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Sustainability
All Life is
Interconnected
Eugene Veg Education Network (EVEN) - serving as a vegan resource since 2005
Veg Wisdom
Many don't realize it is about compassion. In other words, to not harm
others. - lauren Ornelas
Read EVEN's exclusive interview with lauren >> Here
Veg Spotlight
Eric - EVEN Long-term Member and Volunteer
Veg Wisdom
You can't have a bad day after hugging a cow. - Ellie Laks
Read EVEN's exclusive interview with Ellie >>HERE
Edu-Stat
Our US diet, referred to as SAD (Standard American Diet), is a refined food diet laden with fat and high-cholesterol, deficient in required fiber and nutrients, and is the primary contributing cause of heart disease, strokes, many types of cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, high blood pressure and many other serious conditions, reducing both the quality and length of our lives.
Veg Wisdom
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain
- Emily Dickinson
Credit: Anne Campbell
Veg Wisdom
All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever. - Ashley Montagu (1905-1999)
Veg Wisdom
I feel blessed that I was introduced to this [vegan] lifestyle more than 12 years ago [1996] by Dexter [their son]. I prefer to eat mostly raw or 'living' foods. The benefits for me are increased energy, a slowing of the aging process, and I have none of the diseases like hypertension, heart disease and diabetes that many people my age seem to get. - Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006)
Veg Wisdom
Of all the teachings we receive, this one is the most important:
Nothing belongs to you of what there is; what you take, you must share.
- My Heart Soars, Chief Dan George
Veg Wisdom
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. - James Anthony Froude (1818-1894)
Veg Spotlight
Matt - EVEN Presenter
Veg Wisdom
God made all the creatures and gave them our love and our fear,
To give sign, we and they are His children, one family here.
- Robert Browning (1812-1889)
EVEN Featured In:
~ Vegan Voices
(Beyond Joy)
~ Health Science Magazine (Member Spotlight)
~ Boomer News Interview (NW Boomer and Senior News)
~ 24 Carrot Award (Vegetarians in Paradise)
~ Vegan Awareness Year (Mayoral Proclamation, City of Eugene)
~ American Vegan Magazine (American Vegan Society)
~ Volunteer of the Year (United Way)
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Veg Spotlight
With so much disease ravaging our land---it is estimated that 70% is related to the animal-based diet---it is no wonder that veganism is gaining acceptance. - David Gabbe
Read EVEN's exclusive interview with David Here
Veg Wisdom
Mankind cannot, I submit, save itself from destruction through mere cleverness of scientific technology selfishly applied, nor through wishful thinking. But through a deep sense of brotherhood of all life, and a willingness and eagerness on the part of each and every person to work constructively for the preservation and enhancement of life, mankind may yet be preserved and go forward into the next millennium with confidence, competence and compassion. - H. Jay Dinshah
Veg Wisdom
The majority of the diseases which the human family have been and still are suffering under, they have created by ignorance of their own organic health, and work perseveringly to tear themselves to pieces, and when broken down and debilitated in body and mind, send for the doctor and drug themselves to death. - Ellen White (1827 - 1915), co-founder Seventh Day Adventists, 1866
Veg Wisdom
Such prosperity as we have known it up to the present is the consequence of rapidly spending the planet's irreplaceable capital. - Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
Veg Spotlight
Linda - Long-Term EVEN Member, Volunteer and Presenter
Veg Spotlight
"Veganism was an answer to my prayer: 'Please make my life simple and easy and full of Your Love.' I appreciate EVEN's role in my (r)EVOLutionary process," says Patricia.
Patricia - EVEN Member and Presenter
The Scoop
To close your eyes will not ease another's pain.
- Chinese Proverb
When you know better,
you do better.
- Maya Angelou
Information We All Should Know
Information abounds on the benefits of a plant-based diet! We have selected only a small, but essential, portion of the wealth of information available and present it here for your convenience and education. (Check back here often for new additions.)
The informative pages in this section include:
[See also Left-hand column menu.]
The above pages can be as life changing as the reader is receptive. If we open our minds and hearts to new information, we can come to a new harmony about the world around us.
The articles are informative, the edustats are educational, the quotes are enlightening, and all of these can be inspirational. Taken together, they empower us to experience a new level of health, energy, and our interconnectedness with this awesome world.
We can only change when our awareness changes; our awareness changes only when we open the door to new information. We hope you take this information in and prepare to never be the same again.
The door is always there. Go on... nudge it open.
Being Human in This World
A Personal Credo --- John Robbins
...I draw great strength from my kinship with animals. Some of my best friends have had four legs. Perhaps you, too, have had a relationship with an animal that has enriched you as a human being. But much of our food today comes from animals raised in factory farms that resemble concentration camps.... >>MORE
Food Additives
Truth in Labeling Campaign - the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about MSG
What is MSG? including Symptoms of MSG and Hidden Names for MSG
Where do you Stand?
Do you know where you stand on cruelty to animals?
On global poverty?
On worker rights?
On the environment?
You can find additional information on each of these topics and learn how we can take a stand only when we know where we stand.
Source: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
The Clock Is Always Ticking
Each Minute:
51 acres of tropical forest are destroyed
1,800 children die of malnutrition and hunger (15 million/yr)
50 tons of fertile soil are washed or blown off cropland
12,000 tons of carbon dioxide are added to the atmosphere
Each Hour:
1,692 acres of productive dry land become desert.
35,000 barrels of oil are consumed
$120 million dollars are spent for military expenditures ($1 trillion dollars/yr)
55 people are poisoned by pesticides; 5 die
Each Day:
230,000+ babies are born
25,000 people die of water shortage or contamination
10 tons of nuclear waste is generated by 350 nuclear plants
250,000 tons of sulfuric acid fall as acid rain in the N. Hemisphere
60 tons of plastic packaging and 372 tons of fishing net are dumped into the sea by commercial fishermen
5 species per day become extinct
Compiled by Canadian-based group, 'Global Awareness in Action.' These statistics date from 1990. They are provided by the Native American, Sun Bear, in his book: Black Dawn/Bright Day.
Patrick McDonnell, creator of the Mutts comic strip that is featured in over 700 newspapers. His "Shelter Stories" strips have convinced many people to adopt animals instead of buying them. Other strips gently bring tougher topics like factory farming, fur, and seal hunting to his readers.... Above all, he says, the most important message he tries to convey through Mutts is "have empathy and be kind". - Source: Animal Voices Radio
Read EVEN's exclusive interview with Patrick McDonnell here.
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