I asked hundreds of vegans how they made
the connection I realize that there are
about three stages to becoming vegan
firstly something has to spark a
person's interest in veganism
there are many creative ways to get
someone to the stage but here are some
ideas that I've found to be most
effective viral videos and news articles
are brilliant for this so share them
around everywhere and you'll get the
attention of people that wouldn't
normally be interested in veganism this
is why making videos about celebrities
is very effective and vegan athletes are
also very influential so share their
stories too controversy is very useful
for this as a controversial vegan post
video our idea will get shared around
out of anger and will inevitably spark
the interest of more open-minded people
at the same time culture jamming is also
useful tactic which means making use of
existing images and slogans and leeching
off it to spread a contradictory message
things like leaflets and articles can
also help spark someone's interest you
can also interest people through
conversations in everyday life through
friends family and work colleagues if
you lead by example and inspire them
through your health and compassion they
will be curious vegan t-shirts can help
start off a conversation if you have a
vegan youtube channel write intelligent
comments on non vegan videos and people
will inevitably click on your channel
out of interest if you become a regular
commenter on a smaller Channel that
reply to their comments you may
influence the YouTube creator to health
conscious people should be more
open-minded towards veganism a large
number of people come to veganism with
the attention of becoming healthy
whether you have heart issues have
asthma depression or just want to lose
weight a Whole Foods plant-based diet is
definitely a good way to do this many
vegans come to it for health and stay
when they connect with the ethics it's
much easy to understand that exploiting
animals is wrong when you're no longer
contributing to it however if you only
want to become vegan for personal gains
and never watch something like
Earthlings there's a risk of it becoming
another fad diet which is why these
people have not reached the final stage
of becoming v
even if they to completely plant-based
diet and target Hippocrates a lot of
people I asked found veganism through
trying to help the world we're ignoring
the damage that they were causing
themselves through their everyday
actions a lot of people who truly love
their pets while at the same time paying
people to kill and abuse of our animals
will make the connection on their own
someday but by engaging in conversations
about it you can help them get there
quicker most vegetarians and
pescetarians are ignorant to the dairy
egg and even meat industries so teaching
about why they need to be vegan tell
them about the dairy industry which
forcibly impregnates cows steals their
babies and forces them to produce milk
until they're too worn out to be
profitable and are killed tell them
about the egg industry which grinds up
male chicks alive
burns beaks off and exploits chickens
until they're not profitable enough and
are also killed many feminists are total
hypocrites but when you tell the truth
eminent about how the meat dairy and egg
industries exploit the reproductive
system and rape animals they'll go vegan
same with environmentalists if you care
about the environment and you realize
that animal agriculture is responsible
for up to 51% of global carbon emissions
compared to the 13 percent of all global
transportation when you realize that he
uses 1/3 of the Earth's fresh water up
to 45% of the Earth's land is
responsible for 91% of Amazon rainforest
destruction with one to two acres being
cleared every second when you realize
this is also the leading cause of
species extinction ocean dead zones and
habitat destruction it makes sense to go
vegan immediately just help people
realign their beliefs with their actions
but understand that there are some
people that will never get to the stage
of being interested in veganism so don't
spend too much time trying to convert
people that aren't remotely interested
and there are so many people that do
want to listen sometimes you have to
just wait until they're ready to reach
this first stage and sometimes something
has to change within them first before
anyone can help
the second step is the research stage
when you learn about veganism it's easy
to help these people show them links and
information and educate them a large
percentage of people I spoke to went
vegan after watching a documentary or
video or reading an online article so I
encouraged activists to recommend the
following resources when others show
interest in veganism use websites like V
January adapter org Cal spirits e
nutrition facts P CRM and how do I go
vegan and documentaries like fooling
earthlings cal spirits e Forks Over
knives and vegetated YouTube videos like
meet your meat farm to fridge gary
yourofsky's best speech ever philip
woolens speech and dr. Gregers uprooting
the leading causes of death and I also
made a how to go vegan overnight video
which breaks down exactly how to go
vegan save a file with links to these
and share them when the opportunity
