S2, Ep4: The Role of Animal Welfare in Vegan Activism with Compassion In World Farming


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For many vegans, animal welfare activism can feel problematic. Why advocate for better farming practices when you’d rather not endorse animal farming at all? Isn’t it betraying the animals to be demanding anything less than their total freedom? And can animal welfare organisations really be working towards a vegan world whilst they are working alongside the companies killing animals for profit? This week co-hosts, Tylor and Evy discuss the complicated role of animal welfare in vegan activism and speak to expert animal welfare campaigner and hardcore vegan activist, Sean Gifford, of Compassion in World Farming to gain some valuable insights on how to straddle both the vegan and welfare approach to helping animals. Also on this episode…

  • How a small gesture by a chipmunk inspired Sean’s vegan awakening.

  • Sean discusses his multiple arrests for the animal rights cause and why nowadays he tries to avoid brushes with the law.

  • How a vegan deals with having to use welfare language like ‘humane meat’.

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S2, Ep3: Zero Waste Veganism with Max La Manna

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This week, The ChickPeeps are doing their darndest to learn about ways we can live a sustainably vegan life, and who better to discuss that with than zero-waste vegan chef, sustainability advocate, environmentalist and author, Max La Manna! Max has inspired thousands of people across the world to reduce their food waste and this episode he shows Momo and Evy how practical and fun a zero-waste lifestyle can be, and surmises on some the weird and wonderful ways we can use repurpose everything from avocado pits to banana skins. Also on this episode...

  • Max shares about his early forays into veganism and how to be a good closet vegan.

  • How Max’s interest in zero waste living started by looking in his own fridge.

  • How to use every last morsel of the avocado, though it may result in death!

  • Max shares some unusual beauty tips for living in the wild.

  • We’re already vegan - what else can we be doing to reduce our carbon footprint?

  • Being a sustainable vegan in the city - what do we do if we can’t compost?

  • What impact does reducing food waste in the home have?

  • How do we get excited about adopting sustainable practices.

  • Mindful practices for avoiding environmentalism fatigue - Max explains the 48 hour challenge he does every week to maintain a clear and positive mindset.!

  • ChickPeeps Zero Waste Challenge - Momo is a sustainability queen while Evy outs herself as a recovering hedonist.

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S2, Ep2: Joyful Veganism with Colleen Patrick Goudreau

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This week on The ChickPeeps, Evy speaks to renowned author, speaker, activist and all-around dazzlingly joyful vegan, Colleen Patrick Goudreau about learning how best to discuss and share our vegan values with others. Colleen also reveals insights on the importance of incorporating joy into one’s personal vegan lifestyle, and shares her passion for animal-related etymology and her conviction that we need to be mindful about using language that doesn’t normalise animal abuse. Also on this episode…

  • Why be a joyful vegan?

  • Bearing witness as a vegan activist - Are we betraying the animals if we choose not to share or look at images of violent animal abuse?

  • What is the most responsible way to channel one’s anger as a new vegan?

  • The role of vulnerability in sharing your vegan values.

  • ‘Veganism is the way to reach our goal of being as compassionate as we can; the goal is not to be as vegan as we can be, the goal is to be as compassionate as we can be.’

  • Colleen coaches Evy through how to approach and handle a conflict about veganism with a family member.

  • Colleen is the vegan therapist we all need!

  • ‘Do your work and step back’. Colleen shares how she releases the urge to control how the information she’s sharing is being received.

  • Communicating your message so that people will listen: ‘Do you want to be right or do you want to be effective?’

  • ‘Pizza’ or ‘Vegan pizza’: Evy and Tylor discuss listener Uma’s question on whether or not we should be declaring our veganism at every meal.

 

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S2, Ep1: Effective Activism with Earthling Ed

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Back to our regular Wednesday weekly slot, we, The ChickPeeps, find ourselves wildly keen to discuss the past year in vegan news - the updates, controversies, victories and progress, and who better to mull that over than with the exceptionally erudite animal rights’ activist, Earthling Ed. A much loved returning guest from season 1, Ed is vegan educator, public speaker and co-founder of Surge and The Official Animal Rights March. The past year has seen him spreading the vegan message to Ivy League students across America and opening his own non-profit vegan diner, and this week he takes time to pause and reflect on where the vegan movement is in the public consciousness now.

Also on this episode...

  • Is veganism winning?

  • What the Ivy League students have to say about veganism.

  • Is there space for joy in activism and how do we balance our personal lives with activism?

  • Should we all be full time activists?

  • How much is the government helping/hindering the animal rights movement?

  • Robbie and Ed go head to head in a battle for the title of nerdiest vegan as they share who reads the most science and medical journals.

  • Ed explains his reasoning for skulking around farmers chat rooms under the alias Farmer Ed (joke).

  • Ed has a surprising suggestion for the person he’d most like to see go vegan…

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S2: ChickPeeps Catch-up!

Hello, Season 2! The ChickPeeps are back! In this season 2 catch-up episode, your old friends, the ChickPeeps' co-hosts, aka, Evy, Momo, Robbie and Tylor return to pod-land to chat about the past year in our vegan lives, what’s new on the vegan scene and some triumphs - personal and public - in the vegan world!

Also on this episode…

  • We share what we’ve been up to for the past ChickPeep-less year.

  • Momo manifests a near-fatal bird appearance.

  • Vegan chocolate is everywhere which is problematic for Evy

  • Robbie is still an angry vegan and Tylor is back working in the animal rights world!

  • We discuss the major focus on environmentalism in the media and how that is putting veganism more in the spotlight - or is it? How do we broach the subject of veganism with people who keep posting videos of Greta Thunberg but saying nothing about transitioning to veganism?

  • We the backlash against veganism this year from some prominent vegan influencers. Should we be practicing the same patience we have with non vegans (pre-gans?) or is it important to be a bit more forceful in discussing the topic with ex-vegans?

  • We share our intentions for things we want to focus on throughout season 2.

  • Stay spangly…

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Ep 32: Season 1 Finale

For the finale of season 1, all ChickPeeps gather to reflect on the past 8 months and discuss the guests who have altered our respective outlooks on vegan life. We discuss our summer activism plans and share our personal weekly sources of vegan inspiration to see you through the rest of the summer!

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