A Kynd Life

Em has been meat free for 18 years and counting! Em has always been passionate about animals and their wellbeing. She recalls witnessing animals being poorly treated while growing up, which led her to no longer consume them at age 12. As a teenager, Em would go between vegetarian and vegan, until six years ago when she researched the dairy and egg industry and went vegan. Like many of us, Em enjoy...

Located 20 minutes north of Byron Bay, The Owl & The PussyCat Farm Animal Sanctuary is home to 70 rescued animals. The sanctuary's mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome animals from the farming industry, as well as provide opportunities for people to spend time with, and learn about, farmed animals. Starting over five years ago, the sanctuary grew quickly as animals in need found...

I want to be like Ruth when I grow up.. here's why! Ever since going vegan at age 62, Ruth has given the animals her all. An absolute all-star at Edgar's Mission, Ruth retired and began mucking out barns twice a week. It wasn't long before she moved closer to Edgar's and was trusted to transport surrendered animals to the sanctuary and veterinary appointments. Ruth extends her...

Tammy is a Melbourne based tattoo artist with over 20 years experience. Her creativity extends into illustrating and painting, using her talents to raise much needed funds for animal charities. After years of being vegetarian, Tammy's world changed when she went on a Sea Shepherd ship tour. Tammy connected with the volunteers, friendships were formed and while spending time with the group, sh...

Zac Bird is a global dance icon, vegan chef and cookbook author, even Jacinta Ardern loves our dear Zac, calling his first published cookbook a "real winner". Describing himself as a little vegetarian activist growing up, Zac turned to cooking out of necessity after going vegan in his early 20s. He initially started an Instagram account to create a vegan network, but it didn't take...

Sophie always wanted to bring together her love of music and passion for helping animals. Her dream came true two years ago, when she was asked to perform at the Sydney Animal Rights March. Sophie and Kai have performed at both marches and recently started busking on the street. While the duo busk, passers-by stop, watch slaughterhouse footage on a laptop and are encouraged to learn more about the...

Alison Waters is Animal Justice Party's lead candidate for the Upper House in the upcoming New South Wales state election. With over 20 years experience as a social worker, Alison wants to bring about legislative change for animals and people this election. Ally's passion for social justice stemmed from her early placement in programs supporting women in the domestic and family violence...

Lasagne For Breakfast was born during COVID, when Italian couple Sarah and Gianluca wanted to create and share beautiful vegan food. Spreading their wings, the team began catering for weddings and organising fundraising events for their favourite animal charities. Sarah and G moved to Australia ten years ago and met when they crossed paths at a restaurant. Being Italian, food is in their DNA so af...

Recently elected as an Upper House Member for Northern Victoria, Georgie freely admits she never thought she'd run for Parliament, yet here she is. Georgie's inaugural speech received a standing ovation, as she shared her journey becoming the second youngest woman to ever be elected to the Upper House in Victoria. She used the opportunity to highlight the injustices animal experience and...

Eva turned her baking hobby into a business and prides herself on creating good vibes for customers and staff. After going vegan six years ago, Eva began baking because she found limited food choices. What began as a hobby for friends and family, quickly turned into a business which has grown to now employ four staff  supplying cafes and special events. Eva initially tried a 2 week raw vegan chall...

Paul is the Founder and CEO of Magic Valley, a company pioneering the cultivated meat market here in Australia. Being vegan, Paul's mission is to remove animals from the supply chain by creating meat products without animal slaughter. Paul went vegan nine years ago, following almost 20 years of being vegetarian. He was encouraged by a well known activist to take action, which led him to take...

Bella is a vegan foodie, content creator and animal rights activist. Bella and her partner Kais went vegan eight years ago. Following Kais' cancer treatment, they were on a journey for years to find a healthy lifestyle and stumbled across a plant based diet and decided to change overnight. It wasn't long before Bella came across Earthlings which shook her to her core, she went vegan, as...

As the Director of Campaigns for Sea Shepherd Global, Peter has dedicated the last 20 years of his life to ending whaling and illegal fishing across the globe. Two life changing events occurred for Peter at age fourteen - he saw a picture of a Minke whale being pulled up the slipway of a whaling ship in the Southern Ocean and met a girl at school who taught him about the plight of animals farmed f...

