Animal Agriculture
The Plant Based Treaty Launched on August 31st, 2021 People in cities around the world are hearing a brand new phrase that may well help the human race survive climate change! The Plant Based Treaty is modeled on the popular Fossil Fuel Treaty.
The Earth Is in Trouble: Going Vegan Is the Solution! Very few of us are actually going to read the acronym-filled 3,949 page report issued on Monday, August 9th, 2021 by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, entitled Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.
Get Ready to Sign the Plant Based Treaty! The Plant Based Treaty is a solution that comes just in the nick of time… we hope. And, the good news is: YOU can be part of it, just by signing on. As we doom-scroll on our laptops and phones, nervously reading about the global wildfires, floods, drought, and paralyzing heat, it’s tempting to view ourselves as pure victims.
Wild Horse Roundups Need to STOP Now! By Craig C Downer, wildlife ecologist and wild horse and burro advocate America’s wild horses have been betrayed by our own government, which is working for the cattle industry and ignoring the will of the people, who overwhelmingly love wild horses. The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 (WFHBA) is supposed to protect America’s wild horses.
The International Summit to Transition Beyond Animal Agriculture How can ranchers and farmers thrive on their land without using animals? In the face of excruciating heat, floods, and global wildfires, this is the most crucial question of our lives. Industrialized animal agriculture is destroying the planet before our eyes.
Dr. Peter Carter’s Wakeup Call Everyone Must Hear! In November 2020, Roger Hallam, one of the founders of Extinction Rebellion, interviewed climate expert Dr Peter Carter. JaneUnChained editor Jane Velez-Mitchel asked me to review the 40-minute abridged video of this interview, as I did with Greta Thunberg’s latest film.
THE TIME OF VEGAN POLITICAL PARTIES HAS ARRIVED Veganism is a socio-political movement and, as such, is part of the political world. Although there have been parties with some vegan-friendly policies and attitudes, only recently have fully vegan political parties begun to appear.
GRETA THUNBERG’S NEW FILM ABOUT OUR FOOD SYSTEM The new Greta Thunberg film is finally spelling it out to all environmentalists who follow her: if you really care about the Earth, go vegan. On May 22nd, 2021, Biodiversity Day, the organization Mercy for Animals launched a new film called For Nature.
MEDIA REFUSES TO REPORT ANIMAL ABUSE LINK TO PANDEMICS Global protests across 60 cities and 20 countries. Sounds pretty major, right? Sounds pretty newsworthy, right? Activists from across the globe are out on the streets begging the mainstream media to make the connection: animal exploitation causes pandemics.
YOU CAN HELP HIRE VEGAN LOBBYISTS If you really want to create change, a great place to start is inside the U.S. Capitol building, talking to members of Congress and their staff. Now, there’s an ambitious plan to get pro-vegan lobbyists into the halls of Congress to counteract the enormous power of the meat/dairy and pharmaceutical industries.