A page for gamers interested in veganism, vegetarianism and plant-based diets.

Find other gamers with similar interests. Trade with a new community. Share recipes. Discuss issues. Give advice to one another. Inform others on causes.

(Note: Veg*n is a wildcard that refers to both vegans and vegetarians).

-Vegan: Someone who abstains from all animal exploitation where practical and possible.
-Vegetarian: Someone who abstains from all animal flesh but still consume dairy (lacto vegetarian) and eggs (ovo vegetarian) or both (lacto-ovo vegetarian). Some fringe issues exist within the vegetarian world regarding uses of products such as rennet. Vegetarians do not eat fish.
-Pescetarian]: A pescetarian is someone who eats a largely vegetarian diet but still includes fish products in their diet. They do not lie within the veg*n community but are often considered a transionary stage.
-Omnivore/Omni: Someone who eats both plant foods annd animal sourced foods.
-Sentient: The ability to perceive or feel things. To have subjective experience. Normally differentiated from reason (the ability to think).
-Plant-Based Diet: A diet normally taken on for health reasons that consumes little to no animal produce. Usually with high importance placed on eating whole, unprocessed plants and fruits.
-Speciesism: The idea that being human is a good enough reason for human animals to have greater moral rights than non-human animals. A similar prejudice to racism, sexism, ageism.
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Movies
Earthlings[earthlings.com]
An incredibly graphic film focused on animal welfare. This film is completely free to watch online on the film makers website. Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix and featuring music by Moby.

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret[www.cowspiracy.com]
A film focused on the environmental aspects of animal produce. The film has been compared to Blackfish and An Inconvenient Truth.

Forks Over Knives[www.forksoverknives.com]
An easily accessible documentary about the health benefits of adopting a Plant-Based diet.

Speciesism: The Movie[speciesismthemovie.com]
An easily accessible film that helps explain the underlying philosophy and moral logic behind veganism.

Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death
http://www.Nutritionfacts.org's very own Dr. Michael Greger takes a look at the epidemiological studies around nutrition and fatality.

Why Vegan? / "Best Speech"
Controversial Animal Right's activist Gary Yourofsky presents a speech on animal rights and veganism.