tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16223285090157289132024-02-20T00:20:09.327+13:00NZ Vegan PodcastAbolitionist Approach Vegan. Continuing the abolitionist veganism approach Down Under.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.comBlogger1561200tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-85156313229190630612021-06-20T18:43:00.003+12:002022-02-08T20:47:48.526+13:00NZVP Ep. 151 - In favour of sterilizaion<p>Listen <a href="http://ia601407.us.archive.org/12/items/nzvp-ep.-151-en-favour-of-sterilization/NZVP%20Ep.151%20-%20en%20favour%20of%20sterilization%20.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the article I mentioned about pets: <a href="https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/pets-the-inherent-problems-of-domestication/">https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/pets-the-inherent-problems-of-domestication/ </a>Please read it. </p><p>This is a link to the famous debate with Erik Marcus, highly recommended listen: <a href="https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/">https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/</a></p><p> Thanks for listening <br /></p>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-58413647067085570052021-04-17T18:16:00.002+12:002021-04-17T18:16:57.670+12:00NZVP Ep. 150 - Another "victory" that wasn't<p> Listen <a href="http://ia601406.us.archive.org/30/items/nzvp-ep.-150-another-victory-that-wasnt/NZVP%20Ep.%20150%20-%20Another%20victory%20that%20wasn%27t.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p> </p><p>Thanks for listening. <br /></p>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-32790541746151749562020-11-30T22:25:00.001+13:002020-11-30T22:25:51.710+13:00NZVP Ep. 149 - on engendering hostility<p> Listen <a href="http://ia601400.us.archive.org/22/items/nzvp-ep.-149-on-engendering-hostility/NZVP%20Ep.%20149%20on%20engendering%20hostility.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the podcast episode I was interviewed on that I mentioned: <a href="https://alwaysforanimalrights.blogspot.com/2020/11/episode-43-why-animal-rights-advocates.html">https://alwaysforanimalrights.blogspot.com/2020/11/episode-43-why-animal-rights-advocates.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for listening</p>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-62057787613188060112020-03-28T20:19:00.001+13:002020-03-28T20:19:43.435+13:00NZVP Ep. 148 - Kia kaha and be safe and remember - don't compromise the moral message no matter whatListen <a href="http://ia801502.us.archive.org/5/items/nzvpep.148kiakahastaysafebutstilldontcompromisethemoralmessage/NZVP%20Ep.%20148%20-%20Kia%20Kaha%20stay%20safe%20but%20still%20don%27t%20compromise%20the%20moral%20message.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Thanks for listening, sorry about the terrible sound quality and thanks for listening.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-45773971666867336332020-01-03T20:58:00.002+13:002020-01-03T21:05:09.044+13:00NZVP Ep. 147 - Happy Abolitionist Approach Vegan New Year 2020Listen <a href="http://ia801502.us.archive.org/19/items/nzvpep.147happyabolitionistapproachvegannewyear2020/NZVP%20Ep.%20147%20-%20Happy%20Abolitionist%20Approach%20Vegan%20New%20Year%202020.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(28, 30, 33); color: #1c1e21; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you hear a sound like angry bees it's the car racing that happens near my house all summer long :/ Sorry about the noise.</span><br />
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Happy New YearElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-72680930387338275372019-12-13T22:36:00.001+13:002019-12-13T22:52:37.628+13:00NZVP Ep. 146 - lets bring it back to the moral personhood of all animalsListen <a href="http://ia801501.us.archive.org/32/items/nzvpep.146letsbringitbacktothemoralpersonhoodofallanimals/NZVP%20Ep.%20146%20-%20Let%27s%20bring%20it%20back%20to%20the%20moral%20personhood%20of%20all%20animals.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is a link to <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/animals-as-persons/9780231139502" target="_blank">Animals as Persons</a> - please read it!: <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/animals-as-persons/9780231139502">http://cup.columbia.edu/book/animals-as-persons/9780231139502</a><br />
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Here is the facebook page of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Abolitionist-Vegan-Weekly-Tabling-2003263296583131/posts/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Abolitionist Vegan Weekly Tabling</a> with Vanda Kadas and Mariana Landeros Corona: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Abolitionist-Vegan-Weekly-Tabling-2003263296583131/posts/?ref=page_internal">https://www.facebook.com/pg/Abolitionist-Vegan-Weekly-Tabling-2003263296583131/posts/?ref=page_internal</a><br />
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Thanks for listening <3 p=""></3>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-50926093917989062812019-09-30T21:39:00.001+13:002019-09-30T21:45:08.137+13:00ZVP Ep. 145 - DXE has officially come to NZ. Great.Listen <a href="http://ia601503.us.archive.org/20/items/nzvpep.145dxeisheregreatnot/NZVP%20Ep.%20145%20DXE%20is%20here%20great%20not.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here we are at the new and improved easy-to-manage street stall. Thanks to Jeff for designing the tablecloth. We are back!!!!!!!!<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-73672519294856327192019-08-13T14:14:00.001+12:002019-08-13T14:29:13.050+12:00NZVP Episode 144 Special guest Jeff Lyons from the NZ Vegan Street StallListen <a href="http://ia601504.us.archive.org/11/items/nzvpep.144specialguestjefflyons/NZVP%20Ep.%20144%20special%20guest%20Jeff%20Lyons.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Thanks so much to Jeff for coming on the show and for being my fellow street stall advocate!<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-20823094563897317202019-01-03T14:42:00.001+13:002019-01-03T14:42:38.427+13:00NZVP Ep. 143 - New Years Resolution - Be More SocialListen <a href="http://ia601507.us.archive.org/31/items/NZVPEp.143NewYearResolutionBeMoreSocial/NZVP%20Ep.%20143%20-%20New%20Year%20Resolution%20-%20Be%20More%20Social.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is a link to the Webinars I mentioned: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAg_TeZ267R6313TaOwEFJoxhUsRx1c_U" target="_blank">LINK HERE</a><br />
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Here is the one that I think they really talk a lot about the issue that I am talking about in this episode: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DN4-28gwQYTc%26fbclid%3DIwAR0MShozlVU6xJcKg0t7S-JpZBnntFCFCnjA_w3D6afztRYSetP4GAr8_JM&h=AT1IcKxsgFVRK0cIjUwRqf7FNSjOXFtLYVnredlzw3_LhBo2NVGAjPNwhl63x52dCJX-FXywUnXl5-TMyj4Zg_DC70I_m8jktfsJGVnpRAF3MmNEQoQNP5aYwOR7fRffRGhiyQx99syhLy3p2alCfZ-mZhT_0HeOAqtTcNSM_eoPlwxcJ49KTOy-h1Ont2XwjA3T1wEvpqrGOHxIfHLRLDPdiKO4u6t7fJ2DbTqBG2s6zXk4Id2NQ42jRxReeBcLww8TRTJ8IrlZ59HB8oizfwSZkcQ3TncU04urta-czJlzNORwQ78BJknEAwLWpoxjmFWSMmrY6eqyF1ASPRxliW9yGdv-1PPO-PENq-QNyvCP0-o0x6NPbbqsyBkss1J5gx3wrgo2aEPyWDkBgNPNBNNqgfugO6Dx4yXo1IpAZLEnG7HJaJe5z0hBPWnyNebD6MccWZX8HOoLUZ3byf9eISLFBd0un_EzMC0E7e8htiPpKdn7YStMZb2hMdfEkWxgQ8RVZMEMuKRec9aCAeNQi9vgoCSA8wZbXKWzNzSQVPA3IRrqYKPRVJJLX7DbXdICCQNSgKLvNdytxPnYlmyTnD4xeccnshFu3rrRHpn9qN2G9QkqNyts8P84wvXx">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4-28gwQYTc</a><br />
<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-6177524565535587702018-11-25T01:01:00.000+13:002018-11-25T01:01:09.103+13:00NZVP Ep. 142 - Domestication IssuesListen <a href="http://ia601505.us.archive.org/19/items/NZVPEp.142DomesticationIssues/NZVP%20Ep.%20142%20-%20Domestication%20issues.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Sorry about all the popped 'p's - I had the mic in a bad place. I used to edit them out in pro tools but I hate Garageband and that's all I've got, I don't know how to use it properly to do cross fades. Sorry, it must sound awful in headphones. Please forgive me.<br />
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ThanksElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-4442309184330007482018-02-10T16:59:00.001+13:002018-02-10T17:19:35.904+13:00NZVP Ep.141 - getting back out there again and managing insecurities fear and paranoia and conditioningListen <a href="http://ia601509.us.archive.org/31/items/NZVPEp.141WorkInsecuritiesAndOvercomingFearAndParanoia/NZVP%20Ep.%20141%20-%20work%20insecurities%20and%20overcoming%20fear%20and%20paranoia.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Wow. I was sheltered for so long at my job. This is getting back out into the real world and I am finding out again about all my limitations and the things holding me back (myself, basically). It's a painful look in the mirror but worth doing.<br />
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Here is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v82UOBDFyg&index=3&list=PLAg_TeZ267R4ckWaost80l4loIVoIQdKW" target="_blank">Peggy's video </a>from The World Vegan Summit - it is so inspiring. All the videos from the abolitionist approach advocates are so please <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAg_TeZ267R4ckWaost80l4loIVoIQdKW" target="_blank">watch them all</a>.<br />
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PLEASE learn <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/" target="_blank">The Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights</a>. Read the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/the-six-principles-of-the-abolitionist-approach-to-animal-rights/" target="_blank">Six Principles</a>. Go on the website and watch all the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/video/" target="_blank">Videos</a>. Read the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/" target="_blank">Books</a> - try to get them at your local library if you can't afford to buy them.<br />
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We can do this people! We must.<br />
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Here is my badge I was talking about, that I wear every day<br />
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1. ARGH so sorry the condition I was talking about is IRITIS (not Rinitis!!!) or Uveitis - here is information about it, it's good to learn about different things people are going through. <a href="https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/798323-overview">https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/798323-overview</a><br />
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2. I completely forgot that years ago I had heard of one situation that a vegan was going through, who did have a terrible medical condition in which her body could not make or maintain its own cholesterol, and therefore was in an awful situation as was really really struggling to find a way to maintain her vegan diet without dying, literally. It was a very hard thing, and a long struggle, that was very real, and this was a situation in which animal products (which unlike plants contain cholesterol) seemed to be the only medically viable option for them. Luckily, and also because this person believed in animal <i>rights</i> they finally found a way (I don't know the exact details) to manage it without having to compromise their veganism. So I actually also relayed that story to the person I was talking to as well, using it as an example to talk about the animal rights point of view. <br />
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3. Sorry if the quality is so bad, I was just planning to do a 10 minute video but it turned into 40 minutes so too big for me to figure out how to upload, so it's now a podcast with really bad audio quality.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-87558035353873508762018-02-02T23:09:00.002+13:002018-02-02T23:09:32.646+13:00NZVP Ep. 140 - Yes, I do want to discourage you from single issue activism and welfarist activismListen <a href="http://ia601507.us.archive.org/16/items/NZVPEp.140YesIWantYouToStop/NZVP%20Ep.140%20-yes%20I%20want%20you%20to%20stop.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the podcast with Wayne Hsiung, Gary Francione and Bob Linden<br />
<a href="http://www.goveganradio.com/go-vegan-radio-615/">http://www.goveganradio.com/go-vegan-radio-615/</a> - the discussion occurs starting at about 36 minutes into the show.<br />
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Here is the ever important, historical, monumental must listen debate between Erik Marcus and Gary Francione (if calling it a 'conversation' will make you listen to it, then call it a conversation) it's a MUST LISTEN: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NWA4Rf120">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NWA4Rf120</a><br />
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Here is a link to Gary Francione's BOOKS. READ THEM! <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a><br />
This is Rain Without Thunder, published in 1996: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-necessity-of-theory/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-necessity-of-theory/</a><br />
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We know the world isn't going to go vegan overnight okay????<br />
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This is that blog post I talked about about the <u>coalition</u> needed for these single issue campaigns (also discussed in the podcast with Bob Linden and Wayne Hsiung). It's called" Why Welfare Reform Campaigns and Single-Issue Campaigns <i>Necessarily</i> Promote Animal Exploitation <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/14542-2/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/14542-2/</a><br />
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Here is the blog post on the importance of theory and how everyone, even those who says they don't subscribe to theory, is actually operating under some kind of theory:<br />
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Here is that podcast I did about "one way" activism:<br />
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Check out Vanda Kadas' facebook page to see her fantastic, REGULARLY OCCURRING abolitionist approach vegan stall that she does every week!!! Here is a photo:<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-85057785482674439432018-01-14T14:44:00.002+13:002018-01-14T15:02:49.442+13:00NZVP Ep. 139 - Happy New Year 2018Listen <a href="http://ia601500.us.archive.org/34/items/NZVPEp.139HappyNewYear2018/NZVP%20Ep.139%20-%20Happy%20New%20Year%202018.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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So this is a confessional with a New Year's resolution attached.<br />
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Here is a link to the saved recordings of the Webinar videos with Gary Francione and Anna Charlton - the one called Advocate For Animals is the latest one but they are all worth a watch. You can also sign up to see them live and have your questions answered live: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z57FK4Zf0xs&list=PLAg_TeZ267R6313TaOwEFJoxhUsRx1c_U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z57FK4Zf0xs&list=PLAg_TeZ267R6313TaOwEFJoxhUsRx1c_U</a><br />
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Check out the new book!! Advocate for Animals!: here is a blog post about it with a link at the top to where you can get it: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/new-book-advocate-for-animals-an-abolitionist-vegan-handbook/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/new-book-advocate-for-animals-an-abolitionist-vegan-handbook/</a><br />
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Here is the <a href="http://www.howdoigovegan.com/" target="_blank">How Do I Go Vegan website: www.howdoigovegan.com</a> there is a link to their Facebook page<br />
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Frances McCormack is the vegan mentor from How Do I Go Vegan (there might be other people too that I don't know about!): <a href="http://www.howdoigovegan.com/mentoring/">http://www.howdoigovegan.com/mentoring/</a><br />
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Here is a post showing their week of fast easy meal ideas (this is from Facebook page): <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/howdoigovegancom/a-week-of-fast-food-meal-ideas/526632434358925/">https://www.facebook.com/notes/howdoigovegancom/a-week-of-fast-food-meal-ideas/526632434358925/</a><br />
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Here is a link to the International Vegan Association Nutrition guide if you live overseas and I highly recommend it: <a href="https://www.internationalvegan.org/nutrition/">https://www.internationalvegan.org/nutrition/</a><br />
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Thanks for listening!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-7386787143795297182017-07-13T14:06:00.001+12:002017-07-13T20:47:49.221+12:00NZVP Ep.138 - Abolish Welfarism!Listen <a href="http://ia601509.us.archive.org/23/items/NZVPEp.138AbolishWelfarism/NZVP%20Ep.138%20Abolish%20Welfarism.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Apologies for bad sound quality and no music, it is FREEZING here and I don't have my heater and so I am just in bed rugged up and I am only getting out of bed to get food or cups of tea. Too cold!!! So I just recorded this on my phone in bed. Luxury of modern life I am very lucky.<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-22861544059261296552017-05-14T14:26:00.003+12:002017-05-14T14:41:44.531+12:00NZVP Ep. 137 - HelpListen <a href="http://ia601509.us.archive.org/20/items/NZVPEp.137Help/NZVP%20Ep.%20137%20-%20help.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is that debate between Gary Francione and Dario Ringach that I talked about<br />
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Here is the video of the debate. The sound is TERRIBLE someone didn't turn off their darn cell phone >:( But despite that it's worth a listen just grin and bear it. It's worth it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8OMtRiD3oI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8OMtRiD3oI</a><br />
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Thank you for listeningElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-33380049423518476402017-04-17T20:55:00.000+12:002017-04-18T21:04:39.338+12:00NZVP Ep.136 - Dedicated to Scooter the mouse. Be an abolitionist vegan and don't give up.Listen <a href="http://ia601508.us.archive.org/15/items/NZVPEp.136DedicatedToScooter/NZVP%20Ep.136%20-%20Dedicated%20to%20Scooter.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Thanks for listening<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-47053120197521411612017-01-01T12:49:00.002+13:002017-01-01T13:01:36.880+13:00NZVP EP.135 - Happy New Year 2017Listen <a href="http://ia601508.us.archive.org/7/items/NZVPEp.135HappyNewYear2017/NZVP%20Ep.135%20-%20Happy%20New%20Year%202017.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is a photo of Puss Cat, rescued and safe and finally in a forever home, inside and cared for properly. She will be safe there, and receive all the medical attention she needs, I am very grateful to everyone who saved her xxxx<br />
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Here is a photo of Truc and Me and Jeff doing the stall.<br />
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Here is a link to the replay of the fantastic webinar I talked about. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHluHraCJHQ&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHluHraCJHQ&feature=youtu.be</a><br />
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There will be more webinars! Go to Gary Francione's Facebook page to join the community! : <a href="https://web.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/?_rdr">https://web.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/?_rdr</a><br />
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Happy New Year everyone!<br />
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Thank you for listening.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-63751886075726474612016-12-03T22:23:00.002+13:002016-12-03T22:23:45.475+13:00NZVP Ep. 134 - Abolitionist Vegan Education is not limited to nonvegansListen <a href="http://ia801508.us.archive.org/13/items/NZVPEp.134AbolitionistVeganEducationIsNotLimitedToNonvegans/NZVP%20Ep.134%20-%20abolitionist%20vegan%20education%20is%20not%20limited%20to%20nonvegans.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is that amazing video that I beg you to watch that has the 'burning house scenario'<br />
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Get Eat Like You Care: <a href="http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/">http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com</a><br />
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Read Gary Franciones BOOKS!!!!!: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-38238389604254685892016-09-10T20:49:00.001+12:002016-09-10T20:55:09.299+12:00NZVP Ep.133 - Exposes and loyalty to them. Also, a tribute to Bubbles the mouse. R.I.P little one.Listen <a href="http://ia601508.us.archive.org/4/items/NZVPEp.133ExposesWhatAreTheyGoodFor/NZVP%20Ep.133%20-%20Exposes%20-%20what%20are%20they%20good%20for.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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This is about "Exposés" I couldn't put the accent on the "e" in the title because feedburner rejects it for some reason and the podcast won't work.<br />
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Here is the story I was talking about re: my experience with a PeTA video: <a href="http://www.nzvegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/My-Vegan-Story.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nzvegan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/My-Vegan-Story.pdf </a><br />
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Dedicated to dear sweet Bubbles and to Sophie and Michael, who are the most big hearted, generous, kind, and unconditionally loving and amazing people I have ever had the privilege of meeting in my life.<br />
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Please check out the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/the-six-principles-of-the-abolitionist-approach-to-animal-rights/" target="_blank">Six Principles</a> of the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/" target="_blank">Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights</a>: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/the-six-principles-of-the-abolitionist-approach-to-animal-rights/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/the-six-principles-of-the-abolitionist-approach-to-animal-rights/</a><br />
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Please read ALL Gary Francione and Anna Charltons' <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/" target="_blank">books</a>: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a><br />
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Please read this article about violent imagery in advocacy: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/violent-imagery-in-animal-advocacy/#.Vz2nmmMyeA0">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/violent-imagery-in-animal-advocacy/#.Vz2nmmMyeA0</a><br />
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Here is that article I mentioned by Frances McCormack that coincidentally was published on the weekend about graphic imagery <a href="http://www.ecorazzi.com/2016/05/13/vegans-dont-need-graphic-imagery-to-advocate/">http://www.ecorazzi.com/2016/05/13/vegans-dont-need-graphic-imagery-to-advocate/</a><br />
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Dedicated to Buda the cat.<br />
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RIP my darling. Miss you forever.<br />
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Here is the must see video which I want to present to people if I ever get the chance to get enough people in a room willing to watch it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChElJ4CjhY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChElJ4CjhY</a><br />
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Thanks for listeningElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-23496514107087975702015-12-20T20:34:00.002+13:002015-12-20T20:34:19.191+13:00NZVP Ep.130 - Domestication must die! and same goes for SICsListen <a href="http://ia601502.us.archive.org/34/items/NZVP.Ep130DomesticationMustDieAndSameWithSICs/NZVP.%20Ep130%20-%20Domestication%20must%20die%20and%20same%20with%20SICs.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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here is the debate between Gary Francione and Bruce Friedrich at the North American Animal Welfarist conference in 2013 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1qFdR1cHA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1qFdR1cHA</a><br />
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Here is the debate about SICs I mentioned: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHr5bwNvLA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHr5bwNvLA</a><br />
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Here is the FANTASTIC new book by Gary Francione and Anna Charlton Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach <a href="http://abolitionistapproachbook.weebly.com/">http://abolitionistapproachbook.weebly.com</a><br />
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So thrilling!!<br />
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Here is the Facebook page for the mice - Lefty and Big Daddy need a home NOW <a href="https://www.facebook.com/18NZMice/?ref=hl">https://www.facebook.com/18NZMice/?ref=hl</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-41615237617787580022015-09-22T22:29:00.001+12:002015-09-22T22:29:21.650+12:00NZVP Ep. 129 - Welfarist obfuscation strikes againListen <a href="http://ia601504.us.archive.org/13/items/NZVPEp.129WelfaristObfuscation/NZVP%20Ep.%20129%20-%20Welfarist%20obfuscation.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the article I talked about:<br />
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Here is the link to all of Gary Francione's books please read them ALL: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a><br />
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Here is the link to the groundbreaking debate with Erik Marcus and Gary Francione please set yourself down with a pot of tea or coffee or whatever and listen to the whole 2.5 hours. <br />
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Here is the direct link to the audio in case you missed it: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/eriks-diner-2007-02-25.mp3">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/eriks-diner-2007-02-25.mp3</a><br />
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Thanks for listeningElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-5540475445986819542015-08-08T20:21:00.000+12:002015-08-08T20:21:27.923+12:00NZVP Ep.128 - baking soda rocks and trolling the trollsListen <a href="http://ia801507.us.archive.org/4/items/NZVPEp.128BakingSodaRocksAndTrollingTheTrolls_20150808/NZVP%20Ep.128%20-%20baking%20soda%20rocks%20and%20trolling%20the%20trolls.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the link to the Vegan For Life podcast I mentioned from Nícolas Noriê <a href="http://plainsfm.org.nz/programme/vegan-life">http://plainsfm.org.nz/programme/vegan-life</a>/ <br />
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Here is a link to the article I was trolled and trolling on (I wasn't really intended to troll per se and I don't think what I was doing classifies as trolling but it felt like it in the end especially the way I started behaving) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_haven_from_the_animal_holocaust_20150802">http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_haven_from_the_animal_holocaust_20150802</a><br />
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Here is a basic recipe I found for baking soda and coconut oil toothpaste - I use an old baby food jar (I used to give the cats some pureed baby food squash until I just started making it myself) but any jar will do:<br />
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fill your jar with a heaping scoop of soft (but not melted) coconut oil (about 1/4 to 1/2 way full if you’re using a tiny jar). If your oil is super solid, you can place place the jar in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes.</li>
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Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-23843185638009527322015-06-19T23:58:00.000+12:002015-06-28T20:15:47.894+12:00NZVP Ep.127 VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN!!!!! By hook or by crook we are going to end the misrepresentation of this word<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0.25em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px;">
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<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Here is the link to Gary Francione's book Eat Like You Care: <a href="http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/">www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com</a> </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Here is </span><span style="line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">the</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;"> link to all the rest of his books </span><span style="line-height: 25.600000381469727px;">please read them: </span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.6em;"> </span><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a></div>
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Here is the speech by Chris Hedges please watch it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA41ggsdeXE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA41ggsdeXE</a></div>
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Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-73016864197845668312015-04-18T11:34:00.001+12:002015-04-19T23:16:42.339+12:00NZVP Ep.126 - treatment treatment treatmentListen <a href="http://ia902707.us.archive.org/10/items/NZVPEp.126TreatmentTreatmentTreatment/NZVP%20Ep.%20126%20-%20treatment%20treatment%20treatment.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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here is the documentary on abortion that I mentioned:<br />
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Here is the link to that thread I mentioned on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/timeline" target="_blank">Abolitionist Approach Facebook Page</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/photos/a.393908680628892.94280.156275557725540/965200420166379/?type=1&theater">https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/photos/a.393908680628892.94280.156275557725540/965200420166379/?type=1&theater</a><br />
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Here is the video I talked about that is the best in the world and changed my life and made me an abolitionist vegan: <br />
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NOTE: there are some upsetting photos but lots of beautiful photos and the context is so on point. I wouldn't ask you to watch it if I didn't think it was worth it.<br />
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https://vimeo.com/4808525 - to watch at the link or watch below (make it full screen if it is not showing properly)<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/4808525" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <a href="https://vimeo.com/4808525">Theory of Animal Rights</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/garylfrancione">Gary L. Francione</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Thanks for listening and please please remember to READ GARY FRANCIONE'S BOOKS <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a><br />
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Here are some photos from Jam on Toast and Eco Day<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-46535132319767307072015-02-10T23:26:00.001+13:002015-02-10T23:26:14.265+13:00NZVP Ep.125 - random stuffListen <a href="http://ia601503.us.archive.org/30/items/NZVPEp.125RandomStuff/NZVP%20Ep.125%20-%20random%20stuff.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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thanks for listening :)Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-35222788544400997012015-01-01T03:35:00.000+13:002015-01-01T03:52:11.905+13:00NZVP Ep.124 - Happy Vegan New Year 2015Listen <a href="http://ia902705.us.archive.org/31/items/NZVPEp.124HappyVeganNewYear2015/NZVP%20Ep.124%20-%20Happy%20Vegan%20New%20Year%202015.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Key word: Focus!<br />
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Here is the song I mentioned - it's very beautiful and sad, but more beautiful than sad.<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by0xnJStass<br />
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Here is the poster I mentioned of the pigs:<br />
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Here is information about the plastic gyres in the ocean I mentioned:<br />
