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Leah Edgerton

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Read the full transcript here. What are some of the tensions between short-term and long-term thinking about how best to reduce animal suffering? Why spend time and energy working on animal welfare when human welfare hasn't even been secured? Why do so many animal rights activists and organizations have such negative reputations and elicit such strongly negative emotional reactions from the population at large when they're just trying to reduce suffering? How does animal rights activism from an effective altruism perspective intersect with the more traditional forms of animal rights activism and social justice activism? Humans tend to be more capable of empathizing (for example) with a cow than with a fish, and more with a dog than with a cow; so how can animal rights activists motivate people in a way that works with or around human cognitive and emotional biases? What are some tools for dealing with chronic pain?Leah has been involved in the effective altruism community for a decade and in animal advocacy her whole life. She has 7 years of professional experience in farmed animal advocacy, primarily focused on movement growth and interfacing with funders. Most recently, she worked at Animal Charity Evaluators on the Communications team and then as Executive Director. Her previous work experience includes performing in the Zurich Opera, managing a small business, and founding and leading ProVeg International's China Program. She currently works as a freelance philanthropic advisor to high-net-worth individuals entering the farmed animal space. You can email Leah at leah.edgerton@gmail.com or find out more about her on her LinkedIn profile.Further reading:A tool to help you figure out what animal products are most harmful (as well as some caveats about the methods of the tool) [Read more]

<a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/102/#transcript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the full transcript here.</a> What are some of the tensions between short-term and long-term thinking about how best to reduce animal suffering? Why spend time and energy working on animal welfare when human welfare hasn't even been secured? Why do so many animal rights activists and organizations have such negative reputations and elicit such strongly negative emotional reactions from the population at large when they're just trying to reduce suffering? How does animal rights activism from an effective altruism perspective intersect with the more traditional forms of animal rights activism and social justice activism? Humans tend to be more capable of empathizing (for example) with a cow than with a fish, and more with a dog than with a cow; so how can animal rights activists motivate people in a way that works with or around human cognitive and emotional biases? What are some tools for dealing with chronic pain?Leah has been involved in the effective altruism community for a decade and in animal advocacy her whole life. She has 7 years of professional experience in farmed animal advocacy, primarily focused on movement growth and interfacing with funders. Most recently, she worked at Animal Charity Evaluators on the Communications team and then as Executive Director. Her previous work experience includes performing in the Zurich Opera, managing a small business, and founding and leading ProVeg International's China Program. She currently works as a freelance philanthropic advisor to high-net-worth individuals entering the farmed animal space. You can email Leah at <a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.orgmailto:leah.edgerton@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leah.edgerton@gmail.com</a> or find out more about her on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-edgerton/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her LinkedIn profile</a>.Further reading:<ul><li><a href="https://foodimpacts.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A tool to help you figure out what animal products are most harmful</a> (as well as <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KLqAiKpMpBCLCH6x7/ranking-animal-foods-based-on-suffering-and-ghg-emissions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">some caveats about the methods of the tool</a>)</li></ul> [<a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/102/leah-edgerton-cognitive-biases-and-animal-welfare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read more</a>]

Cognitive biases and animal welfare (with Leah Edgerton)

Animal suffering is a global problem that requires action on a global level. How can we think about effectiveness across geographical and cultural contexts? How can North American and European advocates support advocacy in other parts of the world in responsible and impactful ways? In this talk, Leah explores the pros and cons of different approaches to international advocacy.Leah has been involved in the effective altruism community since 2011 and has been an animal advocate her whole life. From 2015  to 2017, she was an integral part of ACE’s communications team, building up their social media channels, growing the reach of their email list, and helping to plan and launch their website redesign. From 2017 to 2019, she worked at ProVeg International, one of ACE’s Standout Charities. In her role as ProVeg’s Strategy and Internationalization Manager, she conceptualized and grew the China Programme from scratch and coordinated with external academics to conduct experimental research on meat reduction interventions. Leah returned to ACE’s team as Executive Director in February 2019.Original VideoEffective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube. 

Animal suffering is a global problem that requires action on a global level. How can we think about effectiveness across geographical and cultural contexts? How can North American and European advocates support advocacy in other parts of the world in responsible and impactful ways? In this talk, Leah explores the pros and cons of different approaches to international advocacy.Leah has been involved in the effective altruism community since 2011 and has been an animal advocate her whole life. From 2015 to 2017, she was an integral part of ACE’s communications team, building up their social media channels, growing the reach of their email list, and helping to plan and launch their website redesign. From 2017 to 2019, she worked at ProVeg International, one of ACE’s Standout Charities. In her role as ProVeg’s Strategy and Internationalization Manager, she conceptualized and grew the China Programme from scratch and coordinated with external academics to conduct experimental research on meat reduction interventions. Leah returned to ACE’s team as Executive Director in February 2019.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8xyUGuFkG4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Video</a><a href="https://www.effectivealtruism.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Effective Altruism</a> is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. <a href="https://www.eaglobal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EA Global</a> conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/EffectiveAltruismVideos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.

Virtual EAG 2020: Q&A with Leah Edgerton, executive director at Animal Charity Evaluators

Over the last five years, the EA movement has grown to influence a substantial fraction of all funding within animal advocacy. However, we still struggle with a lack of strong evidence behind many of the field’s most common interventions. In this talk, Leah Edgerton, the executive director of Animal Charity Evaluators, discusses strategies we can use to gather more evidence in the long term and avoid overconfidence in the short term.To learn more about effective altruism, visit effectivealtruism.orgThis talk was filmed at EA Global 2019: San Francisco. You can learn more about these conferences at eaglobal.org.Original VideoEffective Altruism is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. EA Global conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on YouTube. 

Over the last five years, the EA movement has grown to influence a substantial fraction of all funding within animal advocacy. However, we still struggle with a lack of strong evidence behind many of the field’s most common interventions. In this talk, Leah Edgerton, the executive director of Animal Charity Evaluators, discusses strategies we can use to gather more evidence in the long term and avoid overconfidence in the short term.To learn more about effective altruism, visit <a href="http://effectivealtruism.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">effectivealtruism.org</a>This talk was filmed at EA Global 2019: San Francisco. You can learn more about these conferences at <a href="https://www.eaglobal.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eaglobal.org</a>.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ynoOdCFMzo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Original Video</a><a href="https://www.effectivealtruism.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Effective Altruism</a> is a social movement dedicated to finding ways to do the most good possible, whether through charitable donations, career choices, or volunteer projects. <a href="https://www.eaglobal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EA Global</a> conferences are gatherings for EAs to meet. You can also listen to this talk along with its accompanying video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/EffectiveAltruismVideos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.

EAG 2019 SF: Strategic considerations for effective animal advocacy (Leah Edgerton)