a couple of years ago my father asked me
if I wanted to go to Las Vegas when I
turned 21
normally a teenager would have been
ensnared by the prospect of greasing Sin
City in all of its glory
however idly I asked him if I could take
a trip to the Himalayas into the
mountains to an isolated island even a
national forest instead somewhere where
I felt like I belonged you see ever
since I was a child I’ve always had an
affinity to his natural world and it’s
beautiful inhabitants we launching an
awareness campaign with a major
environmental organization or feeding
wild cows goats dogs and cats in India I
found many ways to help out animals in
the environment but what has
surprisingly contributed the most is my
diet I have been a vegetarian in my
whole life it is an integral part of my
identity and I see it as a really large
factor in how much I care for animals
and how much I’m willing to do for them
so by raising hands how many of you here
today are a vegetarian or some iteration
of it that’s pretty good I’m happy to
see that so some of you might actually
be able to
some of the lifestyle choices that I get
asked a lot of questions about questions
such as do you get enough protein
questions such as aren’t you sick of
just eating fruits and vegetables and my
personal favorite how do you do it all
of these questions really illustrate how
little people know about a good
vegetarian diet any diet if unbalanced
is bound to the unhealthy by convention
however people are always first to
assume that vegetarians and vegans
actually less healthy and more mallomars
than the rest of us why a vegetarian
diet has been proven to decrease the
risk of cardiovascular disease type 2
diabetes and obesity it is filled with
carbohydrates fats fibers vitamins
minerals and yes even proteins you see
all of these components there are so
many readily available sources that are
natural especially for proteins like soy
meat quinoa
Magoo’s beans the list is endless so on
the other hand we have a diet high in
the consumption of
we see increased risks of cardiovascular
disease high cholesterol and type 2
diabetes sound familiar the exact
opposite of a vegetarian diet a lot of
people are unaware of the impact that
eating animal proteins actually has on
our bodies studies have actually
Illustrated that we see increased levels
of phosphorus in the blood high toxicity
of free radicals bone degradation and
even the release of a hormone called
igf-1 which causes the proliferation of
cells dramatically increasing the risk
of developing and spreading cancer all
of these effects are extremely
detrimental for the human body
and given the high rate of diet and
health related diseases out there in the
world such as obesity and diabetes it is
a growing concern for all people out
there and not just for us adults but for
our children as well this is why people
have been switching to vegetarian and
vegan diets because there is seen as
balanced natural healthy most
importantly human the animals we eat the
animals we choose to put on our plates
and once we consume are all the selected
species cows pigs chickens fish ghosts
but we don’t recognize that these are
only a few that we consider ok to
consume we don’t know of the treatment
that
have to deal with on a daily basis the
submarine because in factory farms
they’re enclosed in tight spaces kept in
filthy unhygienic conditions they are
beaten tortured they’re electrocuted
hung upside down their throats are slit
the children when they are born are torn
away from their parents and Families but
this does not only end with the meat
industry the egg and dairy industries as
well exploit animals on an exponential
level for example the second baby chicks
are born they are separated into two
compartments females and males the
females make their way on to grow in an
egg farm where they can produce X
someday the males are put on a conveyor
belt heading straight for a grinder and
these chicks have just hatched and
they’re being sentenced to death why is
that it’s because they hinder profit
they’re seen as useless rendered a loss
by the companies that exploit all these
animals every single day why is this
happening
this goes on this goes beyond our
consumption of animals this Louis into
our demands prefer for oil for leather
and fur feathers all of these things
combined together have led to the
endangerment of multiple species animals
out there in the African plains they are
hunted their heads are hung on people’s
walls like trophies and those people
convince themselves that they are
actually doing
by their massive donations however how
many ever animals we keep in zoos and
how many ever animals we care about
saving the pandas saving the whales and
nothing compares to the billions and
billions of animals we kill every day
just for our consumption if someone were
to eat a panda bear they’ll become a
monster
you’ll be like what’s wrong with you men
but if someone were to eat a hamburger
or bacon they’re just a consumer they’re
just a normal person why is it why is it
that we don’t recognize the sentient of
these animals why is it that we don’t
see that they to have the capability of
having feelings that they suffer they
feel pain they have emotions why is it
that we don’t see the difference between
the dogs cats the horses all these
animals that we’ve domesticated and then
all these animals that we eat the answer
is cognitive dissonance
it is an uncomfortable feeling
experienced by someone who moves two or
more contradictory values essentially
it’s a state of denial this isn’t the
first time we’ve experienced cognitive
dissonance as a species we fears
