Source https://zenhabits.net/why-i-am-vegan/
By Leo Babauta
My wife Eva and I have been vegan for over 11 years now, and we love it. I don’t talk about veganism a lot on Zen Habits, but today I’d love to share a little about it, if you’ll indulge me.
Let me start by talking about why I’m vegan, and then I’ll share a few tips on how to make becoming vegan as easy as possible, in case you’re interested.
So the first thing is that veganism, for me, is about compassion. Yes, it has a huge environmental impact — probably bigger than anything else you can do, including ditching a car or going electric vehicle. Yes, switching to eating plants can often have a huge health impact, if you’ve been eating a lot of junk and not a lot of veggies. But for me, the reason is compassion.
Animals are fellow living beings, and even if they aren’t human, I feel they deserve our compassion. Anyone…