doesn't require the needless sacrifice for my own benefit, and It wasn't hard to make the change.

Me

• I won't eat anything I wouldn't harvest/kill myself if I had to.
• I love animals, when I look into their eyes I see emotion and thought.
• drinking the breastmilk of another creature that is soley for their offspring (and filled with growth hormones for calves, which has been attributed to causing acne as well)
• because it feels good to look at the world with your eyes open and your head up and still be able to respect yourself 

Some quotes

• When a man wantonly destroys a work of man we call him a vandal; when a man destroys one of the works of God, we call him a sportsman. - Joseph Wood Krutch

• If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.  ~St. Francis of Assisi

• The taste of anything in my mouth for 5 seconds does not equate to the beauty and complexity of life.

Please, educate yourself on the process of how your food gets to your plate.

culinary delight: Helva

one of the perks we all share in our household is that Mum's co-workers are from all sorts of places around the world and give her gifts, sometimes it's Lindt chocolate ( which I thankfully can't eat anymore) and sometimes its stuff we've never heard of.

A few days ago mother brought something home that even i can enjoy. HALVA!

I'd never heard of it before but it's a sweet made from sesame seeds (tahini) and sugar basically, the one we got is greek but apparently tis desert is served through india, asia, nth africa and through the jewish world.

It's sweet and flakey and floury but yum. At first a little strange then taste hits you

I'm enjoying the beginning of my foray into the food that exists in this world, how much we are missing out Im sure!

Humanity

I figure that one of the true measures of a person is how they treat those "less important" to themselves, even mum has mentioned in the past that she wonders if how you treat animals is the real ticket into heaven

I may be missing out yummy things like potato bake and milk chocolate but the taste of sparing just a few beautiful animals from the horror that goes into food production much sweeter, and surpasses the time it takes to eat a chocolate bar.

I keep finding myself thinking of things to say when people ask why I'm vegan, I'm having trouble coming up with things to say that wouldn't be insulting because the way i see it, people eating meat is largely a combination of tradition (it's what you're parents fed you, so why wouldn't it be normal), lack of education and ignorance. See, now who would want to be called ignorant and uneducated. not me ha ha!

I recommend watching this film, narrated by Jaoquin Phoenix about life, food and animals.

Sometimes you need to force yourself to see whats really going on, to be educated on something so integral to your life, and just because you buy something at the supermarket doesn't mean you arn't a part of the killing.

 I don't have a smooth way with words, I'm good at offending but what good am I if i can't contribute positively to this world.

how much value can I put on my own life if sustaining it meant many others would die?

Vegan & Vegetarian Resource

So i've decided to compile a list here on my blog of Vegan & vegetarian products so I can keep track of what i should be buying out there as I don't want be using animal products if I can help it!


Hair and Body
DeLorenzo (I love this brand, It's Australian, It's sillicone free too!)
Sukin
Akin
Nature's Organics
Natralia
Lush (but they do use Palm oil...)
some Lavera products (click for a list)


Wine
Baileys (vegetarian)
Banrock Station (vegan, Yay I love this wine) (eco friendly too)
too many to list... so heres a link to a list!