I- Vegan Movement Community imele inethiwekhi yabantu kanye namaqoqo aguquguqukayo futhi avela njalo ahlanganiswe ukuzibophezela okwabiwe ekuqedeni ukuxhashazwa kwezilwane kanye nokuqhubekisela phambili umhlaba onesimilo, esimeme, nolinganayo. Ngalé kwalokho okuthandwayo kokudla, le nhlangano isekelwe kufilosofi yokuziphatha, ubulungisa bezenhlalakahle, kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo wendawo ezungezile—ukuxhumanisa abantu beqa imingcele ngombono ofanayo wobubele obusebenza.
Emgogodleni wayo, ukunyakaza kwe-vegan kuyachuma ekubambisaneni nasekuhlanganiseni. Ihlanganisa ndawonye abantu bezizinda ezihlukahlukene—kungakhathaliseki uhlanga, ubulili, isigaba, nobuzwe—abaqaphela ukuhlangana kwengcindezelo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ithinta abantu, izilwane, noma iplanethi. Kusukela emizamweni ephansi namaphrojekthi okusizana kuya enkulumweni yezemfundo kanye nobushoshovu bedijithali, umphakathi udala isikhala samazwi nezindlela ezahlukahlukene, kuyilapho ugcina umgomo obumbene: umhlaba onozwelo futhi ozinzile.
Ngokuqine kakhulu, umphakathi we-vegan movement uhlanganisa ukuhlangana nokuhlanganisa, uqaphela ukuthi umzabalazo wenkululeko yezilwane awunakuhlukaniswa nezimpi ezibanzi zokulwa nengcindezelo yesistimu-ukucwasa, ubuhlanga, ubuzwe, amandla, kanye nokungabi nabulungisa kwemvelo. Lesi sigaba asigcini nje ngokubungaza ukunqoba kwenhlangano kodwa sihlola nezinselelo zayo zangaphakathi nezifiso, sikhuthaze ukuzicabangela, inkhulumomphendvulwano, kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ku-inthanethi noma ezindaweni zomhlaba wangempela, umphakathi we-vegan uyindawo yakho-lapho isenzo siba nomthelela, futhi ububele buba amandla eqoqo oshintsho.
Umnyakazo we-vegan ubulokhu udlondlobala eminyakeni yamuva nje, njengoba abantu abaningi ngokwengeziwe bekhetha ukudla ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni ngempilo yabo, imvelo, nenhlalakahle yezilwane. Le ndlela yokuphila ayigcini nje ngokudla esikudlayo, kodwa futhi mayelana nezindinganiso nezinkolelo esizigcinayo. Ngokukhetha ukudla imifino, abantu bathatha ukuma ngokumelene nemikhuba yezimboni futhi evame ukuba nonya yezimboni zenyama nezobisi, futhi bamele umhlaba onozwelo futhi ozinzile. Ngaphezu kwezinzuzo ezingokomzimba zokudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni, kukhona futhi ingxenye eqinile yokuziphatha neyokuziphatha kulokhu kunyakaza. Ngokususa imikhiqizo yezilwane ekudleni kwethu, sinciphisa iqhaza lethu ekuhluphekeni nasekuxhashazweni kwezilwane. Ngaphandle komthelela womuntu siqu, umnyakazo we-vegan nawo unomthelela omkhulu emphakathini, njengoba uphonsela inselelo isimo esikhona futhi ukhuthaza ukuguqukela endleleni enengqondo nenobubele…