Freedom of Species The Freedom of Species Team

Dilan Fernando gives some tips that animal advocates can use from the book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. Dilan discusses how he uses these tips in his own life and in the organisation he is a part of – Animal Think Tank. This advice can help individual animal advocates and animal advocacy organisations get on top of their inbox, their tasks more generally and gain greater headspace for creative thinking as a result of no longer keeping tasks in their head.  Links: Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen: https://gettingthingsdone.com/ Article summarising GTD: https://hamberg.no/gtd More from Dilan and Nick on GTD: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2023/02/25/289/ Animal Think Tank: https://animalthinktank.org.uk/ Freedom of Species show How AI Can Help Animal Advocacy With Kyle Behrend: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/how-ai-can-help-animal-advocacy-kyle-behrend  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Nothing gets crossed out by Bright Eyes: https://www.thisisbrighteyes.com/ Child and Yeah by Sole: https://sole.bandcamp.com/

  Our guest today is Kyle Behrend,  a seasoned animal advocate and not-for-profit professional with a passion for AI and how it can assist the animal advocacy world.   He has over his 13 years working with farm animal sanctuary Edgar’s Mission where his roles have spanned from on-the-ground animal care to Operations Manager. This broad experience has cultivated a unique skill set including effective communication, teaching, and problem-solving.   These days he is using his on the ground skills and fascination with AI to help not for profits more effectively get the word out, engage with the public and media, train their volunteers and staff and spend more time doing the valuable work of caring and advocating for animals.   Kyle's website https://nfps.ai/about/  Music  Den Verden Vi Kjenner - Folket Bortafor Nordavinden https://folketbortafornordavinden.bandcamp.com/track/den-verden-vi-kjenner Tokuni - Eivor https://eilo.bandcamp.com/track/eiv-r-tokuni-soulbeat-edit Gra - Wardruna https://wardrunaofnorway.bandcamp.com/

Adam, Lottie and Nick discuss the article AI Predicts Most Of World Will Be Vegan By 2075, by Adam Protz in Plant Based News: https://plantbasednews.org/news/tech/ai-predicts-world-vegan/  We cover the problems of using AI to predict anything, some of the tipping points identified in the article regarding shifting towards a vegan world and our thoughts on how we can work towards a societal shift away from animal agriculture.  Additional articles/organisations/documentaries referred to throughout the discussion: Faunalytics article by Jo Anderson: https://faunalytics.org/going-veg-barriers-and-strategies/ Sentient Media – animal-focused news organisation: https://sentientmedia.org/ Plant Based Universities campaign: https://www.plantbaseduniversities.org/ Farm Transitions Australia: https://www.farmtransitionsaustralia.org/ You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (Netflix). Caviar Cruelty documentary: https://animaljustice.ca/exposes/caviar-cruelty US data on cow’s milk consumption by generation – cited in:  https://www.businessinsider.com/aubrey-plaza-emma-roberts-slammed-big-milk-celebrity-campaigns-2023-4 Australian data on shifts away from cow milk consumption – cited in: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/09/australian-supermarket-vegan-milk-taste-test-best-soy-almond-oat-milk-australia Data on Veganuary sign ups over time – cited in: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/08/vegan-restaurants-burgers-cost  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Mother Nature and Music’s Coming In by Angie McMahon: https://angiemcmahon.com/ TV by Billie Eilish: https://www.billieeilish.com/#/

