I should be working on the mountain of essays I have due within the next week, BUT sometimes a blog idea comes to mind that you can just not ignore.
Tis the season of giving, receiving, having and sharing (Friends reference obviously). What a better way to give to the earth, receive health benefits, have new lease on life, and share new delicious food with the ones you love than by becoming vegan?!
Still not convinced? Alright, let me give you some other awesome vegan reasons.
(I won't even use animal cruelty as an example because everyone's heard all of that before)
1. For those of you who like numbers and statistics:
840 million people in the world do not have enough to eat
Hunger causes the death of more than 5 million children a year
A varied vegan diet requires around 1/3 the land needed for a "conventional Western diet"
Overgrazing is linked to 35% of soil degradation
Agricultural expansion accounts for over 60% of worldwide deforestation
Farm animals now outnumber humans more than 3 to 1
*all these facts were taken from The Vegan Society's website
** lots of other great facts on World Watch
2. For those of you who like pictures and graphs:
3. For those of you who think it would be too hard:
There are hundreds of companies making vegan substitutes, hundreds of blogs with free recipes, and no one said you had to change over night!
And here are some more pictures to help you out!
4. This is possibly the biggest reason of all:
Beyonce and Jay Z just started a 22 day vegan challenge! If the king and queen of hip-hop can't convince you than I have no chance!
Well I hope all of you non-vegans out there take this list into account and consider a vegan life style. Everything is "too hard" until we actually try it!
See you stateside in 10 days <3
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