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Thanks for listening and happy vegan new year.<br />
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P.S The word I was looking for was DICHOTOMYElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-84533374884794949022014-11-08T09:54:00.001+13:002014-11-12T12:44:16.946+13:00NZVP Ep. 123 - there is no such thing as "Ahimsa" cow's milk Listen <a href="http://ia902609.us.archive.org/34/items/NZVPEp.123ThereIsNOSUCHTHINGAsAhimsaCowsMilk/NZVP%20Ep.123%20-%20There%20is%20NO%20SUCH%20THING%20as%20%22Ahimsa%22%20cow%27s%20milk%21%21%21.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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I am reluctantly putting a link to the FAQ I talked about although I dislike even promoting their site at all:<br />
<a href="http://www.ahimsamilk.org/faq/">http://www.ahimsamilk.org/faq/</a><br />
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This is the photo of the little bull with the ring in their nose on the Facebook page that I talked about: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/266909179987461/photos/a.293516217326757.79424.266909179987461/883563834988656/?type=1">https://www.facebook.com/266909179987461/photos/a.293516217326757.79424.266909179987461/883563834988656/?type=1</a><br />
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Here is the article about nose ringing a bull I mentioned:<br />
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Here is the article about artificial weaning of cows I mentioned:<br />
<a href="http://www.awionline.org/lab_animals/biblio/jaaws7.html">http://www.awionline.org/lab_animals/biblio/jaaws7.html</a><br />
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Thanks for listeningElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-71834079386246494332014-10-18T18:28:00.001+13:002014-10-18T18:28:52.155+13:00NZVP Ep. 122 - tales from a damp and noisy street stall, and Gary Francione - the voice of our conscienceListen <a href="http://ia601405.us.archive.org/21/items/NZVPEP.122TalesFromADampNoisyStreetStallAndGaryFrancioneTheVoiceOfOurConscience/NZVP%20EP.122%20-%20Tales%20from%20a%20damp%20noisy%20Street%20Stall%20and%20Gary%20Francione%20-%20the%20voice%20of%20our%20conscience.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the CNN interview: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2014/10/04/smerconish-cat-kicked-10042014.cnn&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abolitionistapproach.com%2Fandre-robinson-king-confused-thinking-animal-ethics%2F">http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2014/10/04/smerconish-cat-kicked-10042014.cnn&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abolitionistapproach.com%2Fandre-robinson-king-confused-thinking-animal-ethics%2F</a><br />
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Here is the NY Times article: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/01/enforcing-the-legal-rights-of-animals/eating-meat-is-also-animal-abuse">http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/01/enforcing-the-legal-rights-of-animals/eating-meat-is-also-animal-abuse</a><br />
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And there was a Daily News article too! I forgot to mention! : <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gary-francione-stop-scapegoating-cat-kicker-article-1.1969363">http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gary-francione-stop-scapegoating-cat-kicker-article-1.1969363</a><br />
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>>This is, I am pretty sure, the unedited and originally titled version of the NY Times article or at least that's what it seems to be: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/andre-robinson-king-confused-thinking-animal-ethics/#.VEH4pL4Qe3w" target="_blank"> http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/andre-robinson-king-confused-thinking-animal-ethics/#.VEH4pL4Qe3w</a><br />
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This is the Facebook discussion I was talking about re: "mock" animal products: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/867250949961327">https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/867250949961327</a><br />
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Here is me at my damp stall! I wouldn't normally go in weather like this to be honest, but I had 2 dozen cupcakes and there was nuthin gonna stop me!<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-56736550954100519792014-08-17T01:53:00.001+12:002014-08-17T02:24:29.263+12:00NZVP Ep.121 - first winter street stall and the disintegration of The Vegan SocietyListen <a href="http://ia902306.us.archive.org/8/items/NZVPEp.122FirstWinterStreetStallAndTheDisintigrationOfTheveganSociety/NZVP%20Ep.122%20-%20first%20winter%20street%20stall%20and%20the%20disintigration%20of%20the%20%27vegan%27%20society.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the link to the Vegan Printer: <a href="http://www.veganprinter.com/">www.veganprinter.com</a><br />
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Here is links to heaps of the articles and Facebook postings about The Vegan Society debacle:<br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_851090396"><br /></a><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/780846565268433" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;" target="_blank">THE "VEGAN" SOCIETY WITHDRAWS "THERE, WE SAID IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE VEGAN."</a><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"> - Facebook post about the 'rebrand' and the changes they made after the first protest of the new TVS campaign</span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/moment-silence-donald-watson-founder-vegan-society/#.U-9o90sQcbS">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/moment-silence-donald-watson-founder-vegan-society/#.U-9o90sQcbS</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-ambassador-fiona-oakes-veganism-not-for-everyone-probably-not-many-people/#.U-9cK0sQcbS">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-ambassador-fiona-oakes-veganism-not-for-everyone-probably-not-many-people/#.U-9cK0sQcbS</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/manager-vegfestuk-tim-barford-many-people-get-ill-vegan-diet/#.U-9clEsQcbQ">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/manager-vegfestuk-tim-barford-many-people-get-ill-vegan-diet/#.U-9clEsQcbQ</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/brought-vegan-society-disrepute-insisted-vegan-society-vegan/#.U-9cb0sQcbQ">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/brought-vegan-society-disrepute-insisted-vegan-society-vegan/#.U-9cb0sQcbQ</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-decide/#.U-9cqEsQcbQ">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-decide/#.U-9cqEsQcbQ</a><br />
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Part 1 of the debate between Tim Barford and Gary Francione: <a href="http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/04/3-august-2014/">http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/04/3-august-2014/</a><br />
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Part 2 of the debate: <a href="http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/13/10-august-2014/">http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/13/10-august-2014/</a><br />
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Facebook events page for the debate: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/809889079061401/">https://www.facebook.com/events/809889079061401/</a><br />
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This is the debate between Gary Francione and Erik Marcus: a MUST listen for any advocate: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/#erik-marcus-20070225">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/#erik-marcus-20070225</a> There is also a pdf of the transcript the relevant part I was referring to is here: <br />
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">You know, last night I saw this movie </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanItalic'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Amazing Grace</span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">, it wasn’t a perfect movie, but it
was certainly, given the grand scheme of horrible movies these days, it was a worthwhile
movie to see. It was about Wilbur Wilberforce, who actually with Richard Martin, I<br />
think this is accurate, that he started the RSPCA in England, but William Wilberforce<br />
was also an abolitionist with respect to slavery. And it was very interesting, because he
had to confront this very issue. That, at the time that he decided slavery should be
abolished most people thought slavery shouldn’t be abolished, and yet, he didn’t propose
that we ought to make slavery more humane. He took an abolitionist position
continuously, and eventually he prevailed. So I’m not really interested in worrying
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">about – yeah, are there some people out there that don’t care?
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">You used the expression “gratuitous cruelty” I don’t even know what the hell that means,
Erik. I really don’t even know what that means, gratuitous cruelty. What does that
mean? We don’t need to eat animals at all. Nobody maintains – its 2007, nobody, not
even the United States government maintains that we need to eat any animal products to
be optimally healthy. Indeed an increasing number of mainstream healthcare people are
telling us that eating animal products isn’t good for us. So, </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanItalic'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">all </span><span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">suffering in connection
with animals that we’re raising for food is gratuitous. So I don’t know what you mean
when you say gratuitous cruelty.
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<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRoman'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">But, are there people who don’t care? Yes, Erik, there are people who don’t care, and
there are a lot of people who do care. And what I’m interested in doing is reaching those
people, and when I reach them, the last thing in the world I want to tell them is, “Hey
look, you’re going to go from Abu Ghraib to a minimum security Connecticut prison if
you buy cage-free eggs.” I’m not going to tell them that. I’m going to tell them if they
care about this issue there’s one choice: go vegan. And you know what? Some people
are going to turn off to that, and some people are going to turn on to that, and what I’m
interested in is the people who turn on to it, because every person I turn on to it decreases
demand. That’s what we’ve got to do, is decrease the demand. And the way you
decrease demand is you get people to stop using these products altogether. You don’t do
it by imposing opportunity costs that are so deminimist that producers can pass those
costs along to consumers and not lose a cent of profit. Indeed, there is a huge markup. I
don’t know if you’ve shopped at Whole Foods recently, but they’re making a lot of
money. Those products are marked up tremendously. Those producers are making a
tremendous profit. I don’t think that’s the solution. As a matter of fact, I’m sure it’s not."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman; font-size: small;">Here is my </span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Facebook</span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman; font-size: small;"> status I read out: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/541388332629761">https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/541388332629761</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman; font-size: small;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Listening to the second part of the debate between Gary Francione and Tim Barford. So far we are at just the first question, re: having groups like "Part-Time Carnivore" attend Veg Fest. Tim is justifying this by saying cutting down to say 20% animal products is still going to have an immensely positive effect on the environment and human health, as well as decreasing by 80% the amount of animal</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">s used.</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />Nobody is disputing that less harm is better. Nobody is disputing that or has ever disputed that. It is not an issue that is focused on in human rights campaigning against fundamental human rights abuses like rape (I mean, less rape is better right? So should we campaign for 'less rape'? NO!!! We should and do campaign for NO RAPE!)<br /><br />The main theme of Tim's position and of every single other welfarist I have debated myself in various places, is the same one. Their position is: if you advocate for veganism unequivocally, not only will people not even begin to think about these issues at all, and therefore because they won't even begin to think about them that means they will therefore never start to examine their animal use, leading them to start to cut down on their animal use anyway, of their own volition, based on these issues they are beginning to think about because they were talked to about veganism - not only will they not do that, but that they will completely and utterly, down to the last person, freak out, reject the entire thing entirely, and will make NO reductions and might even increase animal use out of some kind of perverse notion and will never, ever go vegan, or ever cut down, or ever have their consciousness awoken in the slightest bit about the immorality of animal use.<br /><br />This is their claim. Based on this erroneous belief, they claim we *have* to promote "meat free Mondays" or "part time Carnivore" or welfare 'reforms' or 'cutting down' etc and we cannot promote veganism unequivocally or hold veganism as the moral baseline. Otherwise, they claim, NO ONE will make ANY CHANGES. EVER. That's their position.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Does that make sense to you? That doesn't make sense to me either."</span><span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-33896748823184937282014-07-25T13:22:00.001+12:002014-07-25T14:45:59.938+12:00NZVP Ep.120 - Why I oppose SAFE's 'ban factory farming' campaignListen <a href="http://ia902506.us.archive.org/13/items/NZVPEp.120SomeMoreReasonsWhyIOpposeSAFEAndTheirWelfaristCampaigning/NZVP%20Ep.120%20-%20some%20more%20reasons%20why%20I%20oppose%20SAFE%20and%20their%20welfarist%20campaigning.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the link to the Facebook thread: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/532236813544913">https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/532236813544913</a><br />
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It has died down now so I wasn't as time consuming as I thought. Good! Because I plan to do this more often as it needs to be done, as a lot of new vegans get sucked into welfare which is a terrible thing to happen. We need to expose new vegans to abolition as quickly as possible - if only at the very least to give them the option to see the alternative. Rather than them not even knowing it exists, or them only being exposed to the deliberate distortions of abolition by the welfarist movement.<br />
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Please read the following essay: <br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-four-problems-of-animal-welfare-in-a-nutshell/#.U9FdgFYQcbQ">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-four-problems-of-animal-welfare-in-a-nutshell/#.U9FdgFYQcbQ</a><br />
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Please listen to the following debate (they talk a lot about the HSUS sow crate campaign in this debate so it's worth a listen and is relevant to this SAFE campaign which is focused on 'factory farmed pork'): <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-90382049017568917052014-07-05T22:53:00.001+12:002014-07-05T22:53:14.546+12:00NZVP Ep.119 - self realisation is painful but necessaryListen <a href="http://ia902506.us.archive.org/8/items/NZVPEp.119SelfRealisationIsPainfulButNecessary/NZVP%20Ep.119%20-%20self%20realisation%20is%20painful%20but%20necessary.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the link to the article debunking 'reverse racism' that I mentioned and quoted from, *please* read it: <a href="http://feminspire.com/why-reverse-racism-isnt-real/">http://feminspire.com/why-reverse-racism-isnt-real/</a><br />
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Here is the link to the articles on the modern feminist movement that I mentioned, I especially learned a lot from the second article, especially the similarities and conflicts within the feminist movement that mirror a lot of the welfarist/abolitionist debate.<br />
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<a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/03/sex-positive-feminism-doing-patriarchys-work-it">http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2014/03/sex-positive-feminism-doing-patriarchys-work-it</a><br />
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<a href="http://feministcurrent.com/8879/the-divide-isnt-between-sex-negative-and-sex-positive-feminists-its-between-liberals-and-radicals/">http://feministcurrent.com/8879/the-divide-isnt-between-sex-negative-and-sex-positive-feminists-its-between-liberals-and-radicals/</a><br />
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I especially LOVE this comment by one of the commentators on the article whose moniker is "MLM":<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"I think part of the problem, and part of what makes certain radical thinkers so easy to demonise, is that the very notion of compassion itself has also been hijacked and distorted. People think compassion is about protecting somebody’s feelings, and sometimes it is. But sometimes it’s having an understanding that there are more crucial issues at stake. And doing th</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">e right thing may actually hurt someone’s feelings, and not make you or them feel good. Sometimes the deepest compassion is the type that requires you to be the sword which cuts through the bullshit and say “No, Im sorry. I can’t and won’t go along with that. It’s not good for me or you or anyone”. (I’m learning this more and more as a parent…)<br /><br />Going along with falsehood and delusion just because you are afraid of hurting someone’s feelings or because you feel sorry for them is not compassion, it’s a type of sycophancy. And while it’s so important not to lose sight of the fact that you are dealing with another human being when you find yourself in opposition with them, it’s every bit as important to point out that facilitating injustice in the name of “compassion” is actually precisely the opposite. Fierce defence of justice is actually the truest kind of compassion, but often also the easiest to mischaracterize." </span><br />
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Here is a link to one of the articles by Gary Francione on the Kapparos Campaign:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-kapparos-campaign-a-good-example-whats-wrong-single-issue-campaigns/#.U7dbBxYQcbQ">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-kapparos-campaign-a-good-example-whats-wrong-single-issue-campaigns/#.U7dbBxYQcbQ</a><br />
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Here is a link to the articles about The "Vegan" Society's betrayal of the moral baseline:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/moment-silence-donald-watson-founder-vegan-society/#.U7fUEhYQcbQ">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/moment-silence-donald-watson-founder-vegan-society/#.U7fUEhYQcbQ</a><br />
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Thank you for listening. <br />
<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-25812111717087531462014-05-31T17:13:00.000+12:002014-05-31T17:13:17.668+12:00NZVP Ep.118 - my first vegan party!!!Listen <a href="http://ia902503.us.archive.org/0/items/NZVPEp.118MyFirstBigVeganPartyVer1/NZVP%20Ep.118%20-%20my%20first%20big%20vegan%20party%21%20ver1.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the link to Kaiaroha Nut Cheeses who also do the Vegan Deli at the Parnell Farmers Market: <a href="http://www.kaiaroha.co.nz/">http://www.kaiaroha.co.nz</a><br />
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Here is the link to La Noix Vegan Cake Shop: <a href="http://lanoixvegancake.com/Home/Cakes">http://lanoixvegancake.com/Home/Cakes</a><br />
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Here are the photos! I couldn't get decent ones of the food because it was flying off the plates too fast for me to get it all haha:<br />
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Here is the cake! It is the chocolate mousse cake:<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-5700234746443784282014-04-25T11:48:00.001+12:002014-12-25T14:30:35.270+13:00NZVP Ep. 117 - work conundrums***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS<br />
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Listen <a href="http://ia902503.us.archive.org/1/items/NZVPEp.117WorkConundrums/NZVP%20Ep.117%20-%20work%20conundrums.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Thanks for listening. Feel free to share any great vegan gluten free ginger cake recipes for my mother's birthday cake :)<br />
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Here is the link to the clip about Muhammed Ali's Poem "Me, We" -something which should be the baseline for all our vegan advocacy I reckon:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQ_IjzWN7A">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQ_IjzWN7A</a><br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-53528225736938227242014-03-23T16:03:00.000+13:002014-12-25T14:35:14.271+13:00NZVP Ep.116 - Veganism is EASY Listen <a href="http://ia600701.us.archive.org/12/items/NZVPEp.116VeganismIsEASY/NZVP%20Ep.116%20-%20Veganism%20is%20EASY.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVSElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-10123598675505871682014-03-02T20:58:00.005+13:002014-12-25T14:35:05.386+13:00NZVP Ep. 115 - Please stop making people feel better about exploiting othersListen <a href="http://ia601209.us.archive.org/22/items/NZVPEp.115StopMakingFeelBetterAboutContinuingToExploitOthers/NZVP%20Ep.%20115%20-%20Stop%20making%20feel%20better%20about%20continuing%20to%20exploit%20others.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS<br />
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This is the quote from Gary Francione I mentioned:<br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">"To believe in a principle of justice and promote that principle clearly is not be "angry." That term is simply a way of putting the principle down by not focusing on the substance and, instead, focusing on the person articulating the principle. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">People always "like" people who don't challenge them but in the world in which you and I live, challenging others is what morality *requires*. It's not optional!"</span></b><br />
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Original thread where above comment happened: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/734694363216987?comment_id=7664908&offset=0&total_comments=26">https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/734694363216987?comment_id=7664908&offset=0&total_comments=26</a></div>
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<b>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">*All* animal products involve suffering and death. All of them. We should be crystal clear that the *only* rational response to recognizing the moral status of nonhumans is to go vegan. If animals matter morally, then *any* exploitation--however supposedly "humane"--is immoral. To say that being "compassionate" requires that we promote something other than veganism is to say that we are morally obligated to promote immorality. That makes no sense, If you agree that animals matter, veganism--and only veganism--is what makes sense."</span></b></div>
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Here are the links I mentioned from the SAFE Facebook page:<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/photos/a.10150641855485434.697966.417859725433/10153770995105434/?type=1&stream_ref=10">https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/photos/a.10150641855485434.697966.417859725433/10153770995105434/?type=1&stream_ref=10</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/posts/10153707967115462?stream_ref=10">https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/posts/10153707967115462?stream_ref=10</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/posts/10153693040105434?stream_ref=10">https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/posts/10153693040105434?stream_ref=10</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/photos/a.10150641855485434.697966.417859725433/10153686609385434/?type=1&stream_ref=10">https://www.facebook.com/SAFEnewzealand/photos/a.10150641855485434.697966.417859725433/10153686609385434/?type=1&stream_ref=10</a><br />
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Hope I got them all<br />
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Here is the link to the Esther the Wonder Pig posting:<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/estherthewonderpig/posts/532716096835619?stream_ref=10">https://www.facebook.com/estherthewonderpig/posts/532716096835619?stream_ref=10</a><br />
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Here is the link to My Face is on Fire Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Face-Is-on-Fire/177471362269051">https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Face-Is-on-Fire/177471362269051</a><br />
Here is the one I mentioned (but there are heaps more): <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=766491566700358&id=177471362269051&stream_ref=10">23 de noviembre de 2013</a><br />
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And finally here is the link to the Abolitionist Approach Article: Making a Mockery of Gandhi:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/making-mockery-gandhi/#.UxKJ9NzDqv8">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/making-mockery-gandhi/#.UxKJ9NzDqv8</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-6582858762977702262014-01-05T15:41:00.000+13:002014-12-25T14:33:37.065+13:00NZVP Ep.114 Special Guests Gary Francione and Anna Charlton, the authors of Eat Like You Care!Listen <a href="http://ia600803.us.archive.org/12/items/NZVPEp.114SpecialGuestsGaryFrancioneAndAnnaCharltonAuthorsOfEatLikeYouCare/NZVP%20Ep.114%20-%20Special%20Guests%20Gary%20Francione%20and%20Anna%20Charlton%20authors%20of%20Eat%20Like%20You%20Care.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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Please go to this link to get a copy of Eat Like You Care: <a href="http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/">www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com</a><br />
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Just read some of these amazing reviews so you get an idea how profoundly this book is helping people: <a href="http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/what-people-are-saying.html">http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/what-people-are-saying.html</a><br />
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Abolitionist Approach Website: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">www.abolitionistapproach.com</a><br />
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Please read ALL of these books: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a><br />
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Thanks for listening and a huge thanks to my lovely guests Anna Charlton and Gary FrancioneElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-75280849417008739962013-12-16T18:05:00.001+13:002014-12-25T14:35:21.420+13:00NZVP EP. 113 -UPDATE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH TAVS***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-18427592865755785722013-11-17T20:01:00.000+13:002014-12-25T14:27:45.059+13:00NZVP Ep.112 - UPDATE: WE ARE NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH TAVS AND THERE IS NO NZ TAVS CHAPTERListen <a href="http://ia601004.us.archive.org/22/items/NZVPEp.112IntroducingBubsPetersAndTheOfficialTAVSNZChapter/NZVP%20Ep.112%20-%20Introducing%20Bubs%20Peters%20and%20the%20official%20TAVS%20NZ%20Chapter%21.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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***NOTE: WE ARE NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-14389599106047582422013-11-10T00:09:00.001+13:002014-12-25T14:35:35.228+13:00NZVP Ep.111 - What's in a name? Nothing, as it turns out. Listen <a href="http://ia601002.us.archive.org/26/items/NZVPEp.111WhatsInANameNothingAsItTurnsOut/NZVP%20Ep.111%20-%20What%27s%20In%20a%20Name_%20%20Nothing%2C%20as%20it%20turns%20out.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS<br />
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Here are some photos of Tuainekore at the stall at Waitakere (we had SUCH a GREAT DAY):<br />
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Here is the link to that awful status update I ranted and raved about for an hour lol: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/686541261365631<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-29398021309525173822013-10-12T12:19:00.000+13:002014-12-25T14:34:39.452+13:00NZVP Ep. 110 -Update about long lost Duffy the cat.Listen <a href="http://ia601001.us.archive.org/34/items/NZVPEp.110LocalTAVSChapterAndUpdateOnLongLostDuffy/NZVP%20Ep.%20110%20-%20Local%20TAVS%20Chapter%21%20%20and%20update%20on%20long%20lost%20Duffy.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS<br />
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Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-34419186335423660432013-10-02T17:22:00.001+13:002014-12-25T14:33:55.173+13:00NZ Vegan Episode 109 - on being a smart educatorlisten <a href="http://ia601007.us.archive.org/13/items/NZVPEp.109OnBeingASmartEducator/NZVP%20Ep.109%20-%20On%20being%20a%20smart%20educator.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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sorry it's so all over the place<br />
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Here is the article I read from: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/making-mockery-gandhi/#.UkudzBb9tzM" target="_blank">Making a Mockery of Gandhi</a><br />
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Here is the poster I mentioned:<br />
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here is the Abolitionist Approach Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach">https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-45252046814910417972013-09-20T22:32:00.003+12:002013-09-21T11:04:57.128+12:00NZVP Ep. 108Listen <a href="http://ia601005.us.archive.org/10/items/NZVPEp.108LetsUseOurCommonSense/NZVP%20Ep.%20108%20-%20Let%27s%20use%20our%20common%20sense.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<span style="color: white;">"<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px;">The fact that people won't go vegan immediately does not mean that we should ever promote anything less than veganism as morally okay. We ought always to be clear that if animals matter morally, we cannot justify consuming them. If someone who cares about animals wants to do less than go vegan, or want to go vegan in stages, let that be their choice and not our recommendation. We should *never* promote non-veganism as a morally good thing. We should *never* put a stamp of approval on animal exploitation--however "humane" it is (and it's never "humane" anyway)." ~Gary Francione</span></span></h3>
Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-42044960641527709482013-08-31T22:25:00.002+12:002014-12-25T14:36:33.383+13:00NZVP Ep. 107 - Stall stories from the first week of Spring 2013. Listen <a href="http://ia601002.us.archive.org/13/items/NZVPEp.107StallStoriesFromTheFirstWeekOfSpring2013./NZVP%20Ep.%20107%20-%20Stall%20stories%20from%20the%20first%20week%20of%20Spring%2C%202013..mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the article I spoke about: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/enabling-animal-exploitation/#.UiHBJhZD38t" target="_blank">Enabling Exploitation</a><br />
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Here is one of the discussions on Gary Francione's facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/647496038603487">https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/647496038603487</a><br />
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Oh and you HAVE to read this article!!!:<br />
