Your privilege, what’s up with that?

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M.I.A. in Borders
her
latest song
in the direction of bourgeois indifference. Look, it’s so easy to sing cleverly and cool about police violence, poverty and the refugee crisis. It’s that easy to create images that couldn’t come from an aid organization’s promotional video and are impressive for that very reason. But “Borders”, the title of the British rapper’s song released last week, doesn’t just have to hurt other artists. But first and foremost: us: the fact that we simply accept what is happening in the world without anger or courage is an issue and should challenge us. Source
Süddeutsche Zeitung

What you can do:
here.

Where you should go:
here.

 

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Freedom
I don’t need ’em
Where’s your rhythm?
This world needs a brand new rhythm
We done the key
We done them key them to lie
Let’s beat ’em
We them smartphones done beat ’em

Borders
What’s up with that?
Politics
What’s up with that?
Police shots
What’s up with that?
Identities
What’s up with that?
Your privilege
What’s up with that?
Broke people
What’s up with that?
Boat people
What’s up with that?
The realness
What’s up with that?
The new world
What’s up with that?
I’m gonna keep up on all that

Guns blow doors to the system
Yeah f*ck ’em when we say we’re not with them
We’re solid and we don’t need to kick them
This is North, South, East and Western

Guns blow doors to the system
Yeah f*ck ’em when we say we’re not with them
We’re solid and we don’t need to kick them
This is North, South, East and Western

Queen
What’s up with that?
Killin’ it
What’s up with that?
Slayin’ it
What’s up with that?
Your goals
What’s up with that?
Leg’ bae
What’s up with that?
Makin’ money
What’s up with that?
Breakin’ internet
What’s up with that?
Love wins
What’s up with that?
Livin’ it
What’s up with that?
Leg’ real
What’s up with that?

Guns blow doors to the system
Yeah f*ck ’em when we say we’re not with them
We’re solid and we don’t need to kick them
This is North, South, East and Western

We’re representing peeps
Let them play us on the air
When we’re talking in our sleep, does it listen on a system?
We’re sittin’ in the stoop
Where we get our scoop
This is how we keep it cool and this is how we do

We’re representing peeps
Let them play us on the air
When we’re talking in our sleep, does it listen on a system?
We’re sittin’ in the stoop
Where we get our scoop
This is how we keep it cool and this is how we do

What’s up with that?
Your values
What’s up with that?
Your beliefs
What’s up with that?
Your families
What’s up with that?
History
What’s up with that?
Your future
What’s up with that?
My boys
What’s up with that?
My girls
What’s up with that?
Freedom
What’s up with that?
Your power
What’s up with that?

Guns blow doors to the system
Yeah f*ck ’em when we say we’re not with them
We’re solid and we don’t need to kick them
This is North, South, East and Western

Guns blow doors to the system
Yeah f*ck ’em when we say we’re not with them
We’re solid and we don’t need to kick them
This is North, South, East and Western

We’re representing peeps
Let them play us on the air
When we’re talking in our sleep, does it listen on a system?
We’re sittin’ in the stoop
Where we get our scoop
This is how we keep it cool and this is how we do

We’re representing peeps
Let them play us on the air
When we’re talking in our sleep, does it listen on a system?
We’re sittin’ in the stoop
Where we get our scoop
This is how we keep it cool and this is how we do

The song ends with “Gonna keep up on all that,
Gonna be doing it like that”

Therefore, say no to indifference.

What you can do: here.

Where you should go: here.

 

Do You Know What You`r Wearing?

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Winter is coming – and you’re still looking for the right footwear?

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I basically have enough shoes, but every now and then I have to discard a pair and am on the lookout for a vegan replacement.

Are you also looking for vegan shoes? You will find what you are looking for at http://wills-vegan-shoes.com!

I ordered the http://wills-vegan-shoes.com/womens-vegan-laceup-work-boots-black.html and received the package fairly quickly. (If you register for the newsletter, you will receive a free delivery code worldwide).

My new boots have already been worn at the weekend, admired and marveled at extensively.

I am very happy with my new vegan boots, they look great and are also comfortable. I ordered them a little bigger so that I can insert an insulating sole when it gets really cold.

I’m ready for winter! You too? 😉

By the way, there are also great models for men.

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Humans are not dependent on animal food, animal clothing or animal muscle power

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Dear Mr.
Prof. Dr. Bernhard H. F. Taureck
, You have written a manifesto for vegan humanism. Why the term “manifesto”? Aren’t the terms vegan and humanism contradictory?

Wouldn’t it be easier to dispense with the concept of humanism, which is associated with the subordination of animals to the needs of humans?

