Dr. Will Tuttle is author of the Amazon #1 best-seller, The World Peace Diet, published in the Tenth Anniversary Edition in 2016, and published in 18 languages worldwide. Dr. Tuttle is also the author of Food for Freedom (2024), as well as Your Inner Islands: The Keys to Intuitive Living (2017), and Bursting Light (2018), which is a book of sheet music for 15 of his original solo piano compositions, illustrated with 25 full color watercolor prints by his spouse, Madeleine Tuttle. He's the author of Daily VegInspirations: Jewels from The World Peace Diet (2018), and narrator of the World Peace Diet audio book.
A visionary educator and inspirational speaker, he has presented 4,000+ lecture events throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, and is a recipient of the Peace Abbey's prestigious Courage of Conscience Award, as well as the Empty Cages Prize.
A vegan since 1980, he is a frequent radio, television, and online presenter and writer. He is featured in the noted documentary film Cowspiracy as well as other films such as Animals and the Buddha, Christspiracy, Vegan Everyday Stories, Hope for All, and A Prayer for Compassion.
Additionally, Dr. Tuttle is the editor of two collections of essays published by Vegan Publishers. One is Buddhism & Veganism: Essays Connecting Spiritual Awakening and Animal Liberation (2018), and the other is a book on the interconnections between social justice issues, Circles of Compassion: Connecting Issues of Justice (2014).
Dr. Tuttle is also the co-founder of the non-profit Circle of Compassion and the Worldwide Prayer Circle for Animals. He is the creator of several wellness and advocacy training programs, and co-creator of VeganPalooza, the largest online vegan event.
Additionally, he is the creator of numerous CD albums of original piano music. Titles include The Call, OceanPrayer, SkyHigh, AnimalSongs, Ascension, and Islands of Light. He has two CD albums that include flute music by Madeleine: Inspiration and Reflections. He has also created several spoken word CDs as well: The Four Viharas and World Peace Meditations, as well as Living In Harmony With All Life.
Dr. Tuttle’s Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on educating intuition and altruism in adults, and he has taught college courses in creativity, humanities, mythology, religion, and philosophy. A former Zen monk and a Dharma Master in the Korean Zen tradition, he has created a wide range of CDs, books, and online videos, trainings, and presentations. With his spouse Madeleine, a Swiss visionary artist, he lectures extensively at college campuses, festivals, spiritual centers, conferences, and peace, social justice, animal protection, health, and environmental gatherings.
Born in 1953 in Concord, MA, he learned to swim in Walden Pond, and left home in his youth on a spiritual pilgrimage that brought him to The Farm (the largest hippie commune in the world in 1975), into experience of many Eastern and Western spiritual paths, and eventually to San Francisco. He often travels with Madeleine in a camper and enjoys exploring wilderness areas and helping to protect sentient beings from exploitation.
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