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Thanks for listeningElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-60389215377456824522013-08-04T22:12:00.001+12:002014-12-25T14:35:50.881+13:00NZVP Ep.106 - Don't get participation in animal slavery mixed up with involuntary harm Listen <a href="http://ia601904.us.archive.org/26/items/NZVPEp.106TAVSPinCampaignAndDontGetItTwisted/NZVP%20Ep.106%20%20-TAVS%20Pin%20Campaign%20and%20don%27t%20get%20it%20twisted.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Here is the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/400630993372163?notif_t=like" target="_blank">facebook post I wrote</a>: "<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">Anyone who thinks there is no moral difference between, say, driving a car or taking public transport in vehicles that to our dismay may contain animal by-products, and for example eating a piece of cow's milk cheese, obviously doesn't realise that animals are property and what we are trying to abolish is slavery.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">There is a *huge* difference between the two examples. As vegans, we are frustrated, horrified and dismayed when we learn that there are some things that we must use that against our will contain animal by products. Such as sidewalks or footpaths, plastics, car tyres etc. Huge difference.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">The difference is thus: those things, those industries, those products, are not products based upon animal slavery. They are simply not. It is perfectly conceivable to have cars, concrete, paint, plastics etc, without any animal by-products in them whatsoever. And we are going to abolish that too, you just wait.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">However, cow's milk cheese is a product entirely based upon, produced by and dependant on animal slavery, and slaughter. You will *never* have cow's milk cheese without exploiting cows. It is a *slave* industry.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">So while as vegans we are working towards eliminating as much harm to others as we can, such as living in a world that doesn't use plastic at all would be lovely, a world in which no vegetable or fruit is produced with nonhuman slaves' manure, and in which we develop alternatives to a lot of harmful products and practices while of course eliminating any animal by products in their making, the NUMBER ONE THING we must do now is ABOLISH SLAVERY. And you *don't* do that by making twisted, incorrect comparisons between products such as vehicles (nothing to do with animal slavery, and yes we hate that there are the products of exploitation in there against our will, and watch us abolish that too! - but those products are in no way dependant on animal slavery) and animal products that people eat, wear or use that are *intrinsically* and *unavoidably* from slavery.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: left;">I hope that clears up this silliness so we can get on with being consistent in our advocacy and no more making excuses for "vegans" who deliberately and directly participate in slavery by reminding us that we can't levitate, build entire new vegan painted city buildings/homes on our own (yet) or avoid the use of transportation to our jobs.</span><br />
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Read this book to inform yourself also (read ALL HIS BOOKS): <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/animals-property-and-the-law/#.Uf4lXhZD38s">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/animals-property-and-the-law/#.Uf4lXhZD38s</a></div>
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Here is the link to Gary Francione's Plenary Speech: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-plenary-talk-audio-at-the-animal-rights-2013-national-conference/#.Ud_0PBZD38t">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-plenary-talk-audio-at-the-animal-rights-2013-national-conference/#.Ud_0PBZD38t</a><br />
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There is also a link to the audio from the debate in the above article however here is the Youtube video of it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=akFdn-sa3EM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=akFdn-sa3EM</a><br />
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Here is that pdf I mentioned that talks about human rights (from Bruce Friedrich's part of the debate): <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=392612544174008&set=a.141660949269170.21128.124140001021265&type=1" target="_blank">NZ Vegan Facebook posting</a><br />
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Here is that poster I mentioned (FB Link only sorry): <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=386347634800499&set=pb.124140001021265.-2207520000.1373629842.&type=3&theater">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=386347634800499&set=pb.124140001021265.-2207520000.1373629842.&type=3&theater</a><br />
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Hope I remembered everything! Thanks for listening.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-43530104043038046412013-06-10T21:30:00.001+12:002014-12-25T14:29:22.631+13:00NZVP Ep 104 - Street Stall evidence of the paradigm shifting. ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS<br />
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This is the essay I mentioned: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-revolution-of-the-heart/" target="_blank"> Revolution of the Heart</a><br />
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Quote from the essay:<span style="color: purple;"> <b style="background-color: white;">"<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;">The abolition of animal exploitation requires a paradigm shift. It requires that we reject violence at its most fundamental level. It requires a recognition that violence is inherently wrong.</span>The abolition of animal exploitation requires a nonviolent revolution–a revolution of the heart."</b></span><br />
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This is, of course, the WONDERFUL vegankit! <a href="http://www.vegankit.com/">www.vegankit.com</a><br />
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The Boston Vegan Association: <br />
Facebook page (to see all the activities they do! Always have wanted to emulate them) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bostonvegan?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/bostonvegan?fref=ts</a><br />
Here is their website: <a href="http://bostonvegan.org/">http://bostonvegan.org</a><br />
Their wonderful Nutritional Pamphlet: <a href="http://bostonvegan.org/system/files/page/attachments/BVA_Nutrition_Pamphlet.pdf">http://bostonvegan.org/system/files/page/attachments/BVA_Nutrition_Pamphlet.pdf</a><br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-46305469976899351582013-05-27T19:57:00.001+12:002013-05-28T13:04:21.567+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 103 - Please don't link veganism with animal welfareListen <a href="http://ia601705.us.archive.org/23/items/NZVPEp.103PleaseDontLinkVeganismWithAnimalWelfare/NZVP%20Ep.%20103%20-%20Please%20don%2527t%20link%20veganism%20with%20animal%20welfare.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Things I mentioned:<br />
My podcast episode about being unequivocal: <a href="http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/nz-vegan-podcast-episode-57-key-word-is.html">http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/nz-vegan-podcast-episode-57-key-word-is.html</a><br />
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Article I mentioned from the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/" target="_blank">Abolitionist Approach</a> website: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/veganism-just-another-way-of-reducing-suffering-or-a-fundamental-principle-of-justice-nonviolence/#.UaMP_5X9tzM" target="_blank">Veganism: Just Another Way of Reducing Suffering or a Fundamental Principle of Justice & Nonviolence?</a><br />
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The supremely important book I mentioned: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/introduction-to-animal-rights-your-child-or-the-dog/#.UaQCUJX9tzM" target="_blank">Introduction to Animal Rights - Your Child or the Dog</a>?<br />
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Here is an example of an article from The My Face is on Fire blog that is quick to analyse misrepresentations of veganism in mainstream media: <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/vegan-challenges.html">http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/vegan-challenges.html</a><br />
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My website: <a href="http://www.nzvegan.com/">www.nzvegan.com</a> and the page I mentioned about sanctuaries and rescue orgs I link to: <a href="http://www.nzvegan.com/?page_id=20" target="_blank">Sanctuary</a><br />
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Here is the group in Brasil that I mentioned: <a href="http://www.veganospelaabolicao.org/abolicao/gefran" target="_blank">GEFRAN</a> (run by <a href="http://www.veganospelaabolicao.org/">http://www.veganospelaabolicao.org</a>)<br />
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An example of the posters from the Abolitionist Approach facebook page with the motto: Go Vegan, Educate Others, Adopt/Foster: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=601249523228139&set=a.393908680628892.94280.156275557725540&type=1&theater" target="_blank">POSTER</a><br />
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Finally the New Series: TIWISBD (Things I Wish I had Said But Didn't) that I spoke about on my NZ Vegan facebook page lol. I am sure I will be adding to this repertoire: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/371795796255683">https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/371795796255683</a><br />
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Here is the link to the Huffington Post article that I mentioned in the beginning(NOTE - I forgot to mention that it only addresses diet *sigh* oh and don't look at the "celebrity 'vegan'" slideshow - MFIoF could write a few articles about that alone): <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/interest-in-vegan-diets-on-the-rise_n_3003221.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003#slide=1578839" target="_blank">Interest in Vegan Diets on the Rise</a><br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-29298917983917794262013-04-18T20:40:00.000+12:002013-04-19T12:21:08.706+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 102 - This is a MORAL issueListen <a href="http://ia601702.us.archive.org/23/items/NZVPEp.102ThisIsAMORALIssue/NZVP%20Ep.%20102%20-%20This%20is%20a%20MORAL%20Issue.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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Welcome back to the continuing series of NZ Vegan Podcast!<br />
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My final episode was not my final episode after all :)<br />
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This episode I address the one of the common issues arising from the dialogue about vegan advocacy, specifically those who say it is preferable to concentrate on the dietary and health aspect of veganism when advocating to people, rather than the moral issue. Needless to say, I disagree.<br />
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In this episode I hope to address many misconceptions.<br />
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Thanks for listening to my final episode of NZ Vegan Podcast!<br />
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<i>New podcast coming soon....... stay tuned :)</i>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-10592704219704695902012-07-31T21:34:00.001+12:002013-07-24T18:51:21.920+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 100 - Part Three of interview with Special Guest Renata Peters!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"></span></span><br />
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</span></span>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-10462493993000896752012-07-31T21:33:00.002+12:002013-07-24T18:50:37.437+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 99 - Part Two of interview with special guest Renata Peters!<br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-59498662849568014052012-07-21T22:27:00.000+12:002012-07-21T22:28:18.893+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 97 - On always keeping the focus on the victimsListen <a href="http://ia600604.us.archive.org/31/items/NZVeganPodcastEpisode97/NZVeganPodcastEpisode97.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-49143661345235772662012-07-01T11:37:00.001+12:002012-07-01T11:37:11.144+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 96 - on speciesist vegansListe <a href="http://ia600803.us.archive.org/17/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodeNinetysix/NZVeganPodcastEpisode96.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-7298487937414111442012-05-25T01:49:00.004+12:002012-06-25T21:40:13.296+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 95 - NO! to "stealth" veganism! and other storiesListen <a href="http://ia601209.us.archive.org/22/items/NZVeganPodcastEpisode95/NzVeganPodcastEpisode95-NoTo_stealth_VeganismAndOtherStories.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<b>"People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isn't that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether it's racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matter—or speciesism? The key is to educate others about *why* you take the position." ~ </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/" target="_blank">Gary L. Francione</a></b></span><br />
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<a href="http://vegan-times.com/" target="_blank">The Vegan Times </a> (website is <a href="http://vegan-times.com/">http://vegan-times.com</a>/) and also the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheVeganTimes" target="_blank">Vegan Times Facebook page</a> by <a href="https://theveganpensieve.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Maya Shlayan</a><br />
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<a href="http://emmyjames.com/vegancards.pdf" target="_blank">Vegan Cupcake Cards</a> by<a href="http://peacefulabolitionist.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank"> Emmy James</a> - PLEASE NOTE: correct link address is: <a href="http://emmyjames.com/vegancards.pdf">http://emmyjames.com/vegancards.pdf</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwHH6TRvsXw" target="_blank">Vegan Information Stall at School </a>by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ClareIsVegan" target="_blank">Clare Wu</a><br />
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<a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/shame-shame-vegan-stereotypes.html" target="_blank">Shame, Shame: Vegan Stereotypes</a> by <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Mylène Ouellet</a><br />
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"Please stop apologising for refusing to participate in violence" ~ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiveVegan" target="_blank">Live Vegan</a><br />
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"Wherever the truth is injured, defend it" ~ George Bernard Shaw (not Bertrand Russell - my apologies!)<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach" target="_blank">Gary Francione's Facebook Page</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/animals-property-and-the-law/" target="_blank">Animals, Property and the Law </a>by <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/" target="_blank">Gary Francione</a> - a must read for all animal advocates!<br />
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<a href="http://thevegantruth.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/am-i-vegan-clearly-defining-who-is-and.html" target="_blank">Am I Vegan? Clearly defining who is and is NOT vegan</a> by <a href="http://thevegantruth.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Butterflies Katz</a><br />
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<a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.ca/2012/04/challenge-of-going-vegan-as-explained.html" target="_blank">"The Challenge of Going Vegan" (As Explained by a Non-Vegan)</a> also by <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">My Face is on Fire</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-3355144857660741732012-04-09T20:20:00.001+12:002012-06-25T20:01:06.952+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 94 - Petition Signers AnonymousListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode94.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-revolution-of-the-heart/" target="_blank">A Revolution of the Heart</a> by Gary Francione<br />
<a href="http://theabolitionist.info/2011/issue2_links/single_issue_campaigns.pdf" target="_blank">Single Issue Campaigns - Pruning Exploitation</a> - by <a href="http://unpopularveganessays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dan Cudahy</a> and <a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/author/aflinn" target="_blank">Angel Flinn</a> - the podcast version can be found <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DMMm83Px3ynI&sa=U&ei=05mCT5ThFKS8iAfItLHSBA&ved=0CB0QtwIwBQ&usg=AFQjCNF0DfS-7LGkQpmANAqyAdfkMjJhyQ" target="_blank">here at Live Vegan's YouTube page</a><br />
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The ever important <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/eriks-diner-2007-02-25.mp3" target="_blank">debate between Erik Marcus and Gary Francione</a><br />
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<a href="http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.co.nz/2010/02/nz-vegan-podcast-episode-52-how-i.html" target="_blank">My previous podcast</a> on the "you don't care about the animals who are suffering now" accusation.<br />
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Our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan" target="_blank">NZ Vegan Facebook Page</a><br />
Our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/229756307060193/" target="_blank">OZVegan & NZVegan Facebook group</a><br />
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The <a href="http://www.nathanwinograd.com/" target="_blank">No Kill Movement</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-24370682244603112762012-03-11T18:31:00.019+13:002012-08-01T09:27:53.310+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 93 - On getting started and not being discouraged, and other ramblings.<div style="text-align: left;">
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<b>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead</b></div>
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This is the Gandhi quote I have on my 'cubicle' wall at work:</div>
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Here is our Facebook Group that I talked about: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/229756307060193/" target="_blank">Oz Vegan & NZ Vegan</a><br />
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Here is the link to <a href="http://peacefulabolitionist.blogspot.co.nz/">Emmy James'</a> new podcast that I mentioned: <a href="http://peacefulabolitionist.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/podcast-ep1-activism-and-message-we.html">Activism and the Message We Want to Send</a></div>
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<br /></div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-91248281049422457032012-01-26T17:40:00.012+13:002012-06-25T20:03:44.478+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 92 - With Special Guest Jeffrey Coolwater!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode92.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div>This week I am very pleased to welcome fellow abolitionist advocate Jeffrey Coolwater. You can find Jeffrey on twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/macvegan">MacVegan</a></div></div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://coolwater4animals.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/follow-up-to-why-i-dont-acknowledge-vegetarianism/">Here is the link to the blog article we discussed about Jeffrey's 10 "lost years" as a vegetarian, before he discovered veganism and abolition.</a></div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/veganfreak-radio-2006-11-03.mp3">Here is a link to the groundbreaking interview</a> that we mention of<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/veganfreak-radio-2006-11-03.mp3"> </a><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Professor Gary L. Francione</a>on <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/veganfreak-radio-vegan-animal/id76786086">Vegan Freak Radio</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>You can find all the audio interviews of Professor Francione on the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/">Audio Page of the Abolitionist Approach website</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Please read <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">Gary Francione's books!</a> (5 of which are <a href="http://search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/?q=gary%20francione">available at the Auckland Library)</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a link to the book Jeffrey mentioned by Bob and Jenna Torres: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Freak-Being-Non-Vegan-World/dp/0977080412">Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World</a> (Also <a href="http://search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/?itemid=|library/marc/supercity-iii|b2286737">available at the Auckland Library)</a></div></div><div><br />
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</div><div>Thanks so much Jeffrey for coming on the show!</div></div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-14073491883840767492012-01-21T00:58:00.005+13:002012-06-25T20:04:38.182+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 91 - Either not existing or exploiting someone - these are not valid options!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode91.mp3" target="_blank">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div>This week I talk about something that was inspired through a conversation from the last street stall we did and also by a lot of things going on lately and in fact by all the things I have learned over the last 4 years since I went vegan.</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9006988/Mass-suicide-protest-at-Apple-manufacturer-Foxconn-factory.html">Here is the link to the latest Foxconn Protest</a></div><div><a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory">Here is the link to the podcast episode I mentioned from This American Life</a></div><div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16590416">Here is the link to the story I talked about from the Horn of Africa </a> (note - ignore the bit about the "cattle" and please investigate the other related stories on there such as<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13688683"> This One</a> and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13725431">This One</a>)</div><div>Here is a link to a <a href="http://www.petitiononline.co.nz/petition/oppose-the-new-zealand-government-food-bill-160-2/1301">petition against the NZ Food Bill</a>, and here is the <a href="http://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2010/0160/latest/whole.html?search=ts_bill_food+bill_resel&p=1#dlm3435700">link to the Food Bill itself</a>, and <a href="http://nzfoodsecurity.org/2012/01/15/food-bill-anti-propagada-action/">THIS is an interesting article</a> that someone kindly sent to me about it.</div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://theveganpensieve.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/whats-wrong-with-eating-eggs/">Here is the link to the Vegan Pensieve article I mentioned about eggs</a> - Warning - disturbing photos</div><div><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">And finally, Please Read Gary Francione's Books.</a> The book I mention in the podcast that I quote from is <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/animals-property-and-the-law/">Animals, Property and the Law.</a><a href="javascript:void(0)">Publish Post</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Thanks for listening</div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-87469835933220773322012-01-02T01:04:00.015+13:002012-06-25T20:05:23.769+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 90 - Happy Vegan New Year 2012LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode90.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div>This week I revisit something that is old news but I think still very relevant for the coming year and all years of the vegan movement, which is that we have no excuse for not promoting veganism unequivocally.</div><div><br />
</div><div><blockquote><i>"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." ~ Ghandi</i></blockquote></div><div><br />
</div><div>I mention a discussion where things "clicked" for me and I always recommend to all advocates to listen to this discussion between <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary Francione</a> and Erik Marcus: listen <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/eriks-diner-2007-02-25.mp3">here</a> or access it on the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/">Abolitionist Approach audio page</a> (scroll down to find the interview)</div><div><br />
</div><div>I mention this article by <a href="http://www.examiner.com/vegan-in-roanoke/corey-wrenn">Corey Wrenn</a>: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/vegan-in-roanoke/academic-discrimination-against-vegans">Academic Discrimination Against Vegans</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is Randy Sandberg's fantastic <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/">Quotes on Slavery</a> website where you can find a lot of history about the history of the <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/category/humans/">Abolitionist Movement against slavery in the human context</a> which can teach us a lot about the movement today to abolish all slavery, human and nonhuman.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I mention that <a href="http://peacefulprairie.org/">Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary</a> residents need hay for the winter, but anyway they always <a href="http://peacefulprairie.chipin.com/peaceful-prairie-sanctuary">need help</a> and also I have links to some<a href="http://www.nzvegan.com/?page_id=20"> local sanctuaries and other rescue groups in NZ</a> - please if you are going to donate money to anyone please donate directly to helping animals such as sanctuary, adoption and rescue, rather than to welfare campaigns and organisations.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a message of nonviolence for 2012 from Trish Roberts of <a href="http://www.lobsa.org/">Lobsa</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiveVegan?ref=ts">LiveVegan</a>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMnS4ytvOIY">A Message of Nonviolence for 2012</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here's a great new article just released by <a href="http://unpopularveganessays.blogspot.com/">Dan Cudahy</a> and <a href="http://www.care2.com/greenliving/author/aflinn">Angel Flinn</a> for the New Year: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgentleworld.org%2Fmake-the-vegan-resolution%2F&h=dAQFvQEQhAQFJ_osxAvQc65PsUdj_u_r6dvrnY34JD-hytw">Make the Vegan Resolution</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a great new article by <a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/">Vincent Guihan</a>: <a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/2011/12/vegan-outreach-how-not-to-do-it.html">Vegan Outreach: how not to do it</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Happy New Year everyone! :)</div><div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">UPDATE: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I just want to add that this particular rant of mine was not a commentary on vegans who are unequivocal vegans in their own lives, and live vegan uncompromisingly, yet don't advocate it as such as an extra activity outside of normal life as vegans, because they are just not really interested in actually being an 'activist" as it were or they are advocating other social justice issues that take up all their free time, however they live vegan; it was specifically due to experiences with vegans who are welfare advocates, with whom I was discussing activism, and their preference of promoting welfare reform, their resistance to promoting veganism at all, and their absolute refusal to do it unequivocally.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div>This week I talk about lots of things, including the wonderful cupcakes offered by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=300342456657412&set=a.300342366657421.80371.201671686524490&type=3&theater">Vegan Education Cupcake Stall</a> from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AliceVegan">The Alice Springs Vegan Society</a> and their inspiration for offering free cupcakes to people, and I mention the<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/"> Six Principles of the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights </a>among other things. I also talk about focusing on IDEAS not PEOPLE. <br />
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<div><i>"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people"</i></div><div>~ Anonymous or Eleanor Roosevelt. </div><div><div><br />
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NOTE: I wasn't going to do this because I really didn't want to spend the time, but someone left a really long comment and I am not going to publish it, and I know they would have spent time writing it, so out of an attempt to be fair I am offering this heads up in order to prevent anyone else wasting their time on a comment that I won't publish, and I hope this can be seen as an action I am taking out of respect for other people's time:<br />
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</div><div>I am really not interested in talking about people per se, except to talk about actions and ideas, and how they relate to the issue of exploitation, and I do my best, as a human being can, to stick to that. I don't claim to be 100% successful and but I try.</div><div><br />
</div><div>When I am speaking positively, I feel comfortable naming individuals, also of course I want to promote work and ideas that support nonviolence, and the abolition of exploitation. When I am speaking critically or negatively, I prefer not to name individuals because I loathe drama, but even if I didn't it inevitably takes the focus off the real issue which should always remain the victims of exploitation, and I refuse to allow that to happen. And as this is my blog I thankfully have that ability. I also thankfully have the ability to refuse to join in on any drama to do with egos and personality clashes that are going on anywhere else. Thank goodness. :)</div><div><br />
</div><div>As hard as it is to believe, I really do just want to focus on the issues of exploitation and violence and animal use, and stand up unequivocally against them in everything I say and do, and I refuse to promote or support anything that I believe is in opposition to that. Or to waste time on anything that detracts from that.</div><div><br />
</div><div>In fact, that was the whole point of this podcast episode. Thanks for your understanding</div></div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-88501641430855796062011-12-01T00:03:00.008+13:002012-06-25T20:06:45.109+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 88 - Special Guest Peaceful Abolitionist Emmy James!LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode88.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div>This week I have a very special guest over for dinner and cupcake making and podcasting - Emmy James from <a href="http://peacefulabolitionist.blogspot.com/">Peaceful Abolitionist</a> and the <a href="http://vegan-for-life.blogspot.com/">Vegan For Life podcast</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Emmy is the very talented designer of our <a href="http://www.nzvegan.com/">NZ Vegan</a> logo and check out these wonderful designs she hand painted onto shirts and sweatshirts also. See also the photo of Clare who we mention who has helped us at the stall and is so much fun!</div><div><br />
