Experiments in Living
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 Campaigns, Environmental Issues on May 28th, 2009
Of course you don’t have to become a f*king vegetarian - you could go vegan!
Posted in Campaigns, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 24th, 2009
Unfortunately I didn’t have the time to write the lovely series of articles that I had hoped to do for National Vegetarian Week. It’s been crazy busy at work, out of work, and with starting my new business venture. Phew!
Anyway, I’ve put together a mini-collection of some of the most popular vegetarian and vegan articles [...]
Posted in Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 18th, 2009
Just a quick one as I’m still halfway through reading this report by M. Butterflies Katz Very interesting reading, and I wonder if anything like this has been done before (imagine, 750 real live vegans!). The section “Do you date only vegans?” was particularly interesting. I haven’t made up my mind about whether I [...]
Posted in Events, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 17th, 2009
Until Friday I had every intention of going to the UK’s first Veggie Pride event in Birmingham yesterday. Then, the person I was supposed to be going with couldn’t come due to dental issues (ooowww!). I thought about going alone, but then I knew that there was something going on in Lincoln that I was [...]
