Dr. Sailesh Rao, founder and executive director of lifestyle transformation and environmental restoration nonprofit Climate Healers, participated in a debate held by the historic Oxford Union Society on Nov. 30, with the proposition, "This House Would Go Vegan". Rao's side, which argued in favor of the proposition, won by a margin of 112-84.
The side in favor of the motion comprised Oxford Union president Disha Hegde, Rao, lifestyle medicine and wellness physician Dr. Chidi Ngwaba, and animal rights activist Joey Carbstrong. On the opposition side were Union president-elect Hannah Edwards, media personality Katie Hopkins, head of the Change in Agriculture research group Dr. David Rose, and Lincoln college student Manon Hammond.
