Tag Archives: environment

Human insect use and consumption – a compilation

Posted on September 27, 2022 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I was shocked to read recently that around 1 TRILLION (1 trillion = 1,000,000,000,000) individual insects are currently raised for consumption and killed on farms every year. It’s a staggering number, all the more so for the fact that it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in insects, Uncategorized, Victims in the shadows | Tagged African palm weevil (Rhynchoporus phoenicis), cricket (Acheta domesticus), domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori), environment, honeybee (Apis mellifera), insects, invertebrate, mopane caterpillar (Imbrasia belina), sentience, sentient, yellow meal worm (Tenebrio molitor) | 2 Comments

Eggs – careless talk costs lives

Posted on November 23, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘Time to quit eating eggs unless you’ve toured your local farm and actually see how the chickens live and lay eggs and are they ever abused in any way.’ This was a comment on a post that was shared on … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Chickens and eggs, Terminology | Tagged abuse, abused, backyard, egg laying, environment, factory farming, language, local, locally raised, selective breeding, Terminology, treatment, words | 1 Comment

‘Transparency in advertising’ – bring it on

Posted on August 9, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

As expected the animal use industries are mounting an increasingly bizarre pushback against the labelling of substances for which they long ago co-opted names. There are frequent media outcries about who has the right to use words like ‘milk’, ‘sausage’, … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Global disasters | Tagged advertising, breast milk, burger, climate, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, dairy, diet, environment, environmental destruction, extreme weather, guidelines, health, healthy, marketing, milk, nutrition, plant based diet, plant-based, plant-based eating, plants, sausage, supermarket, sustainability, transparency, transparency in advertising, truth in advertising, vegan, veganism, weather | 7 Comments

Veganism; do motives matter?

Posted on May 18, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Recently I saw a comment that ‘most people define veganism as the same as a plant based diet‘, before they went on to say, ‘Why does it matter? If people go vegan for health or environment it’s still good for … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Global disasters, Health and plant based eating | Tagged anti-vegan, climate change, climate emergency, definition, diet, environment, ex-vegans, health, injustice, motivation, motive, opression, plant based diet, vegan, vegan for health, vegan for the environment, veganism | 19 Comments

Inspiring veganism

Posted on August 26, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to yearn for the endless immensity of the sea. ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery Today I read … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged commitment, compromise, consumer demand, environment, farming, health, passion, plant-based, sentience, sentient, tick list, trade off, vegan, veganism | 3 Comments

The way it’s always been and if we stop they’ll become extinct

Posted on April 9, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘ Humans have been using other animals since the beginning of time.’ ‘It’s always been this way.’ ‘If we stop farming them they’ll become extinct.’ The idea that ‘nothing can change from the way it’s always been done’, is commonly … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, FAQ | Tagged backyard, battery, chickens, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, Cruelty, domestication, environment, extinct, extinction, factory, free range, genetic modification, harm, hens, humane, justice, sanctuary, selective breeding, slaughter, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 9 Comments

What is veganism – a reminder

Posted on January 5, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

In recent days, I’ve seen many comments on posts and pages making suggestions about how to be more persuasive about veganism; how to make it more ‘appealing’. ‘You should be telling people to watch < film about human health>’; ‘You … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Terminology, What is ...? | Tagged advocacy, Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, diet, environment, ethics, health, human superiority, justice, milk, sentience, vegan, veganism, victims | 18 Comments

For Earth Day: thoughts about speciesism, biophilia and veganism

Posted on April 22, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Recently, I was introduced to a new word. Finding this one gave a name to a notion that has become more acute in my recent years as an advocate, prompting thoughts that I’d like to share in recognition of Earth … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals, Global disasters, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, awakening, biophilia, catastrophe, climate, climate change, commodification, destruction, disaster, Earth day, ecosystem, entitlement, environment, ethics, extinction, harm, health, human superiority, justice, love, moral choices, planetary collapse, pollution, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, tyranny, vegan, veganism, victims | 5 Comments