Peter Hammarstedt – Animal Rights Conference 2009 in Los Angeles
September 13, 2009 by admin
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Peter Hammarstedt was born in Sweden and raised in the United Kingdom. Peter joined the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as soon as he was old enough to submit an application.
A fervent advocate for the rights of animals, Peter believes that in their capacity to suffer, animals are our equals. From the foreboding Labrador Coast to the treacherous Antarctic Continent, Peter has sailed the seven seas trying to put those words into action. He has saved as many live as as he can from illegal whaling, sealing and destructive fishing practices.
In his five years with Sea Shepherd, Peter has been held hostage by Ecuadorian fishermen; physically attacked by sealers; aulted and arrested by the Canadian Coast Guard (twice); involved in a confrontation which included the side-swiping of an illegal whaling ship; been rammed by another; and pulled up countless miles of fishing longline. In the war to defend life in the oceans, this Swede is far from neutral.
Between campaigns, Peter is finishing a degree in media and communications at Stockholm University and is actively campaigning with the Swedish Animal Rights Alliance.
Please visit http://www.ARconference.org and http://www.SeaShepherd.org
Duration : 0:11:59
Animal rights in Mexico
September 11, 2009 by admin
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Gente por la Defensa Animal (People for Animal Defense) www.gepda.org
Mision
“To fight against cruelty and violence toward animals in Mexico, through the enforcement of laws and preventive education.”
Duration : 0:5:55
vegan cupcakes
the process of making vegan cupcakes in 1min. (music by: the pixies)
Duration : 0:1:10
Onision – Animal Rights
September 7, 2009 by admin
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Duration : 0:6:34
Vegans
vegans in Union Square in San Francisco share the vegan message
Duration : 0:3:58
Animal Rights Bill – Rev Andrew Linzey speaks
September 5, 2009 by admin
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Does the Animal Kingdom need a Bill of Rights. Rev Dr Andrew Linzey author ‘Christianity and the Rights of Animals’ speaks for the motion. Please leave comments and keep them child friendly.
Duration : 0:5:58
Interview with legendary animal rights activist Keith Mann
September 3, 2009 by admin
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During his short stay in Slovenia Keith, legendary animal rights activist gave us a interview about his work, ALF, fight for animal rights, his suggestions to Slovenians, and support for Vallant.biz campaign to protect Slovenia’s nature and animals.http://vallant.biz /Med kratkim obiskom v Sloveniji, nam je legendarni aktivist za pravice živali Keith Mann dal intervju o njegovem delu, ALF, boju za pravice živali, njegovih nasvetih Slovencem in podpori kampanji Vallant.biz za zaščito slovenske narave in živali http://vallant.biz
Duration : 0:5:21
Dennis Kucinich Proclaims June 21st Vegan Earth Day
United States becomes first nation in the world to formally recognize Vegan Earth Day
The worlds first annual Vegan Earth Day celebration was held at Pierce College in Woodland Hills California, USA, on June 21, 2009. The brainchild of Bob Linden, producer and host of Go Vegan with Bob Linden, a California-based global radio program, Vegan Earth Day immediately received national recognition. Mr. Linden conceived of the idea of Vegan Earth Day out of a concern that the largest contributors to climate change were not being addressed in other Earth Day celebrations. He stated “In 2006, the United Nations told us that the livestock sector contributed 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Now we understand that climate change is advancing faster than scientists predicted, and that methane from cows is over 20 times more deadly a greenhouse gas, and nitrous oxide from cows over 200 times more potent. This means the livestock industry is even more culpable in addressing climate change than we ever imagined. The only true green lifestyle then is vegan. It’s shocking, but meat and dairy cause global warming more than all transportation combined. So I started Vegan Earth Day so people would understand that the most important thing they can do to save the planet is eat a vegan diet. Let’s not depend on governments to save the environment. It’s up to us, each of us individually, to go vegan today, and then every day will be a real earth day!”
Two time US presidential candidate and current Democratic Member of the House of Representatives, Ohio, Dennis Kucinich, who is a vegan himself, showed his full support. He recognized VEGAN EARTH DAY in a statement, delivered from the floor of the United States Congress, and documented permanently in the Congressional Record, declaring June 21, 2009, as Americas first official Vegan Earth Day, making the United States the first country in the world to formally recognize the importance of adopting an animal free diet to sustain and preserve our earth. To further indicate his support, Mr. Kucinich sent his congratulation remarks via video, in which he declared that adopting a vegan (animal free) diet was one of the best decisions he has made in his life.
The speakers and musicians, including several US celebrities, were also all vegan. They showed their full support for the first annual Vegan Earth Day.
