Archive for the 'veg'nism' Category
More than Salad
Published July 15th, 2008 in travel and veg'nism. 0 Comments Tags: Guide, happycow, international, morethansalad, Restaurant, travel, vegan, vegetarian, VegGuide.A new entry in the “global vegan restaurant directory” category came to my attention late last week: More than Salad.
While I appreciate the humor in the Terms of Service:
I’m not sure I’d spend a ton of time entering reviews here over my favorite VegGuide, which clearly licenses its content for others to use under a [...]
Vegan Pizza comes to Jamaica Plain
Published July 14th, 2008 in veg'nism. 0 Comments Tags: Boston, Jamaica Plain, JP, pizza, pizzeria, T.J. Scallywaggle's, vegan.(via Maynard, the MARC mailing list, and originally the Jamaica Plain Gazzette)
Steve Carian from T.J. Scallywaggle’s, one of (so far as I can tell) two all-vegan pizzarias in the US (the other is Pizza Pi in Seattle) is opening another place in JP, on the site of the former Felix Pizzaria. It will be [...]
Facebook Activism
Published July 14th, 2008 in veg'nism. 0 Comments Tags: Activism, digiactive, facebook, political, social.(via Beth Kanter) I found this guide to using Facebook for Activism, from DigiActive:
Given the incredible numbers of people logging on every day, it makes sense to try to use facebook for activism - but, as the authors point out, you have to be careful about your expectations.
I like this description, of one of the [...]
Happy to see (via HSUS) that Overstock.com just became the first major online retailer to drop fur from its offerings. In an interview with HSUS, Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock.com, talked about how they made the decision:
I already understood that animals are not just objects. Someone could sit in a business meeting and take [...]
What’s Wrong With What We Eat & The Humane Myth
Published June 25th, 2008 in veg'nism and video. 1 Comment Tags: Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Green, humane, locavore, myth, Organic, vegan, vegetarian.Two recent finds online worth sharing.
First, a video which came through the TED Talks video feed in Miro. It’s not actually from TED but from EG, which is a similar conference in Monterey focused on innovative ideas and wealthy audiences.
It’s Mark Bittman, a food critic for the New York Times (and author of How to [...]