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</div><div>This week I talk about the new website <a href="http://www.nzvegan.com/">nzvegan.com</a> and <a href="http://aava.org.nz/">aava.org.nz</a> and the <a href="http://www.nzvegan.com/?page_id=176">literature</a> I have been wanting to make for ages. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I also mention the<a href="http://www.examiner.com/vegan-in-roanoke/interview-with-elizabeth-collins-of-nz-vegan-podcast-and-aava"> interviews</a> that <a href="http://www.examiner.com/vegan-in-roanoke/corey-wrenn">Corey Wrenn the Roanoke Vegan Examiner</a> has recently allowed me to be part of.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Finally I say a special thanks to <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/">Gary L. Francione</a>. Congratulations Gary, you did it :)</div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-58589387822547915602011-08-15T17:32:00.007+12:002012-06-25T20:08:08.087+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 86 - Part 2 of interview with Gary Francione on Helping Animals NOW (Including human animals)Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode86.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div>Part two of the interview with special guest <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary L. Francione</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a link to the website page I am working on about Adoption/Fostering and Sanctuaries. You can find links to some of the sanctuaries and rescue organisations we mentioned in there:</div><div><a href="http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/">http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a link to the podcast Episode with Diane Ellis about <a href="http://www.vegepet.com.whsites.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=HOANA&Category_Code=FC">Vegecat Vegan Cat Food</a>: <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/knucklesstudios/NZVeganPodcast/NZVeganPodcastEpisode60.mp3">NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 60 - Special Guest Diane Ellis, spokesperson for Vegecat vegan cat food</a></div><div>Thanks for listening and thank you Gary Francione for coming on the show.</div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-27558894451960610922011-08-15T17:26:00.004+12:002012-06-25T20:08:47.049+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 85 - Part 1 of interview with Gary Francione on Helping Animals NOW (Including human animals)Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode85.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div>Part one of the interview with special guest <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary L. Francione</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is a link to the website page I am working on about Adoption/Fostering and Sanctuaries. You can find links to some of the sanctuaries and rescue organisations we mentioned in there:</div><div><a href="http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/">http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Thanks for listening</div><div>Part two is next</div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-96295653265962162011-08-04T23:18:00.012+12:002015-01-10T18:05:10.357+13:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 84 -On being too scared to promote veganism and must-haves for a street stallLISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode84.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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Here is a link to the fantastic <a href="http://es.scribd.com/doc/43742106/Nutrition-Pamphlet">Nutritional Pamphlets</a> from the <a href="http://bostonvegan.org/">Boston Vegan Association</a> or you can contact them for some copies <a href="http://bostonvegan.org/nutrition">here</a></div>
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Also don't forget their wonderful <a href="http://veganpamphlet.com/pamphlet_home.html">Vegan Pamphlet</a> </div>
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Here is another must have for any street stall: <a href="http://thevegantruth.blogspot.com/2010/10/becoming-vegan-pamphlet-pdf-to-print.html">Becoming Vegan Pamphlet</a></div>
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Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-29835805845229034542011-07-08T08:17:00.007+12:002012-06-25T20:10:18.285+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 83 - On "right" and "wrong"Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode83.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px;">What an idiotic absurdity it is to say that earnest, persistent, uncompromising moral opposition to a system of boundless immorality is the way to strengthen it; and that the way to abolish such a system is to say nothing about it!<br />
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</div><div>This week I talk about how important it is that we recognise and help others to recognise that our abolitionist movement for nonviolence is still an abolitionist anti-slavery movement, and our practical focus right now with regard to addressing this problem of violence and animal use has the primary goal, initially, of creating a society in which we can address the abolition of the property status of animals, because that is still where we are at. We haven't even begun to address that! The animal movement still doesn't even have veganism as the moral baseline! But the abolitionist movement does :) By promoting veganism we will create an environment in which we can actually address that, finally! Welfare reforms are useless and do not address the property paradigm. Vegan education does. As <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary Francione</a> said in his latest interview, part of which you can read <a href="http://www.utne.com/Politics/Gary-Francione-Animal-Activist-Rights-Exploitation.aspx">HERE</a>:</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>"At this point, it makes no sense to focus on the law, because as long as we regard animals as things, as a moral matter, the laws will necessarily reflect that absence of moral value and continue to do nothing to protect animals. We need to change social and moral thinking about animals before the law is going to do anything more."</b></span></span></div><div><br />
</div><div>Let's not allow people, neither other vegans nor anti-vegans, to shift our focus to the defeatist, overwhelmingly negative attitudes, which seem to be fixated on all the things still currently out of our control as individuals (the majority of food production, sidewalks, tyres etc) and which prompt the vegans to identify their reason for opposing vegan education as being "too pure" or "unrealistic" (which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever) and anti-vegans to make absurd claims that animal use is an action that is equal in morality to veganism. </div><div><br />
</div><div>I want us to remind people what being vegan really means, and what our abolitionist movement really means, especially at this point in history, where we are still in this incredibly non vegan world, in which chattel slavery of sentient beings is still very much accepted as the norm and in which new welfarism is the dominant paradigm and therefore welfarism is still provided and marketed by the majority of vegans as the correct response to the issue of animal use. Wrong answer! Veganism is the correct response, as we know. We just have to continue to be a clear voice, and our voice is growing. Thank you all so much, for being such wonderful, clear voices. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Please read Gary Francione's work to learn about the importance of the abolition of the property status of animals and why veganism and the promotion of veganism is the correct response, the only response to that immoral status which still exists in our world today.</div><div><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/</a></div><div><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/category/podcast/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/category/podcast/</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>I mention <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/">Randy W. Sandberg</a> and his wonderful advice about not feeding trolls (I am still trying to find the article he shared, will post when I find it..)</div><div><br />
</div><div>I mention <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/livevegan">Trisha Roberts</a> from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LiveVegan">LiveVegan</a> and her wonderful messages about insects, and I mention her organisation <a href="http://www.lobsa.org/">lobsa.org</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>I mentioned a video about nuclear pollution, posted by Renata Peters from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AliceVegan">The Alice Springs Vegan Society</a> which you can also check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmy-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fon-our-continuing-to-provide-demand-for.html&h=63816">here</a> at the latest article on <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/">Myl ène Ouellet's blog My Face is on Fire</a> </div><div><br />
</div><div>Thanks for listening :)</div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-75619076846727988832011-05-20T20:12:00.000+12:002012-06-30T20:44:21.166+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 80 -Happy Stall Stories and Positivity!LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode80.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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</div><div>This is the link to the <a href="http://www.coexistingwithnonhumananimals.co.nz/">Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals</a> episode about the Oprah Show that I mentioned: <a href="http://www.coexistingwithnonhumananimals.co.nz/2011/02/episode-46-oprah-goes-vegan-vegn.html">Episode 46 - Oprah Goes... Vegan, "Veg*n","veganish"...</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Here is the link to the latest <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/category/podcast/">Abolitionist Approach Commentary</a> Number 24, an interview by <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary L. Francione</a> with <a href="http://www.animalrightsuk.blogspot.com/">Rob Johnson</a> creator of the blog <a href="http://www.animalrightsuk.blogspot.com/">Animal Rights UK</a> and founding member of <a href="http://www.grampianara.org/">Grampion Animal Rights</a> (which in typical me fashion I accidentally called Aberdeen Animal Rights, all my friends ought to be used to my getting things all mixed up by now, but I again apologise for mis-naming another organisation/website etc) and <a href="http://www.veganuk.net/">Vegan UK</a>:</div><div><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/commentary-24-vegan-advocacy-in-the-u-k/">Commentary 24: Vegan Advocacy in the UK</a></div><div><br />
</div><div>Thanks for listening!</div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-17969660931315852822011-05-09T23:16:00.008+12:002017-07-31T18:01:52.630+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 79 - Sharing advocacy experiences and thoughts and a brief comment on the word "cruelty"LISTEN <a href="http://archive.org/details/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode79.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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Here is a link to the YouTube channel for Paola Aldana that I mentioned:</div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita22">http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita22</a> (English)</div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita">http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita</a> (Español)</div>
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Here is a quote from <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary Francione</a> on the word "compassion" (in relation to what I talk about at the very end of the podcast):</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Is our obligation not to be racist or sexist a matter of "</span></span><em style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">compassion</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"? No. it's a matter of justice. Same with nonhuman animals"</span></span></span></div>
Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-62229374657699178152011-04-28T01:20:00.001+12:002012-06-25T20:13:59.445+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 78 - Don't underestimate yourselfLISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode78.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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Thanks for listening! :)Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-40158756006856486142011-04-20T04:18:00.003+12:002012-06-25T20:14:42.256+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 77 - Special guest William Paul!LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode77.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I am very pleased to welcome back <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MinimalistVegan">William Paul</a> who tells us his latest good news and we discuss some experiences we have at with religious advocates while doing our street stall, and also I recount a couple of personal experiences I have had related to that.<br />
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Thanks for listening and thank you William for coming on the show!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-53206330131634070952011-04-13T23:58:00.005+12:002012-06-25T20:15:39.934+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 76 - Don't let them tell you not to do itListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode76.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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What are we afraid of? It's not like we are being arrested by the KGB:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fvmx1">BBC outlook: Belarus Free Theatre</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_Free_Theatre">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_Free_Theatre</a><br />
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And if people stopped doing violent things and stupid things we won't have to worry about anything like that, now would we? Please promote veganism! Peacefully! <br />
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more to come....Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-31603020566814458802011-03-24T20:20:00.002+13:002012-06-25T20:16:28.733+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 75 - Part Two of the interview with special guest Professor Gary L. Francione!LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode75.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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In part two of the interview we discuss single issue campaigns, in relation to the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/debate-the-use-of-nonhuman-animals-in-biomedical-research-a-moral-justification/">recent debate that Professor Francione took part in with Dario Ringach</a> which was partly the inspiration of the blog essay:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/why-veganism-must-be-the-baseline/">Why Veganism Must Be the Baseline</a><br />
which I recommend as a must read for all advocates.<br />
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We also discuss the latest <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Abolitionist Approach </a>blog essay:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/nothing-to-do-with-science/">Nothing to Do with Science</a><br />
in which the latest attempt at using the age old "plant question" is addressed.<br />
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Thank you, Professor Francione!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-62578831969724744402011-03-24T20:04:00.003+13:002012-06-25T20:18:29.395+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 74 - Special Guest Professor Gary L. Francione!LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode74.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week it is my absolute pleasure to welcome back to the podcast <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Professor Gary L. Francione.</a><br />
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In part one of the interview we discuss his new book:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/the-animal-rights-debate-abolition-or-regulation/">The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/the-animal-rights-debate-abolition-or-regulation/"></a>which was co-authored with Robert Garner.<br />
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Enjoy and stay tuned for part two!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-16092611630239230212011-03-04T19:20:00.002+13:002012-06-25T20:19:27.593+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 73 - Hurting others to help others ends up hurting everyoneLISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode73.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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Relevant links to this podcast:<br />
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<a href="http://unpopularveganessays.blogspot.com/2009/02/veganism-as-minimum-standard-of-decency.html">Veganism as a Minimum Standard of Decency</a> by Dan Cudahy from <a href="http://unpopularveganessays.blogspot.com/">Unpopular Vegan Essays</a><br />
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The articles about the Vegan Society's advertising of non vegan establishments, inluding a pdf of a thread on facebook that was deleted after they shamefully deleted Gary Francione from the page:<br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/i-wonder-what-donald-watson-founder-of-the-vegan-society-would-think/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/i-wonder-what-donald-watson-founder-of-the-vegan-society-would-think/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/its-not-1946/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/its-not-1946/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-need-for-a-vegan-society/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-need-for-a-vegan-society/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/pdf/why-are-non-vegan-restaurants-advertised-in-the-vegan.pdf">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/pdf/why-are-non-vegan-restaurants-advertised-in-the-vegan.pdf</a><br />
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The article on John Robbins I mentioned, by <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/">Mylène Ouellet</a>:<br />
<a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/07/animal-advocacy-leaders-hall-of-fail.html">http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/07/animal-advocacy-leaders-hall-of-fail.html</a><br />
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And finally, a response to the latest claims by welfare advocates pointing to the same study each time it seems:<br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/science-weighs-in-animal-welfare-reform-is-useless/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/science-weighs-in-animal-welfare-reform-is-useless/</a><br />
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Thanks for listeningElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-1049591740599986572011-02-15T23:37:00.009+13:002011-03-17T11:05:29.561+13:00The Amazing Transformation of Buda the Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">NOTE: cats are obligate carnivores, and they require TAURINE in order to live. The food I am talking about below is supplemented with Taurine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was recently chatting on Skype with my friend <a href="http://www.leadwithyourheart.net/Homemade_Vege_Meals.php">Diane Ellis</a>, my guest from <a href="http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.com/2010/08/nz-vegan-podcast-episode-60-special.html">NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 60</a> about Buda and her new svelte and beautiful body, and we compared some photos that I had taken of Buda from before I switched her to the <a href="http://www.vegepet.com/vegetarian_cats.html">Vegecat</a> homemade cat food supplements and recipes from <a href="http://www.vegepet.com/index.html">Harbingers of a New Age</a>, and then looked at some photos I had taken now, and we both gasped when we saw them!</div><br />
The change in 5 - 6 months has been amazing! Not only has she lost all that excess weight, but her fur is shiny and she is light on her feet. She bounds across the lawn with all four legs off the ground, I had never seen her do that before now.<br />
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Buda is getting on in years. I first met her just over 7 years ago in NYC in 2003. I took her with me because she was not in a good situation, and she never had been in her life. It wasn't as bad as some cats have been through, but she had been abused, neglected and unloved, and so my then boyfriend and I decided I would adopt her, and so I did. The person she was living with then told me he thought she was around 6 years old. If that were true (and I don't know if it is) that would make her 13 to 14 years old now. I don't know how accurate his estimate was, but even if she was only 2 or 3 years old at the time that would still make her 9 - 10 now, which is starting to get up there.<br />
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If I hadn't switched her diet I hate to think where she would be headed. I used to have nightmares about the dreaded diabetes and kidney disease and all manner of other sicknesses. I was constantly worried for her. I had tried to put her on "diets" when I was feeding her commercial food, but since the time I took her in to get spayed, back in 2003, she instantly doubled and stayed overweight from then on. She had been going into heat constantly for years when I met her, so she was much slimmer, as soon as she was spayed she just ballooned in size and as her energy level was never very high to begin with, because she had been abused and was used to just hiding under the table and keeping quiet, she never recovered and just got fatter and fatter.<br />
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After talking with Diane on my podcast I swore I was going to get Buda and Zsebi off commercial pet food, and after a time, using the advice she gave me and trying out the different <a href="http://www.vegepet.com/instructions_and_recipes.html">recipes</a> until I found one they enjoyed, I succeeded. (P.S I don't make the kibble, I make the fresh cooked recipes).<br />
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As the weight loss was gradual over months, I didn't notice just how stunning it was until I went back and saw that photo of her that I had sent to Diane all those months ago. The difference was breathtaking!<br />
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Check it out:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Buda in September, 2010<br />
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</tbody></table>Look how fat she was poor baby. And her fur was dull, and I am sure her little joints must have ached. Not to mention how ridiculously tiny her head looks. :(<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken on Valentines Day, 2011. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Look at her shiny svelte body! Isn't it amazing?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Her body is finally in proportion with her little head</td></tr>
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So there you have it, another success story! Thank you <a href="http://www.vegepet.com/index.html">Harbingers of a New Age</a> and <a href="http://www.leadwithyourheart.net/What_Diane_s_Pets_Eat.html">Diane Ellis</a>! We will be doing another podcast soon where I talk about Zsebi and Buda and their healthy new diet. P.S this is a recent picture of Zsebi. She is one of the most energetic and crazy little kittens I have ever known. She loves the food! She loves all kinds of food! Buda is fussy, but Zsebi will eat anything, in fact I have to keep an eye on her. She races around all day long, but I managed to catch her keeping still long enough to take a couple of photos :)<br />
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This week I am very pleased to have as my special guest <a href="http://seekingnonspeciesism.blogspot.com/">Niilo Van Steinburg </a>who is the founder and one of the directors of the very successful abolitionist vegan university group at the University of Victoria, Canada, the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11596410542">UVic Vegan Association</a>.<br />
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If you live in British Columbia you can subscribe to the UVic Vegan Association by emailing them at:<br />
<a href="mailto:uvacontact@gmail.com">uvacontact@gmail.com</a><br />
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You can also join their facebook fan page at: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11596410542">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11596410542</a><br />
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Also check out Niilo's blog <a href="http://seekingnonspeciesism.blogspot.com/">Seeking Non-Specisism</a> from where he will be soon producing his very own abolitionist vegan podcast!!! We can't wait to hear it!<br />
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The forum we mentioned is <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/forum/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/forum/</a> where you can find Niilo's "abolitionist mom" Joe and other great advocates, discussing abolitionist veganism and all kinds of other things.<br />
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Thanks for coming on the show Niilo!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-33652256989418627232011-01-05T09:48:00.001+13:002012-06-25T20:21:28.294+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 71 - Embrace the MysteryLISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode71.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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A thought for the future; not knowing is a wiser way to live in a lot of ways.<br />
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Those who say, do not know; those who know, do not say. ~ Lao Tzu<br />
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And don't be overwhelmed by those darn animal product use diagrams making the rounds, you know the ones I mean, they are very "popular" amongst poverty of ambition advocates as another excuse for despairing! Let them spur you on to be even more active and even more determined.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-49229761123720684292010-12-23T01:16:00.010+13:002012-06-25T20:25:03.625+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 70 - On pessimism, optimism and fantasy versus realityLISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode70.mp3">HERE</a> (Huge apologies for the terrible audio quality, I hit record without first verifying the input, so instead of my logitech headphones it was set to the inbuilt mic, which is why there is all that noise and stuff. It happens sometimes lol )<br />
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Here is the article of the interview with Gary Francione that I mentioned: <a href="http://www.free.org.il/english/articles/gary.html">http://www.free.org.il/english/articles/gary.html</a><br />
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(What he says is about "passivity" and exactly is not necessarily what I paraphrased, but it certainly made me understand that the "pacifist" claim made against us is trying to insinuate "passivity" and that is not true).<br />
Here is another quote from Gary Francione about this subject:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">"Those who claim that the abolitionist approach [to animal rights] advises inactivity misunderstand that the idea is to engage in *effective* advocacy rather than in wheel-spinning and counterproductive activity that generates donations and bequests for large groups."</span><br />
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Here is the article by <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/randywsandberg">Randy Sandberg</a> on his <a href="http://vegansforpeace.org/">Vegans for Peace</a> website that I mentioned:<br />
<a href="http://vegansforpeace.org/2010/03/13/why-are-you-a-vegetarian/">http://vegansforpeace.org/2010/03/13/why-are-you-a-vegetarian/</a><br />
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Here is the article by <a href="http://vegan-for-life.blogspot.com/">Emmy James</a> that I mentioned:<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=121557734569569&set=a.121557727902903.18317.100001460290803&ref=nf">Facebook lin</a>k (you will probably only be able to see it if you are a facebook contact of Emmy's)<br />
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Here is the quote by <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/">Mylène Ouellet</a> that I mentioned:<br />
<a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/whats-hard-about-veganism-isnt-being-vegan/">http://quotesonslavery.org/whats-hard-about-veganism-isnt-being-vegan/</a><br />
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Here is the must read article Why Veganism by Eva Batt:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/text/why-veganism-by-eva-batt/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/text/why-veganism-by-eva-batt/</a><br />
Also available <a href="http://vegan-abolitionist.blogspot.com/2009/06/why-veganism-by-eva-batt.html">HERE</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-47992203292443314032010-12-10T14:50:00.004+13:002012-06-25T20:26:15.414+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 69 - With special guest William Paul!LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode69.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I speak with <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/minimalistvegan">William Paul</a> my fellow abolitionist street staller and vegan advocate from Auckland. We discuss the NZ Vegetarian Society Festival that was held in October, our future plans for advocacy and we also discuss the Auckland Abolitionist Vegans Association, which we will be launching soon!<br />
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Congratulations to <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/jaywontdart">Jordan Wyatt</a> from <a href="http://coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/">Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals </a>for creating the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaywontdart/sets/72157625498517950/">Invercargill Vegan Society!</a><br />
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Become a member if you live nearby, or become an honorary member by going to this blog entry and leaving a comment:<br />
http://coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/2010/12/invercargill-vegan-society-business.htmlElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-24687562451571206422010-11-29T17:45:00.001+13:002012-06-25T20:28:25.443+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 68 - The tragedy of owning sentient beings. Dedicated to Floyd, the sweetest little tabby cat you could ever meetLISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode68.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This is the link to the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/forum/discussion/377/fears/">thread</a> on the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/forum/">abolitionist approach forum</a> I was talking about:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/forum/discussion/377/fears/">"Fears"</a><br />
Here are the new photos of the stall now that Aotea Square is renovated, the square is behind us we are on the footpath next to the main entrance side.<br />
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Revelations! Now I am wondering if that WAS indeed my first exposure to a video showing animal use, or have I repressed other memories from my specieisist past...?<br />
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Here is a link to the article I mentioned from the UK abolitionists that made the <a href="http://aberdeenvoice.com/2010/10/animal-cruelty-%E2%80%93-are-we-hypocrites/">Aberdeen Voice</a><br />
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Here is a link to the article I mentioned on the Vegan Salt blog: <a href="http://vegansalt.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/2757/">Guest Post</a><br />
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Thanks for listening!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-20306998907162322732010-10-03T22:06:00.003+13:002016-11-03T01:32:08.020+13:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 66 - Update on Duffy the cat plus my elevator experience and other storiesLISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode66.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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here is a photo of Duffy in his hopefully new and permanent home:<br />
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This is the link to Professor <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary Francione's</a> latest commentary where he gives great advice about talking to non vegans about veganism: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/commentary-19-talking-with-non-vegans-about-veganism-five-principles/">Five Principles</a><br />
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This is a link to <a href="http://veganacious.com/">Barbara DeGrande's</a> latest podcast about personal relationships as a vegan: <a href="http://veganacious.com/2010/09/29/dating-while-vegan-podcast-16/">Dating While Vegan</a><br />
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Here is a link to <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/">Mylène Ouellet's</a> latest article: <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/09/but-its-soooo-hard.html">What's Sometimes Hardest</a><br />
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Here is a link to <a href="http://www.examiner.com/vegan-in-national/adam-kochanowicz">Adam Kochanowicz's</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/veganhelp">Vegan Help Bot</a> I mentioned: <a href="http://twitter.com/veganhelp">http://twitter.com/veganhelp</a><br />
