Matsuda lab<\/span> (Dr. Ikki Matsuda), LINGlab<\/span><\/span><\/a> (Dr. Erica Cartmill), Cognitive Psychology and Affective Neuroscience (CoPAN) lab<\/span><\/span><\/a> (Dr. Mariska Kret), GTA Animal Cognition group<\/span><\/a>, A.P.P.L.E<\/span><\/a>, American Society of Primatologists <\/span>(ASP)<\/a>, Australasian Animal Studies Association <\/span>(AASA)<\/a>, Animal Philosophy Study Group of the Netherlands<\/span> (Werkgroep Dierfilosofie)<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Before to becoming a PhD student, I\u00a0was a Fellow (2021), Storyteller (2022) and Project Coordinator (2023) at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute<\/a>, worked as a research assistant and workgroup teacher at Leiden University (The Netherlands), and had an alternative life as an illustrator, ghostwriter, and vegan blogger.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n If I have spare time (ha), I love to draw<\/a> and explore places, by foot, skates, or bicycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n You can reach me at: brendadegroot [at] ucla.com \/\/ degroot.brenda.62w [at] st.kyoto-u.ac.jp<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Junglemonkey2.jpg” alt=”End speciesism Animal Rights March 2018 – Brenda de Groot” title_text=”Junglemonkey2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dipl_double_color_heading display_in_stack=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” post_header_font=”Merriweather Light||on||||||” post_header_font_size=”14px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” heading_post_part=”If you’re interested, you can read the answer to the most common question I get, %22Why do you study monkeys?%22 below.” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/dipl_double_color_heading][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Merriweather Light||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I’ve always been fascinated by (read: obsessed about) animals. As a child, I spent my free time either drawing animals, reading about animals, or watching them in the garden or on TV. I wanted to know what it is like to be a bird, to be able to flying over the tree tops and though mountain ranges; or a dolphin, communicating with others through echolocation (did you know dolphins can project images in each other’s minds? It’s wild!).<\/p>\n Unfortunately, shifting consciousness was – and still is – beyond our human capacities, so I resorted to drawing as a way of exploring other minds.<\/p>\n I can hear you think: “Wait – how does drawing make you explore other animals’ minds?”.\u00a0I’ll try to explain by posing a question: Have you ever attempted to draw a portrait of someone? If so, you may have experienced how intimate it is to go over every detail in their face. I don’t know if it’s just me, but when drawing someone’s cheek, I cannot but “feel” a little tingle on my own cheek. This feeling-into<\/em>\u00a0the subject is strongest when drawing expressions. You need to feel at least slightly what your subject is feeling to be able to get the expression right on the paper.<\/p>\n The same goes for drawing animals, whether it be live or from imagination. You have to empathize with your subject if you want to accurately depict them. Through drawing animal bodies, I got to know these bodies better. And by imagining their perspective of the world, I felt I could come a bit closer to knowing what it is like to be them.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Brenda-painting.jpg” alt=”Brenda painting” title_text=”Brenda painting” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-20px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Painting at the Animal Rights March 2019<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/portfolio\/” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”View art projects” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#F4F4F4″ custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/DSC055902.jpg” alt=”End speciesism Animal Rights March 2018 – Brenda de Groot” title_text=”DSC055902″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_2,1_4″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Merriweather Light||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Now, imagination is not a valid instrument for gaining knowledge. We have waved goodbye to arm-chair philosophy as an epistemic method a long time ago. To attain knowledge of the world, we have to go out there, see and experience for ourselves, and learn from those who did before us. That is how I ended up in university, to study animals’ minds and lives.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dipl_double_color_heading heading_main_part=”Chasing monkeys” display_in_stack=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_heading_settings_text_align=”center” post_header_font=”Merriweather Light||on||||||” post_header_font_size=”14px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dipl_double_color_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Merriweather Light||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n I did my undergraduate at the University of Amsterdam, where I studied Psychology, with a major in Social Psychology. It was fascinating to learn what drives humans in how they behave, think and feel, and I loved every bit of my study. Yet, the absence of other animals in psychological theory and practice during my education struck me. Other animals also had experiences, brains and behaviour – where were they? I devoted as much coursework as I could on the psychology of nonhuman animals, and wrote my bachelor thesis on empathy in different primate taxa. The Honours program made me fall in love with philosophy of mind, and for a good while I was obsessed with finding a solution to the Hard Problem of consciousness. I didn’t find it, obviously, and my current thought on the matter (pun intended) is that we humans lack the cognitive capacity to understand how neural processes create a consciousness experience–much like a cat lacks the cognitive capacity to understand algebra. But please, someone, do falsify this idea.