Be good to yourself and all fellow animals
Do you want to explain or read about “why vegan” in under two minutes or in fewer than 500 words? If so, then see below. Sure, longer conversations to follow, but this is a solid start. Sentient– like us, animals are sentient and want to live, even if for just one more moment. It…
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We listened! After a very successful first collaboration with Kip of Messy Vegan Cook and requests that we host this event once again, we are doing so on Friday, 21 September 2018. As always, all the proceeds benefit Baraka Community Partnerships. We take nothing from the ticket purchases and donate all our materials, time and other…
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The most recent green bandwagon is “zero waste”. Zero waste is generally understood to mean moving towards generating nothing that gets disposed of in the general rubbish. People are meant to reuse what they have, compost, recycle, not use plastic bags and so forth. This is all admirable and necessary and if, like me, you…
Read MoreBloomberg reports that the introduction of “vegan ranges”is at least partially responsible for improving Tesco’s finances. Tesco is a very large publicly traded food retailer in Europe and parts of Asia. This is big and good news in many respects. Before we get our party hats on, let’s put it all in context and examine…
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Here is the menu for the Thai-Italian supper club on 20 April 2018 that I will be co-hosting with Kip of Messy Vegan Cook to benefit Baraka Community Partnerships (and read about my experience in Zambia with BCP here). Click here for tickets and further details. This unique vegan meal combines Italian and Thai dishes, shattering…
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On the heels of this weekend’s Women’s Marches and TimesUp rallies, I want to ask one question: How do we expect The Patriarchy to shift the paradigm with respect to exploitation and objectification of women when we cannot shift the paradigm in our own daily lives with respect to our own exploitation and objectification of…
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Co-authored with Jeffrey Coolwater and Carter Felder. First published on Ecorazzi on 16 October 2017. The following are experiences from the “How Do I Go Vegan? Ask Here!” booth at each of the Vegan Food and Drink Festivals this summer. Sometimes, creative, non-violent vegan education, means talking to hundreds of people in one day and other…
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