It's 2019 ... and there are signs everywhere that vegan living is infiltrating the mainstream. The expansion of the vegan philosophy and way of life is unstoppable. There are public vegan-themed signs and billboards, vegan shops all over the world, vegans from all walks of life, and some proving we can accomplish great feats like climbing the highest mountains, and breaking world-records in running marathons. There's animal liberation protests and marches spanning both hemispheres. Vegan education booths on the street, and vegan fairs and festivals are taking place globally. Vegans, or the word vegan, is on TV everyday in the U.S.A. Plant-based meat, cheese, and ice cream are taking off and more and more non-vegan food companies are adding a line of vegan products. All this and more is conveyed within this photo collection: The Rise of Veganism.
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| Bristol U.K. has 2 Chilled Vegan Vending Machines called 'Vegan Vend' |
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Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Swedish schoolgirl; Greta Thunberg
is a climate activist. In May 2019, at the age of 16, she was featured on the
cover of Time magazine, and became Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year'.
She adopted a vegan diet as part of her fight for halting climate change and inspired many, including her parents. |
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| Vegan Information Project takes to the streets of Dublin, Ireland with grassroots activism. Roger Yates, a long term vegan since 1979, and a professor of sociology, is part of the group. 
Britain's Fiona Oakes is a long-term vegan and holds 4 world records in
extreme marathon running, including the World Record for running a
marathon on every continent. She is the subject of a new documentary;
'Running for Good', focusing on her 155 mile run through the
Sahara Desert. Fiona runs to draw attention to the suffering of animals.
She owns the Tower Hill Stables; a sanctuary and home to
450 rescued animals in her care.
VeganLand has 4 Locations in Prague, Czech Republic.
A restaurant and store with the task to increase the percentage of vegans,
and try non-violently, lovingly and morally to expand the vegan concept.
Veganland will always be on the side of peace and compassion.
Bahrain, Egypt's Vegan Cafe
Uruguay, South America - Thousands turned up for the first
animal liberation march in Montevideo; Nov. 2018.  at a Protest in Raleigh, North Carolina.  is a growing march. In 2018, there were 28,000+ attendees marching, in 25 cities worldwide, for the end of animal oppression. 
Denmark Greenpeace protester
9th National Animal Rights Day, June 2, 2019, was held in 35 cities worldwide.
 He competes in international bodybuilding tournaments. He placed 1st and 2nd in major national tournaments.   with a women’s right’s march where vegan animal rights protesters joined in to be a voice for all females. |
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| Mark Cuban of Television's Shark Tank invests $550,00 in vegan, ethically-sourced dog treats by Wild Earth. They're made with koji; a clean protein source containing the 10 essential amino acids that dogs need. Wild Earth's CEO; Ryan Bethencourt, even brought two (vegan) dogs to the show. |
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| Ethan Brown, Founder and CEO of Vegan Meat-Substitute: 'Beyond Meat' rings the opening bell at the company's initial public offering at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on May 2, 2019...with a record-breaking day showing that people want to invest in this change to vegan-meat.  Vegan Comedian; Preacher Lawson is a finalist on America's Got Talent; The Champions. He mentions that he's vegan during his act, and rips off his shirt at the end, displaying his beautiful vegan body!  was launched by Joanna Lucas (in New York City) and has since gone live to Tasmania and Melbourne, Australia, Cleveland, Seattle, Connecticut, St. Johns, Newfoundland, and upcoming in Toronto. Anyone who can raise the funds can bring a 'BeFairBeVegan' campaign to their area. |
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Hong Kong, CHINA: Green Common, opens a Vegan cafe within a food court.
