Veganuary 2024 at The Resurgence Trust

Veganuary at The Resurgence Trust is all about supporting our growing community in their understanding of veganism and its social, cultural and environmental benefits. In adopting a plant-based diet, individuals can foster a greater, more active connection to nature that supports the environment as well as one's own personal wellbeing.

The Resurgence Trust is an educational charity and global community that works to inspire positive environmental change. The Trust celebrates the month of Veganuary as an opportunity to honour the interdependence of the Earth through compassion to other animals, regeneration of the environment, and nourishment of the body.

The one-month pledge to go vegan is for many an entryway into the joys of plant-based living and the sense of interconnection that it provides. Resurgence & Ecologist magazine and The Ecologist online offer an abundance of free material on veganism, focusing on the environmental, nutritional, and sociological benefits of a plant-based lifestyle as well as the ways it can help forge a more connected society.

An Alternative Wordview

Highlighting how a plant-based diet supports compassion between humans and animals, Shaina Rogstad writes, "A vegan approach offers an alternative worldview in which we see non-humans not as resources but as individuals with self-determination whose needs are best met when they have healthy ecosystems in a stable climate, and the ability to live freely."
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Perceptions about Veganism

Brendan Montague, editor of The Ecologist, shares findings from an extensive report into attitudes towards veganism among regular readers. Published in collaboration with the Vegan Society in 2020, the report draws on the views of 450 readers, exploring changing attitudes toward veganism as it becomes 'the new normal'.
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A Hearty Bean-feast

Fusing her Mediterranean roots with her passion for Indian cuisine, Miriam Sorrell, author of Mouthwatering Vegan and Yasou, creates a delicious rustic vegan stew. She utilises plant-based ingredients such as black-eyed beans, carrots and ginger to create a protein-packed and flavourful dish.
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Plate Up for the Planet

Alexander Huntley discusses how small dietary shifts towards veganism can have impactful and accessible environmental benefits. He highlights that "a plant-based diet is three times more environmentally friendly than washing clothes in cold water, four times more than hang-drying clothes or recycling, and eight times more than switching to energy saving lightbulbs".
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In the Running

World record-holding athlete Fiona Oakes shares her story as a plant-based runner breaking down negative stereotypes of veganism as inadequately nutritional and proving that "undeniably we can survive as vegans, but we can also thrive, do incredible things, have 'superhuman' achievements, all fuelled by plants."
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Vegans 'reduce diabetes & heart risks'

A vegan diet could help cut the risk of developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease, says Richard Vernalls. Analysing a study conducted on 943 vegans and 20,607 non-vegans, Richard highlights how plant-based individuals have lower average blood glucose levels and lower levels of unhealthy cholesterol.
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Picture Credits

A Lot on Our Plates cover image: Lulu and Her Lunch © 2017, Vicki Sawyer ® • An Alternative Word View: Photo © Alvaro Reyes / Unsplash • Perceptions about Veganism: Unity Diner, Hoxton - London © Tallys_art • A Hearty Bean-feast: Photograph by Miriam Sorrell • Plate-up for the Planet: Raw Pixel © Creative Commons • In the Running: Photograph courtesy Fiona Oakes • Vegans 'reduce diabetes and heart risks': Photo Pixabay

In this short film, environmental activist and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, Satish Kumar, shares his wisdom on food. "We are what we eat, so we should eat fresh, local and organically-grown food," says Satish. "If not 100%, maybe 60, 70 or even 80 percent of our food must be plant based" to sustain environmental harmony.