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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you've been in city center lately, you might have seen one of the Go Vegan campaign posters
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.48,0:00:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside your favorite shops, or even at your bus stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.32,0:00:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Signs that say things like, "Eggs - what price does he pay?" and there are even stronger messages.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.06,0:00:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thought provoking adverts are going to be appearing on Birmingham taxis, on the Warsaw digital billboard,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.06,0:00:22.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the M6, on video screens at New Street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.26,0:00:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got John Connors on the line, he's president of Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.88,0:00:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John, what do you make of these ads, these posters and the message that they're portraying?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.84,0:00:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi it’s Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome\Nto another vegan nugget. There’s no shortage
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.83,0:00:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of animals in advertising, with many-specied\Nmascots hawking all manner of products, up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.99,0:00:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to and including their own flesh and secretions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.40,0:00:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Catering perfectly to the inherent dichotomy\Nof animal lovers who eat animals, meat, dairy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.67,0:01:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and egg industry ads are rife with smiling\Nanimals all too happy to be eaten, or comically
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.52,0:01:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encouraging the consumption of others. This\Nrather perverse yet extremely pervasive concept
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.33,0:01:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is something I explored in depth in this video,\NDo Animals Want To Be Eaten?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.80,0:01:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if the animals we eat actually ran\Ntheir own ad campaign and replaced the billboards
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.96,0:01:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emblazoned with their severed body parts and\Nsecretions with distinct individuals. What
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.11,0:01:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would they say to us? What would they ask\Nof us? And how would it change our behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.64,0:01:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and attitudes towards them?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.58,0:01:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the very premise of Go Vegan World,\Nthe largest and longest-running vegan public
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.99,0:01:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,advertising campaign spanning several countries\Nand reaching hundreds of millions of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.51,0:01:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the heart of this incredibly effective\Ninternational endeavor is Sandra Higgins,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.65,0:01:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a vegan psychologist, educator, activist,\Nand the founder and director of Eden Farmed
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.22,0:01:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animal Sanctuary, the first of its kind in\NIreland.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.98,0:01:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to caring for Eden’s 120 or\Nso residents, Sandra delivers speeches all
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.91,0:01:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the world and provides vegan mentorship\Nand classes through Matilda’s Promise, a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.37,0:02:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vegan education center named after one of\NEden’s first residents. Please see the blog
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.80,0:02:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,post for this video linked in the description\Nto learn more about Matilda’s story.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.55,0:02:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without further ado, let’s hear from Sandra\Nherself about the genesis of Go Vegan World
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.19,0:02:13.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the roots of Eden:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.61,0:02:18.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized for every individual that lives\Nat Eden, this is the most important thing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.53,0:02:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can offer them: a home. But in terms\Nof the changes we need in the world—in the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.03,0:02:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way that we relate to other species, other\Nanimals—that’s not enough. We need vegan
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.65,0:02:29.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.65,0:02:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Go Vegan World, really, was born out of\Na period of darkness for me, where I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.35,0:02:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very frustrated. I was running the Vegan Education\Ncenter and I was doing individual vegan mentoring,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.73,0:02:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of the people attending, were attending\Nonline from outside Ireland. The speaking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.12,0:02:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invitations I was getting were coming from\Noutside Ireland.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.67,0:02:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was in this dark place that many activists\Nwould be familiar with: lying awake at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.04,0:03:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling frustrated, seeing the results at\Nthe cold face of animal activism, seeing the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.26,0:03:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,victims coming here and feeling stymied and\Nfeeling like my mouth had been zipped shut
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.37,0:03:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was nothing I could do to get that\Nmessage out to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.40,0:03:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was inspired by the idea of people\Nthat had run bus advertising in the United
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.71,0:03:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States and in Canada, and I decided to do\Nthat here in Ireland. So I did that for about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.57,0:03:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,4 months and it was extremely successful,\Nand it was so successful that we decided to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.36,0:03:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make it an International campaign.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.38,0:03:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the strength of Go Vegan World, is that\Nthe animals, for the first time ever, are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.82,0:03:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the streets—real individuals—many of\Nthem who live at Eden—lives and died—I
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.13,0:03:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mean some of them have died while the campaign\Nis on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.44,0:03:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For instance we had Diana, who was in the\Nfirst campaign: They Trust Us - We Betray
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.65,0:03:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Them, and then some of her photographs were\Nin the second campaign, and as the campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.68,0:03:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progressed, I got a phone call to say that\Nshe had gone blind, and within 4 weeks she
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.74,0:04:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had died. They live and die here, and the\Nvery least we can do is let them tell their
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.67,0:04:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,own stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.67,0:04:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,https://www.dropbox.com/s/j2bmdyte26imnfk/Newcastle%20Station%20Diana.jpg?dl=0
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.67,0:04:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used to think here in the beginning of\NEden that we were rescuing them. No, they
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.26,0:04:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are rescuing us from our ignorance and I am\Nstill ignorant—every single day I learn
