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The Perfect Reasons To Go Vegan
The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 1:
Why give food that you can eat to animals and then eat animal meat, or other animal products?
In other words, "Cut out the middle man."
The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 2:
Besides that, why contribute to the impact of eating animal meat, or other animal products, which accounts for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions?
In other words, "Cut out the global warming."
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., A Creative Writer)
"I maybe say too much about how life really is!"
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My Writing About The Perfect Reasons To Go Vegan: Why give food that you can eat to animals and then eat animal meat, or other animal products? In other words, "Cut out the middle man." Besides that, why contribute to the impact of eating animal meat, or other animal products, which accounts for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions? In other words, "Cut out the global warming." –Paul Whiting (written March 30th, 2015, revised October 18th, 2021 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Writing About How Raising Animals For Food Is Slavery: Raising animals for food is basically slavery—and we should not engage in, support, or condone slavery in any way, shape or form—because slavery is just plain wrong. –Paul Whiting (written April 11th, 2015 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Writing About Becoming Vegan: If possible, become vegan! I became vegan again (for the second time), around the end of March 2015, and I am feeling much better about my food choices, plus I am feeling much better overall. Veganism is naturally healthier and you can lose weight! The first time that I became vegan, I lost forty pounds over several months, due to choosing to only consume foods that were not animal-based. –Paul Whiting (written April 11th, 2015 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Writing About How Consuming Animal Meat And Other Animal Products Is Not Good: Consuming animal meat, as well as other animal products, is not good for the animals—it is not good for you—and it is not good for global warming, because livestock, and their byproducts, account for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. –Paul Whiting (written December 27th, 2015, revised October 18th, 2021, revised October 24th, 2021 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Writing Notes:
The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 1: Why give food that you can eat to animals and then eat animal meat, or other animal products? In other words, "Cut out the middle man." The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 2: Besides that, why contribute to the impact of eating animal meat, or other animal products, which accounts for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions? In other words, "Cut out the global warming."
And this prose was also published on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message I am trying to convey through "Poet, Artist and Philosopher."
This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com
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August 13th, 2023 Update: I pressed the Weather.com "Excessive Heat Warning" on my smartphone today, August 13th, 2023, and I was directed to a Google search page that had an advertisement at the top of the page, which stated the following:
Ad · https://www.plantbasedtreaty.org
Excessive Heat Warning Petition - Please Sign Urgent Petition
Take action today to protect animals, people and the planet. Sign the Plant Based Treaty.
So, I clicked on the hyperlink to the referenced webpage, which can be found below:
Plant Based Treaty
We invite you to sign the Plant Based Treaty*
And get a FREE Vegan Starter Kit
There is a climate emergency and you can help by signing the Plant Based Treaty*
The IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] issued a "final warning" in March 2022. We are heading towards 1.5C [1.5 degrees celsius, which is 34.7 degrees fahrenheit] warming by 2030 unless we change our reliance on fossil fuels and animal agriculture. You can help by signing the Plant Based Treaty* which has the goal of switching the planet to a plant-based food system and encouraging diet change, not climate change.
Join over 37,000 others and sign the Treaty today:
Name First: Paul
Name Last: Whiting
City: [redacted]
Country: [redacted]
Email: [redacted]
How would you describe your current diet?
[✓] Vegan / Plant-based
[ ] Vegetarian
[ ] Pescatarian
[ ] Reducing
[ ] Omnivore
Please tick if any of these categories apply to you (optional):
[ ] Elected Representative / [ ] Politician
[ ] Scientist
[ ] UN Ambassador
[ ] Doctor / Medical Ambassador
[ ] Athlete
[✓] Celebrity / Influencer
[ ] Other
[By the way, I would have chosen "Other" as a category, since I am a blogger, but I only got access to the option "If you would like to provide a quote in support of Plant Based Treaty..." when I selected "Celebrity / Influencer." So, that is why I selected that particular category, due to the fact that I am "Blogger / Influencer," so to speak.]
Additional information e.g. social media handle, website, credentials (optional):
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-perfect-reason-for-being-vegan.html
If you would like to provide a quote in support of Plant Based Treaty, for use on social media and press releases, please write it below:
"The Perfect Reasons To Go Vegan" from my 'Paul Whiting: Poet, Artist and Philosopher' blog...
The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 1:
Why give food that you can eat to animals and then eat animal meat, or other animal products?
In other words, "Cut out the middle man."
The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 2:
Besides that, why contribute to the impact of eating animal meat, or other animal products, which accounts for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions?
In other words, "Cut out the global warming."
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-perfect-reason-for-being-vegan.html
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*Plant Based Treaty
Join over 110,000 others and SIGN THE PLANT BASED TREATY
ENDORSE AS AN INDIVIDUAL:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/individual-endorse
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What is the Plant Based Treaty?
The adoption of a Plant Based Treaty as a companion to the UNFCCC [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] / Paris Agreement will put food systems at the heart of combating the climate crisis. The Treaty aims to halt the widespread degradation of critical ecosystems caused by animal agriculture, to promote a shift to more healthy, sustainable plant-based diets and to actively reverse damage done to planetary functions, ecosystem services and biodiversity.
The Plant Based Treaty has three core principles:
[1.] Relinquish
No land use change, ecosystem degradation or deforestation for animal agriculture
LEARN MORE:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/the-pbt/#relinquish
[2.] Redirect
An active transition away from animal-based food systems to plant-based systems
LEARN MORE:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/the-pbt/#redirect
[3.] Restore
Actively restoring key ecosystems, particularly restoring forests and rewilding landscapes
LEARN MORE:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/the-pbt/#restore
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109,284 INDIVIDUAL ENDORSERS
1,224 ORGANIZATION ENDORSERS
1,441 BUSINESS ENDORSERS
21 CITY ENDORSERS
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Why do we need a Plant Based Treaty?
