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It was a lovely celebration of World Vegan Day up at Karamel on Sunday. Sunday roast, a great speech by Jasmijn de Boo, the Vegan Society CEO, and after that a totally barnstorming speech (which was long but which nobody wanted to end) by the awesome Fiona Oakes. So passionate, committed, and such a great attitude. She told about her world record marathon runs and the difficulties she encountered, including how she was censored by the BBC (who didn't want her to say that she was vegan, even though that was extremely important to her).
Then we watched Cowspiracy, a new documentary that makes the case that animal agriculture is a far bigger threat to the world's climate and cause of species extinction than any other factor. I don't know if the figures presented are true, must investigate, but it was convincingly made. It certainly leaves meat-eating 'environmentalists' no leg to stand on if they try to justify meat consumption on 'environmental' grounds , but of course that doesn't mean that it includes much of an ethical dimension. The problem is that even the film-maker's conversion to veganism during the film is not entirely convincing. It is caused by what I call 'depersonalised duty', in which people turn themselves into an instrument of a larger cause, but not from completely voluntary personal conviction. I do hope that he'll find a more complete motivation in due course. A very interesting watch, although an aesthetic warning is also in order, as it contains footage of distressing animal abuse, including killing.
All in all, a great day and evening, and definitely the best place for celebrating World Vegan Day considering that Louise, who invented World Vegan Day, is one half of the couple who run Karamel.
Make a mental note now to watch out for the next one in a year's time. :)