Motivation & Resources
Motivating QUOTES
“Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. ” “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
~ Albert Einstein
“Raising animals for food causes more water pollution than any other industry in the US because animals raised for food produce one hundred thirty times the excrement of the entire human population. It means 87,000 pounds per second. Much of the waste from factory farms and slaughter houses flows into streams and rivers, contaminating water sources.”
~ John Robbins
“...The real cause of hunger is a scarcity of justice, not a scarcity of food. Enough grain is squandered every day in raising American livestock for meat to provide every human being on earth with two loaves of bread.”
~ John Robbins
“The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of “real food for real people” you'd better live real close to a real good hospital.”
-- Neal Barnard, M.D.
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.”
~ Paul McCartney
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
~ Albert Schweitzer, French philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952)
Raise Your AWARENESS
ESSENTIAL LINKS:
A Life Connected: nonviolenceunited.org
Catskill Animal Sanctuary http://casanctuary.org/
ChooseVeg.com: www.chooseveg.com/
Defenders of Wildlife www.defenders.org/index_v2.html
Farm Sanctuary: www.farmsanctuary.org/
Humane Society of the United States www.humanesociety.org/
Mercy For Animals: www.mercyforanimals.org/
Meatless Mondays: www.meatlessmonday.com/
No Voice Unheard: www.novoiceunheard.org/
MooPIg Naturals www.moopignaturals.com
PETA: www.peta.org/
Plastic Coalition: plasticpollutioncoalition.org/
BOOKS:
Animal Liberation Book, Peter Singer
The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories, Daniel Imhoff: cafothebook
Eating Animals, Jonthan Safran Foer
Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food, Gene Baur
The Food Revolution, Diet for a New America, John Robbins, www.johnrobbins.info/
The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights, Ingrid E. Newkirk
Where the Blind Horse Sings, Kathy Stevens
World peace Diet, Will Tuttle
FILMS:
Food Inc.: http://www.foodincmovie.com/
Peaceable Kingdom: www.peaceablekingdomfilm.org/
Fowl Play: www.fowlplaymovie.com/
Earthlings: www.earthlings.com/
VIDEOS to View NOW:
The Vegan in Me by Naomi Forman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za2uHcU1lwA'
Farm to Fridge: The Truth Behind Meat Production
Narrated by Oscar-nominee James Cromwell, this powerful 12-minute film film takes you on an eye-opening exploration behind the closed doors of the meat and dairy industry.Warning: This video contains graphic and disturbing images. Warning: This video contains graphic and disturbing images.