"Vegan Revolution" story on CNN

Vegan 101: Tips to help you survive the week long Vegan challenge

Ok, so now that I have my ladies all in to join me on my odyssey to healthy living, I need to become the provider of information to help them succeed! I already know that they're not going to do the research, so let me taylor my approach to each of them in a way to make the challenge more appealing.

Take for instance Miss Silverspoon Vanderwooden, who's always going about the town - living the fabulous life of dining out, going to parties and charity events - places where she can be seen. Expecting her to cook every night will definitely set her up to fail, so I'm providing a list of Vegan restaurants around Atlanta that she can run to for refuge: VegDining.com. Who knew that there are 88 vegan restaurants in Atlanta!

The Female Fatale Fitness Bootcamper likes to mix things up in the kitchen and actually enjoys cooking! So to give her some recipe ideas, there's Vegan Lunchbox, Dinner with Dilip, or Post Punk Kitchen for blogs that teach people about Vegan cooking.

The Quickwitted Office Assassionator and the Lazy Greek Goddess will almost immediately try to find a reason to drop out of this challenge, so I'll use sweets to try to keep them interested by sending them over to My Sweet Vegan for dessert ideas.

We all love wine, but pairing vegan food with wine may be challenging for those who rely on the standard of "white with seafood and red with meat." Read this article for ways to compliment your healthy vegan diet with a glass of wine or this blog entry for specific pairings of wine and vegan food.

See you at the finish line ladies,

XOXO

 

 

 

 

Going Vegan...for a week at least!

So the other night, I caught a show on Oprah where she challenged her staff to go Vegan for a week. I've always been curious about Vegans and their lifestyle...but not in a way that made me want to join the cause. It seemed like the staffers who took the challenge seriously saw a significant change in the way that they felt and one even lost 11 pounds. So with this in mind...I've decided to start my own challenge and pull in some of my friends and co-workers to see 1. Who's bold enough to try it for a week, and 2. As sort of a funny experiment to see who would fail miserably and who would actually take this Vegan challenge serious. I tried recruiting my family, friends and co-workers - but only a few brave ones stepped up to take this challenge on:

1. Miss Silverspoon Vanderwoodsen

2. The Female Fatale Fitness Bootcamper

3. The Lazy Greek Goddess

4. The Quickwitted Office Assinater

5. Myself of course - The Eco-Diva Extraordinaire!

I'm already putting my bets on whose going to bail out first. This shall be a very interesting experiment indeed! The challenge starts on Monday...so ladies, put on your game face because it's on!!!

XOXO

Petition: Ask Peru's President to Protect Uncontacted Tribes

All of these peoples face terrible threats – to their land, livelihoods and, ultimately, their lives. If nothing is done, they are likely to disappear entirely.

Uncontacted tribes are extremely vulnerable to any form of contact with outsiders because they do not have immunity to Western diseases.

International law recognises the Indians’ land as theirs, just as it recognises their right to live on it as they want to.

Following first contact, it is common for more than 50% of a tribe to die. Sometimes all of them perish. That law is not being respected by the Peruvian government or the companies who are invading tribal land.

What can we do about it?
Survival is urging the Peruvian government to protect these isolated Indians by not allowing any oil exploration, logging or other form of natural resource extraction on their land.

The government must recognise the Indians as the owners of their land.

After a Survival campaign in the 1990s, in collaboration with local indigenous organisation FENAMAD, the oil company Mobil pulled out of an area inhabited by uncontacted tribes in south-east Peru.

Please help us fight for the rights of the world’s most vulnerable peoples.

Act now to help the Uncontacted Indians of Peru
Your efforts are crucial in defending the Uncontacted Tribes. Get involved in this urgent effort in the following ways.

•Writing a letter to the Peruvian government can make a real difference.
•Donate to the Uncontacted Indians campaign (and other Survival campaigns).
•Write to your MP or MEP (UK) or Senators and members of Congress (US).
•Write to your local Peruvian embassy
•If you want to get more involved, contact Survival…