Vegan News for December 2019
There are many opportunities on Maui for vegans interested in outreach and advocacy. With support from the Maui Food Bank, other agencies and a group of dedicated volunteers, Maui Chilis on Wheels provides high quality vegan meals to people in need. If you are interested in volunteering as a food preparer or deliverer, join the group here. Save Maui Cats is a non-profit group of dedicated volunteers, devoting our time, money & resources to helping solve the tragic cat overpopulation on Maui. Check out SaveMauiCats.org or 808-344-6999. Anonymous for the Voiceless (AV) is an animal rights organization that specializes in educating the public on animal exploitation and fostering highly effective activism. If you are interested in volunteering, join the Maui group.
EVENTS
This listing is continuously updated as new events are announced.
Thursday, December 12, 7 pm, Preventing Heart Disease. Rizwan Bukhari, MD, presents this month’s Vegetarian Society of Hawaii lecture at the Cameron Center, 95 Mahalani St., Wailuku. Free. More information.
CONNECTIONS
If you live on Maui or visit regularly, you might consider visiting three Facebook pages, Vegan on Maui, Maui Vegans and the Facebook companion page to this website, Maui Vegan Life.
NEWS AND TRENDS
Survey: More Americans Eating Less Meat, Opting for Plant-Based Options Instead - Study Finds
Animal Agriculture Branded 'Leading Cause of Climate Change' In New Report … 11,000 Scientists Declare Climate Emergency, Urge Public to Slash Meat Consumption … Oxford: Vegan-based diet could cut food-related carbon emissions by 60% … Report: Meat Companies are Officially the World’s Biggest Water Polluters
Meat industry is trying to stifle plant-based food innovation
University of Oxford, University of Minnesota find Plant-Based Foods Good for Environment and Health … One Serving of Meat Is 35 Times More Environmentally Damaging Than a Serving of Vegetables, Oxford Study Finds
Plant-Based has staying power, study says … Richard Branson: "Plant-Based Meat Will Become the Norm and Animals Will No longer Need to be Killed for Food"
HEALTH
Largest Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Links Dairy and Disease
Plant-Based Diet Slashes Cognitive Decline in Old Age by up to 33 Percent, Study Finds
Dairy, plant-based food consumption may impact risk for prostate cancer
Fiber in fruits and grains protects against diverticulitis
There's a scientific reason you crave junk food when you don't get enough sleep
SPORTS AND FITNESS
Vegan diets for athletes: Cutting out meat ‘boosts heart health, endurance and recovery‘
Two-Time World Cup Champ Cafu Joins VeganNation to Save the Amazon
Vegan Sports Site Forced to Upgrade as Traffic Explodes After 'The Game Changers'
RESOURCES
The streaming documentary Vegan 2019 received 100,000 views within the first 30 hours of release. Watch it here.
With the availability of an ever-increasing number of plant-based meat alternatives, it’s important to avoid products are unhealthful. George Washington University’s Milken Institute of Public Health has prepared an online guide, Choosing Meat Alternatives that are Healthy and Sustainable. This resource summarizes research about the health and environmental impacts of meat vs. plant-based diets and offers practical tips for selecting healthful plant-based products. Vegans, vegetarians and anyone interested in plant-based meat alternatives should check it out.
THIS MONTH IN VEGAN HISTORY
December 2, 1861: Lewis Gompertz, author of an influential book promoting an early prototype of what is now called animal rights and veganism and a co-founder of the world’s first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, dies.
December 1931: The full text of Gandhi’s talk on the moral basis of vegetarianism is published in Vegetarian News.
December 1943: British woodworker Donald Watson, founder of the Vegan Society, presented "Should Vegetarians Eat Dairy Produce?" and noted that "the cow feels the loss of her calf in much the same way that a human mother would feel the loss of her child."