Best question in the trailer? Would you become vegan for $100,000.?
Want to know how and why other people do it? Thought some of you might be interested in this award winning documentary called Vegucated. It's about 3 people who took on the challenge of becoming vegan for 6 weeks. They all reacted differently to the challenge and it's interesting to see how they utilized their own personalities to individualize their experience.
Because of the humungous contribution (pdf) of animal agriculture to climate change and water and land degradation and depletion there is much interest in reducing meat consumption. And indeed reducing or eliminating meat and dairy from your diet is the single most effective way to reduce your personal carbon footprint. But I think many don't think it's a possibility for them and I can understand that changing a lifetime habit can require a major change of mindset. So this documentary can be used as a support for those who may be interested in making the change.
Industrial agriculture especially animal agriculture is currently totally unsustainable and reform of that system will have to be a major part of the solution to our climate crisis and the sooner the better for the safety of our species and those with whom we share our fragile planet. So while corporate big agriculture has us hostage to it's health killing and Earth killing product we can take matters into our own hands and make changes to the system by our own personal choice to reduce meat consumption. Crazy me, I became vegan for nothing; no money that is but the satisfaction of knowing that I was becoming part of the solution to climate change and doing the best thing possible for my health. I can attest that it helped my budget too, maybe not $100,000 usd's worth but it is an affordable way to help mitigate climate change while at the same time improving your health.
If you're still interested and can schedule a one hour watch, here is the entire film.
If, like me, you want to know what happened and if the volunteer crew was able to stick to their diet, you can watch "Where Are They Now" videos here, here and here.