Vegan Yum Yum’s New Cookbook!

Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 6:36 | Category : Books, Cooking, Foods, Recipes, Vegan
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I don’t know about you but I’ve been waiting for this for quite some time. It’s finally here. Lauren Ulm’s vegan cookbook. And if it’s anything like her fantastic blog, it’s going to be awesome. I’m ordering my copy right now. Here my dears are some of the recipes you will find inside: Blueberry Waffles [...]

The Power and Promise of Humane Education

Tuesday, 15 September 2009, 8:50 | Category : Activities, Books, Kids, Take Action
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Kids are particularly adept at seeing injustice and taking action to make the world a better place. However, too often in a child’s education, world issues are left out of the home and classroom. As a humane educator, I’ve seen children learn about an issue and immediately take action to try and right the wrong. [...]

I Have Now Officially Tried Daiya Cheese!

Monday, 14 September 2009, 7:17 | Category : Foods, Shopping, Vegan
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My husband and I went to visit family in Rhode Island this past weekend. On the way there we passed Mystic CT and I remembered something… When doing the post on Daiya cheese a few weeks ago and looking at the list of places that carry it, a pizza place in Mystic CT was on [...]

Vegan Ski Coats to Keep You Warm This Winter

Friday, 11 September 2009, 6:14 | Category : Fashion, Shopping, Vegan
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During the winter months when you’re out walking the dog for 45 minutes in below zero weather with a wind chill, you want a coat that’s going to keep you super warm. It should be cute and fitted but doesn’t need to take you to the opera or anything. For these purposes, I have found [...]

The Cove Makes A Difference For Dolphins In Taiji!!!!

Thursday, 10 September 2009, 6:24 | Category : Animals in Entertainment, Marine Animals, News, Take Action
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I woke up this morning, opened my laptop and saw some fantastic hopeful news! Seriously, I’m still groggy but typing with enthusiasm. Here is the deal. The film The Cove revealed to the world what’s happening in Taiji, Japan. Every year in that small town 23,000 dolphins are captured, slaughtered and sold for meat. The [...]

Russia’s Space Monkeys – Where Are They Now?

Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 6:44 | Category : Animal Testing, News
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The answer is: trapped behind chain link fencing. At least their many descendants are behind bars. And Abkhazia (used to be a part of Georgia) wants to resume animal testing on the creatures. Apparently in 1991 after the Georgian Abkhazia conflict and separation, the original testing facility was left without funding and many primates either [...]

Take Your Animal Activism To The Next Level

Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 6:55 | Category : Activities, Campaigns, Take Action, Vegan
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Does you ever feel like you’d love to be a more active activist but you’re just not sure where to start? Like you want to put yourself out there for animals but you aren’t really sure how to go about it? Here are some simple things you can do in your local community and in [...]

Where Do You Buy Your Vegan Shoes?

Monday, 7 September 2009, 7:34 | Category : Fashion, Shopping, Vegan
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I rarely buy a pair of truly fabulous shoes. Mainly for budget reasons and also because I don’t go many fancy places. But every once in a while I do have some place truly fabulous to go and need a fab pair of shoes to make the outfit. This is where the splurge comes in… [...]

Return Your Sigg To Major Retailers!

Friday, 4 September 2009, 6:02 | Category : health, Shopping
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This is a follow up post to one from late last week. Read the back story here. As it turns out, even though Sigg is not saying this on their website, major retailers are accepting your old Sigg back in exchange for a new one. So you don’t have to waste your money by sending [...]

Lacoste Against Fur

Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 6:41 | Category : Endangered Species, Fashion, Fur
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Some companies get it right from the beginning. Although for a company that has been around for 76 years, it’s especially amazing that they have never once used fur. I believe most people know that Lacoste’s logo is a crocodile. HSUS did an interview on Lacoste’s commitment to animal issues. Here is what CEO Christophe [...]

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