Earthling Ed – full name Ed Winters – is one vegan activist who made a huge impact in 2019. Ed made the decision to ‘devote his life to animal rights’ after watching the Earthlings documentary and transitioning to a vegan diet. He had been vegetarian since 2014, after hearing about a chicken truck crashing and consequently injuring and killing the birds. He realised that all animals have the capacity to suffer and feel pain, too.
True to his word, Ed works tirelessly as a vegan educator, public speaker, and film maker. You only have to look to his YouTube, with a following of 206k, to find a wealth of videos showing him debating with non-vegans and offering his reasoning for swapping to a plant-based diet. If you’re keen for more of his content, Ed also runs a podcast called The Disclosure Podcast and has an e-book called 30 Non-Vegan Excuses & How to Respond to Them, which does exactly what it says on the tin.