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Zoo Graffiti
 Ireland - 2019 New Year's Resolution Campaign from GoVeganWorld; a public vegan advertising campaign.  Germany - The Vegan Rainbow Project - Mechanisms of oppression such as homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, classism, and speciesism, work in similar ways, are interconnected and therefore must be combated together. The Vegan Rainbow Project wants to draw attention to and explore these interconnections of oppression. They aim to build networks in the joint struggle for the liberation of all beings.  London's Hilton Bankside designed a Vegan Suite, with pineapple leather, eco-cotton carpet, and a plant-based key card, vegan toiletries, a vegan minibar and in-room menu. Even the stationary and pens/pencils have no animal ingredients. And the housekeeping crew uses cleaners that are plant-based and not tested on animals, such as 'Method'.  The Veganz chain was founded in 2011 in Germany by Jan Bredack. The company motto is "Wir lieben Leben" (we love life). There's 3 branches in Berlin and 2 more in Germany. Outside of Germany, there's branches in Prague (Czech Republic), and Vienna (Austria), with plans to expand to London and Portland.  country. They were trying to bring attention to the new documentary 'Dominion' that shows footage inside Australia's abattoirs. There were large organized protests in Sydney, Melbourne, and Queensland; blocking streets and walking into abattoirs. |
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| Australian protesters disrupted the streets and carried signs telling the public to watch Dominion; a film on the treatment of animals in Australia, narrated by celebrities such as Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Sia ... Dominion has been viewed 55,000 times in the 48 hours after the protests. |
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| Senator Corey Booker and 20/20 Presidential hopeful is enjoying a vegan burger from Atlanta's 'Slutty Vegan'. |
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| Texan; Renee King-Sonnen, formerly had a cattle ranch, turned vegan, and founded Rowdy Girl Sanctuary; where the cows now live in sanctuary. |
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| Montreal, Canada - Gusta Food company makes vegan sausages, cheese, burgers, and kebabs. They also serve brunch food, and breakfast burritos with scrambled tofu. |
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| Berlin Germany reportedly has many vegans, and they can enjoy Kiez vegan coffee shop with delicious vegan pastries and food. The coffee is fair-trade. |
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| Los Angeles airport welcomed its first dedicated plant-based eatery, Real Foods Daily; a well-established small chain in L.A., is also in the American Airlines Terminal 4. |
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| JAPAN, on April 21, 2019, a Vegan Gourmet Festival was celebrated in Kiba Park, a thriving event space in Koto City, Tokyo. |
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Russian March for Animal Rights in 2019 Australian Mountaineer; Dean Maher easily climbed to the top of Nepal's Himalayan mountain which rises 7,126 meters high. His equipment was 100% vegan. He carried the Vegan Flag, which he proudly waved when he reached the peak of the Himlung Himal mountain in the Himalaya range. |
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| Jewish and Arab Animal Rights Protesters join; holding up signs in Hebrew and Arabic. |
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Emirates Airlines serves over 20,000 vegan meals in January 2019. in Palmerston North, grown by Fiona Harman. |
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| Tel Aviv, Israel - A large billboard calling for compassion for cows and calves exploited in the dairy industry.  American Award-Winning Actor, Activist, and 40 year vegan; Joaquin Phoenix is giving water to animals about to be slaughtered, at a vigil in California.  and located in the thriving region of Hoxton, London. It's Non-Profit; all proceeds fund the Animal Rights Organization; SURGE. It is co-founded by popular activist; Ed Winters known as 'Earthling Ed' who helps organize the official animal rights march, where he speaks. He also speaks on TV, and recently did a TEDx Talk.   on the first all-vegan expedition to Africa’s highest peak; some say the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. Of the team, 14 made it to the summit. The first group unfurled the Vegan Kilimanjaro banner promoting Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's Medical Center, the world's first plant-based medical facility.  ‘Call For Justice’ As Part of Vegan India Movement  is 100% vegan; no sugar from bone char, strictly vegan.  Budapest, Hungary's Vegan Street Food Caravan   Hong Kong - One Vegan Shop is stocked with 'Sheese', (vegan cheese imported from the U.K.), and cruelty-free pet food.   is growing worldwide.   Buenos Aires, Argentina "Animal Rights Street-Art" displaying sorrow about Argentina's mass production of "beef".    World Day for the end of Speciesism (WoDES) invites animal-rights groups around the globe to organize events highlighting speciesist discrimination and demanding that the interests of animals be fully protected.   in what is thought to be the first independent protest allowed in the country.  Go Vegan World  Amsterdam's Vegan Junk Food Bar (restaurant) has 4 locations.  getting the public's attention; in Puerta del Sol. |
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| Budapest, Hungary; home to the 'Vegan-Love' Vegan Street Food Eatery |
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Cape Town, Africa Animal Rights Protest      France protest - Justice pour del animoux (Justice for the animals)  Ireland's 'GoVeganWorld' Campaign Bus Ad |
 Berkeley, California - May, 2019 - activists protesting a "butcher" shop. |
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Veganz Vegan Ice Cream Stand  called The vShops; bringing the finest tasting, ethically-sourced vegan foods, drinks, and desserts in one vegan food hall. This pioneering and trend-setting 2019 manifestation consists of an Ice Dream Parlor, Choices Cafe, Next Generation Vegan Pizzeria, Neos Smoothies, a Bakery, Southern Sol Garden BBQ, and Morning Glory Organic Coffee. 
Paris, France March to Close All Abattoirs (slaughterhouses), May 2019
Torre Washington; world-renowned vegan bodybuilder;
vegetarian since birth and vegan since 1998.
Featured on the cover of GQ magazine. His muscle is made from healthy vegan food; no protein supplements.
His protein sources are seeds, nuts, legumes, tempeh and tofu.
Since 2009, he competes against non-vegans and places. He is vegan for the animals (and the planet).  Manhattan, New York's 'Moo Shoes' - An all vegan shoe and accessory shop for both women and men. 
Toronto, Canada - March to Close All Slaughterhouses.