cognitive dissonance when we enslaved
people we experience cognitive
dissonance when we denied women the
right to vote we experience cognitive
dissonance during the Holocaust and
arguably all major Wars and today
we exist that very same cognitive
dissonance with our diet we choose not
to educate ourselves on the suffering of
those millions of animals we choose to
view them as a lesser than the ones we
hold in our homes the ones we call our
family we choose not to identify that
our diets are building on the very
foundation of death suffering and
carnage I’m not here to tell you what’s
right and what’s wrong we already know
what’s wrong but this cannot carry on
any further this goes beyond inevitable
treatment this goes beyond corporate
chasing profit this goes beyond billions
and billions 56 billion animals killed
every single year just so we can put
them on our place because this is a
matter of the existence of our planet
our addiction to animal products is a
leading cause of the degradation of our
planet’s atmosphere resources and
species it is a leading cause of climate
change now I’m sure you all have heard
some iteration of climate change here
there it is essentially the accumulation
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
that lead to a change in climate in
greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide
methane and nitrous oxide how these
gases work is that they accumulate in
the atmosphere thickening our ozone
layer they trap heat from the Sun that
is usually supposed to bounce off our
service and as
it increases our surface temperature
this leads to phenomenon we commonly
known as global warming global warming
causes the breaking of our glaciers the
melting of our ice caps and the rising
parts sea levels it increases the risk
of natural disasters all these floods
wildfires hurricanes earthquakes
droughts it is no coincidence that we
are seeing an increased rate of these
over the last few years but we can not
just blame the oil coal and natural gas
companies for this although they are
having so much time a dioxide that it is
choking our atmosphere and our planet we
too are to live with our diets because
the input of what it takes to produce
animal products far exceeds the output
it takes thousands of liters of not just
to produce one kilogram of beef milk and
eggs that is such a large amount of
water considering many countries in the
planet are facing severe droughts and
they don’t have clean water to drink if
that isn’t enough to shock you leaving
us at twelve forty percent of our scent
goes to producing animal products
forty-two percent how deforestation you
know the common culprits logging
agribusiness cattle grazing all of these
things have led to the deforestation
where two largest main forces on this
planet the Amazon and the Indonesian
rainforest in Sumatra we are causing
habitat loss of millions of animals we
are causing them to perish because we
are destroying their homes this has gone
beyond everything we could have possibly
imagined this is not a lack of awareness
this is a lack of taking the ability to
throw out of our cognitive dissonance
this goes beyond renewable energy that
is our rights this goes beyond the UN
Development sustainable goals that every
single country in the Paris climate
agreement agreed to promise by those are
already happening this goes beyond every
single thing that we imagine is possible
because this is because of our choices
because like dietary choices I have
thrown a lot of facts and figures your
way and it may be a little overwhelming
to posit solar status are we really
going to be this planet in worse shape
than which we got it are we really going
to keep a future for our children when
they never see snow hold their bears
marine life coal rates are we really
going to ensure that our oceans are
dying the 50% of our horror movies have
over the past 30 years whilst they
absorb one-third of science carbon
dioxide emissions are you really gonna
let these dead zones in the ocean do
void of life for miles we dictate our
future are we gonna have wars over water
to drink or land others to live no we
won’t we won’t let it get there because
we as people control the economy are
meant increases their supply we stop
demanding they stop supplying it’s about
time to escape the conundrum a corporate
profit and maybe take a stand together
because all it takes is for us to work
together as a collective species this is
not an issue that’s out of our hands
this is not something you have no
control over this is entirely due to us
I believe all of you can be impact
makers that you have the power to change
the world for a better and overcome our
collective species state of business
because what makes us revolutionaries is
a we identify problem we find a viable
solution to it we gonna fix it we find a
way to get the point A to point B I
stand here today a talk nothing other
than my passion grit and tenacity I
stand here today and all I ask of you is
to stand
me who you are stick with me and I where
you come from stand with me no matter
how little you think you are able to
make a big difference
stand with me because all it takes is a
voice all it takes is a push in the
right direction a leap of faith a
glimmer of light in the darkness I know
that I have the power and momentum to
inspire change I know that I can cause a
series of events that we could have
never imagined possible and I know that
I have identified a problem found a
viable solution to it and presented it
to you so I hope that this talk isn’t
that very momentum to get you pointy
[Music]
