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The Environmental Impact of Animal Agriculture | Shellethics

Share246TweetShare+11Pin41 Earth’s climate has changed over the past century. The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, sea levels have risen, and glaciers and ice sheets have decreased in size. The best available evidence indicates that greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are the main cause. Continuing increases in greenhouse gases will produce further warming and other […]

SPECIESISM

The word and concept of Speciesism was first introduced by Australian moral philosopher, Peter Singer, during the 1970s. His 1975 published book, Animal Liberation, was cited as the start of the animal rights movement, much in the same way there were key figures and publications that began the equal rights and feminism movements. Growing up as kids we are introduced to animals […]

A Guide to Animal Products and Additives | Shellethics

Table of Contents ▼▲ Animal Products Animal Additives It’s quite scary the sheer amount of animal-based and derived products that have been quietly integrated into our society and diets. The majority of the time consumers have absolutely no idea what all the weird looking words actually are. In fact, the ambiguous names usually don’t register or flag in […]

A Guide to Animal Products and Additives | Shellethics

Table of Contents ▼▲ Animal Products Animal Additives It’s quite scary the sheer amount of animal-based and derived products that have been quietly integrated into our society and diets. The majority of the time consumers have absolutely no idea what all the weird looking words actually are. In fact, the ambiguous names usually don’t register or flag in […]

WHY ANIMAL TESTING IS UNNECESSARY

This barbaric use of animals is not the behaviour of a civilised or evolved species WHY ANIMAL TESTING IS UNNECESSARY This page isn’t going to blast you with horrific images of suffering animals. Instead, it will offer you sound logic on why animal testing is unnecessary by describing what vivisection is, why it is done, and listing […]

Vegan Bread — Helgas is Vegan! | Shellethics

  Bread is something just about everyone enjoys and is a constant in our lives. But little do most people know that bread often contains many animal derived products, such as duck feathers used as dough conditioners, to pancreatic enzymes (phospholipase) from pigs as emulsifiers. There’s a whole range of innocent looking words such as whey, casein, ghee, lecithin, […]

The Omnivore Vs Herbivore Debate

SharePinRedditYumEmail The omnivore vs herbivore debate is a common one, and while people can pick and choose particular elements to suit their point in an argument, the only way to properly address this is to lay out and analyse all of the anatomical evidence. One of the most popular counter-arguments against veganism is that because humans […]

The Omnivore Vs Herbivore Debate

SharePinRedditYumEmail The omnivore vs herbivore debate is a common one, and while people can pick and choose particular elements to suit their point in an argument, the only way to properly address this is to lay out and analyse all of the anatomical evidence. One of the most popular counter-arguments against veganism is that because humans […]

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