A great starting point to making a difference on animal abuse on many levels is to get a copy of the book by Mark Hawthorne entitled Striking At The Roots - A Practical Guide To Animal Activism.

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Factory farming is the number one cause of global warming.

Get Active on Campus (Even If You’re Not a Student!)
Students tend to be considerably more open to vegetarianism than is the general population, so it’s essential to spread the message of compassion to as many students as possible. Vegan Outreach’s “Adopt a College” program provides tips on distributing vegetarian literature to students at schools across the U.S. and Canada. Passing out literature doesn’t take much time or planning, and it’s a great way to convince people to choose vegetarianism!

Organize a ‘Feed-In’!
Passing out tasty vegan food is a fantastic way to show that being vegan is delicious as well as compassionate because, as we all know, the fastest way to people's hearts is through their stomachs! Get your hands on some veggie burgers and literature, grab a few friends, make some “Free Food!” signs, and head out to a high-traffic piece of sidewalk. Check out Compassion Over Killing's “Guide to Organizing Feed-Ins” and contact PETA for literature.

Teach a Vegan Cooking Class
Most local community colleges, health food stores, and grocery stores would be delighted to give you space to teach a one-evening vegetarian cooking course. Most will advertise the course for you, and many grocery stores, such as Wholefoods, will even provide you with free food for the class (it’s good for business because it brings people into the store). Just use your favorite recipes and replace the dairy/meat ingredients with vegan ingredients. There are a lot of great mock meats and dairy products that are readily available.

‘Veganize’ Your School or Work Cafeteria!
Work with your school or office cafeteria to ensure that more vegetarian options are available on their menus. This is one of the most effective ways to help stop the abuse of animals on factory farms—every vegetarian meal served is a victory for animals. Providing information about vegetarianism to classmates and coworkers while making sure that they have access to cruelty-free food is a sure-fire way to effectively promote compassion!

Remember that every vegetarian saves more than 100 animals a year from horrific cruelty—and by encouraging people around you to follow your lead, you can save many more.

• Maintaining a vegetarian diet throughout pregnancy and raising a child on a nutritious vegetarian diet are terrific ways to help ensure that a child gets a healthy start. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock—perhaps the world's most widely respected pediatrician—wrote, "Children who grow up getting their nutrition from plant foods rather than meats have a tremendous health advantage. They are less likely to develop weight problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, and some forms of cancer."
• Leave a trail of leaflets wherever you go. Carry literature with you and leave it everywhere-at the laundromat, in waiting rooms, on the bus, or in dressing rooms, bookstores, coffee shops, and grocery stores. Never pass a bulletin board without tacking up a leaflet or poster. How much easier can it get?
• Become vegetarian/vegan if you haven’t already.

Support Only Cruelty-Free Charities
Many of us find it difficult to say "no" when asked to donate to a charity seeking a cure for a disease. And how many of us can take the time to find out how that donation would be used? Would our money really alleviate suffering or would our donation dollars actually contribute to suffering? Learn more.

Teach Kindness to All
Whether you are a teacher, parent, or caring adult, TeachKind.com has lesson plans, reading materials, and information for combating cruelty to animals in the classroom. Visit TeachKind.com to learn more.

Incorporate Kindness Into the Workplace
Whether you are paid hourly, are on a salary, or own your own business, you can stand up for animals when you are on the job. From posting leaflets on your bulletin board to ordering cruelty-free supplies, it's easy to be animal-friendly!

Make Cruelty-Free Investments
When investing, be sure to find a financial consultant who knows the ins and outs of corporate animal abuse. Ask your consultant to seek out companies that are pro-animal and to make sure that your portfolio contains no animal experimentation, biotechnology, factory farming, fur, leather, or nonvegetarian food companies. Also ask your consultant to weed out investments that have negative environmental records.

Start a 'Bring Your Animal to Work' Policy
No animal companion likes to be home alone all day, so if your workplace is safe and conducive to Fido's well-being, then bring him to work with you. This will provide the attention and companionship that your animal companion craves and give you even more time to hang out with your best friend.

Place a Coffee Can for Donations
Help your local animal shelter or spay-and-neuter clinic reduce the number of homeless animals in your community by collecting money for it.

Organize a Fundraiser
Be creative. How about a company-sponsored dog walk? Or have your company do what it does best for a special fundraising event and then donate proceeds to a group that helps animals.

Veganize Vending Machines
Forget candies, cakes, and chips with animal ingredients—feature healthy vegan options instead. Also, work to have vegan options offered in your company's dining facility and introduce your coworkers to delicious vegetarian fare by taking it to company functions.

Donate to Animal-Friendly Charities
Donate money only to those charities that don't harm animals. Check to see which charities fund animal experiments and which don't.

Double Your Dollars
If your company conducts its own giving campaign, then designating an animal welfare group to receive your workplace contributions is another important way that you can help animals. Many companies will even "match" your gift, thereby doubling your gift for animals.