Eating Vegan sounds very hard, but it doesn't have to be. Here are some links to help you on your journey.
Onegreenplanet is a great website for finding vegan meals.
The vegan vigilante blog is a great place to find vegan recipes.
Vegan Spinach Dip is always a hit at dinner parties.
To greatly simplify the beneficial effects of eating vegan you are saving the following every single day. One animal, 20 pounds of CO2, 30 Sq Ft of Forest, 40 pounds of grain, and a whopping 1100 gallons of water. These statistics are from www.cowspiracy.com/facts
If you feel like challenging yourself you can use the vegan calculator to track your progress. Try a week or month challenge.