This week, Lottie gives a crash course in how to transition to being vegan.

For all about WHY to be vegan, listen to our previous episode 'Ten reasons why caring for animals aligns with your values and what you can do about it' October 26th 2026.

Resources:

The importance of identifying as a vegan, animal justice advocate, or similar: https://faunalytics.org/why-some-people-stick-with-meat-free-monday-and-others-dont/;

Setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria

Vegan pledges (sign up for recipes and advice):

• 10 weeks to vegan https://10weeks.org/;
• Vegan Easy 30 day challenge https://www.veganeasy.org/;
• Challenge 22 https://challenge22.com/;
• Veganuary https://veganuary.com/;
• Veguary https://www.afrovegansociety.org/veguary;
• V-March https://www.chinavegans.org/news/v-march-a-vegan-challenge-like-no-other;
• No Meat May https://www.nomeatmay.org/resources;
• Meat free May https://www.meatfreemay.org/resources;
• Meat-free Mondays https://meatfreemondays.com/our-recipes/.

    Recipes:

• Vietnamese and Asian: https://veggieanh.com/;
• Indian: https://holycowvegan.net/;
• Arab: https://plantbasedarab.com/;
• Mexican: https://mexicanmademeatless.com/;
• African: https://veganafricanews.com/plant-based/; https://africanvibes.com/vegan-african-recipes-over-all-continent/;
• Ethiopian: https://ethiopian-food.org/ethiopian-vegan-dishes/;
• Recipes from Food Empowerment Project: https://foodispower.org/vegan-cultural-food-sites/;
• Recipes from Afro-Vegan Society: https://www.afrovegansociety.org/resources;
• Celiac friendly: https://strengthandsunshine.com/recipes;
• Recipes with videos: Rainbow Plant Life: https://rainbowplantlife.com; Andrew Bernard: https://makeitdairyfree.com/; Cheap Lazy Vegan: https://thecheaplazyvegan.com/

Cooking, shopping and nutrition:

• Vegan umami flavours: https://thewoksoflife.com/umami-ingredients/.
• Fussy Vegan app: https://www.fussyvegan.com.au/.
• Nutrition information by Registered Dieticians: https://veganhealth.org/.
• Anti-diet and weight-neutral vegan nutrition: https://taylorwolfram.com/blog/

Previous Freedom of species episode: 'Being the Only Vegan at the Dinner Table: Exploring the Social Aspects of Veganism' May 7th 2023.

Vegan social events:

• Food Not Bombs (global - free vegan dinners) https://foodnotbombs.net/info/locations/;
• Veggly https://app.veggly.net/;
• VGN Social https://vgn.me/;
• Melbourne Vegan Meetup Group https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/melbourne-vegan/;
• Cause & Events (Melbourne) https://www.cause.events/

Psychological biases to avoid:

• Meat-animal dissociation: https://www.all-creatures.org/strategies/strategies-meat-animal-mads.html;
• Cognitive dissonance: https://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-dissonance.html;
• Guilt and shame cycle: https://mywellbeing.com/therapy-101/understanding-guilt-complex;
• All-or-nothing thinking: https://www.simplypsychology.org/all-or-nothing-thinking-examples.html;
• Moral licencing: https://cognitivetrain.com/moral-licensing/

Travel:

• HappyCow: https://www.happycow.net/;
• The Veganary: https://www.theveganary.com/.

     Non-food:

• Cruelty-free and vegan cosmetics https://consciousbunny.com/;
• Animal-free clothing https://goodonyou.eco/;
• Adopt don't shop for pets https://www.petrescue.com.au/;
• Sanctuaries https://veganaustralia.org.au/blog/vegan-farmed-animal-sanctuaries;
• Cruelty Free Super: https://www.crueltyfreesuper.com.au;
• Plant Based Treaty: https://plantbasedtreaty.org;
• Plant Based Universities: https://plantbaseduniversities.org;
• Animal Justice Party: https://www.animaljusticeparty.org.
• Start with these actions if easier than changing your diet: https://taylorwolfram.com/non-food-animal-advocacy/.

Email us at FoSradio@proton.me with feedback, questions or topic requests.

Music:

• Animal liberation - Los Fastidios https://www.losfastidios.net/;
• Wha me eat - Macka B;
• #Vegan - Jerry Heil;
• 40-year-old Vegan - Chokeules.