“I’m saving lives (including my own) and reducing my impact on the planet …PLUS it’s easy! Why wouldn’t I be Vegan?”
David Harrow – Director
The term ‘vegan’ was coined in 1944 by compassionate visionary Donald Watson and his (then) fiance. The philosophy of veganism was, and still is, for humans to avoid the exploitation of animals.
The simple facts are that we don’t need to either eat animal-based foods, manufacture animal derived products or use animals for any other purpose – including testing, research or entertainment.
Using animals in all of these ways not only causes untold suffering to them; it also has huge, global implications for both the environment and for human lives (some of which we’ve listed below).
Veganism offers a solution to these implications and living a vegan lifestyle therefore offers us all a chance to save animal lives and to reverse pressing global issues – from climate change to world hunger.
So, as you can see, veganism is a force for overwhelming positive change on so many levels, and as such, represents for us an ethical obligation.