Why am I Not Vegan? | Sustainability Q & A

[@priyeshagarwal8083]

Time Stamp - 1. Any tips for living sustainably abroad/as a student 0:43 2. Do you have any idea about how to educate rural children/teenagers about sustainability? 2:30 3. Why sustainability activist aren't vegan and why they don't promote veganism? 3:39 4. Suggest some budget friendly products we can use that are packed without use of plastic 5:18 5. What made you start living sustainably, what inspired you? & I end up using plastic bags in grocery, Any solution? 6:44 6. Career options in Sustainability & Environment beyond starting a business 8:03 7. Why are sustainable products usually expensive? 9:09 8. How to make people understand around us? Sometimes it leads to conflict 11:05 9. How to discard paper cups with plastic lining? Are they recyclable? 13:30 10. Where can i find re-fill centres in Bangalore? 14:22 11. How do you find clothes which are fashinable yet evofriendly considering most are polyester? 15:13 Outro 16:27 P.S. Thank you for sharing your views on those questions. It must have solved doubts of many people regarding Sustainable Living

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@priyeshagarwal8083 thankyou for taking the time to mention the time stamps! ❤️

[@rubalgupta315]

There are numerous ways to turn to a sustainable lifestyle , few tips I learned and try to incorporate in my daily life : 1. Composting kitchen waste 2. Making bio enzyme from fruit peels 3. Using bioenzymes for most cleaning needs and for garden 4. For buying cleaners like toilet cleaner etc , look for products which are not harmful for marine life and buy in bulk like 5 litres and using existing bottles to refill and use. 5. Carry your own bag for shopping. I just keep multiple cloth bags in every handbag, laptop bag, and even car so if there be a chance of sudden shopping will be ready to shop without needing a bag! 6. Buy local groceries and food items as much as possible , closest to source is best for health and earth. 7. Look out and buy from vendors, local shops where they provide sustainable packaging 8. Clean , dry and store all plastic packaging you use , store and send for recycling. in our home from a sachet to a a milk/curd/dosa batter packet every single packet is washed cleaned and sent to recycled. 9. Carry a water bottle and get it refilled, for a road trip buy a wtare dispenser or keep multiple bottles so they will last for entire trip. It works! 10. Avoid taking buying things in small sachets/packaging, they are difficult to clean and recycle. There are many more tips but for starters these should help ! 😀

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@rubalgupta315 A BIG YES TO IT ALL!!! 💯💯

[@GauravKumar-nn3gz]

You are the only you tuber who said nothing about brand promotion in your bio...it shows how genuine you are. Salute....

[@divyapai2834]

That was a refreshing video to watch! I lovwd your honest responses to all the questions. Keep up the good work! Best wishes to you 😀

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@divyapai2834 ❤️❤️❤️

[@NiranjanBendre]

It’s not about expectations from vegans but it is not only good for animals but also for health and environment. Read the IPPC report and their recommendations. Appreciate that you are 80% vegetarian but hope that you consider 90% vegan and rest vegetarian. 🙏

[@st7559]

You are gem of a person ❤ I am surprised your channel is underrated

[@namansinghbali]

Thanks to you, I've started carrying my own cloth bag for groceries and for eggs (i reuse the same plastic bag time and again). Have also stopped consuming those 200 ml bisleri bottles at function. One small request, kindly make a detailed video for sustaianablle packaged goods for replacing plastic goods for personal (shampoo, face wash, etc) and home use (floor cleaner and utensil cleaner, etc)

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@namansinghbali oh that’s so nice to hear🥹 Thankyou so much for living consciously!! We need more people like you! And yes, the brands for sustainable products are mentioned in the description, please check their websites😊

[@lekshmikrishna1868]

Use soapnut for shampoo.

[@lekshmikrishna1868]

Godrej ka floor cleaner sachet you can get from market

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@lekshmikrishna1868 their packaging has plastic. And ingredients are not eco-friendly. So I wouldn’t recommend it.

[@Zealocity]

Wow great and neat editing ☺️😍

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@Zealocity hahaha apne mu miya mithu❤️

[@fitakkie1.2]

Hello! I am in love with you. I too started sustainable living, all because of you. I started using only metal and glass bottles, carrying my own bags to market, started composting at home and i became a vegan and i love planting. Lots of love❤❤❤❤❤

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@fitakkie1.2 that is amazing!! This makes me so happy!!❤️❤️❤️

[@cheerfulchai]

we should support more such videos and spread more awareness!