Manifest is based on the Latin word manifestus, to be revealed. The purpose of a manifesto is to expose shortcomings and make proposals to remedy them. The Manifesto of Vegan Humanism that I have written attempts to fulfill both tasks. It shows the carnivorous society to be a dead end and proposes an end to all animal use as an alternative. The question of renouncing humanism is based on a typical misjudgment that traditional humanism has successfully caused. Humanism established the idea of an unrestricted appropriation, measurement and evaluation of everything by man. This overlooked the fact that we humans have the possibility and the ability to renounce unlimited appropriation and to distinguish between what belongs to us humans and what belongs to animals. Humanism does not include anthropocentrism. It is important to conceive limited humanisms. Unlimited humanism would turn the earth into a mass grave not only of animals, but of humans themselves. The ecologically murderous consequences of our greed for animal meat can already be seen today. Humans are not dependent on animal food, animal clothing or animal muscle power. The use and exploitation of animals is not, as our habits, nutritional science and the animal processing industry would have us believe for a long time, something unavoidable.

If we follow today’s dietary recommendations to eat meat only once a week, we are already on a de-consumption path. This one meat meal can also be dispensed with. The prerequisite for this is the awareness that and the extent to which de-utilization is ethically binding. The Vegan Humanism Manifesto attempts to lead us to this insight.

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We are living in a time of escalating wars and massive refugee movements triggered by wars, destruction and misery. What answer would you give to people who demand that we should first and foremost take care of people?

 

The view that we primarily have to take care of humans overlooks the fact that human suffering is linked to man-made animal suffering in two ways. For one thing, the brutalization we show towards animals does not end with them. As an aggressive attitude, it easily spills over into our relationship with other people. On the other hand, the agonizing deaths of millions of people every year due to malnutrition could be avoided if we were to focus on depletion and no longer feed cattle for slaughter with soy that is not available to starving people.

 

A personal question: How did you come to embrace the vegan lifestyle?

 

Looking back, I see my life with regard to nutrition as a long journey of learning, which led me to the ethically compelling conclusion that the killing of animals for human consumption is based on no other justification than good taste. I had to realize that the sentence formulated by La Rochefoucauld in the 17th century, “One renounces one’s interest rather than one’s taste” not only applies, but has become the basis of our irresponsible eating habits.

 

The full interview with Prof. Dr. Bernhard H. F. Taureck can be found
here.

You can find the book “MANIFEST OF VEGAN HUMANISM” in any good bookshop or
here online.

21 years of World Vegan Day

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World Vegan Day turns 21 years old

The first World Vegan Day was launched on November 1, 1994 by the British Vegan Society to mark its 50th anniversary. The organization was founded in 1944 by Donald Watson.

Vegan is the new yoga

 

Is veganism still trendy? In the meantime, there can hardly be any talk of a “vegan trend” anymore, the vegan movement has already made it into the mainstream and is on everyone’s lips. The media report on vegan stars, vegan bodybuilders and take up vegan debates.

Vegan restaurants, catering and food trucks are on the rise and the number of vegan products is also increasing enormously. At the last Zurich Street Food Festival, almost every stall offered a vegan option.

This is ultimately due to the growing interest of consumers in the vegan lifestyle and we hope that interest will continue to grow.

 

Vegan development in Switzerland in figures

1994- World Vegan Day is launched

 

1997- The company Vegusto produces vegan meat and cheese alternatives from its own Swiss production for the first time

 

2005- Vegan online store “Larada” supplies Switzerland from Bern

 

2007- The first podcast is launched on Vegan.ch

 

2009- The first vegan hotel “Swiss Krone” opens its doors

 

2010- The first vegan restaurant “Vegan Kitchen & Bakery” opens in Zurich

 

2011- Around 25,000 vegans live in Switzerland

 

2011- Foundation of the “Vegan Society Switzerland”

 

2012- First vegan street festival “Veganmania” takes place in Winterthur

 

2012- Vegan cooking courses come to the Migros Club School

 

2012- The green Fairy launches the first vegan organic ice cream in Switzerland

 

2013- Pretty and Pure, the first store with vegan cosmetics, brushes etc. opens its doors.

 

2013- Eva Kelemen and her colleague Thomas open the first vegan store in Switzerland

 

2013- Wholesalers expand their vegan range

 

2013- Haus Hitlt opens the first Vegi-Metzg in Switzerland

 

2013- The Vlowers vegan breakfast table takes place for the first time

 

2014- The Swiss label “The No Animal Brand” launches its first vegan fashion collection on the market

 

2014- The first vegan magazine called Vlowers is distributed in Zurich and the surrounding area

 

2014- Vegan food truck “Unmeat” chugs through Switzerland

 

2014- Vegan restaurant “sanus viventium” receives “Best of Swiss Gastro” award for the first time

 

2014- Switzerland has around 80,000 vegans

 

2014- V-Angle is the first vegan online fashion store to dress Switzerland

 

2015- The Alnatura organic supermarket opens in Zurich and floods the market with over 2000 vegan products

 

2015- First vegan canteen opens in Zurich

 

2015- The second vegan magazine in Switzerland, BLAUFUX, is published by the Vegan Society

the story will continue…

 

by Aris Guzman

The future of NUTRITION

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Future-of-nutrition

Panel discussion Wednesday, Nov. 18 2015 over lunch @ Hiltl

 

Meat consumption is increasing worldwide, while at the same time the area of untouched rainforest is decreasing, partly because it is being used intensively for the cultivation of soy for animal feed and as grazing land. Equally alarming is the state of the increasingly overfished oceans and the living conditions of the animals that serve us as food. What alternatives are available? Will we soon be eating artificial, less, no or different (animal) meat?