if I wanted to go to Las Vegas when I
turned 21
normally a teenager would have been
ensnared by the prospect of greasing Sin
City in all of its glory
however idly I asked him if I could take
a trip to the Himalayas into the
mountains to an isolated island even a
national forest instead somewhere where
I felt like I belonged you see ever
since I was a child I’ve always had an
affinity to his natural world and it’s
beautiful inhabitants we launching an
awareness campaign with a major
environmental organization or feeding
wild cows goats dogs and cats in India I
found many ways to help out animals in
the environment but what has
surprisingly contributed the most is my
diet I have been a vegetarian in my
whole life it is an integral part of my
identity and I see it as a really large
factor in how much I care for animals
and how much I’m willing to do for them
so by raising hands how many of you here
today are a vegetarian or some iteration
of it that’s pretty good I’m happy to
see that so some of you might actually
be able to
some of the lifestyle choices that I get
asked a lot of questions about questions
such as do you get enough protein
questions such as aren’t you sick of
just eating fruits and vegetables and my
personal favorite how do you do it all
of these questions really illustrate how
little people know about a good
vegetarian diet any diet if unbalanced
is bound to the unhealthy by convention
however people are always first to
assume that vegetarians and vegans
actually less healthy and more mallomars
than the rest of us why a vegetarian
diet has been proven to decrease the
risk of cardiovascular disease type 2
diabetes and obesity it is filled with
carbohydrates fats fibers vitamins
minerals and yes even proteins you see
all of these components there are so
many readily available sources that are
natural especially for proteins like soy
meat quinoa
Magoo’s beans the list is endless so on
the other hand we have a diet high in
the consumption of
we see increased risks of cardiovascular
disease high cholesterol and type 2
diabetes sound familiar the exact
opposite of a vegetarian diet a lot of
people are unaware of the impact that
eating animal proteins actually has on
our bodies studies have actually
Illustrated that we see increased levels
of phosphorus in the blood high toxicity
of free radicals bone degradation and
even the release of a hormone called
igf-1 which causes the proliferation of
cells dramatically increasing the risk
of developing and spreading cancer all
of these effects are extremely
detrimental for the human body
and given the high rate of diet and
health related diseases out there in the
world such as obesity and diabetes it is
a growing concern for all people out
there and not just for us adults but for
our children as well this is why people
have been switching to vegetarian and
vegan diets because there is seen as
balanced natural healthy most
importantly human the animals we eat the
animals we choose to put on our plates
and once we consume are all the selected
species cows pigs chickens fish ghosts
but we don’t recognize that these are
only a few that we consider ok to
consume we don’t know of the treatment
that
have to deal with on a daily basis the
submarine because in factory farms
they’re enclosed in tight spaces kept in
filthy unhygienic conditions they are
beaten tortured they’re electrocuted
hung upside down their throats are slit
the children when they are born are torn
away from their parents and Families but
this does not only end with the meat
industry the egg and dairy industries as
well exploit animals on an exponential
level for example the second baby chicks
are born they are separated into two
compartments females and males the
females make their way on to grow in an
egg farm where they can produce X
someday the males are put on a conveyor
belt heading straight for a grinder and
these chicks have just hatched and
they’re being sentenced to death why is
that it’s because they hinder profit
they’re seen as useless rendered a loss
by the companies that exploit all these
animals every single day why is this
happening
this goes on this goes beyond our
consumption of animals this Louis into
our demands prefer for oil for leather
and fur feathers all of these things
combined together have led to the
endangerment of multiple species animals
out there in the African plains they are
hunted their heads are hung on people’s
walls like trophies and those people
convince themselves that they are
actually doing
by their massive donations however how
many ever animals we keep in zoos and
how many ever animals we care about
saving the pandas saving the whales and
nothing compares to the billions and
billions of animals we kill every day
just for our consumption if someone were
to eat a panda bear they’ll become a
monster
you’ll be like what’s wrong with you men
but if someone were to eat a hamburger
or bacon they’re just a consumer they’re
just a normal person why is it why is it
that we don’t recognize the sentient of
these animals why is it that we don’t
see that they to have the capability of
having feelings that they suffer they
feel pain they have emotions why is it
that we don’t see the difference between
the dogs cats the horses all these
animals that we’ve domesticated and then
all these animals that we eat the answer
is cognitive dissonance
it is an uncomfortable feeling
experienced by someone who moves two or
more contradictory values essentially
it’s a state of denial this isn’t the
first time we’ve experienced cognitive
dissonance as a species we fears
cognitive dissonance when we enslaved
