Archive for November, 2008
Just in time for the Holidays
Published November 25th, 2008 in veg'nism. 0 Comments Tags: Advertising, Boston, Chicago, Education, Mercy For Animals, outreach, vegan.Just in time for the holidays - I was very happy to see this in the Mercy For Animals e-newsletter:
MFA’s “How Much Cruelty Can You Swallow?” Ad Campaign Hits Boston
Millions of bus riders in Boston are getting a new outlook on dinner, thanks to the launch of over 600 pro-vegetarian MFA ads.
The campaign, which features [...]
Obama, Pollan on “Food” Policy
Published November 20th, 2008 in veg'nism. 0 Comments Tags: Climate Change, Environment, Food Policy, Global Warming, Health, Livestock, obama, Politics, Pollan, UN Report.While I’ve not doubt that a vegan president-elect Kucinich would be closer to my views on the animals-we-call-food, it’s enheartening truly to see Obama talking about food policy with a true intellectual approach, trying to understand how environmental issues are mixed up with how “food” is produced.
First, to backtrack. Via ecorazzi ( Barack Obama Discusses [...]
Vej Naturals Night of Thanks
Published November 18th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: Boston, Boston Vegan Association, dining, Malden, Restaurants, thanksgiving, vegan, Vej Naturals.When it opened this summer, Vej Naturals quickly became one of the highest rated restaurants on the Boston Vegan Association database, getting an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5. (There are more photos in this review from Wicked Local Malden).
Despite the glowing reviews, however, Jo and I haven’t been able to make it there [...]
No They Can’t
Published November 13th, 2008 in video. 1 Comment Tags: gay rights, marriage, Politics, proposition 8.I just wanted to quickly share two recent videos cover my disgust over California’s prop 8 and related legislation better than I could myself.
The first is Lindsay Campbell, from MobLogic.tv:
The second, from Countdown with Keith Olberman on MSNBC:
I’m simultaneously very proud we managed to elect Obama; equally sad we chose to remove rights from gay [...]
Boston Vegan Association, Pamphlet
Published November 10th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: abolitionist, Animal Rights, Boston Vegan Association, bva, MyThai, vegan.The Boston Vegan Association monthly meeting was this weekend at MyThai, in Brookline. Although I don’t get to as many of these meetings as I’d like (after commuting in to Boston all week the last thing I want to do most weekends is commute), I was happy to see lots of familiar faces and a [...]
