Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I’ve decided to start a vegetarian club on campus, which is going pretty well. I’ve been trying to get in contact with the person in charge of student clubs, but she’s been out for awhile. But there was a good turnout considering we’re not an official club yet [...]
Archive for September, 2008
30 Sep
Awesome fridge
This post doesn’t have much to do with veganism other than that I would love to fill this baby with yummy vegan treats, so I apologize.
This fridge from the Electrolux Design Lab 2008 lets you stack separate compartments. Each compartment can be kept at a degree that you choose, saving energy. Plus, it would look [...]
16 Sep
Scientist at Research Lab Fired
Guy Grimsley, a 65 year old scientist working for a research lab in Nevada that does testing on animals was fired because he presentened an opposition to “cruel and inhumane mistreatment” of the 32 monkey test subjects.
I love when people working in an industry such as animal testing or factory farming come out against mistreatment [...]
14 Sep
Vegan Eats
The only thing worse than being vegan on my campus is being a vegan without a car on my campus. My university is decently big, around 9,000 students, but we have no public transportation, no grocery stores within walking distance, and nothing really for a vegan to eat. Granted, we do have three great restaurants [...]
8 Sep
Heartbreaking Pictures of Whale Slaughter
Over at earthfirst.com (yay! for Earth First!), there are some striking and heartbreaking photographs of an annual whale slaugher in the Faroe Islands, Denmark. From the site:
“Ironically, this practice, called grindadráp, is diminishing the population of 5,000 islanders. Many of them get sick and die from high mercury levels in the whales. Mentally retarded children [...]
8 Sep
UN: Eat less meat
According to Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, people should eat vegetarian at least one day per week in order to have a positive effect on the outcome of global warming. He also says that this is just a starting point and that people should continue to decrease [...]
7 Sep
The Vegan’s Hundred
1. Natto
2. Green Smoothie
3. Tofu Scramble
4. Haggis
5. Mangosteen
6. Creme brulee
7. Fondue
8. Marmite/Vegemite
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Nachos
12. Authentic soba noodles
13. Peanut butter & jelly sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Taco from a street cart
16. Boba Tea
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Gyoza
20. Vanilla ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Ceviche
24. Rice and [...]
6 Sep
Animals and Death
Natalie Angier has written an article for the New York Times about animal behavoir towards death. In it, she cites the example of a gorilla named Gana who carried around her son’s corpse after he died:
“Nobody knows what emotions swept through Gana’s head and heart as she persisted in cradling and nuzzling the remains of [...]
4 Sep
Heading toward a victory in Great Britain?
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been working on raising awareness about Buckingham Palace’s guard’s bear skin hats, and it looks like it’s starting to pay off. The Ministry of Denfense is meeting with PETA this week in order to talk about the use of synthetic materials for the hats. According to [...]
2 Sep
How many miles does your diet represent?
From Planetsave:
Following an omnivorous diet for one year is comparable to driving 2,956 miles. Meanwhile, vegetarians travel half as far at 1,508 miles, and vegans rank a mere 391 miles.
haha, we win again.
1 Sep
Hang out with other vegans…online
All of us have or have had either a MySpace or Facebook page. On one hand, it’s disturbing how eager we are to condense our entire lives into a solitary page. However, social networking sites are a great way to share ideas and communicate with people with similar interests.
VegSpace is sort of like MySpace for [...]
1 Sep
Dissection
The dissection of animals in schools has been going on for far too long, especially since there are many great alternatives. According to the Humane Society, there are approximately 12 million vertebrate and invertebrate creatures dissected each year in schools. I’m going to tell you about some of these new methods, but first I’m going [...]
1 Sep
Farm Cats Enjoying a Summer Treat
Over at Vegan Eats & Treats, Amey posted pictures of her companion animals eating corn. Which made me want to show my own pictures.
The first two are pictures of one of the two locations I work at during the summer (the other is a vegetable stand), followed by the three pictures of one of the [...]
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