 Our guest Kristy Alger from Animal Liberation Tasmania shares updates from their extensive campaign Defund TasRacing. ALT has released extensive videos and photos showing the reality of life for greyhounds on trainer, owner and breeder properties in Tasmania. The conditions that greyhounds are kept in, for often up to 23 hours a day are truly shocking. The campaign has had great impact including mass media coverage, and recongition from multiple politicians and with an upcoming state election is putting greyhounds firmly on the election agenda. We also talk about the duck shooting campaign in Tasmania which has just opened this weekend, and the low attendance yesterday at the primary public waterway at Moulting Lagoon. Finally, we chat about Kristy's writing and what she's working on now.  Links:Follow the Defund TasRacing campaign here https://defundtasracing.com/Animal Liberation Tasmania on social media: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/animalliberationtasmania/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/animal_liberation_tasmania/?hl=en and on Medium https://medium.com/@AnimalLiberationTasmaniaKristy's book Five Essays for Freedom: A Primer for animal advocates is available here: https://revoltbooks.com/products/feffKristy's Writing Liberation account: https://www.instagram.com/writing_liberation/Overview of the greyhound industry in the USA: https://www.grey2kusa.org/about/issues.php Music we played:  Commoners Choir: Ceasfire Now Dogma: World at Peace D.O.V.E.: Into Oblivion  These songs are on the international punk benefit compilation called No Genocide: A Benefit for Mutal Aid in Gaza organised by The Dissidents, a political punk bank from Pennsylvania, USA. The benefit compilation supports on-the-ground humanitarian mutual aid in Gaza, and all proceeds minus Bandcamp/PayPal fees are donated. https://thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/no-genocide-a-benefit-for-mutual-aid-in-gaza  Digital download is pay what you want; you can also donate directly to: Buy esims for Gazans gazaesims.com Palestinian Children's Relief Fund pcrf.net ANERA anera.org Palestine Red Crescent Society www.palestinercs.org/en MSF/Doctors Without Borders doctorswithoutborders.org Palestine Legal palestinelegal.org 1for3's Palestinian refugee fund www.classy.org/campaign/support-palestinian-refugees-working-against-trauma-violence-and-scarcity/  We welcome your feedback and invite you to contact the Freedom of Species team at freedomofspecies@gmail.com or via social media on Facebook or Instagram.  Thank you for supporting independent, radical radio and keeping 3CR Community Radio on air. 

  Join us as we speak to two parents raising vegan children in a non vegan world.  Mark and Lydia join us in the studio as we speak of the ups and downs of raising the next compassionate generation. How do vegan kids deal with the issues facing them? What about pushback from society on the parents who decide to raise their children vegan? Do vegan kids change the perception of veganism for other kids? How has raising compassioniate kids changed over the decades? We discuss all this and more on this episode, and reveal the very different lived experiences vegan parents and kids have. Vegan Parents Australia Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1374443486128960/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=3628775107362442  Music by the band Privateer https://privateermusic.bandcamp.com/album/winters-dream Songs: A Warning Dream Belife/Beneath (instrumental) The Fall (instrumental) 

    On this show we speak with Dr Leila Dehgan, doctor, plant-based nutritionist and Founding Director of Plant-based Health Justice. Born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in Vienna, Austria, Leila is a plant-based nutritionist and social justice activist. With a background in medicine, Leila had to pivot her career path due to debilitating migraines.Although Leila’s journey to veganism started as an animal rescuer, she later discovered the power of a whole food plant-based diet and healed her migraines through diet. This experience shifted her professional interests. She pursued a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate at eCornell, part of Cornell University, and obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition from University College London. Navigating life as a vegan of colour and an immigrant in Austria and the UK, she brings a unique awareness of the intersectionality of different social identities and injustices. Leila passionately champions an anti-oppressive approach within the realms of animal rights and vegan activism, leading her to found Plant-based Health Justice, a non-profit social justice charity dedicated to cultivating justice, equity, and compassion to create a healthier and more sustainable world for all. Links:Plant-based Health Justice https://plantbasedhealthjustice.org/Vegans for Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/vegansforpalestine/(link is external)Vegans for Palestine's Statement of Solidarity can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/vegansforpalestine/(link is external)Flavours of Freedom eBook https://flavoursoffreedom.bigcartel.com/product/flavours-of-freedomDecolonising Veganism (Leila's talk with Animal Alliance Asia as part of their Changing the Narrative series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdwfkpcwsXM Music played:Bella Ciao (Palestinian version with subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw8kQJ3Dg6QBaraye by Shervin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0th9_v-BbUI