Vegetarian Star

Paul Vasquez, otherwise known as the “Double Rainbow” guy in the Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery commercial told Fast Company he’s currently working with an agent to star in a TV film pilot about his life living in the wilderness.

Vasquez, who further complicates the aliases after saying he likes to be called “bear,” said the pilot will highlight his life in martial arts, vegan eating, losing weight, building his home using alternative materials, using alternative energy, and organic farming.

Interestingly, Vasquez says he’s been living on about $5,000 a year for the past few years. He hasn’t made big bucks off the Live Photo Gallery commercial yet. Guess  you can say he’s still waiting for the pot of gold at the end of the double rainbow. If he’s eaten vegan during all these years, it would be great to have him demonstrate cheap, natural animal-free eating on the pilot as more questions burn the mind on how he survives.

Does he grow his own? Follow the guide for How To Eat Vegan On The Cheap Religiously?

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Larry Hagman played a character completely opposite of himself in the prime time television soap opera series, Dallas. J.R. Ewing was an oil baron while Hagman is as green as green can be, following a vegetarian diet and running his home on solar power. Hagman stars in a series of advertisements for Solar World, a manufacturer for solar panels.

Ironically, one of the ads plays on Hagman’s role as Ewing, when it has Hagman saying, “In the past, it was always about the oil. The oil was flowing and so was the money…I quit years ago. But I’m still in the energy business. There’s always a better alternative. Shine, baby shine.”

Solar World manufactures solar panels for both homes and business and government. It employs over 2,700 people, has manufacturing facilities in both USA and Germany and sales offices around the world. More ads can be viewed below.

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Cat Cora made a stop on Masterchef, another reality TV cooking show hosted by Gordon Ramsay. Cora is known for her healthier, sustainable approaches towards cooking and the chefs’ challenge took them to the local farmers market.

Jamie Oliver was amazed at how many children couldn’t recognize fruits and vegetables when he traveled to a school before filming his Food Revolution series, but even the Masterchefs stumbled over a few of the uncommon items. Still, Joe Bastianach, judge of Masterchef and restaurateur was impressed. He writes at the Huffington Post this must be a sign of America getting more conscious at what goes onto their plates.

“Today we are getting more familiar with the cornucopia that is grown locally in our communities, and becoming acquainted with produce that just a few years ago could only be identified by chefs and farmers. The fact that the contestants got as far as they did tells me that America is really embracing the farm to table movement — getting away from processed and prepared foods, and taking an interest in what goes into their dishes and meals.”

The episode with Cora can be viewed below.

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Comedian Margaret Cho is donating a portion of proceeds from her latest tour for her comedy CD Cho Dependent to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi. The institute is helping to rescue and rehabilitate animals affected by the Gulf oil spill. Cho’s tour starts August 26th and ends on December 2nd.

Since April 20th, 2010, the IMMS has responded to over 200 dolphins and sea turtles and has rescued more than 30 live sea turtles.

They’ve posted a video on their site, which can be seen below, showing four species of sea turtles enjoying life in the healthy waters as they should. The clip, titled, “Baby Sea Turtle Ballet,” features four baby turtles formerly covered in oil that were saved by IMMS: the Hawksbill, Kemp’s Ridley, the Green, and the Loggerhead.

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Michael Pollan spoke with Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN recently about the recent recall of 550 billion eggs nationwide due to salmonella concerns.

Pollan thinks a single authority over food safety issues like the one president Obama recommended last year would help curtail these issues.

“Our food industry has fought to keep power divided and power divided is never strong,” Pollan said.

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Author Alice Walker was honored at the Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund, an advocacy group for black farmers. The Color of Purple author grew up on a farm with both her parents being harvesters, but told AI.com farming has over a 200 year history in her family.

A vegetarian, Walker said she considers her time with the Cooperative a merge between her passion for both animal rights and land preservation and hopes younger people will become educated about farming and choose to get involve.

Vegetarian Star has already briefly touched on initiatives to recognize and support eco-friendly black farmers, such as San Francisco’s Farmer Brown restaurant, which sources organic, sustainably grown and raised ingredients from local black farmers.

In addition, there is another organization that provides support to black farmers growing sustainable crops.

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Kristen Bell stars in the music video for Yeasayer’s song “Madder Red,” a single released from their album Odd Blood in February.

Wired says the video story is a play on the actress’ animal rights and vegetarian background.

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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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