Comments on: Day 18 of Veganism http://www.randomn3ss.com/day-18-of-veganism/ Random thoughts, expressions, complaints. Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nathan http://www.randomn3ss.com/day-18-of-veganism/comment-page-1/#comment-43727 nathan Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:27:16 +0000 http://www.randomn3ss.com/2008/02/09/day-18-of-veganism/#comment-43727 My girlfriend is a vegan and i'm a "mostly vegan" (i eat eggs, but no dairy). We are sort of conflicted on the issue of non-food animal products. She comes at this from a perspective of our treatment of animals and stands opposed to supporting industries that exploit animal life to make products. I am an environmental scientist and have a lot of beef (!) with CAF's and other aspects of the animal industries that wreck ecosystems in the name of profit. While neither of us would buy a fur coat or anything like that - that can be easily substituted for other natural materials, there are some things that cannot be replaced (and stay as environmentally friendly) by non-animal products. An example is footwear. If it's not leather or fabric, it's generally made from petroleum based plastics that will not biodegrade. They are forever, on a human time scale. So you really have to pick and choose, and it takes a thoughtful, open-minded person to objectively weigh the consequences of each decision. Good luck! My girlfriend is a vegan and i’m a “mostly vegan” (i eat eggs, but no dairy). We are sort of conflicted on the issue of non-food animal products. She comes at this from a perspective of our treatment of animals and stands opposed to supporting industries that exploit animal life to make products. I am an environmental scientist and have a lot of beef (!) with CAF’s and other aspects of the animal industries that wreck ecosystems in the name of profit. While neither of us would buy a fur coat or anything like that – that can be easily substituted for other natural materials, there are some things that cannot be replaced (and stay as environmentally friendly) by non-animal products. An example is footwear. If it’s not leather or fabric, it’s generally made from petroleum based plastics that will not biodegrade. They are forever, on a human time scale. So you really have to pick and choose, and it takes a thoughtful, open-minded person to objectively weigh the consequences of each decision. Good luck!

]]> By: Greg Horne http://www.randomn3ss.com/day-18-of-veganism/comment-page-1/#comment-18622 Greg Horne Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:49:13 +0000 http://www.randomn3ss.com/2008/02/09/day-18-of-veganism/#comment-18622 I am 1 month away from a year without meat! April first is my day of celebration. I just wrote an article about a meal you all might enjoy here: http://www.greghorne.com/blog/?p=323 Field roasts are awesome. My experience has been 4/5 vegan most of the time. Breakfast is vegan, lunch is mostly vegan, and dinner is usually always vegan. The rest of the time I may have a bit of cheese if the eatery I am at just does not work perfectly. Admittedly hanging out with non vegans has not always worked out to 100% vegan. I had eaten some vegi egg roles from Trader Joes that have egg product in them. I suppose as long as the egg comes from happy healthy chickens... My biggest success has been discovering that all my friends are extremely supportive. Most started buying alternative vegi/vegan products just to test them out, some that I have not even tried. So that rocks. Keep up the good work! I am 1 month away from a year without meat! April first is my day of celebration. I just wrote an article about a meal you all might enjoy here:

http://www.greghorne.com/blog/?p=323

Field roasts are awesome.

My experience has been 4/5 vegan most of the time. Breakfast is vegan, lunch is mostly vegan, and dinner is usually always vegan.

The rest of the time I may have a bit of cheese if the eatery I am at just does not work perfectly. Admittedly hanging out with non vegans has not always worked out to 100% vegan.

I had eaten some vegi egg roles from Trader Joes that have egg product in them. I suppose as long as the egg comes from happy healthy chickens…

My biggest success has been discovering that all my friends are extremely supportive. Most started buying alternative vegi/vegan products just to test them out, some that I have not even tried. So that rocks.

Keep up the good work!

]]> By: Lauren Oujiri http://www.randomn3ss.com/day-18-of-veganism/comment-page-1/#comment-16552 Lauren Oujiri Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:21:20 +0000 http://www.randomn3ss.com/2008/02/09/day-18-of-veganism/#comment-16552 Hey Sophia - great progress, congrats. I still have friends that are sort of uncomfortable about my vegan life and we don't eat out as a result. I totally agree on holding onto the wool and all for now. As I mentioned in my article about going vegan, it is a long process, and the right way is however works for you. It is a good challenge to take up! Pax. Hey Sophia – great progress, congrats. I still have friends that are sort of uncomfortable about my vegan life and we don’t eat out as a result. I totally agree on holding onto the wool and all for now. As I mentioned in my article about going vegan, it is a long process, and the right way is however works for you. It is a good challenge to take up!
Pax.

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