people we experience cognitive
dissonance when we denied women the
right to vote we experience cognitive
dissonance during the Holocaust and
arguably all major Wars and today
we exist that very same cognitive
dissonance with our diet we choose not
to educate ourselves on the suffering of
those millions of animals we choose to
view them as a lesser than the ones we
hold in our homes the ones we call our
family we choose not to identify that
our diets are building on the very
foundation of death suffering and
carnage I’m not here to tell you what’s
right and what’s wrong we already know
what’s wrong but this cannot carry on
any further this goes beyond inevitable
treatment this goes beyond corporate
chasing profit this goes beyond billions
and billions 56 billion animals killed
every single year just so we can put
them on our place because this is a
matter of the existence of our planet
our addiction to animal products is a
leading cause of the degradation of our
planet’s atmosphere resources and
species it is a leading cause of climate
change now I’m sure you all have heard
some iteration of climate change here
there it is essentially the accumulation
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
that lead to a change in climate in
greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide
methane and nitrous oxide how these
gases work is that they accumulate in
the atmosphere thickening our ozone
layer they trap heat from the Sun that
is usually supposed to bounce off our
service and as
it increases our surface temperature
this leads to phenomenon we commonly
known as global warming global warming
causes the breaking of our glaciers the
melting of our ice caps and the rising
parts sea levels it increases the risk
of natural disasters all these floods
wildfires hurricanes earthquakes
droughts it is no coincidence that we
are seeing an increased rate of these
over the last few years but we can not
just blame the oil coal and natural gas
companies for this although they are
having so much time a dioxide that it is
choking our atmosphere and our planet we
too are to live with our diets because
the input of what it takes to produce
animal products far exceeds the output
it takes thousands of liters of not just
to produce one kilogram of beef milk and
eggs that is such a large amount of
water considering many countries in the
planet are facing severe droughts and
they don’t have clean water to drink if
that isn’t enough to shock you leaving
us at twelve forty percent of our scent
goes to producing animal products
forty-two percent how deforestation you
know the common culprits logging
agribusiness cattle grazing all of these
things have led to the deforestation
where two largest main forces on this
planet the Amazon and the Indonesian
rainforest in Sumatra we are causing
habitat loss of millions of animals we
are causing them to perish because we
are destroying their homes this has gone
beyond everything we could have possibly
imagined this is not a lack of awareness
this is a lack of taking the ability to
throw out of our cognitive dissonance
this goes beyond renewable energy that
is our rights this goes beyond the UN
Development sustainable goals that every
single country in the Paris climate
agreement agreed to promise by those are
already happening this goes beyond every
single thing that we imagine is possible
because this is because of our choices
because like dietary choices I have
thrown a lot of facts and figures your
way and it may be a little overwhelming
to posit solar status are we really
going to be this planet in worse shape
than which we got it are we really going
to keep a future for our children when
they never see snow hold their bears
marine life coal rates are we really
going to ensure that our oceans are
dying the 50% of our horror movies have
over the past 30 years whilst they
absorb one-third of science carbon
dioxide emissions are you really gonna
let these dead zones in the ocean do
void of life for miles we dictate our
future are we gonna have wars over water
to drink or land others to live no we
won’t we won’t let it get there because
we as people control the economy are
meant increases their supply we stop
demanding they stop supplying it’s about
time to escape the conundrum a corporate
profit and maybe take a stand together
because all it takes is for us to work
together as a collective species this is
not an issue that’s out of our hands
this is not something you have no
control over this is entirely due to us
I believe all of you can be impact
makers that you have the power to change
the world for a better and overcome our
collective species state of business
because what makes us revolutionaries is
a we identify problem we find a viable
solution to it we gonna fix it we find a
way to get the point A to point B I
stand here today a talk nothing other
than my passion grit and tenacity I
stand here today and all I ask of you is
to stand
me who you are stick with me and I where
you come from stand with me no matter
how little you think you are able to
make a big difference
stand with me because all it takes is a
voice all it takes is a push in the
right direction a leap of faith a
glimmer of light in the darkness I know
that I have the power and momentum to
inspire change I know that I can cause a
series of events that we could have
never imagined possible and I know that
I have identified a problem found a
viable solution to it and presented it
to you so I hope that this talk isn’t
that very momentum to get you pointy
[Music]
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