[@nightking-hs5hi]

I kind of disagree on the take that there's either or with being vegan and environmental activist. For veganism there are 3 major perspectives - 1) Morality, 2) Health and 3) Sustainability. With 1st there's lot of grey aread because of philosophical nunaces but tye gist is about fundamental rights which can't have grey area like all humans are equal where we can't pick and chose as per convenience. However we can just focus on health and sustainability arguments which can be logically argued and derived by actual data. I can bet there's multitude of research which has proven plant based diet to be easily sufficient than dairy, fish and meat. Anyone arguing that it does not suit them or have alternative like the lady in the video did, is just lazy to look for alternatives or ignorant. The same way peope are lazy and ignorant to not use plastic and reusable products. For sustainability argument, there's ton of data that suggests how big industries like fishing, animal husbandry and dairy/meat are primary reason for plastic waste, water/air pollution, water usage and crop usage. One cow uses multiple times the water and food after getting abused for our milk and meat demands. Here people drink milk and eat meat and then go on to preach to not waste water or food. How's that sustainable, there's no actual difference you can make logically even if every household stop wasting water or food. In terms of plastic, there's data that most of the plastic is found in sea and the biggest contributor in that is fishing nets which is destroying bio diversity in the oceans. And yet we are told that stopping to use plastic for hosuehold will make any difference. There's a logical flaw in this type of sustainable living if it's not backed up by any data or logical reasoning. You can do it if it makes you feel good about yourself but if you are honest with yourself without being vegan you are not really making any change. It's just a fact backed by data.

[@Art_admirer]

Dii, I really like your lipsticks you apply.. please tell the lipsticks you are using.. And also suggest which lipstick is best for girls like us

[@debanwitahajra]

Hi ma'am, good to see you! Can you make a video on recycling and Indian recyclers? How we can contact them, which apps are good etc.

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@debanwitahajra sure! Meanwhile, if you are on instagram- My profile has a highlight- city-recyclers. Please check that!

[@akhilvv3806]

Hi.Ma'am, I saw your video and reels today for the first time. So I had to subscribe to the channel. I got a positive energy when I saw it. Because I am a yoga practitioner....where are you from ? Ma'am..❤️❤️👌

[@pratikshanimesh0609]

Shweta, you are an inspiration! ❤

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@pratikshanimesh0609 🙈❤️❤️

[@ayushpagey1343]

Well spoken person, and good work, quiet inspiring

[@ManifestingGoodinlife]

Plzz do new house tour would love to see how sustanibally you are living❤ Your vlogs are so calming❤

[@wassaapRA]

Thank you so much for sharing your views. Will share with my family. I think you did not yet include the link to the borosil tumbler in the bio. Could you please share that?

[@Mayank-i3v]

You should try to introduce mung beans, masoor other lentils and legumes in your diet. Soaking them also helps increase digestibility. Hing is also used traditionally for making legumes and lentils easily digestable. Saving animals and saving environment are generally inclusive. When you go vegan you don't contribute to deforestation of more than 75 percent of agricultural land which is exclusively used for growing crops for and raising the farmed animals. You save a lot of water. It's surprising that to produce one liter of milk more than 1000 liters of water is needed. For One Kg of chicken 4300 liters of water, for meat of goat or lamb it requires 6000-8000 liters of water. Its because to raise an animal we firstly feed them a lot of plants like soyabeans and corns and then we kill and eat them. It we eat the soya bean and corn directly it would be so so much sustainable. Despite using 80% of agricultural land, livestock provides only about 18% of the world's calories. This is because meat, dairy, and other animal products are more resource-intensive to produce than plant-based foods like grains, vegetables, and legumes. In contrast, the remaining 20% of agricultural land, which is used for growing crops directly consumed by humans, produces the majority of the world's calories and plant-based proteins. Animal agriculture is responsible for about 14.5% to 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This includes methane, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide, with methane being particularly potent as a greenhouse gas. Animal agriculture contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than all automobiles combined. A vegan who has gone vegan for the animals should also consider a plastic free (as far as possible) and sustainable living, beacuse other than directly saving animals from being killed by not paying for animal products, efforts to save environment also helps save animals.

