The Washington Post recently wrote about our friends at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), highlighting the organization’s healthy workplace culture and vegan office policies. PCRM, which promotes plant-based eating as preventative medicine, also encourages vegan recipe exchanges and food sharing (people take turns making smoothies certain mornings.) Why implement these initiatives? PCRM Director of Nutrition Education Susan Levin says simply, “We want to practice what we preach.”

It makes sense that eating healthy in the workplace is important. After all, most people will spend a third of their adult life at the office, and sitting all day alone takes a toll of our health. Add to that the unhealthy eating habits facilitated by office settings such as free baked goods, soda or snack machines, and fast food takeout, and the workplace can quickly deteriorate our health.

Luckily, most people want to eat healthier, and there are several ways you can help your own office become a little more healthy and veg-friendly.

So how can you help your colleagues make more compassionate, healthy choices? These veg advocacy ideas make it easy!