A peaceful world begins on your plate.
Our Mission
Compassionate Living is a 501c3 non-profit organization working to end farmed animal commodification and encourage vegan living. Through educational activities, community building, compassionate and inclusive outreach, framing veganism as a justice issue while educating on the sentience of animals, we hope to be part of achieving a just, compassionate, non-violent, vegan world.
Reason for Vegan
How many reasons do we need to be vegan? Access our educational content to understand why living vegan is so urgent today. Learn about how animals are raised for food, the impacts of animal agriculture on the environment, how to avoid falling for “humane" labeling, and understand why we don't need animal protein to thrive.
The Hope for the Animals Podcast features Compassionate Living’s Executive Director, longtime animal advocate and author, Hope Bohanec. With over 100 episodes, Hope covers a variety of farmed animal issues including the ethical, environmental, spiritual, heartbreaking, and heartwarming aspects of living vegan. You will find episodes focused on chickens, fishes, the environment, anti-oppression activism, spirituality, and animal sanctuaries.
With Compassionate Living’s primary focus on vegan education, the Hope for the Animals Podcast offers an easy way to learn about numerous topics related to animal issues. You can listen while walking, exercising, cleaning, cooking, and just whenever you have the time. Each guest reveals interesting layers of the animal advocacy movement and inspires us to do more for the animals.
ONLINE EVENT:
Humane Hoax Online Conference 2026
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
10:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
via Zoom
Faced with mounting cultural criticism of animal farming for food products, manufacturers, consumers, and even some animal advocates are increasingly turning to so-called “humane” labels and marketing strategies. These labels, phrases, slogans, and imagery are found on a wide range of animal products, from large facilities with thousands of animals to backyard operations.
However, commodification, exploitation, and killing are prevalent in all animal farming methods. The Humane Hoax Online Conference brings together experts on a variety of aspects to expose the humane hoax in all its forms. This year, the conference will delve deeper into humanewashing, featuring speakers from diverse perspectives. We will explore the topic with a critical eye and challenge this growing trend.
Please join us on March 17, 2026 for this inspiring event as we further this urgent and necessary conversation about The Humane Hoax.
ONLINE EVENT:
AHIMSA LIVING CIRCLE
with Hope and Cogen Bohanec
Second Saturday of the Month
The next Circle is on
Saturday, February 14, 2026
10:00 - 11:30 am PT /
1:00 - 2:30 pm ET
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FREE
At Compassionate Living, we feel that it is imperative that we change who we are, not just want we do. As longtime spiritual vegans, Hope and Cogen Bohanec have a lot to share about living a compassionate, fulfilling life.
Our Ahimsa Living Circle is a virtual community gathering for anyone who is curious about veganism, Jainism, the Dharma traditions, and the concept of ahiṃsā, nonviolence. We want to create a community of inspired, engaged advocates who believe that expanding our circle of compassion to include animals and all of the Earth should be a central feature of any spiritual journey. While the gathering will emphasize Jain teachings and practices, it will be based on the core value of a shared truth that is present in all spiritual traditions, particularly the Dharma traditions (Jainism, Hinduism, and Buddhism) in a way that recognizes the centrality of ahiṃsā, which means non-harming or non-violence.
Our circle is a place of support and community for those exploring veganism, non-violence, and ahiṃsā. These elements are incorporated into the program for each meeting, but the gathering will also encourage attendees to broaden the discussion, participate, ask questions, and offer reflections and support to others. Everyone is welcome in this circle where we will discover together how we can live a compassionate life aligned with our deepest ethic of non-violence. This event is co-produced with our partner Arihanta Institute.
The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs, edited by Hope Bohanec
Part of Compassionate Living's Humane Hoax Project, this volume contains 18 contributing authors who explore the timely topics of humanewashing, greenwashing, language and labels, and how so-called alternative animal agriculture intersects with feminism, affects the environment, is represented in the media, and impacts human and non-human communities alike. This anthology has new essays from noted animal and environmental advocates including Carol Adams, Karen Davis, Alastor Van Kleeck, Sailesh Rao, John Sanbonmatsu, and Christopher “Soul” Eubanks. All proceeds of the sale of the book go to Compassionate Living.
The Humane Hoax Project Videos
Compassionate Living has hosted numerous conferences and webinars through our Humane Hoax Project. There are now hours of fantastic presentations to watch from our Humane Hoax Online Conference and our Humane Hoax Chicken Webinar. Dive into the myriad aspects of humanewashing and greenwashing, watch the videos, and share on your networks.
Support Our Work
Your support will help us carry out our educational projects aimed at creating a world where no animal has to suffer at human hands. Thank you for being a part of Compassionate Living and helping us achieve animal freedom.
