VEGAN VOICE NO 45 MAR-MAY 2011

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TOWARDS A VEGAN PHILOSOPHY
Lyndal Prime says we have to reduce our involvement in consumer culture, and she’s starting by refusing to buy clothing made in sweatshops.

THE MAIN GAME
Geoff Russell says vegans need to concentrate on the main game – global warming for both human and nonhuman animals alike.

FREEDOM
Artist and activist Dave Warwak has been busy out in California setting the animals free. There is no worthier act, writes Dave from the back of his van at Venice Beach.

PROMOTING VEGANISM
Leigh-Chantelle Koch says that being vegan is not enough. We must utilise our skills, interests, passions, qualifications and expertise to promote veganism at every turn.

BEING GREEN AND MEANING IT
In January Utne Reader named Dr Glen Barry a visionary who is making the world a better place. Barry doesn’t mince words. In a case like this, he writes, with one side knowledgeable and the other ignorant, it’s up to the knowledgeable to destroy ignorance.

WRONG THINKING
85-year-old life vegetarian and vegan for four decades Coby Siegenthaler says people are not thinking right. Look after yourself and be well, says Coby. Eat plant food.

THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DO WRONG
People should not be legally allowed to oppress innocent animals, writes M. Butterflies Katz. And why should one species – humans – be legally allowed to devastate a planet that is home to many species? Our legal systems are uncivilised and archaic, she writes.

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From The Editor
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Your Letters

To The Max!
Max Success with all the stories you really didn’t need to know

Book Review
Skinny Bitch Ultimate Everyday Cookbook
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Reb’s Top Vegan Picks
Product reviews with Rebecca Bennett

On Your Soapbox
Susannah Waters says that people have the ability to look around, learn and challenge what they see. So why don’t they?

Vegan Kitchen
Sue Belfitt with some sweet treats

Mind The Media
Positive, prejudiced and just plain perverted media opinion

Earth News
The good, the bad and the ugly from around the planet

Raising Vegan Children
Alison Waters talks to two mothers about loving and nurturing tiny vegans

McDougall’s Medicine
Dr John says there are fatal gaps between the truth about the right diet for making a healthy baby and what prospective parents are told.

Here’s Health
A roundup of the latest nutritional studies, trials and outcomes

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"I think of veganism humbly and holistically. It’s about taking personal responsibility in a world so full of needless suffering. It’s challenging one’s self to open one’s eyes and question society’s assumptions and habits. It’s about critical thinking and compassion and how we would like to see the world evolve." - Michael Greger MD, American lecturer and author