Compassionate Living

05/25/2026

Sea "food" is Sea LIFE! Taking sea creatures from the oceans to be brutally killed is just another form of hunting. If you are against going into animal's homes and killing them for no reason, then you should also be against fishing. It's the same thing. Let sea life live and live vegan.

05/22/2026

Vendor applications are now OPEN for the Sonoma County VegFest 2026! This year the big day is Saturday, September 26 and we are excited for another awesome annual event. Let your favorite vegan business or nonprofit know this is a unique opportunity to connect with people aligned with vendors values of sustainable, healthy, and ethical living. We hope you will join us for a fantastic year!

VENDOR APP: https://socovegfest.org/vendor-application-form/

05/14/2026

Cage-free eggs are now available at most grocery stores, a muffin lists cage-free eggs in the ingredients, and a restaurant touts cage-free omelettes on their menu. Is this a win for hens? We crack into this question with Amber Canavan examining PETA’s new white paper on cage-free egg systems.

Amber shared why PETA released this white paper, how cage-free facilities can actually create new and worse conditions for hens, and how humanewashing eases consumers concerns about the treatment of farmed animals. Amber and Hope both share first hand experience of witnessing cage-free facilities and the reality of cage-free egg farming.

Check out this episode: https://hopefortheanimalspodcast.org/episode-135-cage-free-cracked-open-with-amber-canavan/

05/11/2026

Got 5 minutes? Listen to this Plant Based Briefing podcast featuring an article by Hope Bohanec, Executive Director of Compassionate Living. It's called Animal Liberation Is Part of the Social Justice Tapestry and explains why speciesism hold us back from recognizing veganism as part of the systemic oppression. Give it a listen and share.

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05/04/2026

Some perspective to ponder today...

05/01/2026

If you can get to Eugene, Oregon, we hope you will join us for the Eugene VeganFest THIS SUNDAY, May 3! This celebration of compassionate and sustainable living has fantastic food, innovative vendors, and inspiring speakers. Large-scale vegan events are a glimpse of what could be. A world where the earth and her animals are respected and protected, where products and people strive for zero-waste and non-harming. Where we live in peace with all our fellow earthlings. Won't you join us?

Info and tickets here: https://eugeneveganfest.org/

04/22/2026

Every day is Earth Day for vegans! Living vegan is one of the best ways we can reduce our carbon footprint and ease our impact. For the earth and her animals, have Earth Day be your vegan-versary and start today.

04/21/2026

Vegans are visionaries. We hold a vision of a nonviolent future where all animals are free from human imposed commodification, suffering, and killing. What if this vision was on the ballot and we could vote on it? That could be happing soon with the Oregon IP 28, a ballot initiative that would eliminate the legal exemptions that currently protect hunting, fishing, trapping, and farming from Oregon's animal abuse statutes.

David Michelson is the visionary heading up this historic effort and on this episode he shares insights into the campaign including why he decided to start it and what its passing would mean for animals. He also clears up some misconceptions about the campaign and talks about our vision as a movement and how we need to hold onto the hope for total animal liberation.

Listen to and share this episode: https://hopefortheanimalspodcast.org/episode-134-voting-for-a-compassionate-future-with-david-michelson/

04/16/2026

If you're in the Pacific Northwest or can get to Eugene, Oregon, don't miss the Eugene VeganFest on Sunday, May 3! There will be over 50 innovative vendors, two tracks of speakers in the Impact Room and Vitality Room, a full food court with so many delicious options, live music all day and more! Come celebrate compassion with us!

For more information and tickets: https://eugeneveganfest.org/

04/11/2026

Let's update our language to reflect compassion and protection of sentient life. This common saying evokes unnecessary violence. Some like to updated it to say "feed two birds with one scone" because it rhymes, but bread is not healthy for birds. Can you think of another cliche that we can update?