Sitemap - 2023 - Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Stop Doom-Scrolling and Start Joy-Browsing: Good News for Animals from 2023

It Would Be So Much Easier to Not Care (But Here's Why I Still Do)

Forbidden Meat: Fasting and Abstinence During Advent

Jewish Cuisine: Celebrating Diversity, Continuity, and Resiliency

2,500 Years Vegan: An Ancient Call to Compassion

Magnanimity: How to Live with Greatness of Spirit

Rescue Mission: Save a Book, Help an Animal, Empower a Human

Black Cats and Halloween: The History Behind the Superstition

The Plant-Based Roots of Halloween

Veganism is not a diet

I tried being vegan, but I craved meat.

Should vegans date non-vegans?

How to increase vegan options in restaurants

Cows have to be milked, or they would get sick and die

Plant-Based in Bordeaux, France

If everyone stopped eating chickens, cows, and pigs, they’d go extinct

Why Vegans Become Ex-Vegans

Animals were put here for humans to eat.

Do you support the Native American practice of praying over the animal you kill?

When culture and tradition excuse cruelty

Why don't animal advocates care about humans?

Public Monuments and Memorials to Animal Advocates — Part Two

Cognitive dissonance and willful blindness

You don't have to kill a cow to get her milk, so what's wrong with it?

Why we make excuses and rationalize our consumption of animal products

Vegans are taking away jobs from people who work in the meat, dairy, and egg industries

Public Monuments and Memorials to Animal Advocates — Part One

How to talk about wild animals

Veganism is for the wealthy, privileged elite.

If you care about wildlife...

50 Ways to Create a Meaningful Life

Don't you agree that veganism is a bit extreme?

Demonizing soy. It's just a bean!

Eating meat is a personal choice.

There is no such thing as a vegan banana

How to Eat Like a (Vegan) Italian: Food Rules You Can Implement Wherever You Live

Nature is Cruel. Animals Deserve Better.

"Natural" Food Chain vs. "Artificial" Animal Agriculture

Losing Your Veganity: When Vegans Accidentally Eat Animal Products

Effective Communication and Advocacy + VegFest (Announcement)

What is a Joyful Vegan?

Religious, cultural, physiological, historical justifications for eating animals.

When animal advocates are called "anti-human."

Helping or Hindering Wildlife? Understanding When Baby Fawns Need Human Intervention

Being vegan is about saying "yes"

If everyone stopped eating meat, we would be overrun with animals.

I can't be vegan because of my cultural heritage.

How to Talk to Strangers

I don't eat a lot of meat, dairy, and eggs.

Plants feel pain, too.

Finding Abundance While Traveling Vegan — in General and in Ireland!

It's hard to find vegan food when traveling.

Buying In or Selling Out? When Meat and Dairy Corporations Buy Vegan Companies

Compassion has nothing to do with someone else's behavior. It has everything to do with our own.

My goal is not to make the world vegan.

If you were on a desert island, would you eat animals then?

Vegan Passover Seder — Honor Tradition without Compromising your Values

Animals eat other animals, so it's natural for us to, as well.

Plant-Based Aphrodisiacs and Love Potions

I want to eat healthy, but it takes so long to chop vegetables.

Vegan Trips and Retreats

Vegans should stop telling people what to eat.

With so many humans suffering in the world, why spend time advocating for animals?

Small Bites for Big Appetites (Announcement)

Civic Engagement for Animals: The Power of Local Political Activism

The Burden of Burros and the Plight of Donkeys

Favorite Films and Books — Recommendations from the Past Year