“Until we extend out circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find Peace.” Albert Schweitzer.
The United Nations Culture of Peace, the original idea upon which the United Nations was founded, is furthered by promoting the Vegan Lifestyle. There is a proven correlation between animal abuse and other, more aggressive violence, towards people. Mahatma Gandhi believed eating meat causes violence, even wars. Promoting the Vegan Lifestyle may be one of the greatest contributors to World Peace.
In this season of peace, let our food choices be agents of our good will toward all beings and to our living planet Earth. A whole-food, plant-based diet, beyond its healing and nourishing properties, is created with far less violence. Thus, it is gentler on humans, on the Earth, and on our fellow creatures with whom we share it.
If you are looking for ideas for delicious, plant-based meals that are easy to prepare, I found a treasure trove of them on Amazon. In fact, I was awed by the sheer number of plant-based cookbooks – 100 pages of them!
Each book’s take on plant-based eating is unique and practical: eating plant-based for $4 a day, plant-based for students, plant-based meals for one, spectacular salads, lean and green for building muscle, slow cooker, plant-based soups and stews, burgers, plant based for beginners, one-dish meals, raw foods, plant-based appetizers, desserts, smoothies, festive dinners, plant-based Asian, French, Moroccan, Indian, Mexican, Italian, Mediterranean, and more.
The list goes on and on. See it here: PLANT-BASED COOKBOOKS.
For books filled with healthy, plant-based holiday recipes (many downloadable), see: VEGAN HOLIDAY COOKING. This joyous blizzard of plant-based cookbooks bodes well for a consciousness of nonviolence and peace that must – and is – spreading across the planet. It’s a wonderful season to be part of this awareness and enjoy the life-affirming meals created with these beautiful recipes. Enjoy!
There is no world peace without justice for everyone, not just those of a certain species. This is from a speech by Robert Grillo, Free From Harm, at a rally in Chicago, January 2018, regarding justice for all – not just the human species, but for all – including the animals.
“Free From Harm is dedicated to intersectionality, that is helping end all forms of oppression to vulnerable human groups and other species. We expose the industries that profit on their suffering. We have been inside their places of exploitation, and rescued some of their weakest, sickest, most desperate, and defenseless weeks-old victims, We expose what exploiters work so hard to conceal from the public.
Intersectionality means justice for all, not justice for some at the expense or exclusion of others. We believe that what Martin Luther King Jr. famously said decades ago is even more relevant today: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an in inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny”
The bottom line is that we all share a common source of oppression. The corporations and our corporate states that oppresses vulnerable human groups are the same ones that exploit other species and the planet’s resources, as if they own all of us. Let me say it again. Our struggle is against a common oppressor. And we are stronger together.
When we mobilize, we pose the biggest threat to their power.
As intersectional activists, we stand in solidarity with all of you and all social justice. We support and strengthen each other. As long as we see injustice to our own kind and other species, we will loudly, confidently and persistently raise our voices for those who have been silenced! We are on the right side of history! So let’s show this city and the world what a united front looks like!”