Guest speakers included Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, one of the foremost heart specialists in the world and author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Mr. Chris DeRose, former television actor, animal activist, and founder of Last Chance for Animals, Ms. Christine Garcia, founder and lead council of the Animal Law Office in San Francisco, and host of the television show Ethics and Animals, Lorri Houston, founder and director of Animal Acres, and Rip Esselstyn, world class triathlon athlete turned firefighter and author of the New York Times Best Seller, The Engine 2 Diet. Vegan musicians included Joanelle Romero, actress, producer, and CEO of the first American Indian television station, Red Nation Indian, the Luminaries, a 10 piece band, international reggae recording artist, Bushman, and Sony Music / Epic Records vocalist Naomi Striemer, among others. Details on future viewing of the webcast will be posted at http://www.GoVeganRadio.com.
The highlight of the event was the evening conference, Vegan Earth Day for a Vegan World. Hosted by Bob Linden, the guest of honor was Supreme Master Ching Hai, world renowned humanitarian, spiritual leader and artist. Winner of the Gusi Peace Prize, World Spiritual Leadership Award, and World Citizen Humanitarian Award, and 3-time speaker at the United Nations, Supreme Master Ching Hai actively promotes the vegan diet as the primary way to sustain our earth, halt climate change, and achieve world peace. Although unable to attend in person, Supreme Master Ching Hai delivered her address via video. Stating meat is murder, she explained that meat consumption not only causes indescribable anguish to the 55 billion animals killed each year for food, it is also the number one killer of human beings, and is responsible for more deaths than all the wars in the world combined. Quoting scientific evidence, she described the environmental costs of meat consumption, including rain forest deforestation, acidification of our earths oceans, pollution, and inefficient resource use. She also provided medical evidence of how an animal-based diet is devastating to our health. Supreme Master Ching Hai concluded that we can achieve world peace only when we learn to live in harmony with our animal co-inhabitants.
The evenings program was broadcast live on Supreme Master Television, a global constructive TV channel broadcast world-wide on 14 satellite platforms, with subtitles in up to 42 different languages. The program is also available online at http://www.SupremeMasterTV.com.
Duration : 0:3:18
Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison (“Little Guantanamo”)
August 30, 2009 by admin
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Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a “CMU” to Democracy Now.
Thanks to YT channel “StartLoving1″ for getting this up so quickly today.
In a DN exclusive interview, Amy Goodwin speaks with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU and talks about his experience there for the first time. He was sentenced to three years along with six other activists for violating a controversial law known as the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of CMU’s.
Duration : 0:10:4
Be Vegetarian
August 30, 2009 by admin
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http://www.siddhayatan.org
http://www.yogeeshashram.org
http://www.askacharyashree.com
Dr. Acharya Yogeesh speaks on Vegetarianism. We are not born as meat-eaters and our human body was not meant to digest meat. He talks about the first animal rights movement in history alongside animal cruelty. 3 part series.
Be Vegetarian
There is currently great awareness about vegetarianism especially among celebrities. Truly, we are born vegetarian. The most obvious factor is that our teeth don’t match those of meat eating animals. We lack claws to prey on our food source. Animals can digest raw meat without cleansing. Humans cannot do that. All our foods have to be washed of dirt and insects. Our intestines are very long in comparison to animals. Animals can digest meat very fast because of it. In humans digesting meat takes about three days, which means that food spoils in the intestines causing sickness and disease. Meat also clogs our arteries.
In Hindu culture our ancestors who were hunters ate meat. Unfortunately, their blood is still running in our veins. We need to purify it. Thousands of years ago however, out of realization that eating beef was harmful they declared the cow a sacred animal. When people considered the cow sacred they could no longer kill it. The cow is also considered like a mother because we are raised on her milk. The animal rights movement started in order to protect the life of animals.
Krishna’s cousin, a Jain tirthankar, had this vision. Krishna arranged for his wedding in a city in an area where many animals were caged in. His cousin inquired of his charioteer why they were there. The charioteer informed him that they were there for the wedding waiting to be slaughtered. He immediately ordered the charioteer to free all the animals from the cage. That was the origin of animal rights awareness. He then asked his charioteer to take him up the hill and there he became a monk and later became enlightened. He was the 22nd Jain Tirthankar. Krishna followed his example and now you see Krishna’s pictures always with animals around him. While he plays the flute the animals are in trance next to him. Even animals can go into trance around peaceful people. Krishna loved his cousin and so he left his kingdom and became enlightened.
*tags* spiritual, spirituality, spiritual teacher, spiritual guru, spiritual master, seeker, truth, enlightenment, peace, self-realization, meditation, awareness
Duration : 0:8:15