and to his website: <a href="http://vegan.fm/">Vegan FM</a><br />
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This podcast is dedicated to Duffy<br />
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This week I talk about a situation I personally dealt with and how I chose to deal with it, and I ask everyone to comment if there are anything someone feels needs to be said.<br />
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I also quote from one of my favourite websites, <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/">Quotes on Slavery</a> and this is the quote I chose to read:<br />
<a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/i-will-be-as-harsh-as-truth-and-as-uncompromising-as-justice/">"I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice" </a><br />
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Thanks for listening<br />
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I have the absolute pleasure of having <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Professor Gary L. Francione</a> as a guest. This is part 1 of the interview. Enjoy!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-24586650510829229012010-09-13T15:26:00.002+12:002012-06-25T20:31:31.323+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 64 - Interview with Professor Gary L. Francione Part 2LISTEN <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode64.mp3">HERE </a><br />
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This is Part 2 of the interview. with <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Professor Gary L. Francione</a>.<br />
Enjoy!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-33449398477262044392010-08-30T10:02:00.004+12:002012-06-25T20:33:26.735+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 62 - Uniformity in the message of truthListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode62.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I speak of an email I received, special thanks to Doug Hines, and I speak of a wonderful concept that was given to me by Randy Sandberg.<br />
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Please visit the wonderful <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/">Quotes on Slavery</a> website: http://quotesonslavery.org/<br />
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Here is a <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/a-common-criticism-is-that-the-time-is-not-yet-ripe-for-our-reform/">quote</a> I think relevant to the theme of this podcast:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"A common criticism is that the time is not yet ripe for our reform. Can time ever be ripe for any reform unless it is ripened by human determination? Did Wilberforce wait for the <q>ripening</q> of time before he commenced his fight against slavery? Did Edwin Chadwick, Lord Shaftesbury, and Charles Kingsley wait for such a non-existent moment before trying to convince the great dead weight of public opinion that clean water and bathrooms would be an improvement? If they had declared their intention to poison everybody the opposition they met could hardly have been greater. There is an obvious danger in leaving the fulfilment of our ideals to posterity, for posterity may not have our ideal. Evolution can be retrogressive as well as progressive, indeed there seems always to be a strong gravitation the wrong way unless existing standards are guarded and new visions honoured. For this reason we have formed our [Vegan] Group, the first of its kind, we believe, in this or any other country.<br />
<b>~ Donald Watson</b> (<a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/media/pdf/donald-watson-194411.pdf" title="Read "The Vegan News"">November, 1944</a>)"</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/a-common-criticism-is-that-the-time-is-not-yet-ripe-for-our-reform/">http://quotesonslavery.org/a-common-criticism-is-that-the-time-is-not-yet-ripe-for-our-reform/</a> </div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-35037367377001084922010-08-22T21:21:00.003+12:002012-06-25T20:34:11.131+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 61 - The sociology of posting "meat" pictures on animal rights threadsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode61.mp3">HERE</a> <br />
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Analysing the sociology behind the posting of pictures of flesh and animal products on Animal Rights internet forums. <br />
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Special guests Roger Yates from <a href="http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/">On Human Nonhuman Relations</a>, and wonderful abolitionist advocate <a href="http://quotesonslavery.org/we-need-to-unequivocally-advocate-for-human-rights-and-animal-rights/">Timothy E. Putnam</a>!<br />
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Enjoy<br />
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I forgot to add that in honour of Dr. Yates this is a BELLS podcast.<br />
(Bells courtesy of Zsebi the kitten)Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-18124467144877466542010-08-06T03:36:00.005+12:002012-06-25T20:35:04.345+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 60 - Special Guest Diane Ellis, spokesperson for Vegecat vegan cat foodListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode60.mp3">HERE</a> <br />
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This episode it was a pleasure and a joy to feature Diane Ellis who was referred to me by James Peden from Harbingers of a New Age, creators of Vegecat and Vegedog. Diane is their spokesperson, and is among other things an expert on feline nutrition, who has successfully raised three cats (and two dogs - of course!) on diets free from animal products, which is a success story I wish we could hear more of.<br />
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She has very positive experiences and lots of great knowledge to share, for those who are interested in the issue, those who have tried to implement a dietary change for their felines (such as myself) and were not successful, or for those who are considering doing so now or in the future, in order for them to make an informed decision and hear positive and helpful information.<br />
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We talk about Diane's wonderful cats Tomato, Razzie and Coconut, and I hope to have photos and videos soon. We talk about how the Vegecat food was created, and how important it is to follow the recipes provided by Harbingers of a New Age, as they were specially formulated with the help of a veterinarian Andrew Knight. We mention the horrors of commercial pet food and talk about the fear that many vegans have that they will harm their feline refugees if they attempt to feed them anything but a meat based diet, and discuss why some cats have not thrived on other vegan diet foods.<br />
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You can contact Diane for advice and help through: <a href="mailto:leadwithyourheart@msn.com">leadwithyourheart@msn.com </a><br />
The following websites were mentioned in the podcast and are the links to the information about commercial diets, and also to the website containing information about Vegecat vegan cat food from Harbingers of a New Age.<br />
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(Note and disclaimer: I am providing any links listed below due to the pertinent information to the issues and products discussed in this podcast episode. I do not necessarily endorse or agree with absolutely everything stated on these sites. Additionally I do not necessarily endorse links that are provided on these sites.) <br />
<a href="http://www.vegepet.com/forcats.html">http://www.vegepet.com/forcats.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.vegepets.info/pages/meat_based_commercial_diets.htm">http://www.vegepets.info/pages/meat_based_commercial_diets.htm</a><br />
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Thanks Diane for coming on the show!<br />
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UPDATE:<br />
Diane has asked me to post this update, because she wants people to be aware that although she loves the fact that people are interested and need advice, she does have to make a living, and cannot answer every single email! You can also go to her website to reference advice on this matter also: <a href="http://www.leadwithyourheart.net/Homemade_Vege_Meals.php">http://www.leadwithyourheart.net/Homemade_Vege_Meals.php</a> where there is listed a limited time discounted price list for consultations in case you are able: <br />
$75.00 per a 1 hour session for all pets and humans in the same household. <br />
$45.00 per a 30 minute session per one household.<br />
These reduced prices will expire on December 31st, 2010.<br />
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If you get some Vegecat remember that the creator of the product James Peden is very knowledgeable and helpful also, and their website has tons of FAQs.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-30149866634439550472010-07-10T22:51:00.003+12:002012-06-25T20:36:09.152+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 59 - Notes from the Stall: Learning from criticism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode59.mp3"> HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode59.mp3"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfQ-ZZmtsh60Kir55rgWSpLw5xM1QsICIyglfq4QEvznSLcYQKaYXA4mivLbQzN_ISwKX2QG6rYAWXVhl5uZusHFpsdovuBG7ugkVTXECHQrIelftUjVfdMmwSRqXdXWeSRK-FbolYKw/s1600/DSC03368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOp3An6UAMsHWAZRA0-WO__HOJiToyo0ObwnY7r6LZQElbrHSr0aiEdOUtkrKy0LSaoBErHJLedcBiHsMpY2ViduON5DcWQLVxh1FLyLUQukRqDkyQoAp-IJb3vP8SG_AuaWEB_tV_Vmk/s320/DSC03372.JPG" /></a></div>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-82486041337425142682010-07-01T07:20:00.001+12:002012-06-25T20:36:51.138+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 58 - Interview with Emmy James from the Vegan For Life Podcast!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode58.mp3">HERE</a> <br />
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This week I have the absolute pleasure of interviewing new NZ abolitionist podcaster and animator Emmy James from the Vegan For Life Podcast. We talk about her journey to veganism, her animation and podcast, and her plans for the future as a vegan in this world.<br />
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Enjoy! Thanks to Emmy for coming on the show, please listen to her <a href="http://vegan-for-life.blogspot.com/">podcast!</a><br />
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Here is a link to the Vegan For Live Blog: <a href="http://vegan-for-life.blogspot.com/">http://vegan-for-life.blogspot.com/</a><br />
To access the podcast on iTunes click <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vegan-for-life/id376974640">HERE </a><br />
This is a link to Emmy's YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/veggiegirl142">http://www.youtube.com/user/veggiegirl142</a><br />
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PLEASE VOTE for Emmy's design: <a href="http://www.ulead.com.tw/ulead/survey/competition/digital_art_2010/viewPhoto.cfm?lc=en&autono=103&mediatype=g&category=student">Corel Digital Art Competition Emmy James</a><br />
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We mentioned Sam from <a href="http://fftradio.wordpress.com/">Food for Though Radio</a><br />
And Jordan Wyatt from <a href="http://coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/">Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-36835580568075389322010-06-12T14:54:00.006+12:002013-04-05T19:51:53.844+13:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 57 - the key word is UNEQUIVOCALListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode57.mp3">HERE </a><br />
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This week I talk about too much stuff to write about here, but the following are all the relevant links:<br />
The NEW NZ ABOLITIONIST VEGAN PODCAST from <a href="http://vegan-for-life.blogspot.com/2010/06/episode-1-going-vegan-as-teenager.html">Vegan For Life</a><br />
Now available in <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/vegan-for-life/id376974640">iTunes</a><br />
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<a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/">Mylène Ouellet's</a> <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/05/mfiof-podcast-1-what-is-veganism.html">podcast </a>is also on <a href="http://is.gd/cIHE2">iTunes</a><br />
<a href="http://veganacious.com/">Veganacious</a>' Barbara DeGrande new podcast episode <a href="http://veganacious.com/exotic-death-podcast-008.html">is here</a> oo and here is an <a href="http://veganacious.com/mylene-ouellet-abolitionist-on-fire.html">interview</a> she did with Mylène! Darn, I knew I had missed something out! >:(<br />
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<a href="http://fftradio.wordpress.com/">Sam Tucker's</a> latest episode can be accessed <a href="http://fftradio.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/09-06-10-is-veganism-extreme/">through this page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/LiveVegan">LiveVegan's</a> podcast can be accessed through their <a href="http://www.youtube.com/livevegan">You Tube channel here</a> <br />
*Gasp* I hope I didn't miss something out.<br />
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OOPS I did it again. Oh dear. I said Four thousand eight hunded animals were killed by PETA in 2009 but according to the article it was 2, 352. However, that doesn't change my point, still I apologise for again getting my figures wrong:<br />
<a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/peta-reportedly-killed-2-352-animals-in-2009-just-8-adoptions">8 Animals on Opposing Views by Gary Francione</a><br />
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That link is to an opposing views page that linked to an <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Abolitionist Approach</a> blog entry related to the story. Have a look at the comments and you will see what I mean. For example, the comment by Heidi Parker, Mail Coordinator, PETA Foundation and the comment immediately following her comment, for that matter. <br />
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Here is a link to the <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-4198-Vegan-Examiner">Vegan Examiner Adam Kochanowicz's</a> article on the Mercy For Animals video: <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-4198-Vegan-Examiner%7Ey2010m5d27-My-thoughts-on-MFAs-video?cid=exrss-Vegan-Examiner&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook">My Thoughts on MFA's video</a><br />
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Here is a link to the article about the UN: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet">http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/02/un-report-meat-free-diet </a><br />
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Finally, here is a link to <a href="http://www.veganpoet.com/index.htm">Vegan Poet</a> M. Butterflies Katz's blog where she has the articles: <a href="http://thevegantruth.blogspot.com/">The Vegan Truth</a><br />
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I hope I remembered everything!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-22992028572070569242010-05-20T23:07:00.001+12:002012-06-25T20:38:27.528+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 56 - Veganism is not a diet, also I re-visit and clarify some things I said in the last episode, plus my updated job profile! Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode56.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk about a Veganism is not a diet, and I also just want to clarify some of the things I said last time, just to avoid any confusion or misunderstanding. Also, I have a new update about my profile from my job, there is a permanent entry and they have put a link to this website, for which I am very surprised and pleased :)<br />
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Here is a link to the new profile:<br />
<a href="http://www.vetcare.net.nz/elizabeth.html">http://www.vetcare.net.nz/elizabeth.html</a> <br />
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This is the link to the CNN article that I mention:<br />
<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/04/30/vegan.bake.sale/index.html?iref=allsearch">Global bake sale is 'sweet' activism</a><br />
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And this is the link to the article I mention from <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/">My Face is on Fire</a> :<br />
<a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/05/flirting-with-hypocrisy-kinda-diet.html">Flirting With Hypocrisy -- A 'Kinda" Diet</a><br />
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Thanks for listening!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-25265236025300712652010-04-23T07:49:00.007+12:002012-06-25T20:39:11.494+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 55 - Domestication, Abortion and some topics for future episodeLISTEN TO THE PODCAST<a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode55.mp3"> HERE</a> <br />
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This week I talk about my new job, the new member of my family, domestication and why I am more and more opposed to it every day, and I talk about the irrelevancy of the abortion issue to animal rights.<br />
Here is a link to the "Elizabeth Collins cont'd" part of my "profile" from my new job (scroll down):<br />
<a href="http://www.vetcare.net.nz/about_us.html">http://www.vetcare.net.nz/about_us.html</a><br />
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This is the link to the debate on Michael Medved's radio show between Gary L. Francione and Wesley J.Smith:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/michael-medved-20100416.mp3">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/michael-medved-20100416.mp3</a><br />
This is a link to the article requesting people to call in next time:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/live-call-in-on-michael-medveds-radio-program/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/live-call-in-on-michael-medveds-radio-program/</a><br />
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These are the links to the discussion about promoting veganism: FIrstly the original article by Stephanie Ernst that started the discussion off:<br />
<a href="http://challengeoppression.com/2010/04/15/a-vegan-but-not-an-activist-sure-an-animal-lover-but-not-a-vegan-nope/">http://challengeoppression.com/2010/04/15/a-vegan-but-not-an-activist-sure-an-animal-lover-but-not-a-vegan-nope/</a><br />
Then Mylène's article: <br />
<a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/04/on-doing-more-than-bare-minimum.html">http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/04/on-doing-more-than-bare-minimum.html</a><br />
Gary Francione's twitlonger: <br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/livevegan/are-we-morally-obligated-as-individuals-to-promote-veganism-beyond-our-being-veg/383405213859">http://www.facebook.com/notes/livevegan/are-we-morally-obligated-as-individuals-to-promote-veganism-beyond-our-being-veg/383405213859</a> - (You have to belong to LiveVegan on facebook to read this) or you can read it here: <a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/u06pr">http://www.twitlonger.com/show/u06pr</a><br />
Ditto this one, Dave Langlois twitlonger: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/livevegan/duties-narrow-and-wide-twitlonger-by-david-langlois/383376633859">http://www.facebook.com/notes/livevegan/duties-narrow-and-wide-twitlonger-by-david-langlois/383376633859</a> - or you can read it here: <a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/u047j">http://www.twitlonger.com/show/u047j</a><br />
Here is a link to LiveVegan's new PODCAST on YouTube where this is also discussed:<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/livevegan#p/a/u/2/H5UjOpU8hj8">http://www.youtube.com/livevegan#p/a/u/2/H5UjOpU8hj8</a><br />
And Vincent Guihan discusses it here also: <a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-activism-obligation-some-thoughts.html">http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-activism-obligation-some-thoughts.html</a><br />
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</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkpsp5d2BeybL4JIF3bK3UIhZd4wrHqXJDe653UmKIA1tb421hBGF48c2JFKQNqQeFhWrH_-lknrAHbOX0k9JgttYS9I5DBbbZMImqTb95ryMCuZcE7h2vesavAMpFVH5Uavn_QSvD6k/s1600/DSC02883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtkpsp5d2BeybL4JIF3bK3UIhZd4wrHqXJDe653UmKIA1tb421hBGF48c2JFKQNqQeFhWrH_-lknrAHbOX0k9JgttYS9I5DBbbZMImqTb95ryMCuZcE7h2vesavAMpFVH5Uavn_QSvD6k/s320/DSC02883.JPG" /></a></div>Finally, meet Zsebi (she put herself there, she is looking for comfort always, because normally she would be surrounded by furry, purring momma and brothers and sisters).Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-46785866683892304662010-03-28T00:59:00.002+13:002012-06-25T20:40:10.775+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 54 - New podcasts and blogs coming out and notes from the stallListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode54.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I relate some experiences from the street stall in the hopes that it will help anyone else who is promoting veganism to people. Big shout out to William Paul for all his help and for being such a wonderful street stall colleague.<br />
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I also mention some new developments:<br />
Barbara De Grande from <a href="http://veganacious.com/">Veganacious</a> is doing a podcast!!! <a href="http://veganacious.podbean.com/feed/">Please subscribe on iTunes here</a> and you can also listen to the first episode<a href="http://veganacious.com/lucys-story-veganacious-podcast-001.html"> here</a>.<br />
Props to Jordan Wyatt from <a href="http://coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/">Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals</a> for helping to make this happen.<br />
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OOO I just went to the blog to post the link and there is a <a href="http://veganacious.com/please-no-pies-veganacious-podcast-002.html">NEW EPISODE UP</a>! You can access it <a href="http://veganacious.com/category/podcasts">here</a> or I recommend subscribing on <a href="http://veganacious.podbean.com/feed/">iTunes</a>.<br />
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I also talk about singer-songwriter <a href="http://www.youtube.com/benfrostvegan">Ben Frost</a> who is writing music in support of Animal Rights and posting the videos on YouTube<br />
The first song is called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oQuCXMN_Q0">I Am Someone - A Call for Veganism </a>and the second one is called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqL7trfxEV4">Killed for Taste, Loved for Companionship - The Notes of Moral Schizophrenia</a><br />
Please subscribe to Ben on YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/benfrostvegan">here</a><br />
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I mention a great new blog called <a href="http://www.fullirishvegan.com/">Full Irish Vegan</a>. This is the bread I made: <a href="http://www.fullirishvegan.com/?p=94">Wheaten Loaf Masquerading as Soda Bread.</a> It was so easy and delicious, especially with vegan butter and jam. <br />
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I talk about Professor Francione new commentary number 16. Please listen <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/commentary-16-responding-to-questions/">here</a> or even better, <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/feed/">subscribe to the commentary on iTunes.</a><br />
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I mention Colleen Patrick Goudreau's podcast episode where she talks about personal choice. You can hear it<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1592089889"> </a><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/response-to-if-you-were-on/id147907532?i=17227699">here</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-78580291486480645562010-03-12T00:32:00.003+13:002012-06-25T20:40:58.238+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 53 - Joint Statement by a Group of Abolitionist Vegan Feminists for International Women's Day<span style="font-size: small;">Listen<a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode53.mp3"> HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This week I read a statement from a group of Abolitionist Vegan Feminists, including myself, voicing our objection to sexism in the animal movement. You can also read the statement as iit is posted in various blogs whose links are below, also Porolita has read it on her YouTube channel, in English and in Spanish, and I hope to read it in Spanish also for my NZ Vegano Podcast. I hope you enjoy and I REALLY hope you agree with it :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for listening. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The essay has been signed by the following advocates</span>:<br />
<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">Jo Charlebois - <a href="http://thestartingpointisveganism.blogspot.com/">http://thestartingpointisveganism.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Vera Cristofani<br />
Kerry Wyler<br />
Mylène Ouellet - <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "d3da1c4d4bfa227a8c4093610bc9dc2e", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Elizabeth Collins - <a href="http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "d3da1c4d4bfa227a8c4093610bc9dc2e", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Trisha Robe<span class="text_exposed_show">rts - <a href="http://lobsa.org/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "d3da1c4d4bfa227a8c4093610bc9dc2e", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lobsa.org/</a><br />
Ana María Aboglio - <a href="http://anima.org.ar/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "d3da1c4d4bfa227a8c4093610bc9dc2e", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://anima.org.ar/</a><br />
Paola Aldano de Meoño - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/porolita22" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "d3da1c4d4bfa227a8c4093610bc9dc2e", event)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/porolita22</a> </span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Karin Hilpisch - <a href="http://abolitionismusabschaffungdertiers.blogspot.com/">http://abolitionismusabschaffungdertiers.blogspot.com/</a></span></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Renata Peters </span></span></span></h3>Here are the sites featuring the essay:<br />
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<a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2010/03/joint-statement-by-group-of.html">My Face is on Fire</a><br />
<a href="http://thestartingpointisveganism.blogspot.com/2010/03/joint-statement-by-group-of.html">The Starting Point</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxLtoXYwoc8">Porolita22</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-52909233515128557282010-02-26T21:14:00.011+13:002013-05-31T17:46:05.019+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 52 - How I personally deal with the "you don't care about animals who are suffering NOW" accusation. (Also, please read Rain Without Thunder!)Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode52.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk about how I personally deal with the accusation that advocates of the abolitionist approach "don't care about animals who are suffering NOW!" For starters, I strongly recommend listening to this debate (there is a link to the audio in the post itself. Please listen):<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/</a> <br />
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and I strongly STRONGLY recommend reading <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/rain-without-thunder-the-ideology-of-the-animal-rights-movement/">Rain Without Thunder</a>. Please please read this book.<br />
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I also talk about how the focus of all our interactions with each other and anyone with whom we are engaging with this issue should remain on the real issue leaving ego and personality out of it. Whether or not you like me is unimportant, it is what I am saying that matters. If you don't like what I am saying, let's talk about that not about whether or not you like my personality. That conversation is an unforgivable waste of both our time. As a wonderful advocate <a href="http://twitter.com/VeraVeganA">@VeraVeganA</a> said yesterday:<br />
"<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">When ppl call me names & I feel sad, I rapidly focus on nonhumans again & keep on track"</span></span><br />
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<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Now that is what I'm talking about Vera! </span></span><br />
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<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">I also talk about Professor <a href="http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gsteiner/">Gary Steiner</a> who did this great interview on Animal World:</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.suprememastertv.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=aw&wr_id=418">Animal World Doctor Gary Steiner: A Vegan Diet is a Moral Obligation</a><br />
You can download both parts 1 and 2 (scroll down to the bottom of the screen)<br />
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<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">Finally I talk about my revamped AUT University Club, here is the website, please let me know what you think (it is still not finished yet). A million thanks to William Paul for all the help.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://autanimalrights.weebly.com/"><span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">http://autanimalrights.weebly.com/</span></span></a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-4003111281491911892010-02-16T01:40:00.017+13:002012-06-25T20:43:03.758+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 51 - Special Guest Sam Tucker from Food for Thought RadioListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode51.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I speak to fellow NZ abolitionist and podcaster Sam Tucker about single issue campaigns, welfarist thinking and what the future may hold for a 14 year old vegan. We also speak a little bit about living in a farming community and advocating for veganism at a school where many of the students actually live on farms themselves.<br />
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In this episode we talk about Sam's radio show and podcast, which can be accessed from the following site:<br />
<a href="http://fftradio.wordpress.com/">http://fftradio.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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We mention the last fft radio episode (which will be available in iTunes soon):<br />
<a href="http://fftradio.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/10-02-10-johnny-weir-and-single-issue-campaigns/">Johnny Weir and Single Issue Campaigns</a><br />
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Here is the article profiling Sam on <a href="http://veganacious.com/">Veganacious</a> <br />
<a href="http://veganacious.com/fierce-at-fourteen-sam-tucker.html">Fierce at Fourteen</a><br />
<a href="http://www.accessradio.org/media/?p=1203648087-419%26f=feed.rss"> </a><br />
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Follow Sam on Twitter:<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/@fftradio">@fftradio</a><br />
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And we also discuss another recent single issue campaign in New Zealand, you can read a local newspaper article about it here:<br />
<a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Auckland-SPCA-to-destroy-catch-a-cray-games/tabid/423/articleID/140948/Default.aspx?ArticleID=140948&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+co%2FHCaY+%283News-+Latest+News%29">Auckland SPCA to destroy catch-a-cray games</a><br />
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Thanks Sam for coming on the show!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-56257138138334367502010-01-22T21:21:00.002+13:002012-06-25T20:43:48.646+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 50 - The new era has begunListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode50.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk about Victor Schonfeld's article in the Guardian newspaper and Ingrid Newkirk's response in the same paper. Please go on there and comment, please help us spread the vegan message. It is really happening, I can feel it in my bones.<br />
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These are the links<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/18/five-fatal-flaws-animal-activism?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments">Five Fatal Flaws of Animal Activism</a><br />