[@ManifestingGoodinlife]

I'm just so inspire by watching your vdeos❤

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@ManifestingGoodinlife Thankyou 🙈

[@albertnewtonify]

Regarding veganism 1. Plastic - not all vegan products come in plastic. Most of the Indian dishes are vegan by default, or can be easily modified into vegan. You don't have to consume oat/almond/soy milk to be vegan. OTTH, countless animal products also use plastic. Usage of plastic is not a vegan/nonvegan problem. 2. Digestion and nutrition - this can be solved with better knowledge and experimentation. You will gradually understand what suits you. Plus, you also will likely get used to the 'unsuitable options' after a certain time. In any case, the ethics of not harming amimals stand above all these issues. I would prefer a bad tasting product if that is not causing pain and suffering to somebody. I am a vegan and an athlete, with 800+ Day running streak!! I also work for plastic waste awareness. However, plastic waste is responsible for 4% of global warming, while animal agriculture has a far, far greater share in it.

[@priyasuthar840]

What is your diet ..my brother is afraid to use soya products..how do you meet protein requirements

[@nightking-hs5hi]

Exactly, most of the activists are trying to do good with noble intentions but don't have facts and data to understand that what actions will really make any difference. Some do for jsut feeling good and some others just to garner following. People just want to turn a blind eye to realize how there demand for milk, meat, fish and eggs is creating demand for an industry which single handedly ruining the whole concept of sustainable living.

[@lekshmikrishna1868]

Can you show us some delicious snacks for kids which are less time consuming. So that we can stop buying or reduce buying packed snacks

[@amitabishnoi1468]

Ye baat sahi gharwale nhi mante plastic avoid krne ko yr

[@sunday4511]

Nice video Shweta | try to put your Mike on your sleeve ~ it won’t fall then

[@Shwetakataria_]

Yeah! I noticed it after taking the video 🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@indiaspeaks2664]

How dog lover or pet lovers sit or sleep on their bed or sofa,where dog who might hv come from outside has sat. We wash our bumps when we poop, but what about dogs n pets.u allow them to sit with u. What kind of love is this or u clean their foot n bump

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@indiaspeaks2664 yes we clean him with a wet cloth after every walk.

[@indiaspeaks2664]

Thanks Shweta..I also want to have a dog for my 3 yr son.i had one when I was small n with grandparents,but he was always outside the home.so never had this question.everytime we love him cuddle him,baba instructed to wash our hands with soap. So got really confused

[@darkknightfighter2004]

Very nice n informative video, if possible could u pls.share the site from where this detergent could be purchased u talked about in the video. In Amazon it's not showing when I searched for it.

[@Shwetakataria_]

I have mentioned all products n websites in the description, please check 😊

[@sham9340]

Cute dog sleeping even while people are talking non stop shooting video

[@Truecrime_express]

😭Khudki mummy nahi samjhti hai yaar.....also my boyfriend my friends no body understands.... everybody thinks its too much..."iska to kuch jyada hi hota hai" this is what I i hear 🫠 Hence I try not to tell ppl and follow it for myself....But I'll definitely do something about it....Kaise nahi sustainable bante dekhi hu 😑

[@Shwetakataria_]

Meri mummy bhi nahi samjhti 😅 But do as much as you can😊 don’t worry, slowly and steadily other people’s opinions won’t matter as long as you believe in living sustainably 😊

[@amitabishnoi1468]

Aapne jo b brand bole hai please unka link de dijiye

[@priyeshagarwal8083]

Description me already share kiya hua hai link 🙂

[@amitabishnoi1468]

​@@priyeshagarwal8083 oh thanku for telling 😊

[@salonikhandelwal573]

Activated carbon filter of lifestraw lasts for 100 litres only..