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Germains-langur.jpg” alt=”Brenda painting” title_text=”Germains langur” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Merriweather Light||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n After obtaining my BSc, I volunteered at Stichting AAP for a year as an animal caretaker (Spain) and observation assistant (The Netherlands), before I got accepted into the MSc Primate Conservation at Oxford Brookes University. Here I specialised in Asian colobines, whose gentle nature struck me as so different from the strict hierarchical societies of the pig-tailed and long-tailed macaques, Hamadryas baboons and chimpanzees I knew from my internship time. Still very little is known about the behaviour and minds of colobines. As folivorous (leaf-eating) monkeys, colobines spend most of their days foraging and digesting. Compared to frugivorous primates, there is not much drama going on, which made them to be a bit of a forgotten primate group in behavioural research. So for my final project, I decided to study the behaviour repertoire of the Germain\u2019s Langur<\/a> (Trachypithecus germaini<\/em>). I also carried out a\u00a0conservation education program<\/a> with a complimentary children\u2019s book\u00a0to help protect Cambodia\u2019s primates.<\/p>\n Since no one in my extended family went to university, a PhD was not on my radar when I graduated. In the years that followed, I became a freelance writer and illustrator, and worked with various animal welfare and nature conservation NGO\u2019s around the globe.\u00a0In my spare time I launched Vegan Monkey<\/a>, a blog to inspire people to go vegan, and I founded a small vegan clothing company<\/a> to help spread the word (clothing makes you a walking billboard if you want to). The articles and recipes still exist on my website today. I highly recommend the avotella.<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#F4F4F4″ custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dipl_double_color_heading heading_main_part=”PhD journey” display_in_stack=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_heading_settings_text_align=”center” post_header_font=”Merriweather Light||on||||||” post_header_font_size=”14px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/dipl_double_color_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Merriweather Light||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n I first met my future supervisor at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, an interdisciplinary program bringing together researchers working on animal minds, cognition, and behavior. Inspired by our conversations while I was a project assistant for DISI, I applied to the Anthropology program at UCLA, where she was teaching at the time, and was accepted in 2023. However, life does not always unfold according to plan. Shortly after I arrived in Los Angeles, my supervisor accepted a position at another university. Since this happened so early in my PhD, I reconsidered what would be the best path forward, and decided to apply to Kyoto University.<\/p>\n During my time at UCLA, I had become increasingly interested in Japanese primatology, and its close attention to individual animals and their social relationships. These approaches strongly resonated with my own approach and interests. In summer 2024, I was a visiting student at Kyoto University’s Wildlife Research Center, and conducted a pilot study on langurs in Vietnam. I worked with Professor Ikki Matsuda, one of the few primatologists in the world who study colobines. The WRC and my hostprofessor turned out to be an incredibly strong fit for my work, and so I applied for a Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship, which I was so fortunate to receive. Before leaving UCLA, I wrote a master thesis using my pilot study data, and in 2025, I moved to Kyoto, where I currently .\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ show_divider=”off” height=”60px”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DSCN2651-scaled.jpg” alt=”End speciesism Animal Rights March 2018 – Brenda de Groot” title_text=”DSCN2651″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/End-Speciesism-2.jpg” alt=”End speciesism Animal Rights March 2018 – Brenda de Groot” title_text=”End-Speciesism-(2)” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dipl_double_color_heading heading_main_part=”Animal ethics and the Anthropocene” display_in_stack=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_heading_settings_text_align=”center” post_header_font=”Merriweather Light||on||||||” post_header_font_size=”14px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dipl_double_color_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Merriweather