arises just by living vegan you'll find
plenty of non vegans who want to learn
but I encourage you to go looking for
these open-minded people because they
want your help a great place to find
potential vegans is through YouTube
comments spend an hour going through a
popular vegan or vegetarian video with
thousands of comments and you'll find
loads of confused people who just need
some guidance so be there for them and
you will probably get at least one
person to go vegan during the process
and if not you look planted a lot of
seeds the last stage is when they take
the action and become vegan there are a
lot of people stuck between these two
stages knowing that they should be vegan
but not knowing how to make it a reality
due to certain obstacles and as an
activist you have the power to get these
people vegan with minimal effort from
asking vegans about the obstacles they
faced I found that most of the time it's
just the struggle of knowing what to eat
and eliminating non vegan products
especially cheese but also cakes and
dairy milk while addictions like cheese
can be hard to break it's easy enough to
find vegan cheese
cakes and milk alternatives that are
just as good so through your activism
don't be afraid to suggest these foods
even though they may not be the
healthiest and it's easy to give up
animal products when you see them for
what they are
so always remind people how cruel and
disgusting these products are as an
example when I found out about the baby
calf stolen from their mothers and the
parson milk
it simply wasn't an option to consume
dairy products regardless of how I
picked it I may have been another
barrier is the concern over health the
ignorance surrounding b12 iron protein
and calcium is massive so destroy these
myths with the facts use the work of
credible doctors like dr. T Colin
Campbell dr. Coldwell Esselstyn dr. Neal
Barnard and dr. Michael Greger and this
will help reassure people and the last
major obstacle I found is unsupportive
friends and family members depending on
your aging character this can be the
toughest thing to overcome
no one can physically force you to eat
animal products whoever you are if
prisoners have the rights to eat vegan
then so do you as an activist give
people the strength and courage to be
open about their desire to be vegan if
you establish open dialogue with those
around you and clearly explain to them
why it is important to you most people
will get where you're coming from even
if they don't want to do it themselves
if you try this and still face extreme
and unfair resistance just be vegan
anyway find support online and those
around you will be forced to accept your
choice eventually and when you've
researched and connected with veganism
properly you will realize that any
subsequent inconvenience is
insignificant compared to the suffering
and destruction that would otherwise
cause through your indifference that is
when you become vegan
there are too many mediums you can
utilize for your activism through your
everyday life or on the internet with so
many people using the internet for
everything in their life digital
activism is becoming the best way to
share information especially to the
younger generation a lot of people
became interested in veganism through
social media whether it's a sarcastic
cartoon by vegan sidekick a funny meme
or a powerful Cal spirity fact it's easy
to share information using these widely
used tools platforms like Twitter
Instagram Facebook or tumblr all have
slightly different formats but if you
can utilize them effectively you can
help a lot of people to go vegan just be
prepared to follow up everything you
share with facts links support and
advice and you will inevitably influence
others to make the change you can also
create websites and blogs to share your
ideas and information but these are only
effective if you can get enough online
traffic I created a wordpress blog
initially but stopped using it when I
realized I could reach a lot more people
through YouTube so don't be afraid to
experiment and adjust your approach as
you go along well the Internet is
probably the easiest way to reach an
unlimited number of people wherever you
are and anytime you can also use your
time in your everyday life to help
people sometimes there's random
discussions with people at work or
school or at a supermarket or anywhere
can make a massive difference with
minimal effort and sometimes it really
helps to watch a video or documentary
with a friend or family member rather
than just sending it to them
you can also engage in protests and
street activism if that suits your
character and if you're bold and
creative powerful stunts can make a
massive impact but understand that you
can easily magnify any action by
recording and uploading it to YouTube so
if you're going to do something big
record it or ask someone else to you
might not turn everyone vegan through
every action but you will make a
difference you could just help a handful
of people to reach the next stage of
becoming vegan
you'll never know quite how many lives
you'll change but what matters is that
you're doing something what matters is
that the world will be a better place
because you came here to do what you can
with what you have and do it now
you