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Details: 31 May 2017

I'm currently overseas on My European Adventures. The first vegan event I spoke at was the VegFest UK event in Bristol on 21 May. I spoke about Online Etiquette & How to Deal with Negativity Online.

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Details: 29 May 2017

I'm currently overseas on My European Adventures. The first vegan event I spoke at was the VegFest UK event in Bristol on 21 May. I spoke about International Activism & Engaging Abroad.

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Details: 05 May 2017

Over the weekend, as the new President of the Vegetarian Vegan Society of Queensland (VVSQ), I organised a variety of vegan food demos and talks to take place at the Buddha's Birth Day Festival at Southbank in Brisbane, Australia. We were at the fes...

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Details: 23 December 2016

This year was another busy year - especially from the beginning of September, which began the start of my 3-month vegan speaking tour! Back to Bali, throughout Australia (not the West Coast this year unfortunately), and a lot of events in my hometow...

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Details: 22 December 2016

A Christmas Wishlist 'Tis the season to be aware of your actions, words and deeds. My wish for you this Xmas is that you get exactly what you need. Replace old traditions with new ideals, Replace what you've accepted with the truth. Replace exces...

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Details: 21 December 2016

Back in September, I was part of the UQ Veg Society's panel (with an awesome title!) - Animal Rights and Human Responsibility. Joining me on the panel were Zade Watson from Animal Justice Party, James Aspey, Claire Fryer from PETA Australia, and Trin...

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Details: 26 October 2016

Over the weekend (when I was in Melbourne for World Vegan Day), I delivered a Skype presentation to the Vegan Athletes Summit as part of VegFestUK London. I spoke about being vegan for 20 years, running this website for over a decade, and then spent...

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Details: 14 October 2016

A couple of weekends ago I was in Canberra for the Oceania Critical Animal Studies Conference on the Friday and Saturday (before I was watching the #AFLGF) and the Living Green Festival on Sunday. On the Friday, I gave a workshop on Ethics Beyond the...

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Details: 09 September 2016

On Sunday, I hosted the Vegan Fitness Panel at BrisVeganFest, featuring Billy Simmonds, Crissi Carvalho and Regan Smith: These three vegans share their fitness expertise on a range of topics including what fitness activities they participate in, th...

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Details: 08 September 2016

On Sunday, I hosted a Q&A with Alejandro Cancino at BrisVeganFest: Alejandro Cancino from Urbane Restaurant shares his story on how his career took him to Brisbane from Argentina, and what it's like working at a non-veg restaurant when vegan. He a...