Light||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In a perfect world, I\u2019d study primates and call it a life. But we\u2019re not living in a perfect world–far from it. In the reality of the Anthropocene, wild animals\u2019 homes and communities are violently destroyed. Besides my passion for knowing animals, I also feel it is my duty to help protect their rights, lives, and habitats. Animals are conscious, sentient beings with interests, agency and intrinsic value, and therefore moral standing and rights. Sadly, humanity at large doesn\u2019t fully recognise or acknowledge these givens. We use, abuse and kill animals, often for nothing more than our own pleasures and conveniences. Anthropocentrism, speciesism, and human privilege are the root causes of the suffering of millions of animals each day. To me, it\u2019s not more than logical and compassionate to help change this.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SAM_0561.jpg” title_text=”Sentientism header” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dipl_double_color_heading heading_main_part=”Get in touch” display_in_stack=”on” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_heading_settings_text_align=”center” post_header_font=”Merriweather Light||on||||||” post_header_font_size=”14px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dipl_double_color_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Merriweather Light||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n You can reach me by email at brendadegroot [at] ucla [dot] edu.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Van harte welkom op mijn website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Ik ben Brenda, 29 jaar, en ben al zo\u00a0lang ik me kan herinneren gefascineerd door dieren. Ik wil weten wat ze denken, hoe ze leven, en hoe het zou zijn om hen te zijn\u00a0[1]<\/a>. Ik heb er mijn complete academische carri\u00e8re op ingericht, om deze vragen te onderzoeken.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Nu ik ben afgestudeerd in Psychologie (BSc) en\u00a0Primate Conservation<\/a>\u00a0(MSc), en ik ontzettend veel geleerd heb over diercognitie, diergedrag, dierethiek en\u00a0de psychologie achter het gebruik van dieren<\/a>, wil ik niets liever dan al mijn kennis met de wereld delen. Daarom heb ik een website gemaakt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Mijn missie is om een wereld te bereiken waarin speciesisme tot het verleden behoort. Een wereld waarin we dieren behandelen als de individuen die ze zijn. Die uitspraak neem ik ter harte, en zet pen, papier, hart, ziel en toetsenbord in om te strijden voor een rechtvaardigere wereld voor alles dat erop leeft.\u00a0Ik schrijf artikelen, boeken en verhalen, maak illustraties en educatieprojecten, en voorzie mijn werk van gedegen en wetenschappelijk onderbouwde bronnen.\u00a0Op dit moment werk ik aan mijn eerste eigen boek.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Mocht je benieuwd zijn naar de\u00a0projecten<\/a>\u00a0die ik heb gedaan, mijn\u00a0illustraties<\/a>, het huisaapje\u00a0Bamb\u00fa<\/a>, of mijn\u00a0cv<\/a>, schroom dan niet om een kijkje te nemen door op de links te klikken.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Vragen? Opmerkingen? Tips of andere goede suggesties die je met me wilt delen? Stuur ze vooral! Je kunt me bereiken via brenda[apenstaartje]brendadegroot.com.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Sinds de dag dat ik mijn website lanceerde luidt de ondertitel \u201cFor a world beyond speciesism\u201d. En dat is niet zonder reden.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Speciesisme<\/a>\u00a0is discriminatie op basis van soort, en vormt een van de grootste morele problemen van deze tijd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Het is de reden dat we honden aaien en varkens eten, dat paarden namen en koeien nummers hebben, en waarom we sommige dieren als producten en machines behandelen in plaats van de levende en voelende wezens die ze zijn. Doordat we niet-menselijke dieren als moreel minderwaardig beschouwen buiten we ze uit en verwoesten we de natuur die zij hun thuis noemen. In mijn optiek is dit onrechtvaardig en immoreel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Zowel de wetenschap als ons aangeboren vermogen empathie te voelen leert ons dat dieren bewuste wezens zijn met gevoel. Dit vormt een meer dan degelijk argument om dieren morele status en -behandeling te geven. Om met de beroemde woorden van de filosoof Jeremy Bentham\u00a0[2]<\/a>\u00a0te spreken:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The question is not Speciesisme is een nog vrij onderbelicht onderwerp, en omdat verandering begint met bewustwording, zet ik me in om dit fenomeen in de publieke spotlights te zetten. Uiteraard volgt dan de tweede stap: actie!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Ik begon deze website drie jaar geleden, als blog over veganisme. Niet geheel onlogisch, want als je de ethiek in de praktijk brengt, kom je op veganisme uit.\u00a0Als we erkennen dat dieren bewuste wezens zijn, met gevoelens en dus intrinsieke waarde, dan zouden we op z\u2019n minst moeten voorkomen dat ze onnodig lijden door ons toedoen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Veganisme<\/a>\u00a0is een leefwijze is die erop gericht is om de uitbuiting van, en wreedheden naar, dieren te voorkomen. Dit geldt voor zowel voeding als kleding en vermaak.