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.35,0:04:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something new about them and about what we’re\Ndoing to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.82,0:04:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s the strength of what’s coming from\NEden and that’s why I feel that the work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.80,0:04:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do here is not mine, it’s their work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.35,0:04:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the very strong ways in which Eden\Nand the residents at Eden have influenced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.81,0:04:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Go Vegan World campaign are some of those\Nlast ads that I used, like “Vegetarianism
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.37,0:04:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is Not Enough”—for all the animals used\Nfor clothing, in research, for animals used
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.59,0:04:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for eggs, for the mammals used in the dairy\Nindustry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.00,0:04:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When anybody comes to Eden, and they talk\Nabout cutting down on animal use and eating
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.65,0:05:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less meat is nearly always the one they come\Nup with, I introduce them to, say to one of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.95,0:05:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the enclosures here where we have Emily, George,\Nand Charlotte, and I ask them, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.25,0:05:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“If you want to eat less, can you tell me\Nwhich of them you’ll spare and which of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.55,0:05:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them you’ll kill?”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.44,0:05:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the message gets home very quickly that\Neating less meat is no use to the one who
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.70,0:05:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is killed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.46,0:05:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This incredibly simple yet profoundly powerful\Napproach of focusing on the animal’s individuality
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.97,0:05:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and personhood is the key to Go Vegan World’s\Neffectiveness, especially within the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.52,0:05:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Ireland’s agricultural areas. I asked\NSandra whether the cultural location of the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.61,0:05:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ads affected their composition, if she’d\Nhad any difficulty securing space, and what
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.08,0:05:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the public reception has been so far:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.47,0:05:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hasn't affected how I’ve constructed\Nthe ads at all, because the ads tell the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.09,0:05:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about animal use, and what the animals need\Nfrom us, so they stay the same regardless
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.33,0:06:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of where I show the ads. The International\Ncampaign is running in the center of some
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.55,0:06:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the largest cities in the world: London,\NBirmingham, Glasgow; the 3 largest cities
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.63,0:06:11.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United Kingdom. How they’re received\Nis very different though.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.21,0:06:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the U.K. people have been very, very receptive.\NSo in a 2-week period following the largest
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.57,0:06:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,campaign that we’ve run in Birmingham, 36,000\Npeople have expressed interest in downloading
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.88,0:06:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vegan guide. The public are not insulted\Nby what you're telling them—they're anxious
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.82,0:06:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know. And the words that rang in my ears\Nall the time in the U.K. were: “I never
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.60,0:06:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knew this.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.60,0:06:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Birmingham Mail actually ran a poll asking\Npeople about the effect that the campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.57,0:06:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had on them. I think it was 63% of people\Nsaid they would go vegan having seen the campaign.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.55,0:06:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And another 10% said they would consider\Ngoing vegan.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.22,0:06:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also the advertising world itself has taken\Nan interest in the campaign. The campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.18,0:07:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won an award for the bathroom advertising.\N Not the most attractive of advertising but
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.03,0:07:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it’s such a dwell time it’s really\Neffective, so…  In that campaign I tried
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.02,0:07:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to dispel the myth of humane use, particularly\Nin the egg and dairy industry, and the notion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.11,0:07:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that animal foods are necessary for human\Nhealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.06,0:07:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marketing Week ran something on us last month\Non the subject of disruptive advertising.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.68,0:07:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in the same paragraph as Sony, and Facebook\Nand The Financial Times, they included Go
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.79,0:07:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vegan World advertising.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.49,0:07:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole campaign is designed to get people\Nto got to the website so that they get accurate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.38,0:07:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information about animal use; and a clear\Nand consistent call to stop using other animals
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.66,0:07:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely and now; and to make it easy for\Nthem to do that.  And one of the most effective
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.64,0:07:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tools of the campaign is the Vegan Guide.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.31,0:07:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people can download that either by seeing\Nthe ads on the street, or through social media
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.07,0:07:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or through the online advertising campaign\Nthat I run that targets non-vegans.  Or they
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.31,0:08:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can use the Q-Code that’s on some of the\Nads that are at eye level on the street.  Or
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.54,0:08:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can use a free text number.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.39,0:08:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ireland people were a lot more defensive.\NAnd of course, in agricultural areas, this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.37,0:08:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very entrenched in the Irish psyche: the\Nrelationship with the land and the belief
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.63,0:08:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that other animals are our property, the belief\Nthat it actually forms some kind of economic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.80,0:08:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,security in the country, which it actually\Ndoesn't. People felt very threatened, they
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.55,0:08:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,felt that I was threatening their way of earning\Na living and their very lifestyles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.15,0:08:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In terms of securing ad space, there was a\Nlot more difficulty in Ireland than it has
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.66,0:08:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been outside Ireland, so the campaign almost\Ndidn't happen in Ireland, at all. I’ve also
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.02,0:08:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had difficulty in the UK. I’ve had difficulty\Non television but I haven't had difficulty
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.27,0:08:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the outdoor advertising.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.58,0:08:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s the first time a vegan ad has ever\Nmade it to television. It’s been viewed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.34,0:08:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a lot of people; we’ve seen an increase\Nin the number of Vegan Guide downloads.  And
