S3, Ep14: Vegan & Climate Youth Activism with Genesis Butler

The ChickPeeps Vegan Podcast

Evanna Lynch

Chickpeeps, Lynch, Health & Fitness, Animals, Veganism, Vegan, Lovegood, Luna, Harrypotter, Plantbased, Evanna, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at vivolife.com.

This week on The ChickPeeps we interview the extraordinary Genesis Butler. Having chosen to go vegan at the age of 6, 13 year old Genesis has already reached thousands of people all over the world with her message of compassion for all beings. In this episode she talks to Momo and Evy about founding her own non-profit organisation, ‘Genesis for Animals’, travelling all over the world for the Million Dollar Vegan promoting a vegan lifestyle by lobbying the Pope to go vegan (!), being a Marvel Superhero and the creative ways she’s concocted to continue to engage youth in vegan and climate activism throughout lockdown.

While you’re listening, please take a moment to check out the link to our sponsor. Not only are Vivo Life a great, vegan company, but their support also allows us to continue to produce The ChickPeeps for you! We love them and their products and we think you will too.

Also in this episode…

Genesis discusses the impact of her veganism on her family.
She talks about the importance of lobbying for legislative changes to protect animals and explains why it is her favourite kind of activism.
Genesis describes how she felt when she found out she was going to be featured in Disney’s new TV show, The Marvel Hero Project, as an animal saving superhero!
Genesis tells Evy and Momo about her personal practices to avoid activist burnout and how she maintains her mental health.
Genesis recalls being bullied at school for her veganism and shares how she maintains a compassionate outlook towards online trolls.
Genesis rounds off the interview with her perspective on the future of the animal rights movement. Considering that she will surely be one of the voices that shapes the future of the movement, her insight and optimism is something you should definitely pay close attention to!

Links:

Follow Genesis on Twitter and Instagram.

Youth Climate Save Instagram.

Genesis’s non-profit organisation Genesis for Animals.

More information on Genesis’ episode of the Marvel Hero Project. Watch episode 16 on Disney+ for Genesis’ superhero story!

Vegan Interior Design website - recommended by ChickPeep listener, Gel.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This episode of The Chickpeeps is brought to you in partnership with Vivo Life.
0:38.2	To kick off 2021, Vivo Life has launched the Plant-Based Pledge to make switching to a plant-based diet easier, healthier, and more enjoyable. As any of us on the Chick-Peep's podcast can tell you, switching to a plant-based diet is probably the most important lifestyle change you can make to improve your health and stand up for animals and the planet. But for most people, the hardest part is just getting started. By taking the Vivo Life Plant-Based pledge, you'll get all the support and encouragement you need from the VivoLife community, who are there to prove that plant-based living doesn't have to be difficult, confusing or expensive. To take the plant-based pledge, all you need to do is sign up at VivalLife.com and you will instantly gain access to their hub of resources and it's all completely free. In the hub, you'll have access
0:43.3	to exclusive videos, tutorials and recipes. You'll also get weekly shopping lists, recipe e-books,
0:48.7	meal plans and checklist to keep you on track, not to mention live streams with ambassadors,
0:53.0	athletes and educators. The plant-based pledge is perfect for people just starting out in their vegan journey, but we'd also recommend it to long-time vegans looking to focus on their health and discover a more balanced plant-based diet. And did we mention the plant-based pledge is completely free? Simply go to vivoLife.com to sign up. to sign up. And don't forget, as a listener of the chickpeeps, you get 10% off your first order of
0:54.6	any Vivo Live products by using the discount code
1:15.4	chickpeeps 10 at checkout. Hello, dear chickpeeps. Welcome to season three, episode 14 of the
1:21.9	chickpeeps. I'm your host, Ivana Lynch, and the Chickpeeps is your friendly weekly vegan
1:26.1	podcast. And this week, we are speaking
1:28.5	about vegan and climate youth activism with the incredibly inspiring and galvanizing force that is
1:34.0	teen activist, Genesis Butler. Since a young age, I just wanted to become activist and get out there
1:40.2	and get active just so that I can make a difference in the world and show people that
1:44.6	you can be young and you can still use your voice and it's just as powerful as any of the other voices.
1:54.6	Eat your veggies, not your friends. It's not hard to be vegan. The chickpeep.
2:02.6	Our guest today is someone you can't help it be inspired by,
2:05.6	not just for her incredible body of work as a vegan activist,
2:08.6	and not even for the fact that she's only 13 and has already managed to reach thousands of people all over the world with her message,
2:14.6	but simply for her pure and undeterable conviction for the causes
2:18.0	she's been fighting for since she was six. Her resolve is so strong and she's so unapologetic
2:23.0	about her mission that it's hard not to be energized in her presence and by her outlook on life,
2:28.0	and it's very easy to see why Marvel made her into a comic book superhero. For those of you
2:32.1	who are not familiar with her story, Genesis Butler is a 13-year-old animal rights and climate activist and an ethical vegan.
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