At the beginning of 2022, Mon set herself a challenge of living as though she only had "A Year to Live".  By chance, Mon crossed paths with a woman Kerri who shared the tragic loss of her teenage daughter Lauren.  Kerri shared that Lauren left a bucketlist for her family and friends and at the top of the list was a trip to Africa to see elephants in the wild. Mon knew she was going to ma...

Nicole has been a freelance vegan, cruelty free hair and makeup artist for over 30 years, showcasing that no animal needs to suffer for human vanity. At eight years old, Nicole decided she would be a hairdresser when she grew up. She worked part time in salons from age 14 and began her apprenticeship in year 11. Her passion for cruelty free beauty products was sparked when working in one of the fi...

Mo has worked with organisations to enter many slaughterhouses and "lock on" causing disruption to their operation. She began advocating for animals soon after going vegan twelve years ago. Mo knew she needed to drive change, so started by holding a sign on the side of the Bridge to Brisbane event. In 2016, Mo's friend invited her to be part of Eggs Exposed, a "lock on" in...

Dean Maher is the first vegan in the world to summit the south face of Mt Everest with all vegan gear, clothing and food. After travelling South East Asia and never finding a favourite place, he wanted to experience the infamous Nepal for himself. Dean first tackled Annapurna circuit and basecamp, the tenth highest mountain in the world and became hooked.  After completing a gruelling eight month...

Are you disillusioned with politics? Not sure what difference voting makes? Hear Andy Meddick share his insights into being the first Animal Justice Party (AJP) Member of Parliament in Victoria. Over the four year term, Andy and his team have bought about big change for animals, people and the planet but it's not over yet! This is our chance to help Andy get re-elected as well as more AJP rep...

Cass is a personal trainer whose priority is to promote strong vegans. Cass is also a qualified vegan nutritionist and volunteer for Death Row Unchained (DRU) sanctuary. Cass started training in the gym and within a few weeks, her trainer suggested she compete. Cass was initially hesitant but said yes to the challenge. She trained for 5 months and went on to win the Australian Title of IFBB Novice...

Bailey is a young animal rights activist, known for disrupting a dolphin show at Dolphin Marine Conservation Park when he was 14 years old. Bailey went vegan after watching YouTube videos which connected him to how meat, dairy and eggs are created. He was shocked and appalled that these companies were meant to be RSPCA approved and he instantly knew he no longer wanted to support them. Bailey&apos...

Lisa started Love Eat Cake by Lisa eight years ago and it fast became the home of the decorated biscuit. Lisa transitioned the business to a vegan one after going vegan herself. Lisa always loved cooking, she has fond memories of baking cakes from a Women's Weekly cookbook at seven years old. She later decided to quit her corporate job and dive into creating her own handmade speciality biscui...

Craig and his wife Sam started Five Vegans after recognising a great opportunity to source and sell vegan products online and at local vegan events. The business name is inspired by them being a vegan family of five. One of Five Vegans core values is giving back, so they designed a mystery box where $10 per box is donated to a different animal charity each month. So far, they have donated over $20...

Liora booked a one way ticket to Bali in 2018 and ended up living in a dance based community that was predominantly vegan and sober. Prior to Bali, Liora had spent 10 years travelling and living overseas, having visited Portugal, Spain, Guatemala and Europe. Liora grew up dancing, she participated in ballet and contemporary dance throughout her schooling  During her time in Bali, Liora enjoyed a s...

Nicole runs Lazy Bones Cat Rescue which traps, rehabilitates and rehomes colonies of cats and kittens found in Goulburn, Sydney and Canberra. Nicole hadn't had much to do with cats prior to getting one for her daughter. It all snowballed from there, as the family began to realise there was a need to help homeless cat populations in their area. Their cat family eventually outgrew the house, so...

Taylor embraces a minimal waste lifestyle and created his own clean up campaign called No Trace Left.  Taylor has always loved the outdoors, having grown up spending half the year camping in Byron Bay. He attended agricultural boarding school where learnt about industry practices. Eventually Taylor recognised what was happening to animals was not right and decided to go vegan.  Around the same tim...