5. Resources

Resources

I’ll need to think a bit before I can switch to a vegan lifestyle. Is there anything that I can read or watch?

Usually, people find it easier to transition slowly to a vegan lifestyle. The more you learn, and the longer you try this lifestyle, the easier it will get. Veganism is a never-ending adventure. You get to know heroic, compassionate people, feel amazingly energetic, and discover something new every day. Click the links to access any resource:

Videos and documentaries

Cowspiracy	Cowspiracy is an intense, comprehensive documentary about how livestock farming is destroying our world, and why major environmental organizations are willfully or otherwise keeping people in the dark about it.
Earthlings \| Youtube	Earthlings explains the ethical basis of the vegan movement and is an introduction to speciesism. As this is an honest look at the full nature of the abuse we inflict upon other species and our planet, there’s a fair degree of graphic content (none of it unwarranted).
Blackfish	In narrating the truth about the life of orcas at Sea World, Blackfish is also the story of animals made to perform at circuses, imprisoned in zoos or aquariums, or used as entertainment at theme parks.
Gary Yourofsky Lecture \| Interview	Gary Yourofsky is a vegan activist who has given 2,660 lectures to more than 60,000 people at 186 schools in 30 US states and several Israeli cities/schools. His lecture at Georgia Tech has been translated into more than 30 languages for over 10 million YouTube hits.
Sharkwater Youtube \| Vimeo	By exploring the crisis of shark fishing, Sharkwater explores how fishing is destroying our oceans.
Forks Over Knives	Forks Over Knives explores how switching to a plant-based diet can help eliminate or control diseases like cancer and diabetes.

Books

All links take you to Amazon.com, but I am not part of any affiliate program and no intention of endorsing Amazon in particular.

Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals – Jonathan Balcombe

Biophilia: The Human Bond With Other Species – Edward O. Wilson (winner of two Pulitzer Prizes)

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism – Melanie Joy

Eating Animals – Jonathan Safran Foer

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted – T. Colin Campbell

Meatonomics – How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much – David Robinson Simon

Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work – Dr. Richard Oppenlander

No Meat Athlete – Matt Frazier

Recipes

Vegan Cooking With Love	Vegan Cooking
The Flaming Vegan – Recipes	Thug Kitchen
Vegan Yum Yum	Have Cake Will Travel
Vegan Dad	Vegan Coach
Oh She Glows	Chow Vegan
Vegan Richa	Post Punk Kitchen

Social Media

Animal Rights Media	Vegans Must Be Stopped
@Vegan	The Bloody Dairy Industry
Skool of Vegan	The Thinking Vegan
Urban Vegan	269Life
Vegan Sidekick	Carnists Say the Darndest Things

Mobile apps

Forks Over Knives (recipes)	iOS	Android
Happy Cow (restaurant and store guide)	iOS	Android
V Card (vegan dining while traveling abroad)	iOS
21 Day Vegan Kickstart	iOS
Vegan Cupcakes	iOS	Android
Animal-Free (ingredients checker)	iOS	Android
Is It Vegan?	iOS	Android
Vegaholic (alcohol checker)	iOS
Yummly (recipes)	iOS	Android
Cruelty Free (shopping guide to cosmetics and household products)	iOS	Android