Daydreaminggiraffe's profile

More About Me

Reasons why I prefer to eat vegetarian or vegan:

I eat vegan because I care about climate change and the state of our world and am aware of the heavy impact animal agriculture has on those things. I also realize that my own personal pleasure should not and does not come at the cost of another being's suffering. If you can be just as healthy and happy without something needing to be killed, then why live any other way?

I joined HappyCow Members Community because:

I'd like to find more solidarity and social connections in my community with like-minded people. Although I have many friends who support my lifestyle choices, it would be nice to have more people in my life who also love those values everyday.

Here are some places I've been that I liked... and places that I would like to visit one day:

I've lived throughout the east and west coast of the United States and love Richmond, Va; Athens, GA; Philadelphia, PA; Brooklyn, NY; Boston, MA; San Luis Obispo, CA; Portland, OR; and so many more. I also have a great love for Leverkusen, DE, where I lived for a year. I would love to visit Australia, South Korea, Thailand Argentina, and many other places. I love learning about other cultures and trying exotic foods.

Some of my favorite veg*n foods include:

Avocado Toast! It's one of the simplest things to make and eat as a vegan but it has so much potential and always tastes amazing. I also love mangoes and dates, as well as lentils and sweet potatoes. Going vegan has built up my cooking skills, and I love making delicious plant-based meals at home.

Here are some books, movies, magazines, and my favorites that I would recommend to other HappyCow members:

I'm a life-long bibliophile. One of my favorite books is "The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff. Right now I am reading "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Saffran Foer, "Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?" by Frans de Waal and "Animal Wise" by Virginia Morell. I've been more recently interested in animal cognition studies. I also subscribe to VegNews. The movie that changed my whole world perspective and pushed me to go vegan was Cowspiracy. Forks Over Knives and Earthlings were also game-changing.