Over at Vegan Soapbox, Eccentric Vegan has written about how vegans can more easily get along with non-vegans by lying about their reasons for being vegan, making up allergies, and calling themselves a vegetarian rather than a vegan. Apparently, by following said advice, you can become a non-confrontational vegan and make friends with non-vegans. Here [...]
Archive for April, 2009
29 Apr
Update, News
First, just let me say that I’m sorry about the lack of posts this past week. I’m really stressed out about school (this is the last week of classes before finals), and I haven’t been in the best of moods (meaning I’ve been feeling pretty down lately for reasons I don’t want to get into). [...]
27 Apr
Ethics Into Action: A Review
I just finished reading Peter Singer’s biography of the animal rights activist Henry Spira, Ethics Into Action. Singer writes of Spira’s life, the methods he used for his activism, and the way his background in labor unions helped him work better for animals. Some people might think of Henry Spira as more of an animal [...]
26 Apr
Meat Industry Mad Over Puppy Mill Bill
The meat industry in North Carolina is worried that a new bill in the state legislature could put an end to meat production, even though that is not even close to what the bill is about. From the pro-meat industry News & Observer:
The public is very unaware that the Humane Society of the United States [...]
23 Apr
New Bill Would Ban Shechita
There is a new bill in the European Parliament that would force “more humane treatment of animals being slaughtered.” Opposition is coming from Jewish communities who are worried that this law would ban shechita (ritual slaughter). The bill is nothing to get your hopes up about though – the “more humane treatment” is making slaughterhouses [...]
21 Apr
Earth Day: Factory Farming & the Earth
Today is Earth Day, a day when people celebrate the environment and eco-organizations everywhere are trying to promote sustainability. Since animal agriculture is one of the leading causes of the emissions contributing to global warming, I’d like to focus on the pollution, destruction, and shortages caused by factory farming. Even though many vegans may know [...]
19 Apr
Top 10 Vegan Recipes
Here are this week’s Top 10 Vegan Recipes:
10. Soba Noodles with Peanut Sauce from Dreamin’ It Vegan
9. Plaintain-Chickpea-Quinoa Burgers from happyveganface
8. Chesapeake Tempeh Cakes from The Post Punk Kitchen Blog
7. “Slaw”py BBQ Sandwich w/ Grilled Pinapples and Fingerling Potatoes from Rhymes With Vegan
6. The Best Carrot Cake from Hello Veggie
5. Veggie Buscuit Pot Pie from [...]
19 Apr
New Secretive Prisons Housing AR/Eco Activists
The so-called “Green Scare,” where the government has been accusing environmental and animal rights activists of “terrorism” and has even gone so far as to pass the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, is continuing to show how ugly the future might look.
Few people know about Communication Management Units (CMUs), which are very high-security, secretive prisons that [...]
18 Apr
How Many Animals Are Dying?
The following graphic is from Animal Visuals, and it’s quite striking- especially the number of chickens killed.
edit: I can’t figure out how to post the graphic on this blog, so to see it just go to the site.
18 Apr
PETA: Part Two, Euthanasia
Previous: Part One, History
PETA’s most well-known criticism stems from its policies regarding euthanasia, which it supports. Defending the organization’s policies, Ingrid Newkirk wrote
I always wonder how anyone cannot recognize that there is a world of difference between painlessly euthanizing animals out of compassion – aged, injured, sick, and dying animals whose guardians can’t afford euthanasia, [...]
18 Apr
Calcium myth
Some people like to argue with vegans that we do not get enough calcium in our diets because we don’t eat dairy. However, a group of vegan Buddhist nuns allowed themselves to be studied along with non-vegan women. The outcome was that the vegan nuns had the same bone density as the non-vegans.
“For the 5% [...]
18 Apr
Vegan Shopping List
This week’s shopping list is all about my favorite vegan kitchen staples. These are products that I literally cannot do without.
This raw parmesan cheeze is my favorite topping on salad, popcorn, veggies, and anything else you can imagine. It’s made with nutritional yeast and nuts, and it lasts forever. $4.50 at Cosmo’s.
Mori-Nu’s Firm Silken Tofu [...]
18 Apr
PETA: Part One, History
This is the first in a series of posts providing a complete overview of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
No one can doubt PETA’s authority as the most well-known and powerful animal rights organization. However, there are few organizations who receive more criticism. Animal rights is a controversial issue to begin with, but PETA’s [...]
17 Apr
Vegan Shopping
Over at environmental blog ecorazzi, the question of ethical vegan shopping has come up. Kathy Freston, author of the book Quantum Wellness, told Oprah that in order to support vegan products, she buys vegan items from non-vegan companies.
It’s just like restaurants. I almost prefer to go to mainstream places because I think it’s good that [...]
16 Apr
Bo and Animal Consciousness
Douglas Quenqua has written an article for the New York Times about Barack Obama’s new (non-shelter) dog Bo, and animal consciousness. One of the most important reasons that we fight for animal rights is because of animals’ ability to suffer like humans. However, many omnivores defend their diets because they say that animals don’t have [...]
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