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Vegan Pizza comes to Jamaica Plain
(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…
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Facebook Activism
(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…
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Overstock Drops Fur
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…
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What’s Wrong With What We Eat & The Humane Myth
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…
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Vegan Chicago – Karyn’s Cooked
While in Chicago for a conference, I had dinner at a new (to me) place in the North River neighborhood, not far from the Hilton Garden Inn: Karyn’s Cooked. It’s part of the broader Karyn’s set of restaurants, cafes, and spa, run by Karyn Calabrese. (Photo by PJ Chmiel, from his fantastic Vegan in Chicago…
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Starbucks, Soy, and Wifi (Rewards)
I have something of a love-hate relationship with mega-chain Starbucks. On the one hand, they consistently offer soy milk in (almost) every store, which I appreciated as a vegan. On the other hand, they are a mega chain, and I prefer to patronize local independent coffeehouses when possible, and they charge $0.40 extra for drinks…
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Vegan Night at the Pops (Betty’s, Natalie Merchant)
Well, it was a vegan night at the Pops for Jo and I anyway – maybe some day they will have an official night. Started out with dinner at Betty’s Wok and Noodle, followed by Natalie Merchant with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall.
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Oprah, Kevin Rose, and the Vegan “Challenge”
So Oprah Winfrey’s joined the list of celebs taking the vegan challenge. From the PETA files: Inspired by the book Quantum Wellness, by Kathy Freston, Oprah’s going to be cutting all the meat, dairy, and eggs out of her diet in an effort to live a healthy, cruelty-free lifestyle. According to Peta (the original quote’s…
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Rancho Foods, San Diego
I’m in San Diego (Mission Bay) for a conference this week. Based on the sad state of the menu at lunch (stumped at the notion of someone not eating chicken, they struggled to find an alternative and ended up serving the spaghetti from the kids menu, I think), I ventured down to Ocean Beach and…
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Garfield minus Garfield
Old news, I know, but I find Garfield Minus Garfield captivating. It’s sort of existentialist, nihilist, and postmodern all at the same time.
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Carbon Footprint: Local vs. Vegan
(Via Organic Consumers Association) A new study published in Environmental Science & Technology discusses the contribution that food makes to global warming: Van Wing, who coined the term locavore with a friend 3 years ago, says curbing global warming is one of many social and environmental reasons for eating locally. And for many people, “food…
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Anti- Records Sampler
For a limited time (doesn’t say when they’ll stop) you can get a wonderful 16-song sampler of ANTI- records artists at their blog Click on the image to get the sampler directly, or go to the Anti Label Blog – it’s in the left nav.
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NPR Gets the Point – Minimizing Greenhouse Gases Through Diet
I’ve blogged a fair amount (too much, some might say) on the connections between global warming and animal agriculture – it’s the true inconvenient truth that many meat-eating environmentalists have no interest in hearing, and many mainstream media outlets have little interest in reporting. (Gee, I assume that has no connection with whom the major…
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Once Upon a School
I’ve been watching Ted talks lately on my morning commute. This one is definitely inspiring – Dave Eggers talking about Once Upon a School (which, unfortuntely, seems to be down at the moment). It’s the story of 826 Valencia, a publishing house / writing center / pirate supply store / tutoring community in San Francisco,…
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Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson at the Somerville Theatre, 4-15-08
Although our seats weren’t as good this time as they were for Eels, Gibson and (especially) Meloy put on one heck of a show. (More photos in the set) Gibson’s opening set was charming and delicate, but honestly a bit flat. She’s got a lovely voice, compelling lyrics, and intriguing song structures, but there just…
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Eels @ Somerville Theatre, 3-31-08
Finally got a chance to see Eels live at the Somerville Theatre back on March 31st (slideshow below). Sorry for the quality of the pics – managed to forget my actual camera and had to fall back on the phone camera instead. Opener was a film instead of a band – the BBC documentary Parallel…
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VegSXSW, Retweeter
I’m at the airport getting ready to board for SXSW. If you’re going to be at SXSW (interactive), or in Austin March 6th-12th, check out VegSXSW on Twitter or at VegSXSW.org. I’ve set up VegSXSW on twitter so that it scans the tweets for those it follows and retweets anything containing #vegsxsw hashtag. I’ve also…
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The Cheeseburger Footprint
Just came across an excellent post from Jamais Cascio on the Carbon Footprint of the Cheeseburger In summary, he concludes: To make it clear, then: the greenhouse gas emissions arising every year from the production and consumption of cheeseburgers is roughly the amount emitted by 6.5 million to 19.6 million SUVs. There are now approximately…
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