August 2018
Our economy needs change: The UN Global Sustainable Development Report
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 28th 2018, August 28th 2018
The input document on the economic transformation that will be required for a sustainable future, which will be used in the upcoming UN global sustainable development report 2019 is out. Like many others they also realized that a sustainable future will require drastic change to the way we eat...
Strengthening our motivation: Fostering peace, preventing conflict and the illusion of sustainable animal agriculture
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 26th 2018, August 26th 2018
In our series aim at strengthening our motivation we wanted to discuss the illusion of sustainable and organic animal agriculture and how plant-based food foster peace and prevent conflicts...
Just the facts: Veganism and human rights
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 22nd 2018, August 22nd 2018
We wanted to discuss veganism with regards to human rights....
The first vegan ETF in the world
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 20th 2018, August 20th 2018
Just a quick reminder that we are still looking for investors for the first vegan exchange traded fund (ETF) in the world. Vegan financial services will be an important building block of a sustainable future. If you have a sizable portfolio and are interested in shaping the first Vegan ETF contact us for more details.
Just the facts: Vitamin B12
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 12th 2018, August 12th 2018
We wanted to discuss vitamin B12 and dispel the wrong information we often see being repeated....
Discussions of Greenpeace's meat and dairy consumption target
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 7th 2018, August 10th 2018
We wanted to both congratulate and discuss Greenpeace's meat and dairy consumption target for 2050...
New Gallup polls on veganism
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 7th 2018, August 7th 2018
A new Gallup poll should help lay to rest, as we have discussed before, the misconception that following a diet compatible with the vegan philosophy is only for the rich and famous
Americans earning less than $30,000 annually are more likely to identify as vegetarian. Nine percent of this group say they are vegetarian, a higher percentage than is true of Americans in the two higher-income groups. Differences in levels of veganism among these three groups are not statistically significant.
Unfortunately it also confirm once more that the rate of veganism has been stagnant for a long time.
We must do more
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 7th 2018, August 7th 2018
We must do more. The latest estimate for meat consumption for 2018 and projection for 2019 for the USA are out and apart from milk, we can see the US is breaking all time high records and Canada is also following in their footstep increasing since 2014...
Emission impossible: How big meat and dairy are heating up the planet
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 2nd 2018
Did we talk about climate change yet? Of course we are biased: We have a bias against human caused mass extinction events and the suffering it will cause to all animals including human beings. This new report confirms our internal calculations...
Veganism is protected by human rights
Vegan Society of Canada News, August 1st 2018, August 1st 2018
Veganism is protected by Canadian and international human rights law and you are entitled to basic respect from colleagues, bosses and peers. If you have some problems with public institutions contact your schools, hospital dietician, or appropriate manager to discuss these issues with them. If you are having some problems that cannot be resolved contact us we would like to hear from you.