Experiments in Living
Posted in Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Jun 13th, 2009
So I got into one of those conversations with The Apprentice which makes me wonder what they teach kids in school these days.
The Apprentice: So you can’t eat honey? Why not?
Me: I can eat honey, but I choose not to.
TA: So why do you choose not to?
Me: Well, I avoid animal products, and honey comes [...]
Posted in Campaigns on Jun 3rd, 2009
From this month’s International Vegetarian Union Newsletter…
The intensive pig farming industry in the UK lodged a complaint against an advertisement by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF). However, the complaint backfired when the UK’s advertising regulator, the ASA, backed CIWF’s claim that piglets feel pain just like a human would when their teeth are clipped without [...]
Posted in Events on Jun 2nd, 2009
From this year’s veggie pride (which I couldn’t go to as I was at the Benjamin Zephaniah gig). So many vegan events, so little time - and money!
Posted in Snacks on May 30th, 2009
I never buy sandwiches “out” for the simple fact that there are no vegan versions! The vegetarian ones are a cheese fest, and besides, I’m far too tight to be spending my hard-earned cash on a factory produced piece of gack. It doesn’t help that one of my best friends at university had a summer [...]
Posted in Product Reviews, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 28th, 2009
I got chatting to a girl at work about the Mooncup menstrual cup today. I’ve been using the Mooncup for a couple of years now, and although the idea of a re-usable sanitary device sounded a bit weird at first, I wouldn’t swap it for towels or tampons now.
The Mooncup appealed to me as it [...]
