I'm asking this question to vegans and those concerned with global warming. Is that contradictory?

That's a question that is very difficult for vegans. That's why I only buy from thrift stores so that I can use leather without supporting the animal industry. I don't particularly like the look of leather anyway though. Mainly for my belts I wear either my black leather belt that I bought 5 years ago at 11 in a thrift store. That's all I really need, though I have to say I am fond of my bullet belts that came from a swap. For my shoes I have a pair of pleather dress shoes bought in a thrift store and canvas sneakers bought in a thrift store. I'm considering getting pleather combat boots though because I calculated that the amount of energy used for that would be less than the amount used for all the canvas shoes I would buy since I was told that the brand I am interested in lasts 10+ years and I go through several shoes in that period since I walk so much. I think a good vegan should think seriously about their buying habits. I certainly do as I try hard to avoid both human cruelty and animal cruelty.

I have been vegan for about ten years. Additionally, since I have a degree in History rather than Paleoclimatology, I will have to defer to people who have done the research and actually know what they're talking when it comes to anthropocentric climate change. Translation: I am both vegan and of the understanding that AGW is occurring. I do not see this as necessarily contradictory, however, because factory farms and feed lots contribute to global warming gasses, such as methane. However, a strictly grain and vegetable diet isn't necessarily 100% ecologically-sound either, due to the fact that deforestation is often caused by industrial agriculture and fossil fuels are used in transporting agricultural products to market. An ecologically-sound diet would consist of organic, locally-grown/raised foods, regardless of those foods' status as plant or animal matter. One thing to consider, though, is the fact that energy from food is lost as it makes its way through the food chain...meaning that a vegan diet generally causes smaller losses in food energy content. In other words, as with most questions, there's no black and white, definite answer.

I am not a vegan, but I do believe that GW is the result of human activity. That being said,I don't think that using Vegan Leather (due to vegan beliefs) is contradictory to GW beliefs and to answer your question I would consider using it.

Here's why:

Plastic is a by-product of petroleum manufacturing so if it were not used for other things, it would probably end up being disposed of (improperly) and harming our environment even more through toxicity/groundwater leeching, etc.

Still, I prefer real leather - which is a by-product of my beef consumption :)

Mar 8, 2010 ... Vegans should be protected from discrimination, says equality watchdog – Daily Telegraph

If you are in the UK, better watch your step fella. Coming soon to the USA. You just might hurt someone's feeling and that's a beatin' with a carrot stick followed by a stint in the poke salad.

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plastic is photo degradable and takes hundreds if not thousands of years to degrade. this means vegan leather is worse for the environment. besides whats wrong with taking the skin from an animal that died of natural causes?

The meat industry contributes about 30% of greenhouse gases so owning one thing which isn't biodegradble nor renewable I think is okay all things considered.