Fossil fuels and animal agriculture are the driving force behind runaway global warming as well as extensive biodiversity loss, large-scale deforestation, species extinction, water depletion, soil degradation and ocean dead zones. Addressing fossil fuels alone isn’t enough – we need action on food systems too; that’s where the Plant Based Treaty comes in. The three main greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are at devastatingly high levels and rapidly accelerating.
Animal agriculture is driving Indigenous land theft in the Amazon; subjecting racially and ethnically marginalized communities to disproportionate amounts of toxic waste from factory farms and slaughterhouses as well as exposing workers to toxic chemicals, hazardous working conditions and severe trauma.
LEARN MORE:
https://youtu.be/3S7NRxZdd84
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Meet Our Endorsers:
[✓] Party for the Animals
[✓] Vegan Conservatives
[✓] Veganuary
[✓] UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
[✓] PCRM
[✓] Oceanic Preservation Society
[✓] REV Institute
[✓] Diet Change Not Climate Change
[✓] ProVeg International
[✓] Youth Climate Save
[✓] Ecotricity
[✓] Climate Save Movement
[✓] Million Dollar Vegan
[✓] DiEM25
[✓] Europa Verde
[✓] PETA
[✓] Jane Unchained News Network
[✓] IDA
[✓] Meat Free Mondays
[✓] Linda McCartney’s
See more:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/who-has-endorsed
We can create a better world. Let’s grow.
SIGN THE PLANT BASED TREATY:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/endorse
And, after I signed the Plant Based Treaty, I received a confirmation email today, August 13th, 2023, from PlantBasedTreaty.org, with the subject line, "Plant Based Treaty Next Steps", which stated the following:
Thank you for endorsing the Plant Based Treaty
The Paris Agreement is silent on animal agriculture. Even if we ended the use of fossil fuels today, we wouldn’t be able to stop the climate catastrophe without shifting to a plant-based food system.
Can you help promote the Plant Based Treaty?
Here are your next steps:
1. Join our Slack channel to connect with other endorsers and build the movement calling for a Plant Based Treaty
2. Download your social media pack[1] and endorse badges which can be used on your website, printed materials and newsletters
3. Start a Plant Based Treaty Team by downloading our organizers guide, completing our registration form and joining one of our weekly Friday introductory calls on zoom. English-speaking calls are every 10am and 2pm EST and Spanish-speaking calls are at 3pm EST. You can join with this link.
4. Set your own treaty goals (https://plantbasedtreaty.org/campaign-hub) and help encourage others to endorse the Plant Based Treaty...
...Eat plants, plant trees https://www.plantbasedtreaty.org
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1. READ ME
Dear endorser,
Thank you for supporting the Plant Based Treaty!
Within this folder you will find graphics you can use to spread the message about the Plant Based Treaty and announce your endorsement. We’d love it if you could tag us in your posts so we can connect with endorsers across the globe.
If you need help with suggested captions for your announcements, we’ve put together a few ideas that you can use for inspiration.
1. We are proud endorsers of the Plant Based Treaty. There is a code red climate emergency and we must take immediate action to avert catastrophe.
2. We have endorsed the Plant Based Treaty. Ending fossil fuels alone will not avoid climate breakdown, we must do both and we must do it now.
3. Please join us in endorsing the Plant Based Treaty. Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss, and the expansion must be stopped. Eat plants, plant trees and endorse the Plant Based Treaty.
4. There is a climate, ocean, biodiversity and animal crisis, but the solutions are right before our eyes. We need to phase out fossil fuels and transition to a plant-based diet. Action is required at all levels, from individuals, to business to government.
Let’s do it together and make an impact.
Team Plant Based Treaty
https://www.plantbasedtreaty.org
**So, after I signed the treaty above, I made a one-time donation to PlantBasedTreaty.org in order to show my support for the Plant Based Treaty! –Paul Whiting (written August 13th, 2023, revised August 14th, 2023, revised August 17th, 2023 and revised August 22nd, 2023)
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November 6th, 2024 Update No. 1 [My Writing About No Longer Being An 'Online Activist' In Any Way, Shape Or Form]: Due to Donald Trump winning the 2024 Presidential Election—and until further notice—I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in any way, shape or form, which includes no longer signing petitions from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations, and no longer sending letters to my Representative and Senators in Congress, as well as no longer making donations to political, social, environmental and charitable causes. Full stop! I am also unsubscribing from any of the emails that I used to receive from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations. In fact, I am even cancelling all of my monthly political donations to the main Democratic fundraising and coordinating organizations, as well as to the USO (United Service Organizations), in addition to cancelling all of my monthly news organization subscriptions, or news organization donations, because I am absolutely terrified of this second Trump administration. And I fully expect that democracy in America as we know will be over! So, I am choosing to not engage in any 'activism' whatsoever—plus, I am not even sure that I will be exercising my 'civic duty' by voting in any upcoming elections because, as a (formerly) donating and a (potentially former) voting Democrat, I totally fear the retribution of President Donald J. Trump. Full stop! –Paul Whiting (written November 6th, 2024 and revised November 7th, 2024)
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This "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" Post No. 231 was edited on November 7th, 2024.
"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
