Archive for the ‘Awareness’ Category
Happy World Vegan Day!
Posted by Mandi | Filed under Awareness, Cosmetics
Today is World Vegan Day, the celebration of the creation of The Vegan Society and the kick off to World Vegan Month. This month is dedicated to spreading the awareness of veganism and the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Check out the list of events on the WVD website.
LUSH is also celebrating WVD by offering a free vegan bath bomb or soap on orders over $55. Only untill November 3rd with the promo code: VEGAN08DAY. Employees of LUSH have also vowed to go vegan today for at least 24 hours. Shop assistants will be dressed like vegetables and giving out vegan treats, so if you live near a LUSH store please feel free to stop in and see the spectacle. Just in case you are not aware, LUSH always sells all veg friendly and cruelty free products with 76% of their items clearly marked as vegan.
Blog Action Day: The Truth About Poverty and How Going Vegan Can Help
Posted by Mandi | Filed under Awareness
Today is Blog Action Day, a day when tons of bloggers from around the world write about one single topic. The topic this year is poverty. Poverty is an easily preventable and curable epidemic that can be solved with just a bit of selflessness and compassion. This is my take on poverty, including a brief overview, some ways to help, and how veganism is the best and easiest way to make a dent. Make sure to check out the list of other participating blogs to see what they have to say.
According to Wikipedia, Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life, including food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water and may also include the deprivation of opportunities to learn, to obtain better employment to escape poverty, and/or to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens. (more…)
Happy World Vegetarian Day!!
Posted by Mandi | Filed under Awareness, Food, Lifestyle
Happy World Vegetarian Day everybody! Today is the day that kicks off Vegetarian Awareness Month! So be sure to schedule a veg-themed party, potluck, presentation, or even taste testing to spread the word of all the benefits of a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle! Check out the official site to see how you can participate.
Today also kicks off Vegan Mofo, courtesy of The Post Punk Kitchen. Blogs all around the world are taking time to write as much as they can about vegan food during the month of October! (I’m not much of a chef so I will gladly step aside and let the experts have a hand.) Check out the list of participants here.
This should be an exciting month, so stay tuned!
Design a Conscientious Coat, and Win Money!
Posted by Mandi | Filed under Awareness, Fashion, Outerwear
Newcomer to the vegan and eco fashion scene, Vaute Couture, is having a fashion sketch contest open to anyone who has big talent, and an even bigger heart.
All you have to do is submit a sketch for one (or all three) of their Coat Categories. If your design is chosen, you will not only win $1000, but your design will be turned into an eco-friendly, vegan, and beautiful winter coat. Also, all proceeds from one of the three coats will be going to Farm Sanctuary.
For more info on Vaute Couture and the contest, check out their website.
Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty
Posted by Mandi | Filed under Awareness
On October 15, 2008, please join me and thousands of other bloggers in an effort to create awareness about a topic that is well known but avidly avoided: poverty.
Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.
Along with using the power of words to spread a thought provoking message, you can do other things to help the impoverished. You can fund a microloan, donate your days earnings, or even just help promote this event.
For more information visit: http://blogactionday.org/
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