OrganicAthlete -- Sustainable Alternatives

...here's a short but very good article about the vegan lifestyle.

Contributed by Lennie Mowris
Friday, 16 September 2005

The vegan lifestyle extends beyond the realm of food and is based in compassion for all life. PETA has best encapsulated the vegan ideal on many bumper stickers, t-shirts and buttons found in their catalogue that states, “Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on or use for entertainment.” This is a strong statement, clearly embracing that all animals, like us, are born free and within that right should stay free. Many people adopt a vegan diet for health and ethical reasons but don’t as often take the next step towards supporting this freedom by boycotting other animal-based items.

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...this is from the Organic Athlete website.
...their Statement of Principles is worth a read: