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My Point Of View On...
The Vegan Lifestyle
(Veganism)
My Point Of View No. 1: If possible, become vegan! I became vegan again (for the second time), around the end of March 2015, and I am feeling much better about my food choices, plus I am feeling much better overall.
My Point Of View No. 2: Veganism is naturally healthier and you can lose weight! The first time that I became vegan, I lost forty pounds over several months, due to choosing to only consume foods that were not animal-based.
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Math Magician)
"I can explain everything!"
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My Writing About The Perfect Reasons To Go Vegan: Why give food that you can eat to animals and then eat animal meat, or other animal products? In other words, "Cut out the middle man." Besides that, why contribute to the impact of eating animal meat, or other animal products, which accounts for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions? In other words, "Cut out the global warming." –Paul Whiting (written March 30th, 2015, revised October 18th, 2021 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Writing About How Raising Animals For Food Is Slavery: Raising animals for food is basically slavery—and we should not engage in, support, or condone slavery in any way, shape or form—because slavery is just plain wrong. –Paul Whiting (written April 11th, 2015 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Writing About Becoming Vegan: If possible, become vegan! I became vegan again (for the second time), around the end of March 2015, and I am feeling much better about my food choices, plus I am feeling much better overall. Veganism is naturally healthier and you can lose weight! The first time that I became vegan, I lost forty pounds over several months, due to choosing to only consume foods that were not animal-based. –Paul Whiting (written April 11th, 2015 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Writing About How Consuming Animal Meat And Other Animal Products Is Not Good: Consuming animal meat, as well as other animal products, is not good for the animals—it is not good for you—and it is not good for global warming, because livestock, and their byproducts, account for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. –Paul Whiting (written December 27th, 2015, revised October 18th, 2021, revised October 24th, 2021 and revised July 18th, 2022)
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My Mathematical Notes:
The reason that I wrote this prose can be summed up with the following statement: If possible, become vegan! I became vegan again (for the second time), around the end of March 2015, and I am feeling much better about my food choices, plus I am feeling much better overall. Veganism is naturally healthier and you can lose weight! The first time that I became vegan, I lost forty pounds over several months, due to choosing to only consume foods that were not animal-based.
And this prose was also published on my "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer" blog (please see the hyperlink below for the blog), since I feel that the message in this prose applies to the message that I am trying to convey through "Paul Whiting — A Creative Writer."
This prose was written in Portland, Oregon.
-Paulee
https://paulwhitingwriting.blogspot.com
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August 13th, 2023 Update: I pressed the Weather.com "Excessive Heat Warning" on my smartphone today, August 13th, 2023, and I was directed to a Google search page that had an advertisement at the top of the page, which stated the following:
Ad · https://www.plantbasedtreaty.org
Excessive Heat Warning Petition - Please Sign Urgent Petition
Take action today to protect animals, people and the planet. Sign the Plant Based Treaty.*
So, I clicked on the hyperlink to the referenced webpage, which can be found below:
Plant Based Treaty
We invite you to sign the Plant Based Treaty*
And get a FREE Vegan Starter Kit
There is a climate emergency and you can help by signing the Plant Based Treaty*
The IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] issued a "final warning" in March 2022. We are heading towards 1.5C [1.5 degrees celsius, which is 34.7 degrees fahrenheit] warming by 2030 unless we change our reliance on fossil fuels and animal agriculture. You can help by signing the Plant Based Treaty* which has the goal of switching the planet to a plant-based food system and encouraging diet change, not climate change.
Join over 37,000 others and sign the Treaty today:
Name First: Paul
Name Last: Whiting
City: [redacted]
Country: [redacted]
Email: [redacted]
How would you describe your current diet?
[✓] Vegan / Plant-based
[ ] Vegetarian
[ ] Pescatarian
[ ] Reducing
[ ] Omnivore
Please tick if any of these categories apply to you (optional):
[ ] Elected Representative / Politician
[ ] Scientist
[ ] UN Ambassador
[ ] Doctor / Medical Ambassador
[ ] Athlete
[✓] Celebrity / Influencer
[ ] Other
[By the way, I would have chosen "Other" as a category, since I am a blogger, but I only got access to the option "If you would like to provide a quote in support of Plant Based Treaty..." when I selected "Celebrity / Influencer." So, that is why I selected that particular category, due to the fact that I am "Blogger / Influencer," so to speak.]
Additional information e.g. social media handle, website, credentials (optional):
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-perfect-reason-for-being-vegan.html
If you would like to provide a quote in support of Plant Based Treaty, for use on social media and press releases, please write it below:
"The Perfect Reasons To Go Vegan" from my 'Paul Whiting: Poet, Artist and Philosopher' blog...
The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 1:
Why give food that you can eat to animals and then eat animal meat, or other animal products?
In other words, "Cut out the middle man."
The Perfect Reason To Go Vegan No. 2:
Besides that, why contribute to the impact of eating animal meat, or other animal products, which accounts for a really large percentage of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions?
In other words, "Cut out the global warming."
-Paul Whiting
(a.k.a., Poet, Artist and Philosopher)
"I am the poet who thinks that he knows it!"
https://poetartistandphilosopher.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-perfect-reason-for-being-vegan.html
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*Plant Based Treaty
Join over 110,000 others and SIGN THE PLANT BASED TREATY
ENDORSE AS AN INDIVIDUAL:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/individual-endorse
ENDORSE AS AN ORGANIZATION:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/organization-endorse
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What is the Plant Based Treaty?
The adoption of a Plant Based Treaty as a companion to the UNFCCC [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] / Paris Agreement will put food systems at the heart of combating the climate crisis. The Treaty aims to halt the widespread degradation of critical ecosystems caused by animal agriculture, to promote a shift to more healthy, sustainable plant-based diets and to actively reverse damage done to planetary functions, ecosystem services and biodiversity.
The Plant Based Treaty has three core principles:
[1.] Relinquish
No land use change, ecosystem degradation or deforestation for animal agriculture
LEARN MORE:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/the-pbt/#relinquish
[2.] Redirect
An active transition away from animal-based food systems to plant-based systems
LEARN MORE:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/the-pbt/#redirect
[3.] Restore
Actively restoring key ecosystems, particularly restoring forests and rewilding landscapes
LEARN MORE:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/the-pbt/#restore
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109,284 INDIVIDUAL ENDORSERS
1,224 ORGANIZATION ENDORSERS
1,441 BUSINESS ENDORSERS
21 CITY ENDORSERS
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Why do we need a Plant Based Treaty?
Fossil fuels and animal agriculture are the driving force behind runaway global warming as well as extensive biodiversity loss, large-scale deforestation, species extinction, water depletion, soil degradation and ocean dead zones. Addressing fossil fuels alone isn’t enough – we need action on food systems too; that’s where the Plant Based Treaty comes in. The three main greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are at devastatingly high levels and rapidly accelerating.
Animal agriculture is driving Indigenous land theft in the Amazon; subjecting racially and ethnically marginalized communities to disproportionate amounts of toxic waste from factory farms and slaughterhouses as well as exposing workers to toxic chemicals, hazardous working conditions and severe trauma.
LEARN MORE:
https://youtu.be/3S7NRxZdd84
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Meet Our Endorsers:
[✓] Party for the Animals
[✓] Vegan Conservatives
[✓] Veganuary
[✓] UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
[✓] PCRM
[✓] Oceanic Preservation Society
[✓] REV Institute
[✓] Diet Change Not Climate Change
[✓] ProVeg International
[✓] Youth Climate Save
[✓] Ecotricity
[✓] Climate Save Movement
[✓] Million Dollar Vegan
[✓] DiEM25
[✓] Europa Verde
[✓] PETA
[✓] Jane Unchained News Network
[✓] IDA
[✓] Meat Free Mondays
[✓] Linda McCartney’s
See more:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/who-has-endorsed
We can create a better world. Let’s grow.
SIGN THE PLANT BASED TREATY:
https://plantbasedtreaty.org/endorse
And, after I signed the Plant Based Treaty, I received a confirmation email today, August 13th, 2023, from PlantBasedTreaty.org with the subject line, "Plant Based Treaty Next Steps", which stated the following:
Thank you for endorsing the Plant Based Treaty
The Paris Agreement is silent on animal agriculture. Even if we ended the use of fossil fuels today, we wouldn’t be able to stop the climate catastrophe without shifting to a plant-based food system.
Can you help promote the Plant Based Treaty?
Here are your next steps:
1. Join our Slack channel to connect with other endorsers and build the movement calling for a Plant Based Treaty
2. Download your social media pack[1] and endorse badges which can be used on your website, printed materials and newsletters
3. Start a Plant Based Treaty Team by downloading our organizers guide, completing our registration form and joining one of our weekly Friday introductory calls on zoom. English-speaking calls are every 10am and 2pm EST and Spanish-speaking calls are at 3pm EST. You can join with this link.
4. Set your own treaty goals (https://plantbasedtreaty.org/campaign-hub) and help encourage others to endorse the Plant Based Treaty...
...Eat plants, plant trees https://www.plantbasedtreaty.org
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1. READ ME
Dear endorser,
Thank you for supporting the Plant Based Treaty!
Within this folder you will find graphics you can use to spread the message about the Plant Based Treaty and announce your endorsement. We’d love it if you could tag us in your posts so we can connect with endorsers across the globe.
If you need help with suggested captions for your announcements, we’ve put together a few ideas that you can use for inspiration.
1. We are proud endorsers of the Plant Based Treaty. There is a code red climate emergency and we must take immediate action to avert catastrophe.
2. We have endorsed the Plant Based Treaty. Ending fossil fuels alone will not avoid climate breakdown, we must do both and we must do it now.
3. Please join us in endorsing the Plant Based Treaty. Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss, and the expansion must be stopped. Eat plants, plant trees and endorse the Plant Based Treaty.
4. There is a climate, ocean, biodiversity and animal crisis, but the solutions are right before our eyes. We need to phase out fossil fuels and transition to a plant-based diet. Action is required at all levels, from individuals, to business to government.
Let’s do it together and make an impact.
Team Plant Based Treaty
https://www.plantbasedtreaty.org
**So, after I signed the treaty above, I made a one-time donation to PlantBasedTreaty.org in order to show my support for the Plant Based Treaty! –Paul Whiting (written August 13th, 2023, revised August 14th, 2023 and revised August 22nd, 2023)
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October 24th, 2023 Update No. 7 [My Writing About How I Have Changed The Way That I Label My Blog Posts 'Updates' For Any Additional 'Updates' That I Write, After The First 'Update,' By Using A Simple Numbering System, Which Starts With The First 'Update' (Originally From My Blog Post Titled, "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," Which Is On My "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" Blog)]:
I have changed the way I label the blog post 'updates' that I write because I oftentimes write more than one 'update' per day!
And in the past, I have labeled the second, third, fourth and fifth 'update' with the following extensions—on the days that I write more than 'update'—to differentiate any additional 'updates' from the first one, as follows:
[1st] Month Day, Year Update
[2nd] Month Day, Year Update—Continued
[3rd] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further
[4th] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further Some More
[5th] Month Day, Year Update—Continued Further Some More Than Before
However today, October 24th, 2023, I actually had more than five 'updates' to write, so I decided to change how I differentiate any additional 'updates,' from the first 'update,' by using a simple numbering system, which actually starts with the first 'update' that I write, as follows:
Month Day, Year Update No. 1
Month Day, Year Update No. 2
Month Day, Year Update No. 3
Month Day, Year Update No. 4
Month Day, Year Update No. 5
Month Day, Year Update No. 6
Month Day, Year Update No. 7
Therefore, that is why this 'update' is the seventh one for today! –Paul Whiting (written October 24th, 2023 and revised October 28th, 2023)
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November 6th, 2024 Update No. 1 [My Writing About No Longer Being An 'Online Activist' In Any Way, Shape Or Form]: Due to Donald Trump winning the 2024 Presidential Election—and until further notice—I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in any way, shape or form, which includes no longer signing petitions from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations, and no longer sending letters to my Representative and Senators in Congress, as well as no longer making donations to political, social, environmental and charitable causes. Full stop! I am also unsubscribing from any of the emails that I used to receive from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations. In fact, I am even cancelling all of my monthly political donations to the main Democratic fundraising and coordinating organizations, as well as to the USO (United Service Organizations), in addition to cancelling all of my monthly news organization subscriptions, or news organization donations, because I am absolutely terrified of this second Trump administration. And I fully expect that democracy in America as we know it will be over! So, I am choosing to not engage in any 'activism' whatsoever—plus, I am not even sure that I will be exercising my 'civic duty' by voting in any upcoming elections because, as a (formerly) donating and a (potentially former) voting Democrat, I totally fear the retribution of President Donald J. Trump. Full stop!
P.S.: It's July 31st, 2025, and I feel like I need to provide an addendum (that is, "an item of additional material added at the end of a book or document, typically in order to correct, clarify, or supplement something") to this November 6th, 2024 'update!'
You see, a couple of days ago, on July 29th, 2025, I copied the text of this update to use as my reason for unsubscribing from a particular political email that I received that same day!
And so, I actually bothered to read this update—in order to verify that it made sense for me to use as a response to the request on this political email's unsubscribe page which stated, "Please tell us why you are leaving"—during which I realized there was a typo (that is, 'a typographical error') in the text of the update, as I have highlighted below, with the correction in brackets:
"And I fully expect that democracy in America as we know [it] will be over!"
Thus, I accidentally left out the word "it" in the sentence above. Hence, I corrected said typo on July 29th, the verification of which can be seen reflected in the addition of the date "revised July 29th, 2025" after my name.
However, as I got to thinking about the fact that I had originally said I may not be voting in any upcoming elections, I realized that, in fact, I did vote in Portland Oregon's Multnomah County Special District Election on May 20th, 2025, just like I usually do! [I always vote in every election (even 'special elections') and I always vote Democrat, which is why I was worried about voting in any upcoming elections given President Trump's clear disdain for Democrats.]
Therefore, I decided to write this "P.S." today, July 31st, as a way to clarify that I am still voting in elections (even 'special elections'), it's just that I am no longer engaging in any 'Online Activism,' during Trump's Presidency, as I explained in great detail above. (I hope that makes sense!)
–Paul Whiting (written November 6th, 2024, revised November 7th, 2024, revised July 29th, 2025 and revised July 31st, 2025)
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November 15th, 2025 Update No. 1: November is World Vegan Month!
And I was doing my usual reading of Time Magazine articles from one of their emails that I received today, November 15th, 2023, when I noticed a Time.com article titled, "Going Vegan Could Nearly Halve Your Diet’s Carbon Footprint." An introduction to the article can be found below:
"Going Vegan Could Nearly Halve Your Diet’s Carbon Footprint"
By Simmone Shah | November 12, 2025
Reducing your carbon footprint could start with your dinner. A new report, published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, suggests that going vegan could almost halve your diet's carbon footprint. And it would still be highly nutritious.
The researchers compared an omnivorous Mediterranean diet—which typically emphasizes plant-based eating along with lean proteins—to a pescatarian, ovo-lacto vegetarian, and vegan diet. They composed four, week-long menus that included breakfast, a mid-morning snack, lunch, and dinner.
The pescatarian meal plan substituted meat and its derivatives with plant based foods like tofu and textured soy protein, or animal-based foods allowed in the diet, like fish, eggs, and cheese, while the vegetarian allowed for eggs and dairy but no meat. The vegan menu replaced all animal-based foods, including meat, fish, eggs, and dairy, with plant-based alternatives like tofu and tempeh and plant-based beverages, soy yogurt, seeds, and legumes or legume flours.
Greenhouse gas emissions dropped significantly with each dietary change. Total greenhouse gas emissions—accounting for how the food was grown or raised—dropped from 3.8kg (8.37 lbs) per day for the omnivorous diet, to 3.2kg (7.05 lbs) per day for the pescetarian diet, 2.6kg (5.73 lbs) per day for the ovo-lacto-vegetarian diet, to 2.1kg (4.6 lbs) per day for the vegan diet—a 46% decrease. What’s more, the diet changes contributed to a decrease in water use—the vegan diet used 33% less land and 7% less water during the production process.
Research has long shown that swapping animal products for a plant based diet can significantly reduce emissions. The meat and dairy industry account for between 12-19% of all global emissions—meat production alone makes up nearly 60% of the food sector's climate emissions. But the new study shows that the dietary switch doesn’t have to come at the cost of essential nutrients. ...
Please see the hyperlink below for the article:
https://time.com/7333106/nutritious-vegan-diet-climate-impact
By the way, I feel like I need to clarify that I am still keeping up with the news virtually on a daily basis, even though I explained on November 6th, 2024, that "I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in any way, shape or form!"
Please see the quote below from my 'November 6th, 2024 Update No. 1 [My Writing About No Longer Being An 'Online Activist' In Any Way, Shape Or Form]' that is located on my blog post "I Am No Longer Being An Activist In The Same Way That I Was," which can be found on my "Poet, Artist and Philosopher" blog:
"Due to Donald Trump winning the 2024 Presidential Election—and until further notice—I am no longer being an 'Online Activist' in any way, shape or form, which includes no longer signing petitions from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations, and no longer sending letters to my Representative and Senators in Congress, as well as no longer making donations to political, social, environmental and charitable causes. Full stop! I am also unsubscribing from any of the emails that I used to receive from political, social, environmental and charitable organizations. In fact, I am even cancelling all of my monthly political donations to the main Democratic fundraising and coordinating organizations, as well as to the USO (United Service Organizations), in addition to cancelling all of my monthly news organization subscriptions, or news organization donations, because I am absolutely terrified of this second Trump administration. ..."
Therefore, I read the various newsletters that I receive from multiple news organizations, including The New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, Politico, U.S. News & World Report, PBS NewsHour and CNN.
And I decided to highlight this article from Time Magazine for you, my readers, to consider reading too! –Paul Whiting (written November 15th, 2025, revised November 17th, 2025 and revised November 19th, 2025)
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This "Paul Whiting — Math Magician" Post No. 014 was edited on November 19th, 2025.
"Prose is using all of the words that are necessary in order to describe all that is necessary to describe." –Paul Whiting [June 1st, 2022]
