{"id":552,"date":"2024-01-03T16:52:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/instead-of-feeling-like-a-failure-im-trying-half-arsed-veganism-and-you-can-too-chloe-hamilton\/"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:52:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:52:50","slug":"instead-of-feeling-like-a-failure-im-trying-half-arsed-veganism-and-you-can-too-chloe-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/instead-of-feeling-like-a-failure-im-trying-half-arsed-veganism-and-you-can-too-chloe-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Instead of feeling like a failure, I\u2019m trying half-arsed veganism \u2013 and you can too | Chlo\u00eb Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Changing a habit is like untangling a set of Christmas lights. You have to start with the easiest knot and take it from there<\/p>\n<p>Last May, after a weekend away together, I set up a WhatsApp group with my vegan sister-in-law and her partner (also vegan) entitled \u201cVegan curious \u2026\u201d because, well, I was. Curious, that is. The ethical and environmental benefits of a vegan or plant-based diet have become increasingly difficult to ignore, with research published last year showing such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/jul\/20\/vegan-diet-cuts-environmental-damage-climate-heating-emissions-study\">diets result in 75%<\/a> less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than diets containing more than 100g of meat a day. I am often the only meat-eater in the staff room at work and what was once a fringe issue now seems boringly ordinary. The case for change is clearcut.<\/p>\n<p>That weekend, the couple (both fabulous cooks) had prepared a range of delectable vegan curries for the family, all of which were gobbled up in an instant. The food was delicious and the reasoning behind their dishes \u2013 that no animals were harmed in the making of them \u2013 was gentle but persuasive. In setting up the WhatsApp group, I wanted to gather a collection of tasty vegan recipes that I could cook regularly and easily for my family, in an attempt to make my move once and for all into a more sustainable, ethical way of eating. And then, I just \u2026 didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Chlo\u00eb Hamilton is a freelance journalist<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/jan\/03\/half-arsed-veganism-veganuary-christmas\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing a habit is like untangling a set of Christmas lights. You have to start with the easiest knot and take it from there Last May, after a weekend away together, I set up a WhatsApp group with my vegan sister-in-law and her partner (also vegan) entitled \u201cVegan curious \u2026\u201d because, well, I was. Curious, &#8230; <a title=\"Instead of feeling like a failure, I\u2019m trying half-arsed veganism \u2013 and you can too | Chlo\u00eb Hamilton\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/03\/instead-of-feeling-like-a-failure-im-trying-half-arsed-veganism-and-you-can-too-chloe-hamilton\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Instead of feeling like a failure, I\u2019m trying half-arsed veganism \u2013 and you can too | Chlo\u00eb Hamilton\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}