(Victor Schonfeld)<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/jan/21/peta-animal-rights-campaign?showallcomments=true#end-of-comments">A pragmatic fight for animal rights</a><br />
(Ingrid Newkirk)<br />
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Please read this latest blog post (and then go on to read the entire site of course) by Vincent Guihan of <a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/">We Other Animals</a> which really nicely illustrates some of the things I am bumbling on about today.<br />
<a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/2010/01/do-i-have-hegemonic-tendencies-youre.html">Hegemonic Tendancies<br />
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Thanks for listening!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-82478889116915199272010-01-18T17:37:00.001+13:002012-06-25T20:44:42.413+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 49 - Special Guest Jordan Wyatt from Coexisting with Nonhuman AnimalsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode49.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I welcome back to the show my first ever podcast listener Jordan Wyatt from the Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals podcast, and we discuss his podcast about veganism and animal rights, what it is like to be vegan in Southland, talking to NZ farmers about veganism, the economy, the issue of sterilization, the counter movement of industry advertising and other things.<br />
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You can find Jordan's blog here:<br />
<a href="http://coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/">Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals</a> <br />
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You can subscribe to his podcast via iTunes <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/coexistingwithnonhumananimals">here</a><br />
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Follow Jordan on twitter:<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/jaywontdart">jaywontdart</a><br />
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and on Facebook:<br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#/jaywontdart">#/jaywontdart</a><br />
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Thanks Jordan for coming back on the show!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-8004355967277261672010-01-10T23:10:00.002+13:002012-06-25T20:45:31.659+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 48 - Interview with Porolita!!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode48.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk to Pao Aldana AKA Porolita, who lives in Guatemala and is spreading the vegan message on YouTube in English and in Spanish, plus educating people in her local community about veganism and abolition. We talk about Porolita's journey to veganism, the ease and necessity of abolitionist advocacy, the usefulness of social networking sites like YouTube to spread ideas, and what it is like to be vegan in Guatemala. Please check out Porolita's great videos on her YouTube channel:<br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1263116687961"><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita22">Porolita22</a><br />
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and here is the video featuring her Mom, talking about her experience with illness and her doctor's advice that she immediately switch to a vegan diet in order to save her health, and what happened after:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePc0m24aDVQ&feature=email">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePc0m24aDVQ&feature=email</a> <br />
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This is the link to Porolita's vegan cooking blog (in Spanish) which she uses to educate members of her community or the surrounding regions on how easy and cheap it is to sustain a vegan diet in Guatemala and therefore other countries with similar climates and food types:<br />
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<a href="http://laloncheradeunvegan.blogspot.com/">La Lonchera de Un Vegan</a><br />
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This is the link to the BBC World One Planet documentary that we discussed on the podcast:<br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005k2zy">Animals and Us Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005nhv5">Animals and Us Part 2</a><br />
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I would like to thank Porolita for coming on my podcast! Enjoy!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-55454064396908223662010-01-03T21:19:00.002+13:002012-06-25T20:46:32.261+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 47 - Three NZ abolitionists hit the streets!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode47.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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I have had a wonderful week hanging out with my fellow NZ abolitionists William and Vish, and we had a chance to do the street stall together! This epidsode we talk about our experiences on Queen Street in our first street stall event of 2010.<br />
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We also mention Part 1 of the BBC Documentary Animals and Us which is archived here:<br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005k2zy">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005k2zy</a><br />
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Thanks Vish for coming up to Auckland to visit us and thanks to both William and Vish for helping with the street stall and for coming on the podcast.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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And remember; THE WORLD IS VEGAN! If we want it.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-88089455058013864112009-12-21T00:56:00.005+13:002012-06-25T20:47:32.173+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 46 - Interview with William Paul about nonviolence, the NZ Vegan Society, The World is Vegan if you want it and other things...Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode46.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I am very pleased to have back as my guest William Paul. We talk about his experience as a peaceful activist and how about an occurrence where he was challenged on his nonviolence stance while speaking out against violence. We also talk about the <a href="http://www.vegansociety.co.nz/">NZ Vegan Society's Big Book of Vegan Products </a>which is a fantastic new resource by this great new <a href="http://www.vegansociety.co.nz/">NZ Vegan Society</a>. We discuss the up-and-coming (we hope) SAFE vegan campaign and whether it will actually happen, how it will happen and whether it will it actually be a vegan campaign that we can get behind, among other things.<br />
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Also as both William and I have unfortunately been without internet access for a week, coincidentally, we came back online to discover the recent development of a wonderful new resource for vegan advocacy by Gary Francione and the team at <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">The Abolitionist Approach</a> which is based on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "War is Over if you want it" Times Square Billboard:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/spread-the-message-the-world-is-vegan-if-you-want-it/">The World is Vegan! If you want it</a>.<br />
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Links:<br />
<a href="http://theworldisvegan.com/">theworldisvegan.com</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1010288498&ref=mf">William Paul on Facebook</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/WillPaulVegan">William Paul on Twitter </a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=149980264826">The NZ Vegan Society on Facebook</a> (please join and show your support!)<br />
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Please look at all the resources for The World is Vegan! if you want it resources from:<br />
<a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/2009/12/world-is-vegan-if-you-want-it-banners.html">Vincent Guihan at We Other Animals</a><br />
<a href="http://vegan.fm/?p=147">Adam Kochanowicz at The Vegan News</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jcolv.com/world_is_vegan">John Colvin </a><br />
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Please also read this <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-note-about-our-virtual-billboard/">NOTE</a> from Professor Francione about the billboard:<br />
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Thanks everyone for all this great work and thanks to William for coming back on the show!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-56891581100317903992009-12-03T02:24:00.007+13:002012-06-25T20:48:32.726+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 45 - the responsibility for the individual lies with the individualListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode45.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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Just articulating some things that I have been trying to come to terms with lately, specifically this desire to see "results" and to claim responsibility for things we really have no right to claim responsibility for.<br />
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When someone takes animal rights seriously and goes vegan, it's their "victory" and no one else's. The benefit is for all, but the credit for that is given to the individual who takes that action. And alternatively if people resist and turn away, that also lies with them. Let us pay closer attention to our own actions as individuals and if more of us do that, advocates especially, then I think there will be some wonderful "results".Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-17055542825317534312009-11-22T15:45:00.007+13:002012-06-25T20:49:22.492+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 44 - Continuing my conversation with Adam Kochanowicz from The Vegan NewsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode44.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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The second half of my conversation with <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4198-Vegan-Examiner">Adam Kochanowicz </a>where we talk about issues and opinions and share experiences as two advocates for abolitionist veganism in this speciesist, welfarist world! Enjoy!<br />
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Please check out the interview with <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary Francione</a> at <a href="http://vegan.fm/news/">The Vegan News</a>:<br />
<a href="http://news.vegan.fm/?p=50">All Episodes</a><br />
<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheVeganNews">Subscribe to The Vegan News Video</a><br />
<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/thevegannewsaudio">Subscribe to The Vegan News Audio </a><br />
Or watch on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/vegannews">YouTube</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-25052694032818771262009-11-22T15:40:00.006+13:002012-06-25T20:50:53.162+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 43 - Conversation between myself and Adam Kochanowicz of The Vegan News<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode43.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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<a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode43.ogg"></a>This week I was chatting with <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4198-Vegan-Examiner">Adam Kochanowicz</a>, as we often do, and we thought it would be an interesting experiment to post our conversations about events and about what we think and what we are </div><div style="text-align: left;">doing, and see if anyone else can relate!</div></div><br />
Please check out the interview with <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary Francione</a> at <a href="http://vegan.fm/news/">The Vegan News</a>:<br />
<a href="http://news.vegan.fm/?p=50">All Episodes</a><br />
<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheVeganNews">Subscribe to The Vegan News Video</a><br />
<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/thevegannewsaudio">Subscribe to The Vegan News Audio </a><br />
Or watch on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/vegannews">YouTube</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-30586715732706647842009-11-12T03:39:00.002+13:002012-06-25T20:51:44.024+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 42 - How it is the opposite of manly to consume animal products and partake in violence on innocentsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode42.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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<a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode42.mp3"></a>This week I address the silliness of thinking that it is "manly" to consume animal products, specifically "eating meat" because that is one of the most touted myths and one of the biggest misunderstandings of our times, and is another paradigm shift in thinking that we must dismantle and redirect towards obvious truth. Thanks for listening!<br />
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Please check out these quotes at <a href="http://atheistvegan.com/">Atheist Vegan</a>:<br />
<a href="http://atheistvegan.com/proslavery/">Pro Slavery</a><br />
<a href="http://atheistvegan.com/antislavery/">Anti Slavery</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-76049221548904175022009-10-29T01:57:00.003+13:002012-06-25T20:52:30.640+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 41 - Special guest Corey Wrenn! PhD Student in Sociology at Colorado State University and also the writer for the Roanoke Vegan ExaminerListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode41.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I have a long awaited and well worth the wait interview with Corey Wrenn from the <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-22186-Roanoke-Vegan-Examiner">Roanoke Vegan Examiner</a>. We talk about Professor of Philosophy Bernie Rollins with whom Corey is taking an animal "rights" seminar, and the many challenges involved in being the only actual rights advocate in the room, and that includes the lecturer. We also discuss student advocacy, the absence of animal issues from the environmental movement. sociology and academia in general, and discuss what will be involved in Corey's PhD.<br />
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Enjoy! Thanks so much to Corey Wrenn for coming on the show. You can follow her on <a href="http://twitter.com/cowrenn">Twitter </a>at <a href="http://twitter.com/cowrenn">this link.</a><br />
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Major apologies from me for not checking my SKYPE input and using the built-in mic rather than the headphone mic.<br />
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You can play 'guess the frequency!' every time my mic comes in. Sorry for the hummmmmmmmmm and whhhhhhirrrrrrr. :-)<br />
(lucky I am not getting paid to do this, if I were my boss I would fire me)Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-9729113680758786692009-10-17T01:04:00.020+13:002012-06-25T20:53:19.551+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 40 - How to be a vegan in a capitalist society? Just kidding, I know nothing about politicsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode40.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk about how as a vegan consumer in a capitalist society I am trying to work as best as I can in the system, as a consumer in my daily life, aside from the main focus of advocating to individuals for a paradigm shift, and opening people's minds up to a fundamentally different way of thinking about all other animals and life on the planet by promoting the abolitionist approach and veganism. I admit I am very uneducated about politics, history, agriculture, sociology, and a myriad of other extremely important subject matters related to vegan advocacy, so I will do my best to educate myself as best I can for the rest of my life, and in the meantime lean heavily on my colleagues and fellow advocates who ARE educated in these things :-)<br />
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So this podcast is just some of my personal thoughts, as always, and I do appreciate any advice and constructive criticism. One of the things I touch on is how we can avoid buying from companies that are direct exploiters of animals and their products, i.e non vegan restaurants for example. The truth is, most of us can't. I mean, we can easily choose to avoid some of them (non vegan restaurants for example) but what about the supermarket? What about where we buy our clothing? What about where we buy our fruit and vegetables? My fruit and vege place sells eggs and ice cream bars. Some people are lucky enough to have access and money to buy all their products from purely vegan online suppliers, but I am not one of them.<br />
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That is why I always affirm that I personally am part of the problem, which is one of the many reasons I feel such a strong urge to rectify the problem and why make it my personal responsibility to do so as best I can. Please keep in mind, this is nothing at all like some "Vegan Outreach" advocacy that says "oh don't make a fuss and try to be <span style="font-style: italic;">pure</span>, just eat the egg product every now and then so people don't think we are too <span style="font-style: italic;">fanatical</span>". No no no. I am an ethical vegan. I am, however, a human being, an active consumer, and I live in a speciesist society, and whether I like it or not, I am contributing to industries that exploit animals, even when I buy my fruit and veges from the fruit and vege store. BUT we must let the producers know we vegans exist—that there is a legitimate and lucritive demand for vegan products. I am not a supporter of capitalism, I would like to see a better system, but I also live in reality and face truths. Right now, today, I live in a capitalist society and am an active member and consumer in that society whether I like it or not. So in the meantime too, while we are still working for change, we must have a voice. It will grow to a thunderous roar, right now it is a whisper in the grand scheme of things. But that will change. Until it does; don't be shy! Demand vegan! Ask for vegan products. Enquire about vegan products. MENTION vegan products at the very least. Educate sellers and producers about the vegan consumer. Tell them it's a <span style="font-weight: bold;">guaranteed sale.</span> That'll prick up their greedy little ears.<br />
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Note: I don't consider "prick up their ears" to be a bad animal metaphor. That is because the way I look at it; noting that some lovely animals have ears that can prick up and using it metaphorically for human animals whose ears don't prick up doesn't have anything to do with exploiting the animals whose ears do prick up, so I think this is an acceptable animal metaphor. Thoughts?<br />
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There is SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT it is just an inexhaustible subject this animal exploitation, unfortunately. I wish we didn't have to talk about it, but we DO.<br />
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This week I mentioned some other podcasts and blogs and I would like to provide those links here, but they are also in my blog link list too.<br />
Firstly I mentioned <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Gary Francione's</a> latest episode from his <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/feed/podcast/">Abolitionist Approach Commentary:</a><br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/commentary-a-discussion-of-abolitionist-principles/">A Discussion of Abolitionist Principals</a><br />
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Roger Yates from his <a href="http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/">On Human Nonhuman Relations</a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OnHuman-nonhumanRelations">podcast:</a><br />
<a href="http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/2009/10/dehumanisation-processes-podcast-no-5.html">Dehumanization Processes Part One</a><br />
<a href="http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/2009/10/dehumanisation-processes-podcast-number.html">Dehumanization Processes Part Two</a><br />
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Vincent Guihan from <a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/">We Other Animals</a> and <a href="http://animalemancipation.com/">Animal Emancipation:</a><br />
<a href="http://animalemancipation.com/?feed=podcast">We Other Animals Radio</a><br />
I must make a correction - the podcast is called We Other Animals Radio not Animal Emancipation. I am sorry!<br />
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Sam Tucker from <a href="http://fftradio.wordpress.com/">Food for Thought Radio</a><br />
<a href="http://www.accessradio.org/media/?p=1203648087-419%26f=feed.rss">fftradio podcast on iTunes</a><br />
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And Jordan Wyatt from <a href="http://jaywontdart.blogspot.com/">Jaywontdart's Podcast</a> has a new blog and vegan podcast:<br />
<a href="http://coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/">Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals</a><br />
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And this is the link to my favourite vegan restaurant in the whole world (especially since it is right here in Auckland NZ)<br />
<a href="http://www.veganrestaurant.co.nz/">Golden Age Vegan Restaurant</a><br />
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This is the video that <a href="http://atheistvegan.com/">Randy Sandberg</a> posted:<br />
<a href="http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/09/12/consuming-kids-the-commercialization-of-childhood/">Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood.</a> It is blood chilling, but watch it! Knowledge is power! This is all part of it too. Thanks Randy, this is a great find.<br />
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Finally, I was wrong (in a good way) there ARE other actual physical vegan stores in the world. Here is one:<br />
<a href="http://www.pangeaveg.com/visit_us.html">The Pangea Store</a> in Rockville Maryland. I am sure there must be others. Awesome!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-6844963425249024662009-09-27T21:54:00.003+13:002012-06-25T20:54:36.416+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 39 - Just another moment in the life of a vegan animal rights advocate in a speciesist societyListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode39.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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Just having a little whine today. Things have just GOT to change!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-36852147989889166342009-09-21T10:16:00.004+12:002012-06-25T20:55:21.622+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 38-Why are we blaming the farmers?Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode38.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This week I comment on a breaking story by Greenpeace NZ which has everyone up in arms about how the dairy farmers are importing palm kernels to NZ by the millions of tonnes in order to supplement the feed of the dairy cows.<br />
Thing is, nobody is vegan, so they all eat dairy products. Ummmmm?<br />
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These are the articles by the NZ Herald about the story:<br />
<a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10597892">Greenpeace Moves Palm Kernel Protest to Port</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10598045">Greenpeace Defiant over Palm Oil Protest</a><br />
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Here is a link to my Indymedia NZ article (PLEASE feel free to comment! Help! :-)<br />
<a href="http://www.indymedia.org.nz/article/77723/why-are-we-blaming-farmers">Why are we blaming the farmers?</a><br />
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This is a link to the BRAND NEW AUCKLAND VEGAN RESTAURANT! YAY!<br />
<a href="http://www.veganrestaurant.co.nz/contact.html">Golden Age Vegan Restaurant</a><br />
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This are to Adam Kochanowicz's fantastic resource on Vegan FM:<br />
<a href="http://vegan.fm/places">Vegan FM/Is it Vegan?</a><br />
<a href="http://vegan.fm/isitvegan/doku.php?id=new_zealand">Golden Age on Vegan FM listing</a><br />
you can also see things like ingredients listings , animal testers, alcohols that are vegan etc.<br />
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This is a link to Vegan Help on Twitter - if you are on Twitter, join in! It is helping people go vegan!<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/veganhelp">Twitter/VeganHelp</a><br />
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Finally this is a link to the youtube entry that Stan uploaded for me to use to practise for our next performance (there is a little mistake in there on my part but you will get the idea)<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5bwAjFUt9E">Cows</a><br />
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Thanks for listeningElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-54217464705865780652009-09-11T20:22:00.008+12:002012-06-25T20:56:09.868+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 37 - In support of Non ViolenceListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode37.mp3">HERE</a><br />
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This episode I talk about my support of non violence and of the abolitionist approach and peaceful non violent vegan education. I give my reasons why, based on my own personal experience and non-expert opinion, and my core beliefs, which is all I can do. In this episode I am specifically talking about some of the things that I have read over the last few weeks in which proponents of violent tactics in the name of animal rights have been getting a lot of attention, and I have read some things that I thought were not only misguided and tactically wrong, but also deeply immoral. Not all those involved are supporters of the extreme physical violence that a couple of writings and advocates are proposing, however it was very distressing to see support of these advocates by anyone at all. I realise that a lot of the really extreme positions come from people who are deeply disturbed by what is going on in our world and are perhaps totally overwhelmed with everything, the horrific amount animal exploitation and who feel desperate. I say they need to snap out of it and help us create a peaceful vegan movement, but of course they don't agree with that, nevertheless I stand firmly in my beliefs, as always.<br />
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I also object to people who are trying to confuse the issue by dragging things like Open Rescues into the debate about violence, I think that is muddying the waters and taking the focus of the debate off where it originally began and where it should remain, which was an objection to the hate mongering, propositions of actual physical violence and an escalation in violence in general by some advocates.<br />
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Finally I think we must realise that it is important for us to be there for new vegans who may be overwhelmed by their new knowledge, and help them stay sane and positive, because they are our ethical vegan movement and we need them to not lose control, we need them to help us get the ethical vegan movement going, and that is not going to happen if they spiral down into despair and hate.<br />
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And now for the good news! These are the podcasts I mentioned in the episode:<br />
Professor Gary L. Francione from <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">Abolitionist Approach</a>:<br />
<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/category/podcast/">Abolitionist Approach Commentary</a><br />
at the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=327041563">iTunes store</a><br />
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Vincent Guihan from <a href="http://weotheranimals.blogspot.com/">We Other Animals</a>:<br />
<a href="http://animalemancipation.com/?feed=podcast">animalemancipation.com - We Other Animals Radio</a><br />
at the iTunes store: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=327752949">We Other Animals Radio</a><br />
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And Dr. Roger Yates from <a href="http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/">On Human-Nonhuman Relations</a>:<br />
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/OnHuman-nonhumanRelations">On Human-Nonhuman Relations Podcast</a><br />
at the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=329669934">iTunes store</a><br />
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This is the link to Barbara DeGrande's Veganacious blog<br />
<a href="http://veganacious.com/">http://veganacious.com/</a><br />
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and this is to Corey Wrenn's Vegan Examiner articles, I hope to have Corey on as a guest very soon.<br />
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-22186-Roanoke-Vegan-Examiner">Roanoke Vegan Examiner</a><br />
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Thanks for listening.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-59290578190000313262009-08-16T11:02:00.001+12:002012-06-25T20:56:58.822+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 36 - Follow-up interview with Francis Glass from Animal Liberation Youth Victoria in response to some great listener feedbackListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode36.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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I am very pleased to welcome back Francis Glass, coordinator of <a href="http://www.animalliberationyouth.org.au/">Animal Liberation Youth</a>, from <a href="http://www.alv.org.au/">Animal Liberation Victoria</a>. In our last interview we talked about non-vegan volunteers handing out literature, and this episode we would like to respond to the comments and concerns that raised about this subject, as it is definitely something that needs to be discussed. Thank you to Karin Hilpisch for your comments!<br />
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We also talk about young people who are going vegan and how important they are to our future, and what it is like for a young person who is still living with their parents to go vegan, the resistance some kids get from their families and 13 and 14 year olds dealing with parents who are hostile to veganism and actively try to prevent their children from being vegan. We discuss the different reasons why the parents may be reacting in this way and try to come up with more ideas on ways to help them and their children through that. This is something us independent, adult vegans can't relate to as we control our own home environments and the products that we buy, so I am very grateful to Francis for offering us some insight into that, and for reminding us that it is not so easy for young people living in controlled environments as it is for independent adults.<br />
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We also go on to talk about why we promote ethical reasons to go vegan above all other reasons such as health, environment etc, while still stressing that knowledge of these other aspects is essential too.<br />
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In my next interview with Francis we will discuss further comments raised about protesting in front of KFC and the like with regard to promoting veganism and not single issue campaigns. We didn't get a chance to cover that this time as we went off to talk about other things (as often happens on this podcast) however please be assured we will be talking about that, as it is also very relevant and valid topic for discussion. Thanks again to listeners for the great feedback and insight and suggestions and thanks to Francis for coming back on the show!<br />
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Here is the link to the <a href="http://www.alv.org.au/veganchallenge.php">Vegan Easy Challenge</a> mentioned on the show: <a href="http://www.alv.org.au/veganchallenge.php">link here</a><br />
This is what ALL the animal groups should be doing.<br />
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I mentioned a book written by a teenage vegan called <span class="ptBrand">Claire Askew</span><span class="binding">, who I heard interviewed on <a href="http://www.veganfreakradio.com/">Vegan Freak Radio.</a> Claire wrote a book for teenage vegans called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Generation-Complete-Guide-Staying-Teenager/dp/0977080447/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250339150&sr=8-1">Generation V</a>, and it is a fantastic resource for teenagers. Listen to the <a href="http://veganfreak.com/">Vegan Freaks</a> interview with Claire <a href="http://veganfreakradio.com/index.php?id=153">here</a><br />
