Vegetarian Star

Jason Mraz has been named the 2010 Surf Industry Manufacturers Association (SIMA) Humanitarian of the Year.

Fernando Aguerre, SIMA Humanitarian Fund president said of the vegan musician, “As a fellow surfer who calls the beaches of San Diego home, Jason is one of our own.”

“He not only inspires us and millions of young people around the world with his amazing musical talent, but we are all immensely impressed by his humble and eager heart to help others and make this world a better place,” Aguerre added.

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Last Chance Highway is an Animal Planet documentary featuring animals from high-kill shelters finding homes.

Last Chance’s Shelly Bookwalter can sometimes be seen on the show wearing furs and Peta needed to know: Are those real?

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"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

Today’s tip in the Dorm Room Diet book giveaway is about reducing your impact on the planet by purchasing locally grown food. Fresher food is less subject to factors involved in traveling longer distances like light and temperature that may impact nutrient levels once it finally reaches your plate.

The easiest way to be a locavore is to buy food from the grocery store that was grown and traveled <100 miles to the shelves. But The Dorm Room Diet gives more tips for getting food closer to the source:

• Visit the local farmer’s market

• Set up home or dorm delivery of produce from a local farm

• Join a co-op

• Establish a Farm-To-School program

• Go to a local farm and help plant and harvest greens yourself

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Sugar Cupcakery, a cupcake bakery offering vegan and gluten-free varieties that competed on the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars television series, is teaming up with a program that funds research and education on Parkinson’s Disease.

From now until September 12th, two organic cupcakes from the bakery will compete with each other in sales and 25% of sales from the winning cupcake will go towards The Sunflower Foundation, a collaboration between UC Health/ University Hospital Foundation, UC Neuroscience Institute and the Davis Phinney Foundation that has raised over 1.4 million dollars for Parkinson’s Disease.

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The Smoking Gun has unearthed a document that reveals Lady Gaga has requested vegetarian hot dogs for her ryder.

Gaga asked for Yves brand of meatless hotdogs, but the request doesn’t just stop there. The no-meat wieners are to be “eaten with toothpicks.” Kudos to the Gaga for bringing vegetarian fare on board, but she could have made things greener by nixing the toothpicks and asking everyone to eat a dog the old fashion way with their hands or fingers.

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Kristen Bell "Shape" Magazine

Kristen Bell is on the cover of the September 2010 issue of Shape.

The magazine interviewed the vegetarian actress who gave her 30 rules to live by that include growing her own organic herbs and vegetables, using eco-friendly handbags and avoiding dairy with the occasional “cheat.”

Tip 24 is to “splurge wisely,” and for Bell, that means spending her money on sustainable fashion for a good cause.

“I don’t mind paying a bit more for things made with sustainable materials,” Bell said. “I love FEED bags by Ellen Gustafson and Lauren Bush [from $60; feedprojects.com]. They’re eco-friendly, and most of the proceeds go to feeding and educating children around the world.”

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“Yeah, I’ve totally stuck with it. In fact, I’ve been on detox for about 2 weeks now, and I’m not taking any dairy as well. And I feel great, actually. I feel like, wow, this is cool. I’ve been reading a little bit, I had a debate the other week with a friend about the dairy industry. I said, I eat eggs, and he said, oh you can’t do that if you’re a vegetarian. And then I looked into it, and I found the dairy industry and the fact that they kill a lot of the male chickens because they’re useless, it’s quite barbaric.”

–Fran Healy on how his promise to Paul McCartney to go vegetarian has also steered him away from eggs and dairy.

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"The Dorm Room Diet" Daphne Oz

Today’s tip in the Dorm Room Diet giveaway is all about budgeting. Sure, you need the right foods for energy, but it’s also about managing time and figuring out how to store you food in a tiny dorm room, cubicle or even in a studio apartment. It’s not just money that’s a part of the “budget.”

The Dorm Room Diet recommends keeping healthy, grab-and-go snacks handy for busy times and keeping small, nutrient packed foods like nuts, dried fruit, popcorn and peanut butter handy that won’t take up a lot of space in a refrigerator at work or home. Also, if you’re a college student, The Dorm Room Diet, advises checking out the cafeteria versus the restaurants on the off campus strip. You’re bound to find at least something your ethics and tastes are compatible with and it’s probably already paid for (by mom or dad, student loans, scholarships) as part of a campus meal plan.

To enter to win “The Dorm Room Diet” leave a comment on this post giving your tip for staying healthy. Full contest rules can be found here.

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