Vegetarian Star

Treehugger.com has compiled their list of celebrities with the best green homes and two vegetarian stars, Daryl Hannah and Ed Begley Jr. are on the list.

If you have the privilege of visiting Daryl, you might chill on her moss covered stone that doubles as a couch in her almost entirely solar powered home.

And if you think Daryl’s moss couch is wild, Ed Begley Jr. gets really crazy with a white picket fence made from recycled milk jugs!

Have lunch with Ed with food cooked from his solar powered oven which sits outdoors and be sure to check out his rain water barrels while (hopefully) someone else is doing the cooking.

For the complete list of celebrities with fabulously green homes, visit treehugger.com.

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Ellen DeGeneres loves to give them away.

Jorja Fox has a purse named after her.

Yeah, you know what we’re talking about. The vegan Matt & Nat handbag collection!

VegNews magazine caught up with Inder Bedi, founder of Matt & Nat, to talk about the cool perks of owning and running a vegan business.

Not only is this guy successful financially, he gives back, including feeding indigent people vegetarian meals.

“We give back to many different types of charities all over North America and Europe, from animal-rights to battered women’s shelters to feeding 400 homeless people a vegetarian meal twice a year in Montreal. An example of all this is a new brand we just launched, Samsara. One dollar for every bag sold goes to the charity of your choice. In three months since the launch, we’ve already committed more than $16,000!”

Check out the rest of Inder’s interview at VegNews.com.

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Photo Credit: IndyCar

So take that, Sea Kitten disser!

Race car driver Leilani Munter got the pleasure of rubbing a personal victory in Stephen Colbert’s face.

After climbing to the top of a wind turbine at Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Abileen, Texas, Leilani autographed one of the blades. The owner of the tower, NextEra Energy Resources, nicknamed it “Leilani.”

NextEra Energy Resources owns about 6,290 megawatts (MW) of wind farm assets in the USA, and accounted for roughly 25 percent of the total wind power installed in the country during 2008, according to the International Business Times.

“I had to call Stephen out because it seems like every time I watch “The Colbert Report,” he’s having something named after him,” Leilaini told emagazine.com. “I was like—ha!—I beat him to one thing. He may have all the animals on the earth named for him, but he doesn’t have a wind turbine”

Leilani is an outspoken environmentalist who has described herself as a “vegetarian hippie chick.”

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Dennis Kucinich delivered a televised message to attendees at Vegan Earth Day on June 21st at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, California.

Kucinich used to suffer from Crohn’s disease, which he says, along with Chinese medicine, a vegan diet has cure him of.

Heck, if you think a vegan diet nixes that inflammatory disease of the intestines, a Japanese study suggested even a semi-vegetarian dieter can reap the benefits.

“I just want to tell you that for health reasons, for compassion for animals, there are many reasons that people can make that change. And also for helping to save the planet. There are as many reasons why a person may be a vegan as there are vegans, I suppose. But for me it’s been one of the most important decisions in my life. It’s enabled me to have increased clarity and vitality, and its given me a joy of life that I can’t say that I really had when I had another diet that was weighing me down physically and spiritually.”

via Ecorazzi.com

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a group which sometimes criticized Michael Jackson for his use and treatment of animals, has written to the family of the late singer to request permission to use his song, “Ben” as a means to draw attention to rats used in laboratories.

“Ben,” is a song written for Michael in the 70s on the Motown label about a boy and his pet rat for a film with the same title.

PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman told WENN, “Michael Jackson’s hit has always been a moving testament to the power of empathy for animals.”

“If more people could be inspired by his song to stop supporting the cruel and ineffective animal-testing industry, it would be a fitting and enduring tribute to this talented performer.”

“They don’t see you as I do. I wish they would try to. I’m sure they’d think again. If they had a friend like Ben.”

We have to stop writing because those lyrics are putting tears in our eyes. Watch the video to see a very young Michael, probably barely 13, perform “Ben.”

via contactmusic.com

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The 4th of July holiday is approaching for all our friends in the US, and in many cases, vegetarians and vegans find themselves stuck in a family or friend get together that tries to celebrate by grilling every species, native or not, in the country.

There’s hope for surviving this 4th without going hungry and author of the popular Skinny Bitch series Rory Freedman wrote an article in VegNews magazine for the July/August edition that gave some tips for making it through AND helping to spread some of that cruelty-free awareness while you’re at it.

People are like bags of microwave popcorn, Freedman explains. Some pop right away, some take longer, and some little bastard kernels will make you burn the whole bag and still never pop! Regardless of when and if the kernels decide to pop, all require heat.

Here’s her advice for turning up the heat this holiday weekend:

“Bringing a “Why Vegan?” pamphlet and some veggie “pigs in a blankets” might mean that, even if it’s just for one day at one barbecue, one person will forego eating meat. And hosting your own vegan shindig and inviting all your meathead friends might one day mean the different between a bowlful of kernels and a bowlful of popcorn.”

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The late vegetarian musical legend Michael Jackson was known for his love of sweet potatoes.

Some fans got wind of this and a sweet potato pie recipe was named after him.

The original MJ one isn’t vegan, but we found another sweet potato pie recipe that is.

So take your pick and crank up some Billy Jean to this delicious tribute.

Egg and Dairy Version

9-inch unbaked pie shell
21?2 cups sweet potatoes
1?3 cup milk, about
1?4 cup butter, melted
1?2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1?2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1?2 cup pecan halves (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Beat eggs and sugar. Add butter, salt, milk, vanilla and spice to the eggs and sugar mixture. Add mashed sweet potatoes and lemon juice.
3. Pour it all into unbaked pie crust. If desired, top with pecan halves.
4. Bake at 400 for 10 minutes and then reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees and bake another 40 minutes until pie is golden.

Source

Vegan

3 large sweet potatoes
3 tablespoons oil or non-dairy margarine
1/2 cup hot soymilk
egg replacer equivalent to 2 eggs
1/2 cup fructose
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 unbaked vegan pie crust

1. Steam the sweet potatoes until tender, then peel and mash.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
3. Place the oil in the hot soymilk, and add to the sweet potatoes. Beat until soft and creamy.
4. Add the beaten egg replacer, fructose, sea salt, vanilla, and nutmeg to the sweet potato mixture, and mix well.
5. Pour the filling into the crust, and bake for 30 minutes.

Source

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Golden Girl Betty White recently expressed her disapproval with the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

“They play dirty,” she said in an interview with Canada.com. “They not only give misinformation but disinformation . . . . They won’t listen, and it infuriates me. I’m sure they love animals but they should find out the facts.”

However, Betty has worked with the organization in the past, starring in an anti-fur public service announcement with her fellow Golden Girls.

Betty works with the Morris Animal Foundation, which  funds “humane” studies dealing with the health problems of dogs, cats, horses, zoo animals and wild life. She’s also worked with the Los Angeles zoo for the past 41 years.

“Health and welfare, that’s all I’m interested in,” she explained and cautioned against being labeled an animal rights activist.

She’s not the first celebrity to work with PETA and criticize them later.

Vegan UFC champ Mac Danzig did a vegetarian PSA for the group, but later said that while believed in animal rights, “the way they go about their business is junior high most time.”

via Deceiver.com

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