Last night I had the honor of participating in a small slice of history. For the first time in twenty-three years, the James Beard Foundation honored plant-based cuisine by hosting an all-vegan dinner prepared by the immensely talented owners of Horizons restaurant.
Since all of you couldn’t be there to enjoy it (and since I couldn’t [...]
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Ever since Al Gore introduced his famous slideshow to the world and stood up as a leader in the fight against climate change, advocates of the vegetarian scene have urged the former Vice President to acknowledge the link between eating less meat and helping the environment. Yesterday, Gore finally jumped on board saying that reducing [...]
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Ecorazzi recently reported that The Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper had gone VEG. But could his animal-loving ways be rubbing off on his fellow trainer? On the latest episode of The Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels was wearing one of PETA’s “Fight Breedism” shirt. The shirt reads,”Fight Breedism. Adopt. Each year 8 million dogs and cats [...]
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Ready or not — Thanksgiving is just around the corner! True, you could gnaw on the leg of some helplessly slaughtered turkey, but why not mix it up this year with a celebration of compassion.
On November 22, Jonathan Safran Foer will be the guest of honor at Farm Sanctuary’s “Celebration For The Turkeys “– an all-day [...]
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“I met him first in the winter of 2005-06. I’m involved very heavily with an organization that is one of the biggest developers of affordable housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, and it’s an organization that has contributed a lot to developing housing policy. So we often will have sessions with new senators and stuff [...]
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The Giving Back Fund has released their “Giving Back 30″ list for 2008 — and knocking Oprah out of the top spot for the first time ever was none other than Paul Newman.
The legendary actor, who passed away in September 2008, bequeathed over $20 million to a variety of charities focused on education, the environment, [...]
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Mélanie Laurent, star of Inglorious Basterds and Kofi Annan’s ‘climate justice’ ambassador, has joined Greenpeace in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest to speak out against deforestation. The actress is on location until today meeting with Greenpeace activists and local communities at Greenpeace’s ‘Climate Defenders’ Camp’ on the threatened Kampar Peninsula.
“I believe that climate change [...]
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You heard correct! Windsor Castle is going vegan for 24 hours in honor of a special banquet of 200 bigwigs, including UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon, the Grand Mufti of Egypt and Archbishop Valentine Mokiwa, President of the All Africa Conference of Churches.
The event was planned by the Duke of Edinburgh and the UN Development [...]
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Lately it seems like Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson is all over the news! Just last week, Watson took to Ecorazzi to share his thoughts on South Park’s parody of his organization, explaining:
“I have to say that being lampooned on South Park is hardly something to complain about. They spelt Sea Shepherd right and they brought [...]
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Actress Abbie Cornish recently appeared in the LA Times rocking some pretty awesome vegan footwear. The shoes in question were Olsenhaus Prague booties which are available at Olsenhaus.com. Earlier this year, Cornish was named one of Australia’s sexiest vegetarians by PETA and is proud to live a lean, green lifestyle. Check out the entire interview [...]
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