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Staples High School, Westport, CT (1985) |
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Erik Marcus is a computer scientist, creative software developer, and author who runs the website Vegan.com, which discusses veganism news, vegan topics of interest, animal rights and animal welfare through a short, weekly podcast. Marcus has written two books: Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating and Meat Market: Animals, Ethics and Money. Before that, he had developed the VeggieCard for the Apple Macintosh computer, a compressed set of archived files on a 3.5" computer diskette which unfolded with most of the text from Diet for a New America by John Robbins (author).[2] He currently resides in South Lake Tahoe, California.
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Marcus was raised in Westport, Connecticut and graduated from Staples High School in 1985. The 1985 Staples yearbook, "Stapleite," quotes him as follows: "If you love something, set it free. If it returns, it has a good sense of direction. If it doesn't, it is probably starving out in the woods somewhere looking for you." Marcus further stated that he will always remember "watching [biology teacher] Mr. Haugh eat lunch as he dissected a cat."
After Staples, he completed in 1991 a degree with Columbia University Teachers College in New York City.
Marcus was one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne.
In 2008, Marcus changed the podcast format to a shorter, weekly podcast, called "VegTalk." This podcast features interviews with notable people in the vegan movement while still having some of the similar content as the previous podcast.
In addition to his regular podcasts, books, and popular website, he's known as a conference and public speaker who travels widely across North America.[3][4] His early career writing software has been folded into his current technical ventures.