Online VEG Outreach: How To Be A Digital Activist
Posted in Activism on 01. Feb, 2010
Some vegans and vegetarians are content to change their own diet and be done with it. I, however, am not one of those. I am in a constant state of trying to spread the VEG love, impacting even more animals by educating others. I hand out Vegan Outreach leaflets, work full-time for a vegan nonprofit, and am forever telling my non-veg friends and family about factory farms. I also spend time online spreading the message.
Need some activist inspiration? Here are some cool ways to be a digital activist:
1. Take5Save5.com — the Humane League of Philadelphia recently launched this site that offers an easy, free, effective way to spare five animals a life of suffering with just five minutes of online work. “Take 5 Save 5″ helps users connect interested meat-eaters with free vegetarian starter packs. Nice!
2. E-leafleting — With automatic friend-requesting software, I add new friends on MySpace every day to a special account designed to promote veganism. When I add someone, they visit the profile and the video “Meet Your Meat” starts right away, educating them about factory farming practices. It doesn’t take long, and I can run the program while doing something else. Email me if you are interested in learning more about e-leafleting and I will set you up!
3. Sharing a URL — One of the quickest ways to reach out to friends is by posting a vegan URL — such as www.VegStarterPack.com — in your status update on Facebook or MySpace. I also have this same URL in the signature of my email. After I post it, I often get a private message from someone asking more about being VEG!
These are the three main ways that I regularly spread the VEG message. What do you do to get the word out? Leave and comment share your methods!
Firstly, congrats on devoting your life to spreading the ‘veg love!” My boyfriend and I started a website http://www.veganera.com and we provide a free cookbook, veg starter kit, nutrition starter kit and SOS climate change information. But we also have great articles about leading a compassionate lifestyle and send out weekly e-newsletters to veg and non-veg subscribers. To help spread the message we’ve designed organic cotton and bamboo tees, hats and bags and have started selling them online along with handmade jewelry, artwork and printed versions of the cookbook. Along with this we’ve started going to markets and these products draw people in so that we can have a conversation with them about being veg. sneaky sneaky.
Check out the site if you are interested!