 

Discussion with

Christian Bärtsch, co-founder and member of the management board of Essento, a Swiss start-up dedicated to the potential of edible insects

Thomas Bratschi, ZHAW – Life Sciences and Facility Management Head of the Geography of Food research group, lecturer CAS in Food Responsibility

Rolf Hiltl, 4th generation owner and managing director of Hiltl AG

Moderation: Dr. Olivia Bosshart, KION

including the following questions and topics

– How can the constantly growing world population be supplied with food, especially protein?

– And with what type of protein? What does this mean for cultivation, “production”, distribution, eating habits, …

– Vegetarian cuisine is booming – is the future of nutrition becoming more vegetarian? Vegan? For which regions of the world does this apply? And is that a luxury?

– Will we eat less, no or different meat in future? Do we include insects in our diet? Or would you prefer artificial meat?

– … what questions do YOU have?

Details on procedure, place and time

Date: Wed. 18.11.2015

Venue: Hiltl Academy, Haus Hiltl,5. Floor, Sihlstrasse 24, 8001 Zurich

Podium: 12:15 to 13.15, followed by Hiltl finger food

Admission: Incl. Catering CHF 50.

Registration: until Mon. 16.11.2015. by email at anmeldung@kion.ch or at: www.kion.ch

The vegan queen of extremes

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Fiona Oakes is the vegan queen of extremes

As a teenager, Essex Fiona Oakes underwent several surgical procedures to remove her kneecap and knee joint and was told she would never walk again:

But at the age of 48, she holds three world records, including being the fastest woman to run seven marathons on seven continents, plus the North Pole, with a total time of 31 hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds.

BBC visited Oakes, who is also a vegan and nicknamed the “Queen of Extremes”, and shows why she was willing to walk over 240 kilometers in the Sahara.


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Jiaogulan tea: drink the herb of immortality

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Jiaogulan, or A small plant that promises nothing less than immortality. Leaving aside the philosophical question of whether immortality can actually be a goal for mankind to strive for, ensuring quality of life into old age is unquestionably a desire of our society – and the cause of one of the most notable expenses in our economy. We certainly don’t want to pay for homeopathy according to Samuel Hahnemann or any other quackery with our health insurance premiums. The active ingredients of plants, however, are not part of alternative medicine, but of conventional medicine: even today, pharmaceutical research sends its scouts into the mountains of the Himalayas and the jungles of South America to find new plant-based active ingredients that can be developed into medicines.

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The plant Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Jiaogulan) is used in the Chinese province of Guizhou, for example, and the above-average proportion of centenarians there is attributed to the regular consumption of tea made from this plant. Jiaogulan is an inconspicuous climbing plant from the gourd family that grows in the thickets of Asia. The ingredients of the “herb of immortality” or “herb of the eternal fountain of youth” are similar to those of ginseng, a renowned plant for maintaining health. Jiaogulan has also been found to contain antioxidants and substances that strengthen the heart and lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels. It is a slender, climbing, annual to perennial herbaceous plant and grows to a length of four to eight meters. It forms root tubers as a survival organ. The tendrils are forked and dried to make tea. Jiaogulan is native to China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, India and South America. However, it can also be grown in Europe under certain conditions. It colonizes thickets and thrives at altitudes of up to 3200 meters above sea level, but prefers a warm and humid climate. The plant was first described in 1406 during the Ming Dynasty by Zhu Xiao in the book “Medicinal herbs against famine”. By 2005, over 100 saponins, called gypenosides or gynosaponins, had been isolated and identified from jiaogulan. The total saponin content is ~ 2.4 % of the dried plant. Saponins as a subgroup of glycosides play an important role among the therapeutically effective components of medicinal plants. In accordance with their great structural diversity, a large number of different biological-pharmaceutical properties are also observed. Strengthening, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, expectorant/mucolytic and hormone-stimulating properties have been observed. They also support the absorption of other ingredients from the intestine and bind cholesterol. It is also thought to have a preventive effect against bowel cancer by inhibiting cell division in the bowel.

 

A Cup of Tea a Day keeps the Doctor away

 

Sources: NZZ and Wikipedia

Order online
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To be filled fresh in Zurich directly at the Berg Apotheke at
Stauffacherstrasse 26 in 8004 Zurich

(100g cost CHF 28.50, but several infusions are possible with the tea and the dried jiaogulan is very productive).

 


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