For those who reduce exploitation of animals by not eating them, yet may continue to use products such as leather, "plant based" is a term that works well enough for what is a diet, more than an ethical consideration.
As for true Veganism, I've been increasingly interested in conversations about intersectionality, how Veganism extends into human social justice issues, along with broader environmental concerns. I think "Veganism" is expanding, perhaps into something that might have a new name one day.
I have been Green Party for many years. I'd like to see all these ideas come under one big umbrella that is about limiting human exploitation of resources, humans, animals and plants, and also minerals. Of course, taken to these extremes, humans may be seen as a kind of virus destroying the planet, a view I don't entirely disagree with. It's one reason I did not have kids.
I have discussed the topic of having children with some vegans, with mixed results; it feels clear to me: if someone adopts a vegan lifestyle, then (assuming single parenting) has even one child who grows up non-vegan, that effectively "cancels out" most (if not all) of the efforts of the parent. Mathematically, if two vegan parents have only one non-vegan child, then okay.
It's important that this topic be discussed seriously: that Veganism needs to explicitly include the idea that if you can't guarantee your child/ren will grow up vegan, then it's not Vegan to have children.
What do you think?
May all beings be well and happy
I am Vegan & a proud volunteer in The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT). And I have honoured--& continue to honour, my commitment to abstain from human reproduction. The Biosphere would be--& will be, better off without Homo sapiens sapiens. And human extinction will come (as extinction inevitably comes for all species at one point or another). In VHEMT, we know that...phasing out the human species by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth’s biosphere to return to good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense. When we are extinct the Biosphere will flourish.
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