Vegetarian Star

Mark Bittman, founder of the “vegan before six,” has written a guide to his flexitarian eating plan.

VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 will hit the shelves next month, but the New York Times food writer has never been a stranger to plant-based foods.

Many of his columns are devoted to more sustainable eating–which includes leaning away from meat.

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Leanne Hilgart made history when she became the first designer to debut an eco-friendly, all-vegan collection at New York’s Fashion Week.

Ecouterre chatted with Hilgart about the line, her motivation behind creating it and how it has helped her promote her concern for animals used in clothing.

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Alicia Silverstone has shared her ideas for an animal friendly Passover and Easter.

Alicia writes on The Kind Life:

“Last year I got thinking about the similarities between the Passover and Easter traditions. Jewish people search their homes for leaven before Passover starts to get it out of the house (since chametz or “leavening” isn’t allowed in the house during Passover). Christians celebrate Easter by searching for eggs (the egg is seen as a sign of renewed life or resurrected life by breaking out of it, relating to Jesus’ resurrection on Easter Sunday). So both holidays have this tradition of searching…”

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Alberto Perlman (center) is the co-founder of Zumba Fitness, an aerobic workout done to the tunes of Latin American music.

Perlman has been named Ink Magazine’s list of the top five CEOs to watch in 2013.

You can’t be a leader in the fitness industry without setting an example at the table.

Perlman consumes a mostly vegan diet and avoid dairy like some dieters avoid the scale.

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Ricky Martin has spent the last couple of months living the vida vegetarian and PETA has decided to sponsor a rescue chicken after him in his honor.

The chicken is named Olivia, and she spends her days at the Kindred Spirits Sanctuary in Florida “taking dust baths, roosting in trees and relaxing in the sun.”

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Avril Lavigne‘s foundation, The Avril Lavigne Foundation, has partnered with the Race to Erase MS, an annual fundraising gala for Multiple Schlerosis.

Lavigne would like to eradicate many diseases, including those that may be prevented with diet and exercise.

She shared her secrets for healthy eating in a recent interview with WebMD.

When asked what her favorite health habit was, Lavigne responded, “I like to cook vegan,” with pizza being the only occasional indulgence.

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“The bottom line is that you don’t have to eat the way you have always been eating. Also, you have to look at all the marketing and that you have to eat red meat to be strong. Who’s behind the messaging? It’s the powerful meat and dairy lobbies, especially now because people are discovering that it’s healthier to eat plant-based. They are dialing in their marketing messages to hold on to share and that you have to continue to eat their foods to be a strong athlete.”

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We all can remember where we were when really good news hit us.

Actress Emilia Clarke recalls where she was when she was informed she got the role of Holly Golightly in the Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

She can also remember what she was eating.

Or what she would have eaten if the good news had come a little later.

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