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Loading...Think Being Vegan Isn’t Fun? Get Vegucated
This is an edited excerpt from an interview with Marisa Miller Wolfson.
At July’s Animal Rights National Conference in Los Angeles, I had the pleasure of catching a sneak peek of the documentary Vegucated. The film is described as “Super Size Me in reverse.” It follows the journey of three meat-loving, I’m-not-sure-what-veganism-really-is New Yorkers who attempt to go vegan for six weeks. Filmmaker (and vegan) Marisa Miller Wolfson put an ad out on Craigslist for volunteers for her project, and after some entertaining interviews, Brian, a “bacon-loving bachelor who eats out all the time;” Tesla, “the college student who avoids vegetables and bans beans;” and Ellen, “the single mom who prefers comedy to cooking” were chosen as the film’s subjects. Wolfson shows them the ropes of being vegan and illustrates why people are vegan. We watch their struggles, joys and final decision: will they continue on the vegan path?
Unlike many documentaries about veganism or animal rights, this film is fun, light and leaves you feeling motivated and inspired — but not on the verge of tears.
This isn’t the first time Marisa has helped people test the waters of vegan life. In addition to working as the outreach director for Kind Green Planet, she runs Vegan at Heart, a free email coaching program for people who are “vegan at heart, but not necessarily in practice.” I was lucky enough to chat with Marisa about Vegucated, her own vegan journeys and her undying love of kale. Here is the Vegucated trailer, followed by my interview.
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+ add your ownThis film looks great! Can't wait to see it in its entirety!
ooh, I really want to see this.
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http://www.care2.com/causes/oldest-person-in-the-world-credits-local-diet-for-long-life.html she ate monkies it said. why didn't she die at 50?
don't forget people, kingdom animilia is huge. I still would like to see more people standing up for the little guy. like a sea sponge, coral. jellyfish. you don't want insect color in your food, but will support people who kill insects to protect crops. then yell at someone who shoots a raccoon for killing their birds.
i truly believe that to be a vegan, one has to really be so in love with the animal world, the thought of eating, wearing or abusing animals for their pleasure is intolerable. it is a wonderful feeling to know there are people who feel as i do, on the other hand, anyone who is taking a step in the direction of veganism should be commended.
Save it, Kathleen. Many of us are quite aware of the venom and vitriol you have spewed throughout Care2 ESPECIALLY when it pertains to the many benefits of being vegan. You refuse to grasp that you fool no one but yourself.
By the way, being vegan is better for human health, it is gentler to the environment, uses FAR less resources than animal agriculture, and it is the ultimate way to show genuine compassion, empathy and respect for animals.
Any point of view that is different that the one of a particular, hateful, vegan agendist, will be considered without merit. Many vegans here obviously care about working, conversing, and respectfully conversing through these threads so there is absolutely no reason to allow this 'individual' to believe she has the moral platform in these threads. The vitriole is redundant and she is never civil. While she attacks everyone not agreeing with her, she's lost support because of her hatefulness, of even those who are devoted vegans. It is best not to engage her, even when she attacks you. There are too many other great people who do care about working together to effect change within the factory farming industry, to get too ramped up over her comments. Let's also continue to go after Monsanto and the USDA who does nothing to regulate this corporations GMO's.
No, clearly you DON'T understand, Lindy.
People who CARE will make changes and DO something about ending the pain, suffering and needless deaths that animals are forced to endure just to end up on the plates of those who CHOOSE to eat their corpses.
You ARE ranting against vegans. You are complaining about people's personalities and how they express themselves on a PUBLIC forum. You have done nothing BUT complain about me. Go look in a mirror and stop trying to start pointless, counterproductive spats .
Being vegan is better for human health, it is gentler to the environment, uses FAR less resources than animal agriculture, and it is the ultimate way to show genuine compassion, empathy and respect for animals.
People who care will do something, people who don't care will make excuses.
Ah, I understand, Marie. Anyone who does not have your exacting standards of humanitarianism is beyond help and ought to just go away and not disturb your idealistic world view in which all good people love animals, treat them as equals, and would never dream of harming them for any reason, and anyone who does not love animals, or who harms them in any way, or restricts their natural behavior, is just plain evil.
Perhaps when this life is over we will find that you were right, and a whole bunch of people are headed for The Bad Place for putting leashes on their dogs so they won't run out in front of cars. But in the meantime, there are a whole lot more people who treat animals as nothing but property - who run factory farms or dog fights or who abuse family pets. Before you condemn those who are not perfect by your lights, you might consider enlisting them in the fight against those TRUE evils...and you won't do that by ranting against them for their imperfections.
And, as has been said by others on this blog - I have not seen ONE SINGLE COMMENT that rants against vegans, except for responses to comments like yours. Omnivores respect vegans, even if they have no desire to be one. The lack of respect is entirely on the other side.
Wrong, Lindy. People who have compassion in their hearts and a desire to live without causing the needless deaths and suffering of animals will become informed and do all they can to not contribute to the pain, suffering and deaths of animals. People who care will become informed and stop eating animals. People who don't care will continue to make excuses. Anyone who is going to use an excuse as lame as not liking a few posts on a public forum so they will continue to cause the pain, suffering and deaths of animals, never cared to begin with.
The fact that you target me and my posts out of all the nasty and immature posts from anti-vegans speaks volumes. Get real.
Being vegan is better for human health, it is gentler to the environment, uses FAR less resources than animal agriculture, and it is the ultimate way to show genuine compassion, empathy and respect for animals.
People who care will do something, people who don't care will make excuses.
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