Somebody Should Do Something: How to help create social change for the animals and environment

Sunday, 13 September 2026 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
A child planting a bulb in the ground

Lottie and Hayden discussed how anyone, yes even YOU, can help create social change for important issues like animal justice and the climate.

 They drew from the book 'Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change' by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva and Daniel Kelly, which argues that rather than either/or, both individual and systemic actions are needed to create lasting, positive changes. And in fact they feed each other in a constant feedback loop. A key example is recognising that you have the power to influence the people around you, and to make sure you harness that for good. With this in mind, wouldn't you rather be an animal justice and pro-vegan influencer, instead of an anti-vegan influencer? Lottie and Hayden discuss some easy changes you can make in your everyday life to be an advocate for the animals, which is essential if we are ever going to achieve lasting systemic changes like a more just global food system.

 'Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change' by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva and Daniel Kelly: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049788/somebody-should-do-something/

 Endorse the Plant Based Treaty to support structural changes towards a plant-based food system: https://plantbasedtreaty.org/endorse/

 Music:

 Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson

 The Times They are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

 From Little Things Big Things Grow - written by Kev Carmody & Paul Kelly, performed by Dan Sultan, John Butler & Missy Higgins