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The Winter 2019 issue of
Vegan Sustainability Magazine
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Nature Rising: The Campaign to End Subsidies for Animal Agriculture

By Bronwyn Slater A new campaign in Ireland calling for an end to subsidies for Animal Agriculture was launched on the 21st of September this year. Following on from the publication of Vegan Sustainability Magazine’s editor James O’Donovan’s report ‘Transition to an Irish Vegan Agricultural System’ a group of people in the Cork area (where …

Sanctuaries: The Forgotten Child of the Animal Rights Movement?

by Kristen Butler We all seek to work towards a better world—a compassionate, cruelty-free, non-violent one. A world in which animal rights are acknowledged and implemented, and where human and non-human animals co-inhabit the same planet, even the same spaces, without use and abuse. A vegan future. Many of us contribute to this movement in …

How to Lower High Blood Pressure Quickly and for the Rest of Your Life Using Amazingly Effective Diet and Lifestyle Changes

Get an in-depth look at what blood pressure is, what it means to have high blood pressure, and how to lower blood pressure naturally using treatments that are safer and more effective than drugs. By Alan Goldhamer, DC, and Doug Lisle, PhD High blood pressure, also known as “hypertension,” is the number one reason people …

The Lancet Comission Report Defines a Sustainable Food Production System

By James O’Donovan The EAT Lancet Comission Report, published in 2019, describes how industrial agriculture is devastating the environment, as forests are destroyed and billions of cattle emit climate-warming methane. Prof Johan Rockström, one of the report’s lead authors states: “Humanity now poses a threat to the stability of the planet. Global food production threatens …

Green shoots: how veganism is changing gardening

by Matthew Appleby Giving up animal products this year? If so, you might want to rethink how you garden. There are not many big ideas that come along in gardening. After all, horticulture has been much the same since forever: sow seeds, add manure, water and feed, and kill pests. But now, something revolutionary could …

Sadhana Forest: a vegan, ecological reforestation project in India

This article was compiled from the Sadhana Forest website. Sadhana Forest – an ecological revival and sustainable living project – was started on December 19th 2003. The vision of its founders, Yorit and Aviram Rozin, was to transform 70 acres of severely eroded, arid land on the outskirts of Auroville in India. In a spirit …

Veganism and Sustainability in the News

by Bronwyn Slater 2021 – 2030 to be ‘UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’ In a move to fight climate change and restore degraded land and ecosystems the UN has declared the next 10 years the ‘UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’. Restoration of 350 million hectares of degraded land between now and 2030 could take an …

Should We Tax Meat?

By John McDonnell With so many respected individuals, environmental organisations and governments declaring that climate change is the most pressing international issue of our time, it’s surprising that the question of taxing meat and dairy products has not received more attention. Yes, there have been calls for a reduction in consumption of these products, and …