If you are following along, you will have completed the first assignment in Part I of this series: mindfulness regarding the plastic around you. I hope that it has sunk in just how saturated we are with plastic; it is literally everywhere and in practically everything – including us. At this point it is easy to […]
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How You Are Helping the Environment by Being Vegan
“Everyone is talking about fuel efficient vehicles, but they would actually do more for the earth by becoming vegan.”-Emily Deschanel I am vegan for ethical reasons, but veganism is also one of the best ways to be environmentally conscious. Global warming is happening. We try to combat it with recycling, carpooling, and reusing simple things. […]
Sustainable Vegan
Protecting the environment and coming up with sustainable farming practices has become a hot topic in the last few years. More and more people are realizing that we can’t just keep taking from the earth without giving back and helping replenish it’s resources. It’s to our advantage to be mindful about how we harvest crops, […]
Film Review: Cowspiracy
If you haven’t heard, there is a new documentary taking the vegan world by storm. Cowspiracy, a controversial film that almost didn’t come to fruition, is being compared to the successful documentary Blackfish. Many are predicting that Cowspiracy will do what Blackfish did to sea world: reveal what nobody wants to talk about — how […]
Cute, Comfortable and Compassionate Style with Julia Ahrens of Miakoda
Her clothes are inspired by a walk in a Zen garden and living in an enchanted forest. But what’s coolest about Julia Ahrens is her commitment to eco-friendly and cruelty-free fashion. She has named her company “Miakoda” a Native American word meaning “power of the moon.” Perhaps as a testament to the grand force of […]