vegans - close up

Check out these interviews with local vegans.
Compassionate people making a difference!

	Adalita Adalita is an energetic rock star and lead singer of Magic Dirt. She belts out her passion and persona on our stages to the delight of many. But Adalita is so much more than her amazing music – she’s a compassionate and strong woman who stands up for the rights of others. read interview...
	Anita Frank Anita is an exceptional photographer and responsible for the main vegan profile photographs on this website (thanks Anita!) anitafrank.com. Anita also specialises in photographing people’s companion animals. read interview...
	Chris DeRose Chris DeRose, founder and director of Last Chance for Animals, was also the Ambassador for our November 2011 Vegan Easy Challenge. In the following interview, Chris describes his journey from being a Hollywood actor through to his work as an Animal Rights activist, author and passionate vegan. read interview...
	Ivan Zovko Ivan is a handsome young man who is very interested in health and fitness and helping other people to achieve good health. Ivan’s a Personal Trainer who knows how to maintain strong bones and big muscles and it’s not by eating animals or drinking their milk! read interview...
	Jonathan Tosio Jonathan is doing a music degree at Melbourne University and can often be seen on public transport with his much loved cello and a broad smile for people. Jonathan has great joy in playing his cello and learning German. He comes from the NSW coast, north of Newcastle and is loving living in Melbourne, the vegan capital of Australia. read interview...
	Marieke Hardy Marieke is a screenwriter, blogger, radio broadcaster, columnist and a regular panelist on ABC's First Tuesday Book Club. Marieke was our March 2011 Vegan Easy Challenge Ambassador. By the way, we should also mention that she's Vegan! read interview...
	Nick Perry  Nick is an active and robust year 10 student from Melbourne. He just turned 16 and has two older brothers - all three of them are over 183cms tall, of strong build and vegans since birth. Nick is full of life, mirth and loves hanging out with his friends. read interview...
	Phillip Wollen  Phillip Wollen is someone very special. He is a big man with a big heart and most importantly he’s BIG on vision. Phil is a 59 year old Merchant Banker, OAM, Queens Birthday Honors 2005, Australian of the Year Victoria 2007 and Founder of The Winsome Constance Kindness Trust (WCKT) kindnesstrust.com. read interview...
	Pui-Shan   Pui-Shan is a vegan marathon woman who has travelled to Sydney and the Gold Coast to compete. She plans to do the London marathon as well as the Vegan Triathlon in Christchurch. Her last 50km race she completed in 5 hrs 52 mins. Pui-Shan finished 8th in the women’s category and 28th out of 544 overall. read interview...
	Sharon Scott   Sharon is one of those special people who put themselves on the line to help others. She's a longstanding and highly trained firefighter, often risking her life so others don't loose theirs. Her altruism isn't only to her own species, but it extends to all living beings. Sharon has worked hard for many years helping animals in her spare time. read interview...
	Yahvinah and Azai   Yahvinah is holding her 2½ year old son Azai, and three weeks after this photo was taken she gave birth to his little sister Tekia. Along with their dad, Darah, the whole family is vegan. Yahvinah and Darah run SoulVeg, a Melbourne based vegan catering company soulveg.com.au. read interview...