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?

time for a lifestyle change

as of today i am VEGAN!!!!!!

(Sharon Montrose)

I never actually thought I would do it, always thought I can't live without milk or cheese, or eggs ( cake mmm). But today I watched some of Kill it Cook it Eat it, a educational tv show that shows the process of a said meat (veal, pork etc) from the farm to the dinner plate.

I had always thought that being vegetarian was enough and had read about how bad the dairy industry is for animals and felt I should be vegan but it was just too much, until today. As it turns out as a result of dairy farming millions of calves are killed because they are of no use, or they are used for veal. over the past few months i've had a growing affection for cows, where I think they are just as wonderful and beautiful as havng a pet dog, I would even love a pet cow If i could! So seeing what impact my milk drinking has on innocent sentient creatures for my own culinary delight made me think twice, How am I being ethical when  when what i'm eating still supports practices I don't agree with.

and not only that, ever since resuming being vegetarian earlier this year, every time i see a steak or roast on the choping board i see it as it is, a hunk of dead flesh, that would look no different than human flesh. yeah It IS gross.

I almost feel like this was meant to be, Over the past few months all of a sudden i started to like things like mushrooms, lentils and beans, which will comprising a large part of my new diet.

and to be quite honest I am really excited, I feel good, and I am really keen to try out the V friendly restaurants and cafes in Sydney and Melbourne

That is my little story, my "testimony" if you will ha ha.

I hope this hasn't come off sounding preachy, I don't want to be that person but I did want to share this as I think it wuld be a great idea for people to be educated on what they eat and not to take on the "out of mind, out of sight" mentality that is pretty common

peace out

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!

Organic & Cruelty tree

allo allo!

Im currently in the process of going organic, and i want to try my best to not use products with animal products in them as well if i can.

so far i've switched to Burts bees, homemade face oils and scrubs, organic tea.

are there any organic or animal friendly or eco-fabulous products you know of? or even cool recipes! that could be fun!

I really want to start getting into repurposing things, making things i want to buy.

I've already forced my folks to redirect all our household water onto the lawns.
any cool places in Sydney?