 Austin, TX. - Rabbit Food Grocery; all-vegan store moves/expands, 2019.  Organizers were surprised by the number of people who showed up for the rally that ended outside government headquarters.  The IDA campaign is trying to get people to watch YouTuber; Erin Janus's video called 'Dairy is Scary', which you can see by clicking HERE   They sell the 'Beyond Burger and more.      VEGAN Food and Drink Festival.   selling takeaway vegan street food, plus cruelty-free cosmetics and products.       |
“It is rare that a single choice of ours can have a broad and decisive impact on the climate crisis. We have a moral imperative to choose and advocate for plant-based diets for the health of our planet and the well-being and survival of generations to come.”
ReplyDelete~ George C. Wang, M.D., Ph.D. is an integrative medicine physician, assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, and adjunct assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
"Adopting a plant-based diet is one of the most powerful choices an individual can make in mitigating environmental degradation and depletion of Earth's natural resources." ~ National Academy of Sciences
“If cattle and dairy cows were a country, they would have more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire EU 28.” ~ Steven Chu, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, former Energy Secretary, Nobel Prize winning physicist
"The only way to have a truly sustainable diet is to eat more plant-based foods and less meat and dairy. All this new research shows that we don’t have a choice — there simply isn’t the land to feed the U.S. or the world any other way." Center for Biological Diversity
“A vegan diet is probably the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth, not just greenhouse gases, but global acidification, eutrophication, land use and water use... It is far bigger than cutting down on your flights or buying an electric car." Joseph Poore, University of Oxford, Department of Zoology and the School of Geography and Environment
"A 1% reduction in world-wide meat intake has the same benefit as a three trillion-dollar investment in solar energy." ~ Chris Mentzel, CEO of Clean Energy
"As environmental science has advanced, it has become apparent that the human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future: deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities, and the spread of disease." Worldwatch Institute, "Is Meat Sustainable?"
“If every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetables and grains... the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads.” Environmental Defense Fund
"However they are achieved, plant-based diets are a compelling win-win for society... Few climate solutions of this magnitude lie in the hands of individuals or are as close as the dinner plate." ~ Paul Hawken, environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist
Not sure how to do this, or if I'm doing this right. My name is Brook Katz and this is my sister's blog. It is because of her that I am vegan for 32 years now. We approach the subject from two different sides. I am the science side who sees the logic and reasoning of it all, and she is the compassionate and ethical side. What is amazing is how much we have been able to open up to each other's points of view. It just seems that in the case of veganism, there really isn't a side. I compare veganism to a bicycle tire. There are no sides because it is round. (Like this planet) Veganism is the hub of the tire with many different ways of reaching it, and from any direction. There is no right or wrong way to get to the hub, and once there, your are then connected to every other tire spoke. Veganism connects us all in ways we never would have thought.
ReplyDeleteMy sister's blog really expressed this. I travel a lot, and I see it in almost every place I go now. 32 years ago no one even knew the word, much less have an establishment. Heck, in those days just finding a "health food store" meant driving to another city or town. Now it's becoming common place as her blog shows. People ask, "What can I do? I'm just one person!" Well it seems there are a lot of "One persons" and collectively we can make a difference and maybe still save this beautiful world in which we ALL live.
I'm headed to the Dominican Republic in a few days and we'll see what the consciousness is there. Hopefully the mangoes will be ready mmmmmmmm.
Thanks sis for encouraging people
I don't actually see it like my brother (as per his comment above). One can be led to a plant diet via personal or planetary health...but that's not veganism. Veganism is a way of life, it extends beyond diet, and it seeks to exclude as far as possible, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals; for food, clothing, toiletries, entertainment, or for any reason.
ReplyDeletePhenomenal array of compelling photos, Butterflies. Seeing is believing. Thank you SO MUCH for your devotion to veganism, which is, as you point out, a way of life that extends beyond one's diet.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to add to the conversation my "extended application" of the universally known and respected moral and ethical precept that Christians, in particular, call "The Golden Rule."
There are over 2 billion Christians, and over 5 billion religious and spiritual people; the great majority of people on Earth -- more than enough to "move the needle" towards the vegan lifestyle. Such a move is clearly justified by the expansion of "The Golden Rule" to include ALL sentient beings, both humans and non-humans alike. As is noted in one of the photos you posted, we are ALL animals (humans are members of Kingdom Animalia).
Here's my version of "The GR": Do for others, either directly or indirectly, what you would want done for you." And, "Don't do to others, either directly or indirectly, what you wouldn't want done to you."
This version is simple and it essentially covers all the bases. The word "others" means all others -- all sentient beings. The word indirectly can be used, for example, to point out that if a person isn't willing to kill an animal him/herself, then he/she shouldn't feel comfortable in going to "the meat case" in the grocery store, to buy the dead animal flesh that someone(s) else put there for purchase.
Here's to all of us moving towards living what we might call "the higher and better expansion" of our ever-present "Golden Rule" -- the one we've always known -- the one we profess to both believe in and live by.
Craig Cline
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ReplyDeleteMuch Happening in India ( ahimsa followers ) China ( buddhism & new gen) , also in Dubai . I am Dreamer and i know i am not alone.
Metta for all