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I also mentioned a quote by Marin Luther King, Jr. which in my usual style I had not committed to memory and so totally screwed up. Please forgive me as always. I will work on that! Here is the quote:<br />
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"</span><span class="huge">History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.</span>"<br />
- Marin Luther King, Jr.<br />
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UPDATE: If anyone's audio is messed up about halfway through, please re-download. I am so sorry for making anyone download this twice. I totally messed up, and there is some audio from the last interview mixed in by accident. I loaded up the correct file. Please delete the messed up audio and re-download. Sorry!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-23994869605765041132009-08-08T07:55:00.006+12:002012-06-25T20:57:57.972+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 35 - Part 2 of my interview with special guest Francis Glass, abolitionist vegan coordinator of Animal Liberation YouthListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode35.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Part two of my interview with Francis Glass from <a href="http://www.animalliberationyouth.org.au/">Animal Liberation Youth</a>, of <a href="http://www.alv.org.au/">Animal Liberation Victoria</a>. We talk about the social conditioning we are up against, the deep rooted moral schizophrenia in our lives as human beings and the profound effect on our psyche and our peace of mind. We talk about young men, or all men, in many cultures who are terribly depressed and repressed because of being pressured into being so unreasonably "tough" and expected to be violent in order to prove their "toughness" (i.e. eat meat etc), and relate this to the violence we tolerate in our lives on a daily basis, violence we can end if we so choose! We emphasize how damaging this perpetual violence is to our world and ourselves, and discuss different methods to open people's minds to the knowledge that they no longer have to struggle with the guilt and the fear and the violence, and they can go vegan. Thank you Francis for coming on the show!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-77371700947373943392009-08-08T07:44:00.008+12:002012-06-25T20:58:49.595+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 34 - Part 1 of my interview with special guest Francis Glass, abolitionist vegan coordinator of Animal Liberation YouthListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode34.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Part one of my interview with special guest Francis Glass, an 18 year old abolitionist vegan from Australia,and coordinator of <a href="http://www.animalliberationyouth.org.au/">Animal Liberation Youth</a>, which is part of the abolitionist vegan advocacy group <a href="http://www.alv.org.au/">Animal Liberation Victoria</a>. We talk about activism, vegan education, the counterproductiveness and elitism of welfare reform, and emphasize the fact that the abolitionist movement is part of the peace movement. You can find information about this abolitionist activism in Australia by going to <a href="http://www.alv.org.au/">http://www.alv.org.au/</a> and <a href="http://www.animalliberationyouth.org.au/">http://www.animalliberationyouth.org.au/</a><br />
Stay tuned for part two...Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-33683511083693743242009-08-01T20:00:00.008+12:002012-06-25T20:59:39.561+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 33 - "Pests": Special guest Dr. Roger Yates, who helps me tackle the huge problem of ecological issues caused by our speciesListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode33.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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I am very pleased to welcome back to the show Dr. Roger Yates. This is a topic I have been wanting to tackle for the longest time, and I am very glad Dr. Yates agreed to help me. The article we refer to in the the podcast is the following:<br />
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-gets-the-hump-ndash-and-reaches-for-the-gun-to-settle-its-camel-question-1762068.html">Independant.co.uk/world/australasia/australia-gets-the-hump</a><br />
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Please contact me if you have any comments or questions, this is an extremely complicated subject and I would love some feedback, as always, and I am happy to revisit this in the future.<br />
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I am, as always, very grateful to Dr. Yates for his insight and input and help. Thank you Dr. Yates!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-43027268356991166642009-07-17T19:26:00.000+12:002009-07-17T19:27:57.199+12:00Giving the slaughterhouse glass wallsElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-90129021691773524512009-07-16T14:11:00.007+12:002012-06-25T21:00:41.125+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 32- Professor Gary L. Francione - why we insist that the abolitionist approach is the right approach.Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode32.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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I am honoured to have again as my guest Professor Gary L. Francione of <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">The Abolitionist Approach</a>. We talk about the abolitionist approach and why it is fundamentally different from the welfare reformist approach, and we refer to the frequent discussions that occur between the two separate groups of thinkers, which is wonderfully illustrated on the blog <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/">My Face is on Fire</a>, in a recent <a href="http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2009/07/hsus-paul-shapiro-reaches-out-to-meat.html">blog post</a>. Please read the post and the ensuing comments to see what Professor Francione is talking about in this interview.<br />
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I also very strongly urge everyone to read this wonderful essay <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-revolution-of-the-heart/">A Revolution of the Heart</a> at <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">The Abolitionist Approach</a> which, as well as being wonderful in itself, is pertinent to the aforementioned article and commentary.<br />
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Also keep an eye out for "<span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">The Animal Rights Debate—Abolition or Regulation?" written by Gary L Francione and R. Garner - to be released from Columbia Press in the coming weeks...</span></span>A MUST read for ALL involved in non human animal advocacy/activism, no matter what your position on strategy.<br />
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Thanks for coming on the show again Professor Francione!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-8115938460859601182009-07-12T12:16:00.006+12:002012-06-25T21:01:26.755+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 31 -Part two of my interview with Adam Kochanowicz from The Vegan News!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode31.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Part two of my interview with Adam Kochanowicz from <a href="http://vegan.fm/">The Vegan News</a>, <a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4198-Vegan-Examiner">The National Vegan Examiner </a>and <a href="http://abolitionistvegans.org/">abolitionistvegans.org</a>.<br />
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We continue our talk about activism, abolition versus welfare, and the best news of all - there are vegans EVERYWHERE!<br />
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And remember to check out <a href="http://abolitionistvegans.org/">http://abolitionistvegans.org/</a> where you can get all you need to <a href="http://vegpage.com/wiki/doku.php?id=vegan_education_kiosk_mod">make your own Vegan Kiosk!</a> If you have new ideas and modifications to suit different places and needs - please do it, and update us and share this with us too!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-32723169131081382072009-07-12T10:57:00.006+12:002012-06-25T21:02:16.357+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 30 - Special guest Adam Kochanowicz from The Vegan News!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode30.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I interview Adam Kochanowicz from <a href="http://vegan.fm/">The Vegan News</a>! We talk about what Adam found out after he discovered veganism, packed his bags and went to Europe, looking for the animal rights movement, and looking to find out what people meant when they called themselves "animal rights activists" to see what kind of action they were taking. We talk about veganism, abolition, and all that good stuff.<br />
Check out <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-4198-Vegan-Examiner">Adam's bio</a> at the <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-4198-Vegan-Examiner">National Vegan Examiner,</a> I recommend reading the great articles already written and keeping up with future articles, and please leave comments! Also check out <a href="http://abolitionistvegans.org/">http://abolitionistvegans.org/</a> where you can get all you need to <a href="http://vegpage.com/wiki/doku.php?id=vegan_education_kiosk_mod">make your own Vegan Kiosk!</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-48801183496276392222009-07-03T16:57:00.006+12:002012-06-25T21:03:12.286+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 29 - "Why Veganism?" by Eva Batt - published in 1964. Wonderful article to give to friendsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode29.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I read an essay written by Eva Batt, long standing member of the UK Vegan society. It is so well written, I am going to print it out and hand it around as part of my activism. Thanks to Nathan Schneider who has it available on his blog <a href="http://vegan-abolitionist.blogspot.com/">Vegan Abolitionist</a> and to Randy Sandberg who added it to the text page here at <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/text/why-veganism-by-eva-batt/">Abolitionist Approach</a><br />
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One of the things I loved about the article was this point:<br />
"...veganism has no connection with any political party or system, national or international. Similarly, individual vegans may be deeply religious, perhaps devout Christians or disciples of one of many other faiths and creeds in this world, but this is not a requisite of veganism, which is an everyday, fundamental way of life concerned with living without hurting others. The hereafter may, or may not, solve all our problems; but what we do now certainly affects all those around us..."<br />
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That is a wonderful statement is it not? There are many more gems like this in the article. It is worth a read or a listen, and I will be passing it along.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Cool! - as I was uploading the audio, I watched <a href="http://news.vegan.fm/?p=91">Episode 7</a> of <a href="http://news.vegan.fm/">The Vegan News</a><a href="http://news.vegan.fm/"> </a>hosted by Adam Kochanowicz, and the show featured this very same article! Check out the coverage at <a href="http://vegan.fm/">Vegan FM</a><br />
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UPDATE: Professor Roger Yates left the following comment, and we were trying to get the links to become hyperlinks but I can't figure that out in the comments section either so I am posting the comment here, so you can access the links here:<br />
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Hi Elizabeth,<br />
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There are a couple of things I’d like to say on this important issue. First, we should remember that we are also vegan pioneers but in different and better circumstances. For example, we have the advantages of the internet and need never feel as isolated as the first vegans probably often did. Being a vegan is easier now than in the 1940s and 1950s (even compared to the 1970s when I became vegan). However, some new vegans are going to find it harder than others and we should help these new pioneers as much as possible, for mainstream animal advocacy neglects the fact that there is a vegan moral baseline to animal rights advocacy.<br />
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This brings me to the second point: what are we campaigning for. It seems to me that campaigning to grow the ethical vegan community (the surest means by which we can help other animals at this time) is campaigning for what we WANT as opposed to campaigning for what we DO NOT WANT in the name of politics, or pragmatics, or ‘living in the real world.’<br />
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For example, look at this 3-min video (just released this very week) about a cage-free system: <a href="http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/video-special-layer-aviary-system-4066.html">http://www.worldpoultry.net/news/video-special-layer-aviary-system-4066.html</a> Do we want to campaign FOR this sort of thing as many do, or do we want to campaign against by growing the numbers of ethical vegans?<br />
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Look at the pictures here: <a href="http://www.ciwf.ie/farminfo/farmfacts_egghens.html">http://www.ciwf.ie/farminfo/farmfacts_egghens.html</a> We could say, ‘spot the difference,’ but the picture on the left is an ‘enriched’ battery cage and the other is a standard one. The first will probably have a perch in the back and maybe some ‘nesting material.’ Leaving aside the issue of who is going to monitor this new way of regulating atrocities, do we want to campaign FOR this sort of thing as many do, or do we want to campaign against by increasing the numbers of ethical vegans until we have enough numbers to make some real changes for nonhuman animals?<br />
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The real question is where do we put our energy, commitment, time and money. Do we concentrate on what we actually want, or on something else - which we then have to campaign against anew later on. The advocates of ‘cage-free’ (or one big horrible cage) must assume that, later, they will be campaigning against the system they helped to put in place in the first place.<br />
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Talking about sincere animal rights and vegan activism and believing in the message. Please contact your local soymilk supplier and ASK THEM WHAT THEY FILTER THE SOYBEANS THROUGH - i.e do they use silk? We are trying to find out, and if they do, we want everyone to write and make a case so they will stop doing that. In the meantime Sarah has a great recipe for homemade soy milk at <a href="http://www.theveganmentor.com/">The Vegan Mentor</a> see<a href="http://www.theveganmentor.com/2009/04/making-soy-milk/"> Making Soy Milk</a><br />
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We also talk about <a href="http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/2009/06/animal-rights-july.html">Animal Rights July</a> which I would love to replicate at a university here in Auckland. Check it out! It looks good. See the link at Roger's blog <a href="http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/">On Human-Nonhuman Relations</a><br />
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I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did! Thank you Dr. Yates!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-35827828766163522482009-06-30T19:16:00.006+12:002012-06-25T21:04:55.450+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 27 - Part one - Special guest Dr. Roger Yates! Sociologist, animal rights activist and writer.Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode27.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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In part one of this interview we talk about Dr. Yates early involvement in the beginnings of the animal rights movement in Britain and the changes he has noticed since then till now, his writings and studies as a sociologist with regard to human behaviour, community activism and grass roots movements, and why we need more vegans! I hope you enjoy the interview! Stay tuned for part two.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-42121766430926707672009-06-23T00:58:00.006+12:002012-06-25T21:05:57.218+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 26 - Abolition in NZ continuedListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode26.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk about some great local activism done by Sam, a NZ Vegan who is 13 years old, who blew me away with his new website, the first real website from New Zealand that gets to the truth of what dairy products really are, using a New Zealand perspective which is so important in our culture, and spreading the word about veganism in a very effective way!<br />
<a href="http://nzdairy.webs.com/">NZ Dairy Cruelty</a><br />
Thanks Sam! I am very grateful, I can now recommend this site to local people to show them the truth right from their own backyard, and it is a fantastic resource for us who are spreading the word about this cause and to educate people about veganism.<br />
This week I talk a lot about my country as I am trying to bring the vegan abolition message to more people here, and I am looking forward to doing some grass roots activism with my abolitionist colleagues, and I am hoping to be prepared for anything, but I know we will learn as we go along.<br />
I hope to have more guests on the show soon!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-85561542706483124912009-06-08T14:17:00.012+12:002012-06-25T21:07:14.227+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Ep. 25 - Abolition in NZ cont'd-my reaction to the factory pigs welfare campaign +My intepretation of the concept animals are personsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode25.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Today I make an announcement, and also finally respond to the hugely publicised campaign by the NZ animal welfare group S.A.F.E to promote "free range" pork consumption. I must admit I really let the side down. I wallowed in a level of self indulgment that is really inexcusable, especially from someone such as myself who claims to be such an activist. I apologise. I didn't write any letters to the papers or participate in any discussions, because I allowed myself to be negative. Well, now I finally made a comment on an animal welfare page (not a local one), maybe it was the wrong place to do it -maybe all the people who read that blog are vegan, I don't know. Here is the article if you want to comment also:<br />
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10790-Animal-Welfare-Examiner%7Ey2009m6d6-Government-and-industry-officials-scramble-to-defend-exposed-pig-farm-cruelty">Animal Welfare Examiner</a><br />
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That is the comment I should have left on every NZ paper opinion page and every discussion board across the country while everything was going on, and I didn't. I admit I let everyone down especially all of the poor suffering pigs. The story is still out there though, so I will now be participating - better late than never.<br />
I want to thank all of you who did respond on these opinion boards and to the papers and talk about veganism. For example Bea Elliot wrote in, and she lives in America, where they have so many detrimental welfare campaigns of their own to deal with, and I live here and I didn't write anything, so I am put to shame. No excuses, I let the side down. However, I have addressed the issue in this episode and I welcome comments. I am not trying to turn this podcast into a rant, or into a negative website dedicated to criticising S.A.F.E - in fact I hope to not mention them again - they do what they do, I do what I do. However, it was so highly publicised, and I was so disturbed by it that I needed to get it off my chest, and now I feel so much better. This is really a good way to resolve inner conflict - I recommend starting a blog or podcast! It is worth it. Also, as I told someone recently, we can't let the others do all the work for us. Grass roots means community level, and that is what we need, in all languages, by actual members of those communities in their own words. And that is what grass roots activism is all about. Also, in light of campaigns such as this one, we need it more than ever, so that is what I hope to do in New Zealand. Also, I would like to acknowledge another abolitionist vegan in New Zealand! I hope I am not incorrect in pinning this description on you Bron - but I think you get it! Thanks for keeping in touch, and I am sorry I didn't include you in the tally. Now we are FOUR!<br />
Finally, coincidentally as I was uploading this post, I checked my email and there was a new update from the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/no-one-was-hurt-in-the-blaze/">Abolitionist Approach</a> about an article in which Gary Francione mentions the importance of seeing animals as individuals - this is how I understand it to be when they are described as persons. So I thought it was a good coincidence.<br />
UPDATE: check the comments section of this post to see input from Roger Yates where he also mentions Professor Francione's book <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/animals-as-persons-essays-on-the-abolition-of-animal-exploitation/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Animals As Persons</span></a> and some quotes to explain some of the concepts as presented in the book.<br />
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P.S I am aware that Anthony De Mello passed away many years ago, so although I did talk about him and his writings in the present tense I do know he is no longer alive.<br />
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P.P.S The following is the passage I referred to in this episode. Mr. De Mello was primarily concerned with the human condition, was a Jesuit Priest, and was not a vegan, but even as a non-religious vegan I find his writings very helpful. It appears the Krishnamurti is the originator of the quote.<br />
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"...The great Krishnamurti put it so well when he said, "the day you teach a child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again". How true! The first time the child sees that fluffy (sic), alive, moving object (sic) and you say to him, "Sparrow", then tomorrow when the child sees another fluffy, moving object similar to it he says, "Oh, sparrows. I've seen sparrows. I'm bored by sparrows".<br />
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If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique. Every sparrow is unlike every other sparrow despite the similarities. It's a great help to have similarities, so we can abstract, so that we can have a concept. It's a great help, from the point of view of communication, education, science. But it's also very misleading and a great hindrance to seeing this concrete individual..." - <span style="font-style: italic;">Awareness</span>, Anthony De MelloElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-84056817525302825052009-06-01T03:45:00.006+12:002012-06-25T21:07:57.443+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 24 - Abolition in New ZealandListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode24.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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I am trying to bring the abolitionist movement down here to New Zealand where it doesn't exist at all, and to do that I need to get out in the community and work on my people skills and gear them towards the culture I live in, while at the same time trying to circumvent the wasteful tangents they get led down by the expensive, publicized and highly promoted welfare campaigns that are getting people all hung up on the size of cages and whatnot, as opposed to talking about the real issue. The REAL ISSUE!!!!! It has been a very frustrating couple of weeks down here in New Zealand for anyone who cares about animals and who is trying to open peoples minds up to abolishing animal use and going vegan, rather than patting themselves on the back about how they can be morally superior by going down to their butcher and demanding "happy" meat. If people care enough to be bothered about the treatment of the exploited animals at all, then they care enough to GO VEGAN and end the exploitation, or at the very least they certainly deserve to be talked to directly and honestly about that option. And that is what everyone who wants to help non-human animals should be talking about with people who are expressing any interest at all in the "horrible treatment" or the "welfare" of animals. It is truly a magically uncomplicated solution, it is astonishingly simple and we need to stop confusing the issue. Meanwhile I need to figure out how to talk to people who haven't even begun to think about the issue, and steer them away from thinking about anything but the truth of the matter. It's a never ending process of theory and practise, but how to do it with people who just flat out ignore the entire deal, especially when you are sitting amongst them while they are eating dinner, and all you are thinking and feeling is how can I get the message through? At the very least how I can get them to understand why I am so not enjoying sharing this dinner with them, because of the anguish I am truly feeling for the animals they are eating and feeding to their children? That is quite a tough one for me, I am still figuring that out, but that won't take time away from my jumping on any opportunity I do get to spread the knowledge of this astonishingly simple conceptElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-17697236236125964152009-05-28T02:55:00.010+12:002012-06-25T21:08:44.891+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 23 - A rare white tiger was killed in New Zealand today. Just want to be a voice for that tiger and all the other animalsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode23.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Today there was a story from here in New Zealand that I just had to mention, funny how things closer to home can seem to affect you more - wrongly or rightly I am as prone to that as anyone else. I mourn this tiger and I remind myself that the pig slaughtered in Egypt from swine flu paranoia or the chicken gassed in Canada by KFC or the "free range" hen in Austria being slaughtered at the end of her short tortured life or the rat in the lab in Kentucky or the sable in the fur farm in Russia or the sheep in the slaughterhouse here in New Zealand and all of the millions and millions of equally innocent victims that also died today, in all parts of all places all over the world, and are dying right now by the million are all just as valid as this tiger, who was killed today. I am not trivializing the death of the zookeeper who was fatally injured, but it is certain the loss of his life is receiving plenty of respect and mourners and I am sure they are paying homage to him as we speak. Well, I am paying homage to this tiger and his fellow animals, because I know that not enough people are thinking about them or talking about them, and they need our voices.<br />
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Here is the video about Post Traumatic Stress in animals, specifically elephants, which mentions the tragic death of a volunteer at a sanctuary and how the caretaker and elephant involved coped with the tragedy. They didn't kill the elephant - because these people get it. Although of course I don't know if they are vegan. I would love to talk to them about veganism - I think we would have a good chance getting through to people like them. And who knows - they may be vegan?<br />
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This is a big subject, and I realize there are so many more things I could say than I said, and so many more reasons I could add to the ones I gave, but I hope I at least got it across why I feel the way I do about this issue and why I personally agree that we should not have companion animals or pets anymore than we should have food animals, clothing animals or animals for entertainment or scientific research. <br />
Firstly this is the link to the video from Hurricane Katrina of which I extracted the audio clip that appears in the podcast. <br />
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<a href="https://ia600504.us.archive.org/18/items/OprahOprahsaveddog/OprahWinfreysaveddog_512kb.mp4" target="_blank">https://ia600504.us.archive.org/18/items/OprahOprahsaveddog/OprahWinfreysaveddog_512kb.mp4 </a><br />
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Please access the following links if you are interested in the words that made me think about this issue of companion animals and agree that the possession of companion animals is not morally justifiable and therefore not right. I hope you read it because it is very well written! I hope it makes as much sense to you as it does to me. This whole article is great, the chapter on pets in regard to this specific topic is question number 3. <br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/faqs/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/faqs/</a> <br />
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Also here is a great clip from an interview: scroll down to the interview called: <br />
ARGUES AGAINST “THE RIGHT TO HAVE PETS” <br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/</a> <br />
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click on <span style="text-decoration: underline;">mp3</span> to hear the clip. <br />
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A great article: <span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/pets-the-inherent-problems-of-domestication">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/pets-the-inherent-problems-of-domestication</a></span></span><br />
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Another great article: <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/animal-rights-and-domesticated-nonhumans/#.UZf-ApX9tzM">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/animal-rights-and-domesticated-nonhumans/#.UZf-ApX9tzM</a><br />
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The following is a link to a link to a debate in which the arguments presented by Professor Francione make utter and complete logical sense to me, and if they don't make sense to someone else who reads them, then there is no way that this podcast episode will :-) <br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-debate-on-pet-ownership/">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/a-debate-on-pet-ownership/</a> <br />
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I would say that the arguments presented in the above debate are the best ones to read if you want to know how you really feel about the issue. I cannot see anyone who successfully refutes Professor Francione's statements, I just see the utter sense, logic and reason in the philosophy. However I am very aware that not everyone agrees, although I have never seen, read or heard anything by someone who doesn't agree that has convinced me otherwise. <br />
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P.S. here is a link to the vegan (/vegetarian *sigh*) childrens book! I think it is the first of its kind! Rock on! <br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thats-Why-Dont-Eat-Animals/dp/1556437854/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242158535&sr=8-1">That's Why We Don't Eat Animals</a> <br />
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P.P.S Adam Kochanowicz's show is called Vegan FM not Vegan TV - sorry! Here is the link (it is also in the link list) <br />
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<a href="http://vegan.fm/">http://vegan.fm/</a> <br />
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<br />Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-79554137095467035372009-05-12T01:56:00.007+12:002012-06-25T21:10:49.031+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 20 - Part two of the interview with William PaulListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode20.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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We talk about how easy it is to go vegan and the kinds of questions and opposition that are encountered daily in the life of a vegan and we discuss ideas about how to deal with them. I hope that everyone enjoyed listening and please let us know if you have had a similar experience to that of William's. We would love to hear your story and try to help you in any way we can.<br />
