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Eco-Chic Vegan Shoes From Recycled TVs

Eco-Chic Vegan Shoes From Recycled TVs

Vegan footwear designer Olsenhaus is making a switch of its own—by cladding its entire Fall/Winter 2010 collection of pumps, wedges, stiletto booties, and knee-highs in an innovative polyester microfiber made from trashed television screens.

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Delicious Discoveries from Vegan MOFO III

Delicious Discoveries from Vegan MOFO III

The Vegan Month of Food is over, and I’ll be honest here: I miss it already! The idea behind the MOFO was to spread the word that not only is a vegan diet easier on the planet and often healthier for our bodies than the Standard American Diet, it can be pretty freaking delicious, [...]

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Planning an Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving

Planning an Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving

Whether you are cooking a turkey, adopting a turkey, or skipping the turkey, here are a few tips for a greener Thanksgiving. Can you believe that Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away? For a lot of folks, that means eating turkey until they pop.  Americans eat over 45 million turkeys on Thanksgiving and most [...]

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Vegan MOFO III is Coming - Let’s Talk Food!

Vegan MOFO III is Coming - Let’s Talk Food!

October is the third Vegan Month of Food (Vegan MOFO)! Vegan superstar Isa Chandra Moskowitz started the tradition three years ago as the vegan community’s answer to NANOWRIMO. For the month of October, food bloggers all over the internet are going to be talking about vegan eats.

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Howies Care for the Environment Tags

Howies Care for the Environment Tags

Howies created an ad campaign for their winter clothing line catalogue that reflects their values. The oversized tags depict care instructions (like you might find on clothing labels) for rivers, seas, forests, and mountains.

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Easy Holiday Recipe: A Moist Banana Bread in 20 Minutes

Easy Holiday Recipe: A Moist Banana Bread in 20 Minutes

The holidays have a way of making us eat way more sweets than normal - every gathering or party has trays of high-sugar treats pulling us towards them. And if you eat a vegan or gluten-free diet, most of those goodies are off limits to you. Because we and our kids eat a special diet, [...]

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Killer Kicks From Recycled Yoga Mats, Ohm-M-G!

Killer Kicks From Recycled Yoga Mats, Ohm-M-G!

Form and Fauna creates stylish lines of women’s shoes from sustainable and renewable resources. The heels are made from bamboo or other regenerative woods and the insoles and lining come from recycled yoga mats.

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Discovery: Vegetarian Spiders

Discovery: Vegetarian Spiders

Watch out Amanda Beard, PETA may have a new spokesman as scientists have discovered a vegetarian spider! Bagheera kiplingi, like some of the vegetarians I know, prefers leafy green goodness over meaty meals, but on rare occasions will steal it’s neighbors babies and enjoy a moment as a carnivore .

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