Veganism

On Ecorazzi.com, self-proclaimed provider of green gossip, Paul McCartney and other green celebs offer meat-free Christmas recipes while Cate Blanchett muses on the Copenhagen climate summit.Ever since Al Gore's 2006 Oscar-winning movie "An Inconvenient Truth" put climate warming at the centre of pop-culture, celebs have scrambled aboard the green campaign by the score.  

What do you do when most of the film work in an area dries up and you’ve got a number of talented actors and technicians sitting around twiddling their thumbs? If you happen to be writer/director Jim Townsend, you come up with a script, call your friends, and put a show on in the barn – or in this case the winery. ATTACK OF THE VEGAN ZOMBIES is a tongue in cheek send up of the typical trapped-in-the-farmhouse-while-zombies-attack movie AND...  

Olsenhaus 100% vegan shoes by Elizabeth Olsen, holiday 2009. Credit: Olsenhaus We previewed Olsenhaus' 100% vegan shoe collection at the Human Society's Cool vs. Cruel Awards--and met uber cool Designer Elizabeth Olsen--and now, we're bringing you their designs for holiday 2009. Click through for photos, including their mens collection modeled by Joshua Katcher--otherwise known as Read the full story on TreeHugger  

Made from Hemp and certified organic cotton knit along with organic cotton fleece lining. No one can beat this cozy nordic design. Completely vegan friendly. Eco-friendly too! (the binding alon the bottom of the slipper is made from recycled soda bottles) $70.00 at Simple.com  

I realize this is a vegetarian group and not a vegan group, so I hope this question is okay. I've decided that I need better gloves in order to survive another winter in Chicago. Although I'm vegetarian and not vegan, I do try to avoid animal products when I can. So other than leather (or fur, obviously), what types of gloves keep you the absolute warmest?Thank you.  

People become vegetarians or vegans for different reasons - Some medical and some moral. Whatever the motive, it represents a choice for those in a position to exercise one.Contributor: David A. Reinstein, LCSWPublished: Nov 22, 2009  

Product DescriptionDon’t run. Don’t hide. Vegan cookies are going to invade your cookie jar, one delicious bite at a time. Join award-winning bakers Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero (authors of the hit cookbook Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World) as they continue their world-domination mission—with dairy- and egg-free batches of everyone’s favorite treats. [...]  

Whether you practice the vegan lifestyle (consuming no animal products) or not, it is a craze that is more common than you think. Here are a few celebrities that choose to eat leafy greens instead of our furry friends.[...] Read more!  

Cute & Friendly Vegan/Vegetarian CookbookBeth Bee has assembled an awesome collection of vegan/strict vegetarian recipes and assembled them, along with other useful information, in a cute, friendly and tough little cookbook. It contains 82 different, simple-to-make strict vegetarian/vegan recipes. You won't want this book just for the receipes, though, it also has over 250 pen & ink and block print illustrations, hand-silkscreened davey...  

Hi, We'll be having foie gras protests on Friday 30th, and on Saturday 31st - as part of World Go Vegan Week (in association with the group IDA: http://www.worldgoveganweek.com/ - scroll down to see our group logo!) - we'll be having an information table (with free vegan cake to give to passersby!).  

Filed under: Fruit, Trends, Fall Flavors, Thanksgiving, Vegetarian/Vegan, Feast Your Eyes, Fall Photo: norwichnuts, Flickr. Although cranberries usually reign supreme around Thanksgiving, the ruby pomegranate seems to be stealing some of the classic berry's thunder this season -- and understandably so, with its unique tart, fruity edge. Flickr user Norwichnuts created this vegan Pomegranate Ice Kreme by simply combining two juiced...  

Tomorrow is World Vegan Day, for some of you around the globe, it is today already.   So what?  Why should you care?   Well, it's certainly not as well-known or celebrated as Halloween is.  But it is a chance to get out and meet with other vegans, to sample vegan fare, to stand up for animal [...] Related posts:Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale 2009 Just a reminder, the World Wide Vegan Bake Sale is...Our Vegan Thanksgiving Menu In search of the...  

stylenews.peoplestylewatch / CC As if we needed another reason to adore Ellen DeGeneres, the delightfully ubiquitous comic loves her vegan lifestyle and wants everyone to know it. She's dedicated a page of her Web site to promoting her cruelty-free existence....  

Thanksgiving can be a rough time, particularly for new vegans that still celebrate with meat-eating family. It’s not easy sometimes to handle the chides that come with eating differently from everyone else at the table. And, especially the first time, it can be hard to resist the comfort food we remember from our [...]  

I'm old enough to bring a dish to pass, so I was wondering if anyone knew of any good vegan substitutes or recipes? I say good because I've tried some very bad vegan food substitutes, and don't want to venture down that road again. ...