Thank you to William Paul for coming on the show, and for sharing your story.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-34815001479451607452009-05-12T01:20:00.008+12:002012-06-25T21:11:37.324+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 19 - Special guest 15 year old vegan WIlliam Paul talks about the battle he had with his school to be true to his ethicsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode19.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Part one of the interview with William Paul, a student at Selwyn College in Auckland, New Zealand, in which he relates the events that occurred the day he informed the school he was an ethical vegan and therefore would not be wearing the footwear dictated by the mandatory school uniform policy. This is a very important issue and I hope William's story inspires other young people not only to go vegan and to stay vegan, but also to demand the respect their decision is entitled to, to teach them how to represent themselves properly in order to be taken seriously by those who have authority over their lives, and to inspire the educational institutions these young people attend to give a student's decision to go vegan the respect and consideration it truly deserves, which is as much respect and consideration as is given to religious students to allow them to be true to their beliefs. We need awareness that veganism is a serious, ethical decision, and has a right to be respected. We need to get through to them, and I think William's is a good example to show how important that is. I hope he is part of the beginning of a new awareness in schools, and this is a great opportunity to capitalize on his unwavering strength in the face of overwhelming opposition. We need to work with the schools, I want their understanding and support, so I am trying to create a positive environment for discussion. I want to help any future students who may face the same reaction, and the more it happens, the more proof we will have that it is an issue that needs to be addressed, with mutual respect and understanding. Also, as a bonus, it creates awareness about veganism and that is always a good thing.<br />
William also talks about his methods of educating the other students about veganism, his views on how young children are influenced, and generally shares his own passionate and well informed views about why veganism is the way to go. He is a very inspiring person and I hope you enjoy the interview.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-66772985724821693522009-05-08T01:48:00.009+12:002012-06-25T21:14:11.258+12:00I am dropping my nickname upon receiving some pretty sound advice. So I will be using my regular name from now on, not my nickname.Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NomoreKnuckles.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Just want to say I was never trying to hide my identity! I am proud of who I am. I just thought my nickname was unusual and unique and would draw attention, and there are so many Elizabeth Collins out there. I am NOT the Elizabeth Collins that writes/wrote articles for PETA!!!<br />
Anyway, my friends from New York have been calling me Knuckles for as long as I can remember, it is my nickname, but everyone knows my real name because that is how it is shown on Gary Francione's site for example - it was never about hiding my name. But if I ever deal with someone who is looking for a reason to judge or make snap decisions, using my nickname may work against me, and well, you never know. So there you go. You can still call me Knuckles if you like! I don't care either way. But officially, podcast-wise, I'm dropping the moniker.<br />
And I put a photo (another great suggestion from Doug) - it was taken by me on my camera phone in NYC in very early November 2007, only a couple of weeks after I saw Earthlings and went vegan. I had just that minute returned from being away at a wedding that I had promised to go to, and it was a great wedding of two of my closest friends and was beautiful, but in order to attend I had to leave my baby to go to Vegas for three days. This photo was taken minutes after we were reunited, and you can see the relief in her little face. I came back! Can you imagine what it is like for them when we leave them like that? I hope to never have to do it to her again.<br />
Thanks to Doug Hines.<br />
http://www.eatraworganicsunshine.com/why_no_meat_.htmlElizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-89478832627293988062009-05-04T12:34:00.005+12:002012-06-25T21:13:17.442+12:00CORRECTION to misinformation. Please forgive me for my error in mixing up names and websites.Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/CORRECTION.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Hi<br />
I made an embarrassing mistake in my last episode. Please accept my apologies to Dan Cudahy and Roger Yates for messing up. Roger's website is On Human-Nonhuman Relations:<br />
http://human-nonhuman.blogspot.com/<br />
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and Dan's website is called Unpopular Vegan Essays:<br />
http://unpopularveganessays.blogspot.com/<br />
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I am so sorry for making that mistake. Please check out these great blogs. Forgive me Dan and Roger.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-90416207242676880912009-05-02T01:46:00.008+12:002012-06-25T21:12:22.514+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 18 - Work in a non-vegan world; my first vegan speech; and further proof of the effectiveness of peaceful vegan activismListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode18.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk about my personal experiences trying to work and earn a living as a vegan in a non-vegan world. I also talk about an interesting reaction I had (the way I reacted not the other people) upon being given my very first opportunity ever to address a group of relative strangers about veganism. <br />
I also talk about Colleen Patrick-Goudreau with whom many people are already very familiar. So far I have not done any more than go to the iTunes Store and read a few of the 255 reviews, and listen to a couple of minutes of a show, all of which I just did now actually (although I am now of course a subscriber and will be listening to every single episode!). Even without listening any further and just by reading the reviews I know that this is someone I can learn from. I can't wait to hear all the podcasts. I have put a link in the link section to her podcast Food for Thought:<br />
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and I also recommend going to the iTunes Store and reading some of the reviews. This is further proof of the effectiveness of peaceful vegan activism. I am grateful to those people who informed me about Colleen's podcast, it is very inspiring, re-affirming and empowering to see such effective vegan activism. I haven't had a real chance to listen yet - I am going off of what I have been told, and the incredible comments left by people about the podcast on the iTunes Store. I look forward to learning from and being inspired by such effective vegan activism.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-19388827157118207972009-04-20T00:03:00.005+12:002012-06-25T21:16:14.282+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 17 - Talking about my thoughts on some dreams of the future that I have, but also how important it is to live in reality.Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode17.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This Episode I mention how important it is to be in touch with reality no matter how painful it is. I think it is the best way to live, and it also allows us to embrace life, and only by being in touch with the reality of the world we are living in can we be effective in helping to better that world. I talk about the dreams I have which are not fantasies, but rather are about a future that I will probably never get to live long enough to see, which is however, a plausible future, a plausible reality. I wistfully imagine what it would be like being there to help solve the problems that will be need to be solved in a vegan or at least a more vegan world - how to undo the damage to the environment, how to help the surviving domestic animals and provide homes for them for the rest of their natural lives, how to sustain ourselves as ecologically as possible. These are my dreams; my reality is I am here in this utterly non-vegan world, and before we can solve the issues that will arise in a vegan world we must first wake people up to veganism. But I also feel that veganism and ahimsa go so much further than just abolishing the direct use of animals as our renewable resources; there are other ways that we as a species destroy the lives of non-humans for so many other frivolous reasons. We need to learn how to live, we need enlightenment, because our methods of entertaining ourselves as a species are also unnecessary, and are also causing the destruction of the non-humans we share our world with. If you want to know what enlightenment is, watch an animal. They know how to live, and we have a lot to learn from them. Observe how they live, and I don't mean copying their physical lifestyles, I mean watch how they enjoy the moment, something we have forgotten how to do. If we learn to appreciate life by living in reality the way they do we will learn how to live again. And we won't need to "entertain" ourselves with noise polluting machines and virtual worlds and violence and other destructive activities. Noise pollution is one of the most destructive and harmful side effects of our constant search for "entertainment". So we also need to face those truths. But those are my dreams only; my reality is firstly to try to open up people to change the fundamental way we look at all other living things, and that starts with educating people about the basic reasons for veganism, which starts with seeing the moral imperative of abolishing the use of animals as our renewable resources. Then we will be able to lead ourselves to address the other issues we have a duty and a responsibility to be real about.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-20430303080357056282009-04-11T22:39:00.012+12:002012-06-25T21:17:06.971+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 16- I think we are at the beginning of something big, we just have to BE that beginning and keep it goingListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode16.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I try to articulate my thoughts about abolition veganism as a movement, as a cause that is becoming reality, because I am starting to think that we are at the beginning of something that may one day, albeit perhaps long after we are gone, be called a movement. The more people I am finding out about who are promoting abolitionist veganism, the more I realize that something has really begun. Something that actually will make a difference, unlike the last 200 years. It's very probable it has begun purely because of one man, Gary Francione; that is often how great movements are begun, but they only get going when people finally pay attention, and get involved, and get behind that person, then it becomes two people, then three then hundreds until it becomes a real grass roots movement. Think of all the great movements in history... However, I am trying to remind myself that firstly, if this IS the beginning of a movement, of a grass roots abolitionist veganism movement, then it is the absolute beginning, and I have to continue doing it whether I get to see any of the fruits of the labours in my lifetime or not. I will do it because it is all I can do. I cannot get hung up on results or tallies, because all I can do is be part of the beginning, and continue for the rest of my life. We are all human beings so we are all part of the problem. None of us is innocent, the only ones who are truly innocent are the animals. So I try also to remember that it is not about me. It is always about them.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-51756103050738224332009-04-05T23:05:00.002+12:002012-06-25T21:18:32.331+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 15- have heard from other people who have abolitionist vegan blogs! shout outs to all the great people.Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode15.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I say hi and thank you to people who listened to the Gary Francione interview and other episodes and got in touch with me to offer support and I have provided links to their fantastic websites in my list of links. I reinforce why I am only comfortable with peaceful, abolitionist vegan activism, because otherwise I would not be being true to myself. I talk about how animals, unlike women or human slaves, will never be able to start their own movement or create an agenda or a political party etc etc, obviously, so they will never have a way of helping themselves from this situation that we have placed them all in. It is only up to us to help them, right through to the end.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-44709896458809936242009-03-30T15:36:00.007+13:002012-06-25T21:19:14.291+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 14 - Part 2 of the interview with Professor Francione-Peace, Human rights & Animal rights, promoting non-violence in activismListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode14.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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Part 2 of my interview with Professor Gary Francione in which we continue the discussion of abolitionist veganism as a concept and as a method of activism. We also discuss the importance of the promotion of peace and non-violence in contrast to the troubling violence committed by some animal activists. We talk about the relationship between Human Rights and Animal Rights. We discuss capitalizing on peoples' empathy towards animals, and using that to expose them to the truth of the matter, and Professor Francione illustrates how every person can be a leader and an example in his or her own life. Enjoy! Thank you, Professor Francione.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-55601468014136935372009-03-30T15:08:00.004+13:002012-06-25T21:20:00.140+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 13 -Part 1 with special guest Professor Gary Francione! We discuss vegan abolition & the welfare movement among other thingsListen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode13.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I have a very special guest on the show, Professor Gary Francione! Anyone who has listened to my podcast knows that I am a huge admirer of Professor Francione. His words and his philosophy of abolition are what inspired me to change my life, he is my favourite speaker on the issues, of course, and is an amazing person to have a discussion with. In Part 1 of the interview I ask Professor Francione to talk about his beginnings as an animal activist, how he developed his theory of abolition and why he does not support the animal welfare methods that are so widely promoted all over the world. I also ask for any advice for people like myself with regard to spreading this message of abolition in a non-violent, non-judgmental yet effective way. Enjoy!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-12764561110395402862009-03-22T22:33:00.003+13:002012-06-25T21:20:43.995+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 12 - Elaborating on what I mean about patience and tolerance while engaging in activism.Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode12.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I want to clarify what I mean when I talk about being patient and tolerant. Unfortunately, at this point in time, we are fighting against something that is actually publicly defended as morally justified, unlike other causes such as fighting against racism or child abuse, and unlike those other causes we do not have the majority opinion, or even 20% or even 10% hell we don't even have 5% of public opinion on our side, so until we get enough of a percentage of people who truly believe we should not be exploiting animals in any way whatsoever, and who see why we are saying it is a question of morality, just like racism and child abuse etc are questions of morality, we have no real power to take action, and I believe the only way we can get that percentage of the population we need to have power, is to educate people with patience and tolerance. We must be careful not to turn people off from ever embracing the idea of veganism, which is simply the abolition of animal use, however at present we are so incredibly outnumbered. Right now, they look around them, and 99% of the world is doing it. If they look around, and only 80% is doing it, well that is much more effective. We need more vegans or we will not be able to make any difference.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-75885874337005656602009-03-17T20:34:00.014+13:002012-06-25T21:21:40.963+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 11 - special guest Jordan Wyatt, who talks about protesting, activism and being a young male vegan. Hi to Nancy and Nick!Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode11.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I have a special guest on the show, Jordan Wyatt, who joins me from the South Island of New Zealand, from the city of Invercargill. We talk about protesting, activism and his experience as a young male vegan. We also talk about how it is to live in a small town or city where there are no resources for vegans for things like personal care products etc. Also a shout out to Nancy and Nick who are listeners who sent me emails all the way from America and Canada. Thanks so much for contacting me and for listening. And thanks to Jordan for coming on the show.<br />
Links to companies that make vegan personal care products:<br />
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<a href="http://www.jason-natural.com/">http://www.jason-natural.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lush.com/">http://www.lush.com/</a><br />
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and to groups that provide information about companies:<br />
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<a href="http://www.uncaged.co.uk/crueltyfree.htm">http://www.uncaged.co.uk/crueltyfree.htm</a><br />
<a href="http://leapingbunny.org/indexcus.php">http://leapingbunny.org/indexcus.php</a><br />
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This is link to an online store where you can buy Vegan products if you live in New Zealand, and you can go to the physical store in St. Kevins Arcade off Karangahape Road in Auckland. Note: I am not endorsing any welfare campaigns, I am simply endorsing this store and its vegan products.<br />
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<a href="http://www.choosecrueltyfree.org.nz/index.php">http://www.choosecrueltyfree.org.nz/index.php</a>Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-70415482280117607432009-03-08T17:12:00.006+13:002012-06-25T21:22:21.160+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 10Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode10.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I talk about what I eat in general, and about supplementing your vegan diet with either vitamin B12 supplements or vitamin B12 fortified foods. I read directly from four sources and I enclose the following links to those sources:<br />
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<a href="http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/processed-food-retail-sale/fact-sheets/iodinelongqas.htm">http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/processed-food-retail-sale/fact-sheets/iodinelongqas.htm</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/b12/">http://www.vegansociety.com/food/nutrition/b12/</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.vegsoc.org/info/b12.html">http://www.vegsoc.org/info/b12.html</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/?p=298">http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/?p=298</a><br />
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In the episode I mention a nutrition chart that I purchased from an event I went to, and I promised I would put a link to how to buy it. The only place I could find to buy it from online is a UK site. So have a look:<br />
<a href="http://www.thevegancook.co.uk/nutrition-chart.php">http://www.thevegancook.co.uk/nutrition-chart.php</a><br />
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But don't panic. I am sure the NZ Vegetarian Society sells these charts locally. So if you want one and you don't want to order from England, give them a try. Just email them or call them and see if they have them in stock. They are the people who sold me my chart, so I am sure they still do that over here. I hope so!Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-64732811249674780602009-03-01T02:09:00.003+13:002012-06-25T21:23:18.571+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 9Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode9.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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In this episode I address the comment left on my blog post Episode 6, and also an email I received (I think from the same person?) that had a similar reaction to my use of the word obese. It is my first negative reaction and it is very enlightening! I updated the blog description of Episode 6 also, to address the same. Thanks to everyone who has provided input, positive and negative, it is all very useful and helpful.<br />
Also in this episode I am very happy to relate a story that confirms my theory that you can never underestimate anyone as to their one day having the desire to learn about the issue of abolitionist veganism, no matter what first impression you give yourself about them. It is elitist to say only a certain type of person is open to the idea, I disagree entirely and that attitude is very limiting. I think every single person on this earth is just as able to embrace the idea of abolitionist veganism as the next.<br />
Even people who have blogs that are extremely anti-vegan (and that is actually their message, which just lets me know we are starting to make an impression - any opposition means we are having an effect and I look at that as positive reinforcement - all publicity is good publicity so it is said) are capable of seeing the logic and truth behind the morality of veganism if they so choose. Anything is possible, I don't write anyone off, but I also don't go chasing down people who are really really shut down to the idea, or violently opposed to the idea; you can waste a lot of time and let people who are more open to hearing about it at that moment miss out on the chance, so that is the way I engage in activism in my life; at the moment I just leave the really anti-veganism people to themselves.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-51966039914892628522009-02-23T22:32:00.004+13:002012-06-25T21:24:07.438+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 8Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode8.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This episode I speak about the use of animals as entertainment, and also my reaction to a couple of pictures from a "cute" and "entertaining" email that appears to be making the rounds at the moment. As always I talk about how we must change the absolute fundamental way that people see all non-human animals, or we will never change anything.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-82131733894133545182009-02-16T03:45:00.002+13:002012-06-25T21:24:54.481+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 7Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode7.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This week I added a little new age music to kick things off, it may not be everyone's cup of tea but at least I now have music on my podcast. I talk about the positive aspect of the total moral schizophrenia that we human beings have with regard to our treatment of animals, and try to look at one side of the thinking as being an opportunity to take advantage of.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1622328509015728913.post-75940915905885299312009-02-07T10:55:00.021+13:002012-06-25T21:25:40.355+12:00NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 6Listen <a href="http://ia600801.us.archive.org/34/items/NzVeganPodcastEpisodes/NZVeganPodcastEpisode6.m4a">HERE</a><br />
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This episode I address some issues coming from a male point of view, and try to address one of the common misconceptions about all vegans being super skinny and I name a couple of famous female vegans. (I also want to mention that Martina Navratilova is a vegan and you can check out how buff she is). I will say that one thing you probably will never see is an OBESE vegan, which is different from full figured or large bodied. Obesity is very very unhealthy and I doubt very much you can get obese on a Vegan diet, but I think that is a good thing. I also talk about why I use the word vegan and not vegetarian.<br />
Thanks to Jordan Wyatt for his great input, and thanks to Daiseybitree for her kind review on the iTunes store!<br />
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UPDATE 28 February 2009: I would like to update this note, to address the concerns of the comment left on this post. When I talk about obesity as mentioned above, I am specifically talking about the medical condition, which as I already said is different from a large-bodied person; either someone who is naturally large, and including someone who is carrying some excessive weight even over their natural body type. I don't find large people any less attractive than less large people, however I know that people are persecuted in our society for being larger, and therefore may be extremely sensitive to any weight related issue. However, in many societies, the larger you are, the more attractive you are, so it's not about a judgment on looks, I think all people are beautiful, and I personally have many friends who have large bodies, and some of my friends carry extra fat, and they are energetic and healthy and absolutely gorgeous, because it is just natural for them to be bigger bodied and carry some extra fat on their bones. All our bodies have fat, it is natural, some have more, some have less, that's obvious and is nothing to do with beauty, which comes from within anyway.<br />
I was glad to have had the comment left on this post, because I know that whenever you put an idea out there, you run the risk of being misinterpreted and have to be careful to how you present yourself, so it was a very useful thing to point out. I take full responsibility for the presentation of my thoughts, and am grateful for the input. I want to respond the the accusation that I am persecuting larger-bodied people. To clarify; obesity in the context I am using it is the clinical or medical condition, which is not just heavy, or large, or even carrying a certain amount of fat on the body above an individual's ideal weight as per their body type and needs - it goes beyond that, which is specifically the point I am making. I am talking about it as a medical condition just as if I was talking about Diabetes for example. <br />
And I reiterate: I stand by my opinion, that although you will and do see vegans of all shapes and sizes, large, medium, small and extra large, just as you see this in non-vegans in fact; you will never, in my opinion, see an obese vegan, under the medical definition I have described. Of course I am not a doctor; that is my opinion and personal experience only. Nor am I putting down obese people, I understand they are suffering from a medical condition. I simply strongly believe that their condition could be vastly improved, even cured, by switching to a vegan diet. Lastly, I am not saying that eating animal products makes you obese - there are many people who eat animal products who are not obese, obviously. I am simply saying that in the case of people who have a natural tendency towards obesity, or who have medical issues or imbalances causing them to incur actual clinical obesity; I believe this could be prevented from developing by their subsisting on a vegan diet. I hope that clarifies the issue for anyone who may misjudge what I am saying on this blog post. I have enclosed the following description of what I consider to be obesity in the context that I have used it above:<br />
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"Obesity is one of the major medical problems in the western world. The clinical definition of obesity is a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher. The BMI is the body’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of the body’s height in meters.<br />
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Obesity results when a person ingests more calories than he or she can burn off. If this happens regularly over a period of time, the body will store the extra calories as fat. The body is able to burn off calories as energy needed throughout the day, but if the energy is not burned away, it will be stored as fat.<br />
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Every person has his or her own metabolic rate. This is the rate at which calories are used or burned off within the body. People who take a lot of exercise or are employed in strenuous jobs usually have a very high metabolic rate. They require a lot of calories, but burn them off easily. People who do not take a lot of exercise or are involved in jobs such as office work do not need as many calories.<br />
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The body stores extra calories as fat as a precaution against times of starvation. In the western world, starvation rarely affects people who eat regularly. If a person continually eats calories that he or she cannot burn off, obesity may occur.<br />
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Obesity is very serious health problem. Research has shown that it can shorten life expectancy by at least nine years. In the last two decades, the obesity rate in adults has quadrupled. Obesity can also lead to many other health complications, including infertility, depression, heart disease and stroke.<br />
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Being slightly overweight may not affect your health seriously, but when weight reaches levels of obesity, then problems will occur. Everyday activities may become difficult, and irregularities may appear with breathing. Sweating may occur during the simplest tasks, and a persistent feeling of fatigue may result from the extra weight.<br />
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Obese people often have problems with regular sleeping patterns. They are also very susceptible to snoring and awaken frequently during the night. Conditions such as arthritis and diabetes may also set in as a result of obesity. Serious problems, such as breast cancer and ovarian disease, have also been linked to obesity.<br />
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Obesity is usually caused by a poor diet and lack of exercise, but there are some medical causes for the problem. These are rare, but conditions such as an underactive thyroid or Cushing’s disease may be the cause of obesity. There are also certain medications that add weight when taken, such as steroids and certain antidepressants. Medications such as the contraceptive pill or quitting smoking can also contribute to weight gain."<br />
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The above article is from <a href="http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-clinical-definition-of-obesity.htm">http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-clinical-definition-of-obesity.htm</a><br />
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There are many other articles and opinions on obesity, the above article describes what I consider to be obesity specifically with regard to the amount of excess weight incurred (the BMI index defined) and the illnesses caused by that amount of excess, and therefore my discussion and use of the word relate to that general interpretation, so let's be clear on that - I am not interested in getting into an argument on who and what says this or that about obesity - when I am talking about obesity, I am talking about my understanding of it, which is illustrated by the above article and my interpretation of that, specifically to the amount of BMI involved before the definition obesity is applied, and the various illnesses and suffering of the afflicted. All this talk is simply in effort to illustrate that I am not getting into a discussion on the aesthetics of different body types - that is not relevant to me or to this podcast!<br />
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Finally, joint swelling is also suffered by persons with obesity, and is very painful and uncomfortable. I would like to add that I have never heard of Cushing's disease until reading the above, so cannot opine on that particular point or aspect.<br />
Thanks again for the input and for the criticism, it was very useful and I always welcome criticism for without it I cannot grow, yet at the same time stay humble, both of which are necessary to a person if they want to learn anything from life. Thank you for reminding me of how careful I need to be when I voice my thoughts, if I want them to be understood. Understanding is one of the keys to peace, and after all, peace is the aim of all of this.Elizabeth Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364910521855672878noreply@blogger.com4