Imagine: LA Vegan Meat Competition
Imagine Los Angeles in the summer, June of 2019. It’s hot outside—sweaty, breezy, beach weather. People pack the coasts during the day and wander the streets at night, hopping from…
Vegans Creating Vegans
Not all behavior change is created equally. Let’s say you have $1,000. You could take that $1,000 and stash it under your bed for the next couple decades. Each passing…
Language on the Other Side
It’s rare for different flanks (groups? sides?) of the movement to talk to each other—what you may not know is how much people on different sides don’t even use the…
Book Summary—Good to Great, by Jim Collins
I have the good fortune to scale the walls at the same climbing gym as one of the great modern business authors of our day, Jim Collins. I recently finished…
Transforming and Creating Culture—A Reflection on the Holidays
What could holidays look like in a vegan world? Better yet, what new traditions can we create to bring people together? Thanksgiving, circa 2018 Currently, the majority of people in…
Recidivism: Or, Vegan and Back Again
Despite my best efforts, I almost didn’t make it into the movement. Going Veg, Attempts #1-6 In high school, I saw factory farm footage and thought it was terrible. I…
30 Million Vegans – Empowering People in the Movement for Animals
We’re sitting on top of a gold mine of potential impact for animals called “people empowerment”. All we have to do is start digging. Vegans, 1950 vs. 2018 Let’s say…