Ethical Living

Vegans strive to lead a cruelty-free life, avoiding eating or using products that cause harm to animals. When it comes to clothes and fashion, that goal may appear even more difficult to achieve. This accessible guide explains how animal cruelty is embedded in fabric production, manufacturing, and marketing. Readers will discover how to make a personal checklist of their cruelty-free values and buy budget-friendly clothes that they can feel good about. Features include an inspirational section providing readers with numerous ideas for making their own cruelty-free garments and accessories, a sidebar on debunking topical Myths and Facts, and 10 Questions to Ask a Specialist.

This book reveals how the beauty industry profits from harming animals in ways many consumers would not expect. Whether young readers are interested in veganism and what it means to live cruelty-free broadly, or about the beauty industry specifically, these eye-opening explanations will encourage them to think critically about the choices they make as a consumer, and the ethical impact of something as simple as choosing a shampoo. Including Myths and Facts about animal testing, 10 Great Questions to Ask a Vegan, suggestions of websites, organizations, and books for further reading, this book is designed to inspire continued research and practice.

Being vegan isn't just about what you eat, it's also about what you wear, where you live, and how you entertain yourself. This informative and accessible book offers readers insight into the history of animal entertainment from 2000 B.C.E. through to the 21st century. It outlines different philosophies on how humans should interact with animals and gives suggestions of how to avoid unethical animal entertainment and help prevent its continued practice. Also included are sections on Myths and Facts about ethical entertainment and further questions for readers to Ask a Specialist, making this volume a great jumping-off point for discussing cruelty-free living.

Our homes are where we live and play, and for those making positive vegan choices, it's important for our domestic spaces to be environmentally friendly and cruelty-free. This book provides practical advice and inspiration to everyone who is building or renovating and wants a home that both supports their lifestyle and benefits the planet. Topics include making intelligent choices on appliances and creating butterfly-friendly gardens. With ideas, tips, and guidelines for every aspect of home design, readers will see how easy it is to make smart choices and create a beautiful, safe space for living.

We might think of our pets as our best friends, or as members of our families, but we can never truly know what they think about us. Readers are invited to consider the ethics behind keeping animals as pets, and offered practical guidance and straight-forward advice on how to be as conscious as possible when it comes to adopting, feeding, training, and living with animals. Sidebars on Myths and Facts and 10 Great Questions to Ask a Specialist will help readers think ethically about their relationship to the animal friends in their lives.

More people than ever before are adopting an ethical approach to the food they eat. Countless celebrities have come out as vegan, and every week a new vegan vlogger lights up social media. At the same time, vegan activists continue to raise awareness of ongoing cruelty within the food industry and entrepreneurs compete to develop new vegan food products. This book helps new vegans negotiate the pitfalls of choosing ethical food. It includes advice on reading labels and eating out with non-vegan friends, help sorting the myths from the facts, and 10 great questions to ask a nutritionist.