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Het fundament van een vegan leefstijl is een plantaardig eetpatroon, zonder vlees, vis, eieren of zuivelproducten. Dat is niet omdat deze producten standaard ongezond zijn, of omdat veganisten er een of andere sadistische behoefte op na houden om henzelf en hun medemens de geneugten van het leven te ontnemen, maar simpelweg omdat de manier waarop dierlijke producten worden verkregen onethisch is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Achter ogenschijnlijk doodonschuldige dingen (pun intended<\/em>) zoals boterhamworst, vissticks en kaasomeletten schuilt een industrie waarin miljarden dieren systematisch en op gruwelijke wijze worden uitgebuit en gedood. Deze soortoverschrijdende genocide is bovendien onnodig, omdat we in onze huidige maatschappij kerngezond stokoud kunnen worden met een plantaardig eetpatroon. Bovendien bestaat er een scala aan alternatieven voor onze favoriete dierlijke producten, waardoor we zelfs op levensstandaard niet in hoeven boeten.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Veganisme is naar mijn mening een morele nullijn. In de ideale wereld zou veganisme de\u00a0status quo<\/em>\u00a0zijn van onze maatschappij. Maar de realiteit is dat we daar bij lange na nog niet zijn. De twee grootste redenen hiervoor zijn\u00a0dat mensen niet zien \u2013 of niet willen zien \u2013 wat er achter de gesloten deuren van de vee- en visindustrie plaatsvindt, en dat het eten van dierlijke producten diep in onze cultuur, tradities en gewoonten zit verankerd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n En daar wil ik met alle liefde wat aan doen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Om alle vegan newbies (en plant-based veteranen) te inspireren om vaker\/gezonder\/gemakkelijker veganistisch te eten, strooi ik\u00a0graag en gul met artikelen over\u00a0vegan food<\/em>. Wetenschappelijk onderbouwde essays, stappenplannen, recepten en complete boodschappenlijsten \u2013 je vindt het hier. Ik ben een ontzettende gezondheidsfreak, dus\u00a0whole foods, plant-based<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/a>is how I roll<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n En oh ja, naast dierenrechten is een veganistische leefstijl ook nog eens goed voor de\u00a0planeet<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cWaarom vegan?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Even je bovenkamer afstoffen met artikelen over ethiek, dierenrechten, en de\u00a0psychologie<\/a>\u00a0achter veganisme. \u201cHoe vegan?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Hier vind je\u00a0artikelen over plantaardige voeding en veganistisch leven. Je leest hier over\u00a0vegan eiwitten<\/a>, en hoe je stap voor stap de\u00a0gezondste smoothie bowl<\/a>\u00a0bouwt die ooit is gemaakt.\u00a0Alle artikelen zijn uiteraard wetenschappelijk onderbouwd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cEasy whole foods, plant-based\u201d<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Voor wie op zoek is naar een gezond recept waar je niet urenlang voor in de keuken hoeft te staan en dat deze ook niet in een post-apocalyptische staat achterlaat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Mijn suggesties om mee te beginnen:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Speciesisme<\/a> Vegan voor de planeet<\/a> Tails of Cambodia<\/a> Terugwijzen<\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Dolphin-line.jpg\")
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About me<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>I am a PhD candidate at the Department of Primatology and Wildlife Research at Kyoto University.\u00a0I hold an MA in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an MSc in Primate Conservation from Oxford Brookes University, and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Amsterdam.\u00a0 My work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6108,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n
Hi!<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
For a World Beyond Speciesism<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Educatie is hier het toverwoord.\u00a0Zoals een wijs man ooit zei:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.\"<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- Nelson Mandela<\/h5>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Can they\u00a0reason<\/em>?, nor
Can they\u00a0talk<\/em>?, but
Can they\u00a0suffer<\/em>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aaa.jpg\")
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Ook lees je\u00a0hier alles over de wondere wereld van dieren.\u00a0Kortom, de redenen waarom de hele wereld vegan zou moeten zijn.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/brendadegroot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bambu-2-400x400.png\")
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Enjoy!<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
en wat er mis mee is<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
over de gevolgen van klimaatverandering en hoe veganisme een significant deel van de oplossing kan zijn<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Primate conservation educatieproject<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
opinieartikel over veganisme<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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