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Zero Waste, Vegan, and Living with Cats


In today’s episode I share with you the ways I try to reduce the ecological footprint of living with cats from a zero-waste perspective. I cover toys/enrichment, food, and litter!

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  • WE CAN SPEAK UP FOR ANIMALS WITHOUT SPEAKING DOWN TO HUMANS 💕⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ We can speak up for animals without talking down to people. We can stand up for something we believe in without standing over others. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Communicating effectively means finding our voice and expressing ourselves, our desires, our needs, our wants, and our values in a way that is productive, effective, truthful, and compassionate.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣It means knowing the difference between using words that provoke thought and words that provide shock. The former shifts paradigms; the latter exists for its own sake. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ The way we communicate either draws people in or pushes them away. The better we are at communication, the stronger and more diverse our communities will be— one that consists of fellow vegans, aspiring vegans, and supportive non-vegans. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ---⁣⠀ "Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything." ~CPG⁣⠀ ---⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ 🛑Excerpted from The Joyful Vegan: Staying Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs — AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER TODAY! {Link in Bio!} 🛑⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕⁣⠀ #joyfulvegan #thejoyfulvegan #compassion #fortheanimals #veganchallenge #stayvegan #30dayveganchallenge #animaladvocacy #animalrights #compassioninaction #animalcruelty #vegetarian #joyfulvegans #govegan #animalwelfare #crueltyfree #veganforhealth #veganfortheanimals #veganfortheplanet #veganlifestyle #herbivore #plantbased #vegantips #mercyforanimals #poweredbyplants #endfactoryfarming #veganism #compassionforall #kindness
  • 🐱 It's still amazing to me that I ever disliked cats. But I did. I didn't want to be around them, I didn't like them. The truth is...I didn't understand them. I didn't get them. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Perhaps it one of the things that makes me appreciate them so much more today. I dunno. All I know is I DO. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who donated to @mainecoonadoptions for my birthday! I've been volunteering with them for a few months now, and it's such an honor and a gift to socialize rescued kitties to increase their chances of adoption so that they can be gushed over in a loving home. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ The way this little princess is gushed over. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Happy Caturday. Everyday. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ---⁣⠀ 🐱 Please follow and share @mainecoonadoptions, and be sure to visit their website for kitties waiting to find their forever home! 🐱⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ #caturday #happycaturday #caturdayeveryday #catsrule #tuxies #tuxedocats #tuxedocatsrule #catsofinstagram
  • ❗WE'RE ANIMALS — NOT PLANTS❗⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ When humans began domesticating cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and eventually chickens and turkeys, it meant that people lived in close proximity with animals — breathing, eating, and drinking their germs. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Despite the rituals performed to ward off disease, it spread among the animals themselves and also to humans, a phenomenon called zoonosis: the transmission of infectious disease from non-humans to humans.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Being animals ourselves, it makes sense that we share many of the same diseases as our non-human cousins. We aren’t — after all — plants. We aren’t at risk for catching aphids or sooty mold or downy mildew. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ In fact, many of the major killer pandemics we’ve been plagued with were acquired from non-human animals, such as tuberculosis (from cattle), influenza (from pigs and birds), whooping cough (from pigs and dogs), and smallpox (from cattle). Even HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is believed to have been first transmitted to humans through the butchering and consumption of infected chimpanzees. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ The development of vaccines provided us with immunity to certain diseases, and the word itself reveals the origin of these zoonotic infections. At its root is the Latin word VACCA, meaning “cow,” referring to the cattle disease (namely “cowpox”) that when contracted by humans through contact (resembling smallpox) was the basis of the first smallpox vaccines. ⁣⠀ ---⁣⠀ Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything. ~CPG⁣⠀ ---⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ✅THE JOYFUL VEGAN: STAYING VEGAN IN A WORLD THAT WANTS YOU TO EAT MEAT, DAIRY, AND EGGS is coming in November! PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ---------------⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ #joyfulvegan #thejoyfulvegan #colleenpatrickgoudreau #compassion #fortheanimals #veganchallenge #30dayveganchallenge #animaladvocacy #animalrights #compassioninaction #animalcruelty #vegetarian #joyfulvegans #govegan #animalwelfare #crueltyfree #veganforhealth #veganfortheanimals
  • ❗JUSTIFICATIONS FOR EATING MEAT, DAIRY, AND EGGS ❗⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ We use all sorts of justifications for consuming animals: we justify it based on culture, religion, physiology. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ➰"It’s common culturally to eat animals," some people say. Well, which cultures and which animals? There are many animals one culture is uncomfortable eating that other cultures regularly dine on. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ➰"Well, religion supports eating animals," some declare. Well, which religions? Some religions prohibit animal consumption; some don’t. Some ritually kill animals, some make sure no animals are harmed even while walking down the street. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ➰"Well...biology, then! We’re physiologically inclined to eat animals," so goes the retort. Actually, biologically we resemble herbivorous animals more than we do carnivorous ones, but just because we’re biologically inclined to do something doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do or that we have to do it. I'm biologically built to have children; that doesn’t mean I HAVE to. In fact, I chose not to. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ➰If we just flip it around, we could easily justify not eating animals using physiology, culture, and religion as the defense. It’s really just a matter of which story we want to tell. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ 🗨️ What's your story? 🗨️⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ----⁣⠀ "Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything." ~CPG ♥️⁣⠀ ----⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣THANK YOU FOR SHARING! More videos, books, ideas at JoyfulVegan.com. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ ⁣ ⁣⠀ #joyfulvegan #thejoyfulvegan #compassion #fortheanimals #veganchallenge #veganvideos #30dayveganchallenge #animaladvocacy #animalrights #compassioninaction #animalcruelty #vegetarian #joyfulvegans #animalwelfare #crueltyfree #endfactoryfarming #veganism #compassionforall

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