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@salonikhandelwal573 yes, but the membrane filter lasts for 4000 L Here’s the info link : help.lifestraw.com/article/271-how-do-i-know-when-it-is-time-to-replace-my-lifestraw-go-series-filters

[@godtoangel]

I feel to each is own but as a vegan i get everything in cloth bag and follow vegan food. So it's possible but yes, to each its own.. i also won't say that one must follow this or that, but making a point to say that both are possible of you really want to be one

[@godtoangel]

Hey still cannot find the your link

[@Archanaaaahhhhhh]

I am only looking at the dog ❤

[@ChandanSingh-un6ck]

Aap Hyderabad me go abhi bhi?

[@debanwitahajra]

How is the brand 'happi planet'?

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@debanwitahajra I have not used it since the packaging isn’t eco-friendly. They have tetra pack packaging and It’s very difficult to recycle them.

[@debanwitahajra]

​@@Shwetakataria_ yup, they take it back. They send an addressed envelope in which we have to send back the outer packaging to them. They somehow recycle as they have said it.

[@debanwitahajra]

​@@Shwetakataria_another thing ma'am, can you make a video on the apps through which we can send our plastic, e-wastes etc for recycling like you do?

[@coolearthtalks2005]

I respect what do you but being vegan isn't just about saving enviornment. It's shifting the global food production industry towards more plant based unlike india the entire world consumes trillion tons of animals industralised and suffered beings. we are moving forward in the future if we continue the same eating habits we can't sustain the planet. Unlike past today's polpulation has tripled in size and most of the people have overcome many basic needs of food & shelter. so if you happen to have choice to put food on your table. It's important to make conscious choice about it. Yes get food from local market, grow your own food, you can thrive as healthy as you can with plant based food. Without needing to kill animals. I'm not saying that entire population should go vegan, cause we live in diverse world there are some people living a very basic life such as Islands and they fish or raise animals to feed the family. Also Cow is mother and in order to give milk she needs to be pregnated and today to feed the entire population cows get forcefully pregnated to milk not for their calves but for the raising human population. What kind of sanity is that, we have tortured, comodified animals for our consumption, use, entertainment at Zoo, experiments at lab, their skin for fashion and cosmetics. How insane is that? Yet not everyone thinks about it, about what they consume and where it comes from. Imagine someday aliens take over planet and commodify humans from entertainment and food. Change starts with you. It's not only about enviornement and animals problem. Today the world is facing the consciousness problem. As the more and more people get conscious and aware we will naturally walk aligned with nature. We will not have to protect it. Respecting nature and other beings will be a part of our everyday life. Cause You are Nature itself. You are a part of everything.

[@rishiray26]

🥹🥹 After so many days Dii long video 🙈

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@rishiray26 yeah finally😅

[@2priras]

Even I adore u for many choices u take and I know it well it's your choice to be not vegan and neither am I trying to inject u .....but when you talk about environment sustainability and choices we might take... isn't it's the same way being alive is animal's right and we can't make it sound obvious by any cause ....common we are not ancient people who had to live in survival mode.

[@jyotibidla3482]

Kisike ghr fruits leke jae to kisme leke jae...kapde ka bag acha nhi lgta dekhne main

[@Shwetakataria_]

@@jyotibidla3482 sab acha lagta hai. Soch soch ki baat hai. Bag thodi khaana hai, fruits fresh honey chaiye bas. Varna aap grass is bani basket me le jao- vo toh reuse bhi ho jati hai.

[@ManOfSteel1]

kon bola Acha nahi lagta? logo ke liye hum thodi jee rahe hai!

[@simranpawar2635]

Actually in india most of. The people live sustainable life Humare ghar se roj gai ki roti nikalti h jo or banana sking apple skin etc. hota h wo bhi cows ko jata h Isliye india bhot acha in in chizo m hume civic sense ki jarurat or ache administration ko Or aap bhi mainly yhi bol rhi ho ki plastic mat use kro But ye impossible h plastics har jagah use hota hor cheap h isiliye wo har jagah use ho rha h Individually aap kitna hi try krlo sustainable life jine ka koi impact nhi hoga earth pr ise Plastic har jagah h humare t.v, phone packaging yha tak doctors ke equipment tak m h plastic Ise nhi hata skte jab tak ache alternative nhi mil jate Hum yha proper waste management ki jarurat h Plastic use kra use recycle kr diya tabhi kuch bat banegi Wrna to bekar h sab Or ise jiyda earth ko nuksan non-veg diet pocha rhi h isliye m bhi vegan ban gya hu ab