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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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  • If someone violates, hurts, or kills someone else—human or non-human—it’s an indication that they’re lacking compassion, empathy, awareness, or consciousness. ⠀ ⠀ The solution is not to withhold the very thing that’s missing (compassion, empathy, awareness, consciousness) but to fill the lack with the thing that is missing (compassion, empathy, awareness, consciousness). ⠀ ⠀ It doesn’t matter who fills the void; what matters is that the void is filled. ⠀ ⠀ Less compassion in the world just means less compassion in the world. More compassion in the world means more compassion in the world. It really is that simple. ⠀ ⠀ (Excerpted from The Joyful Vegan, coming in November. Pre-order today.)⠀ ⠀ —-⠀ Don’t do nothing if you can’t do everything. Do something. Anything. ⠀ —-⠀ ⠀ 🐶 🐱 🐭 🐹 🐰 🐻 🐼 🐨 🐯 🐮 🦁 🐷 🐵 🐒 🐤 🦍 🐝 🦌 🐔 🐺 🐗 🦊 🐴 🐸 🐆 🐐 🐏 🐬 🐛 🐋 🐘 🐟 🐌 🦇 🐜⠀ ⠀ #joyfulvegan #thejoyfulvegan #compassion #fortheanimals #veganchallenge #30dayveganchallenge #animaladvocacy #animalrights #compassioninaction #animalcruelty #vegetarian #joyfulvegans #crueltyfree #veganforhealth #veganfortheanimals #veganlifestyle #herbivore #plantbased #mercyforanimals #endfactoryfarming #veganism #compassionforall #kindness
  • This is Charlie. (Isn’t he adorable?)⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I'm vegan. Charlie is not. I'm a human being. Charlie is a cat. As a human being, I resemble herbivores more than I do carnivores. Charlie is a carnivore. Resembling herbivorous animals, I thrive on plants. Charlie thrives on other animals.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Charlie eats meat -- from aquatic animals. I do not. I'm vegan. Charlie is not. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Being vegan is about doing the best we can in this crazy, imperfect world. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ The end.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #cats #catsrule #tuxedocats #tuxies #joyfulvegan #thejoyfulvegan #compassion #fortheanimals #veganchallenge #30dayveganchallenge #animaladvocacy #animalrights #compassioninaction #animalcruelty #vegetarian #joyfulvegans #animalwelfare #crueltyfree #veganforhealth #veganfortheanimals #veganfortheplanet #veganlifestyle #herbivore #plantbased #vegantips #mercyforanimals #endfactoryfarming #veganism #compassionforall #kindness
  • Did you know that deer shed their antlers every year? Unlike horns, which never shed and which have nerve endings and pain receptors such that when they're cut off without anesthesia (a common practice in animal agriculture), it causes a great amount of pain and risk of infection). ⠀⠀ Antlers, on the other hand, fall off naturally when testosterone levels drop in the fall / winter — after the boy deer (stags or bucks) win the heart of their lady deer (does). I'D BE IMPRESSED IF ANYONE CAN GUESS THE LINGUISTIC PUN THERE. ⠀⠀ ⠀ By spring, they start growing them back—bigger than the year before and initially very fuzzy. Here's Brutus spying on Michiko and showing off his beautiful new antlers. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ You've probably seen photos of the cats and deer pretty close to one another without either being freaked out or threatened. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Begs the question...if they can be so different and get along, why don't we? ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ------⠀⠀ Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything.⠀⠀ ------⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #happycaturday #urbanwildlife #wildlife #deer #bucks #stags #apring #caturday #caturdayeveryday #cats #catsrule #tuxies #tuxedocats #joyfulvegan #vegan #thejoyfulvegan #bekindtoanimals #nature #oakland
  • 🔴 What about Native Americans who honor the animals they kill by praying over them? 🔴⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ This question comes up a lot, and I have to say I find it rather odd. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ First of all, which “Native Americans”? Who are you talking about? There were once hundreds of tribes and nations of “Native Americans.” And they didn’t share a common brain! They had different habits, diets, customs, and individuals within these communities – some were kind people, some not so kind. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ They’re human with fallibilities. And like all humans, they use rituals and rites to mask unpleasant behaviors.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ But when someone asks my thoughts about this, I suspect what they’re really asking is how do I feel about people who kill and eat animals when they have no other choice. You know: that tiny fraction of the world population. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Today, the majority of people eat animals out of pleasure and habit — not necessity. And the way we deflect our discomfort over bringing animals into this world only to kill them is to romanticize our behavior (or the behavior of others like “the Native Americans’).⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I also suspect that the person is asking if it exonerates them if THEY pray over an animal who has been killed to be eaten. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I can only say that what I think is even more compassionate than praying for an animal who was killed for convenience, habit, and pleasure is not killing her in the first place.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ---⠀⠀ Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything.⠀⠀ ---⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ 🐶 🐱 🐭 🐹 🐰 🐻 🐼 🐨 🐯 🐮 🦁 🐷 🐵 🐒 🐤 🦍 🐝 🦌 🐔 🐺 🐗 🦊 🐴 🐸 🐆 🐐 🐏 🐬 🐛 🐋 🐘 🐟 🐌 🦇 🐜⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #joyfulvegan #thejoyfulvegan #compassion #fortheanimals #veganchallenge #30dayveganchallenge #animaladvocacy #animalrights #compassioninaction #animalcruelty #vegetarian #joyfulvegans #animalwelfare #crueltyfree #veganforhealth #veganfortheanimals #veganfortheplanet #veganlifestyle #herbivore #plantbased #vegantips #mercyforanimals #endfactoryfarming #veganism #compassionforall #kindness

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