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Our Impact for Animals
41,000 +
Activists marching across the globe for animals in 2019.
1/3 +
UK universities visited by Surge.
31 million +
People watched our Surge Media uploads in 2020.
12 million +
People watched our COVID-19 campaigning videos alone in 2020.
1000 +
Free vegan meals handed out to the public.
We exposed the largest goat milk company in the UK, and this is what we found.
Why vegan?
For the animals
Animals are individuals, who are just like us in all the ways that matter. Every year, trillions of animals are killed through the purchases that we make. We live in a consumer-led society, meaning that we as the consumer have the power to end mass animal suffering. We can not only survive, but thrive on a plant-based diet, making animal suffering for food entirely unnecessary. We reject the use of animals for food, clothing, entertainment or any other purpose. We acknowledge that animals exist within their own right, and are here with us, not for us.
For the planet
Animal agriculture uses 83% of all global agricultural land, yet produces less than two fifths of the protein we consume and less than one fifth of the calories we consume. Raising animals for meat, dairy and eggs is responsible for 14.5% of greenhouse gas emissions, meaning the emissions produced from animal agriculture is more than the combined exhaust of the transportation industry. Switching to a plant based diet would also allow us to feed everyone on the planet whilst also freeing up 75% of agricultural land, which is an area of land equivalent in size to the whole of Australia, China, the EU and the US combined. Land which could then be reforested and restored, allowing us to sequester 16 years worth of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the year 2050.
For global health
When it comes to health, it’s not just that a plant based diet has been shown to be healthy and nutritionally adequate for all stages of life, including pregnancy and infancy, as stated by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
It’s that a whole-foods plant based diet has been shown to help the gut microbiome, reduce inflammation, lower high cholesterol and high blood pressure, boost your immune system and also reduce the risk of developing many of our leading chronic illnesses, such as heart disease, type two diabetes, strokes, certain forms of cancer such as colon, breast and prostate, and may even protect against cognitive decline.
Although the meat, dairy and egg industries tell us that animal products contain essential nutrients that we cannot find elsewhere, this simply isn't true.
How to go vegan, in 5 simple steps.
We want to empower the public to choose the vegan option, as well as spreading awareness online, we believe that education establishments are one of the most powerful places to also spread the message.
To date, we have provided full days of vegan education to students in over 1/3 of UK universities, as well as visiting UK secondary schools. Our visits involve on-campus outreach, documentary screenings and speeches/lectures by Surge university speakers.
We also run a campus-rep programme, and have hosted public outreach events across the world. We have additionally distributed over 1,000 free vegan meals through our outreach operations.
You can request a visit from Surge to your education establishment by getting in touch through the link below, or alternatively if you’re a student, you can also sign up to our campus-rep programme.
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You can sign up as a campus-rep or creative writer, and help us make a difference for animals.
Surge Sanctuary
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