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.16,0:09:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very interestingly, there have been no complaints.\N There have been complaints in the UK about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.09,0:09:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the street ads, but there have been no complaints\Nabout the television ad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.07,0:09:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Sandra said, animal agriculture is deeply\Nrooted within Ireland’s culture, economy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.99,0:09:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and national identity. This was one of the\Nmost challenging aspects for me as an outsider
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.32,0:09:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attempting to speak about veganism in Ireland.  It\Nwas my research for that speech led me to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.95,0:09:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sandra’s work in the first place. I reached\Nout to her for insight and expertise, and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.10,0:09:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had the distinct honor of sharing the stories\Nof Eden residents Joy and Alice in my speech
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.11,0:09:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Dublin. Months later, while walking the\Ngrounds of Eden, Sandra told me a story that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.36,0:09:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gave me goosebumps, and hope for change.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.88,0:09:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most remarkable examples was the\Nfarmer who gave us two of the pigs who are
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.86,0:09:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, Emily and Charlotte. He gave us Grace\Nas well and Grace died very young.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.88,0:09:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just going to bed one night, at about\N10:00 or half-10:00 and there was a knock
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.53,0:09:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the door and it was the farmer who had\Ngiven us the pigs.  And he came back to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.48,0:10:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me how we ever started to do this to other\Nanimals, and he was very interested.  And
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.40,0:10:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he came again a few weeks ago, and he said,\Nthe more he talks to us and the more he sees
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.79,0:10:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we do here the more convinced he is that\Nfarming is wrong and veganism is right.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.60,0:10:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, when you see the inside of farms,\Nand when you see the condition of the bodies
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.25,0:10:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I rescue and what they go through and\Nthe deaths they have, of course it’s very
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.03,0:10:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,easy to blame farmers.  And when we think\Nabout the dreadful things they do in the dairy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.50,0:10:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,industry and the egg industry, and the mutilations\Nand everything, of course it’s easy to look
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.56,0:10:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at them and say they’re heartless.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.21,0:10:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they’re doing what their fathers did.\NThey’re doing what this country tells them
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.94,0:10:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do, what it encourages them to do, what\Nit pays them to do. They’re doing what we
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.18,0:10:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pay them to do every time we go into a shop\Nand make a non-vegan purchase. They’re doing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.66,0:10:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the schools are teaching them to do,\Nbut they’re not the only problem. And it’s
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.42,0:10:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very heartening when farmers come to Eden\Nand are open to what we’re doing here. Just
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.39,0:11:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,open enough to listen. That there might be\Nan alternative way.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.20,0:11:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the strengths of Go Vegan World,\Nis that we’ve tried—and to a certain extent
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.41,0:11:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’ve succeeded in—building positive relationships\Nwith farmers so that they see plant-based
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.16,0:11:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agriculture as an alternative to their current\Nlife and that they understand that veganism
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.02,0:11:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the enemy of farmers. We always need\Nfarmers and veganism is very much the friend
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.63,0:11:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of farmers.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.32,0:11:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The residents of Eden have not only changed\Nthe hearts of farmers and launched an international
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.97,0:11:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ad campaign, but they were also the impetus\Nfor Sandra’s own vegan conversion.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.66,0:11:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All my work is inspired and informed by \Nthe animals at Eden. I learned about sentience
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.41,0:11:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from them, just by observing them. They made\Nme question. I started to think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.83,0:12:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fell into the humane myth thing for a few\Nmonths. I was vegetarian myself, but I was
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.44,0:12:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still cooking meat for other people, and we\Nwere still using eggs and dairy products.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.25,0:12:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then one night some goats arrived in our\Nyard, and they belonged to one of the dairies
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.44,0:12:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close by us, so I visited that dairy when\Nwe gave the goats back, and I walked out vegan.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.95,0:12:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I spent the next week researching animal\Nrights, and I found the film “Earthlings”
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.71,0:12:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I watched “Earthlings” I threw\Nout every animal product in the house. I went
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.58,0:12:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vegan overnight. You know, the food wasn't\Ngreat for the first fortnight. I didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.78,0:12:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I was doing. I was worried about my health,\Nbecause I have severe, very severe osteoporosis.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.82,0:12:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have to say that it was easy. It was\Neasy, and I’ve never looked back, and it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.84,0:12:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely changed my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.19,0:12:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that you’ve enjoyed hearing from\NSandra and, through her, the many survivors
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.55,0:13:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have lived and died at Eden. Though she\Nwill always defer to them, and rightly so,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.80,0:13:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am constantly amazed by not only the astounding\Nscope of Sandra’s activism, but also her
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.10,0:13:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dedication to preserving the integrity their\Nmessage.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.42,0:13:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to help support this vital work,\NEden is in need of volunteers, and currently
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.31,0:13:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has some job vacancies as well. Please see\Nthe blog post linked in the description for
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.91,0:13:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to apply. You can also share the Go Vegan\NWorld campaign to further the reach of their
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.88,0:13:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.88,0:13:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My deepest thanks to Sandra for sparing time\Nfrom her certainly packed schedule to be on
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Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.04,0:13:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now go live vegan, world, and I’ll see you\Nsoon.