rachel shippee , @ 01:01PM PST Jan 04

As vegans it is our job to get the word out.
Educate to Liberate!!!!

Becca Bennett Burlington, VT @ 11:12AM PST Dec 30
Pledge fulfilled Dec 30, 2008!

I've been vegan a while and feed as many people delicious vegan food as often as possible. Don't just be vegan, promote it.  Many people are against it because they do not understand it. 
They do not understand the dietary choices.  Explain what you DO eat more then what you DO NOT.  I've found people just stuck on what you don't eat so they can't comprehend what there is left.
Become a trusted source of animal welfare information.  Don't militantly spout off things that will turn people defensive.  They begin to feel like they've done something wrong and that you are talking down to them.   Everyone deserves a chance to make an educated choice and some take longer to educate then others.
Be truely vegan.  Do not confuse people by saying you're vegan then eating fish.  It's ok if you aren't completely ready to be a strict vegetarian.  Saying you're vegetarian and then contradicting that infront of nonvegetarians makes them lose respect for the movement and/or dilutes what the word means (spreads misinformation).

William Cherry Ogden, UT @ 08:22AM PST Dec 30

That was easy! I'm already Vegan!!

james m nordlund Fargo, ND @ 01:59AM PST Dec 26

Ni hao.  An injustice to any is an injustice to all, "we, the people...", can't allow it  :)   The fundamental thing taught by Jesus was destruction and murder are of no profit or pleasure, something almost all supposed Christians are anti-thetically opposed to, as is your gov't; and a gleaning from Native American teaching, et al, all life are needed threads in the fabric of life.  Put your shadow behind you, give the gift that keeps on giving, a hand to a sister and/or brother, in the animal kingdom  :)

reality

kathleen wissenz warminster/ philadelphia, PA @ 06:46PM PST Dec 24

If the whole world were vegan, animals would finally be free to live their lives in peace. I believe humans would treat one another better. The environment would also benefit. I became a complete vegan two yrs. ago, and it has made my life so much better. I feel better knowing that I save animal lives by my life choices, and by spreading the word about veganism.

Robert Norris , Afghanistan @ 08:01PM PST Dec 21
Pledge fulfilled Dec 21, 2008!

If the planet went vegan, and everybody felt an animals life was important, do you really think world peace and human rights would even be an issue? Nope, it would be a given.

Solve your diet. Solve the universe. Its that simple. Eat death and destruction and ignorance and fear and you'll have that energy expressing itself in every action you take, leaving no choice but to create more ignorance, destruction and death.

Eat peacefully, respectfully and intelligently and you just might find your whole world flips upside down, as it did for me, and as it continues to do as each and every day people simply stop stealing and killing from others.

There's no movement in the other direction either... you don't really hear of people going from vegan to meat again... its almost unheard of and mythical. So this movement is gaining momentum and really, its innevitable that the whole world will catch on as we are reaching this critical mass of personal power and understanding. The individuals personal experimentation is now outweighing the bank rolled doctors orders and the meat funded dieticians that come in to lay the propaganda on pre school children while they are still too unaware to tell fact from fiction.

These are the facts, versus the blind faith we've been dotrinated about needing meat to survive. The food pyramid is turning upside down as the status quo's lies start to become visible on the dinner table while people sit around discussing the devesation on the environment. You combine the realisation that meat is unecesary with the damage on the environment and you would basically need to be void of individual thoughts to not realise the harm from an animal diet.

Its filling my heart with so much joy and vitality to know that the world is finally making the shift that einstien referred to as the greatest development humanity will ever make => going green.

All the power to you guys. I hear a lot of cheers coming from the heavens of mumma cows and mumma pigs hoping you save their little babies.!

Alina Zhak Seattle, WA @ 11:16PM PST Dec 14

Imagine a Vegan world...

:)

wendy crim Astoria, OR @ 04:59PM PST Dec 08

Going vegan has been the singal most rewarding thing I have ever done. I was a vegetarian for years, but the health, freedom, peace and happiness I feel now is unexplainable. I recomend it HIGHLY to everyone and anyone. My husband was my biggest push, as he went vegan before I did, and now I truly think our relationship has reached a newer deeper level of love and wholeness. Our kids are still vegetarians (although, they are almost vegan by default bc we don't really buy anything that's not vegan), but I think they will end up fully vegan soon. I am so greatful that these animal rights/environmental issues are here om change.org, bc I worked hard for Obama. Thanks

Sue Grisham Round Lake, IL @ 11:32PM PST Dec 05

For anyone who is looking for recipes, there are links here
http://www.meatout.org/recipes.htm#links

David Jacopin Vancouver, Canada @ 03:20PM PST Nov 13
Pledge fulfilled Nov 13, 2008!

So cool :) I became a vegetarian at the age of 19. A friend of mine did something very special to make everybody understand who animals are. She took a baby pig with her for more than a week. It was during the summer and we were all camping, so she even slept with the little pig in the tent. I'm now 32 and still vegetarian, simply because everything tastes so much better and is way easier to digest. I love my all the alternative soya products. I can do just about everything the same, even BBQ! Sandwiches with soya meat, soya cheese, pastas with fake chicken etc etc... SO GOOOOOOD :D