Do you enjoy reading? Do you like learning? And talking about it over vegan food with like-minded people? Then maybe we have an opportunity for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’re considering starting up a book club. We would select a book to read, read it, then meetup to discuss it, every 2 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s a selection of books that would fit in the nonfiction theme we’re targeting, animal-rights or vegan health books (science-based). If you’re interested, please contact Tammy<\/a> to express interest and let us know what works best for a meeting time for you (weekday\/weekend, and morning\/afternoon\/evening).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Initial responses have led us to selecting Sunday morning as our meeting time, and the book Beyond Beliefs<\/a> for our first reading selection<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will be having an \u201copen house\u201d meeting in March, and we can discuss future books & meeting dates, etc at that time. Note:<\/strong>it\u2019s not a requirement to join us for every book we read. You can opt-in based on whatever books interest you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3\/3 Sun \u201cOpen House\u201d\/introductory meeting<\/em>, 10 am to 11 am (everyone can bring different books, talk about book club, dates) – RSVP<\/a> Book List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters<\/a> How Not to Die<\/a> This book explores\nthe similar attitudes and methods behind modern society’s treatment of animals\nand the way humans have often treated each other, most notably during the\nHolocaust. The book’s epigraph and title are from “The Letter\nWriter,” a story by the Yiddish writer and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis\nSinger: “In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is\nan eternal Treblinka.” The first part of the book (Chapter 1-2) describes\nthe emergence of human beings as the master species and their domination over\nthe rest of the inhabitants of the earth. The second part (Chapters 3-5)\nexamines the industrialization of slaughter (of both animals and humans) that\ntook place in modern times. The last part of the book (Chapters 6-8) profiles\nJewish and German animal advocates on both sides of the Holocaust, including\nIsaac Bashevis Singer himself.
5\/19 Sun Beyond Beliefs<\/em> discussion, 10 am to noon – RSVP\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters can feel like they\u2019re living in different worlds. Many vegans and vegetarians struggle to feel understood and respected in a meat-eating culture, where some of their most pressing concerns and cherished beliefs are invisible, and where they are often met with defensiveness when they try to talk about the issue. They can become frustrated and struggle to feel connected with meat eaters. And meat eaters can feel disconnected from vegans and vegetarians whose beliefs they don\u2019t fully understand and whose frustration may spill over into their interactions. The good news is that relationship and communication breakdown among vegans, vegetarians, and meat eaters is not inevitable, and it is reversible. With the right tools, healthy connections can be cultivated, repaired, and even strengthened.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America–heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson’s, high blood pressure, and more–and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches to help prevent and reverse these diseases, freeing us to live healthier lives.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nEternal\nTreblinka<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nMeatonomics<\/a>
\nFew consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the\nproduction of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike,\nthe forces of meatonomics affect us in many ways.<\/em>
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\nMost importantly, we’ve lost the ability to\ndecide for ourselves what – and how much – to eat. Those decisions are made for\nus by animal food producers who control our buying choices with artificiallylow\nprices, misleading messaging, and heavy control over legislation and\nregulation. Learn how and why they do it and how you can respond.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n