People often ask why I’m vegan, and I usually sum it up with a three part answer: I’m vegan for my health, the environment and the animals. I’ve found this is a common answer among many vegans because it’s a very succinct way in answering such a complex question.
We had a new member at our vegan book club this past month and she shared this wonderful video with me that encapsulates my three-prong answer. I love how there are no graphic images yet it still conveys a powerful message. Although I feel like the undercover videos are extremely important for animal rights, I think it’s also good to have videos like this one that can be shown to a wide audience.
I want to hear from you: if you’re vegan, how do you answer this question, “Why are you vegan?”
Running on Vegan 
This is a powerful, succinct and informative video. It explains the nuts and bolts of why someone would go vegan. I think the only thing it lacks is the true passion behind it though. It is perhaps a bit too passive from an emotional point of view though it would be effective for persuading an analytical audience. The film I saw earlier this year – A Peaceable Kingdom – was what turned me to adopting a vegan lifestyle as it showed the conversion of farmers from being former killers to compassionate animal-lovers who recognised the value of all life. It was very touching and deeply affecting. I think a combination of these two approaches is most affective.
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I agree with you. It is a nice video to show a certain kind of audience (i.e., ones who refuse to watch the undercover investigative work being done). I had someone tell me about A Peaceable Kingdom this weekend and that she recommends it to everyone. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks! And thanks for reading!
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There’s also the human welfare side of animal and environmental non-vegan industries such as the long term effects of people in poor countries in leather colour dying. I don’t agree with what they’re doing but they’re still being used.
I agree that veganism encapsulates ethics in a multi-faceted way and for those of us who went vegan for ethical/spiritual reasons it’s easier to answer this way 🙂
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You are absolutely right! Many people forget about the human rights aspect of being vegan. Thank you for pointing that out. It’s such a hard question to answer to non-vegans, so that’s why I think this video does a nice job laying out the basics. Thanks so much for your comment and for reading my blog!
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