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Every year, tens of thousands of baby harp seals are the victims of Canada's commercial seal hunt. International Fund for Animal Welfare was founded to end this cruel hunting---and we're winning. We secured protection for the youngest 'whitecoat' seals, less than 3 weeks old, and the trade in seal products has been banned in 35 countries. The end of the hunt is in sight. www.ifaw.org

Veg Spotlight

Even when we feel anger and hatred about what is going on in the world to animals and to the Earth, I believe we can make true change happen by influencing people to make positive choices---these last much longer than when people make choices out of guilt or fear. - Krissi Vandenberg

Read EVEN's exclusive interview with Krissi HERE.

Veg Wisdom

It says we are given dominion over the creatures of the earth, but it doesn't say we have to be their butchers. We could be the keepers of our lesser brothers. - Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981)

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An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it. - Space by James A. Michener, American Author, (1907-1997)

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When we are pure in our deeds, speech and thoughts, even for a second, all the deities, the gods and the guardian angels will support us. At that moment, the entire universe belongs to us and supports us, and the throne is there for us to reign upon. -Supreme Master Ching Hai

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To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own light. - Carl Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, (1875-1961)

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. - Helen Keller (1880-1968)

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The key to your universe is that you can choose. - Frederick Carl Frieseke, American-born French Painter (1874-1939)

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Why not be vegetarian? That's the question. I've been vegetarian for more than 20 years and it was the best decision I ever made. A couple of weeks into it, I felt better. My head felt clearer. - Patrick McDonnell, creator Mutts comic strip, in answer to why he became vegetarian.


Read EVEN's exclusive interview with Patrick McDonnell HERE.

Veg Spotlight

Anjali Lucia - beautiful, vegan, baby daughter to Ginger and Raphael Carlson (Anjali is Hindi for "honored gift", and she certainly is!)

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There are tons of vegan options in the stores and online now, which make [being vegan] easier. - Brian McCarthy

Read EVEN's exclusive interview with Brian Here.

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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Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world's needs. - Frederick Buechner

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The question we need to ask ourselves is not, "Can one person make a difference?" Each and every one of us does make a difference. It is actually impossible to not make a difference. So the question we need to ask ourselves is, "What kind of a difference do I want to make?"

We are the ancestors of the future. What do you want your legacy to be? - Julia Butterfly Hill, Vegan, Environmental Activist, Author

Read EVEN's exclusive interview with Julia HERE

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In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same; no recognition of rights -- only murder in one form or another. - John Muir, Naturalist, Explorer, Writer (1838-1914)

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. - Bishop Desmond Tutu, Activist, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 1984

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Eric - Long-Term EVEN Member and Volunteer

Veg Spotlight

Lifelong changes don't occur over night. Surround yourself with like-minded people until your dietary choices have become a habit. - Dr. Orestes Gutierrez

Read EVEN's exclusive interview with Orestes HERE.

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Aho Mitakye oaysin. (We are all related.) - Lakota Saying

Home > Welcome to EVEN

The Eugene Veg Education Network welcomes you and hopes you find meaningful answers here to some of your deeper questions.

Every day we all make food choices.

But, do you know the impact those choices have on your health? On the non-human animals? On the planet? This site includes pertinent information and useful resources to give you answers to those questions, and help you understand and explore the benefits of veganism. We hope it might even ignite a spark within you to delve further into the truth.

Sometimes new information is shocking and may make us feel like Alice tumbling down the rabbit hole.

Perhaps like the character, Neo, in The Matrix, you have known the questions your whole life and you have felt them "like a splinter in your mind." You haven't pursued answers for a variety of reasons, but here is yet another opportunity.

"...No one can be told what it is. You have to see it for yourself....All I'm offering is the truth---nothing more... It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth... I'll show you how deep the rabbit hole goes..." - Morpheus to Neo in The Matrix

Dare you proceed? The blue pill, or the red pill? Which do you choose? Choose wisely. Choose with compassion.

We are in control of our lives.
      Enjoy the quest.
            There is no turning back.

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Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.
- Henry James (1843-1916)

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