Hard News Vegan is produced by Pamela Rice, author of 101 Reasons Why
I'm a Vegetarian, both pamphlet and book. Ms. Rice sees veganism as more
than a just a peculiar dietary lifestyle: It's a political stance, as
far as she's concerned. Her greatest hope is for vegans to get off the
sidelines and into the policy arena. Ms. Rice can be contacted via the
VivaVegie
Society website: http://www.vivavegie.org or by emailing her
directly: PamelaPodcast@vivavegie.org
The podcast area of the site is found at: VivaVegie.org (Note: one "g" in Vegie) and the RSS feed for the podcast is: http://vivavegie.org/podcast/HardNewsVegan.xml
10 April 2008 - Pamela Rice will discuss her book: 101 Reasons Why I'm a
Vegetarian, Lantern Books, as well as the Veggie Pride Parade on KAFM
Community Radio, Grand Junction, Colorado, on Thurs., April 10, 2008,
from about 2:33 p.m. to 2:56 p.m. (EST). You can listen live at
www.kafmradio.org; vivavegie.org. Audio editing: http://h2opodcast.com
March 16, 2008 - Podcast, talk, to the Rochester Area Vegetarian Society (RAVS).
Talk took place on March 16, 2008 in Rochester, NY, to an audience of
about 60. "Five environmental reasons to go vegetarian you never heard
of."
21 December 2007 - In this Podcast Pamela recounts her particiption in
Just Food's Summit on Food, Farms, and Community Health, which took
place on December 1, 2007 at the New School in Manhattan, NYC. She
recaps her own experience at the conference as well as that of Lisa
Lindblom, a vegan animal advocate and friend. The sponsoring group, Just
Food, with its sold-out audience, certainly advocates many important
causes: organic agriculture, labor justice, local food, food security,
agricultural sustainability and humane food. But it does not go out of
its way to push for veganism or vegetarianism. Lisa and Pamela both had
a big problem with this. You simply cannot have many of these good
things without more people eating less meat or, better yet, adopting a
vegan or vegetarian lifestyle.
4 November 2007 - This Podcast is an on-the-spot account of a great outreach event
with the VivaVegie Society. Pamela Rice, Hard News Vegan, and five
compatriots set up a to-spec veal crate at Astor Place in New York City.
Several activists took turns sitting inside it, making a particularly
powerful image for passersby and passing cars. Activists held pro-veg'n
signs, passed out information about the veal crate. And when they got a
chance, they also distributed "101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian."
Several people are interviewed in this podcast. Later, the activists
trade accounts of their experiences at the demo over a late lunch.
24 September 2007 - This Podcast recounts 2 days in the life of vegan activist Pamela
Rice in New York City. Pamela laments the priorities of society, and, in
particular, the NYPD, at an Italian street fair. She lambastes today's
young vegans who should be out there shoulder to shoulder with other
vegan activists. Until we show the numbers, the meat eaters will walk
all over us vegans, the planet, and the animals.
3 September 2007 - With this Podcast, I focus on yet another spinach
recall, this time Salmonella is the contaminant. Last year it was E.
coli O157:H7. What's going on here? Suddenly, raw fruits and vegetables
are one of the most likely food categories to be contaminated with
pathogens? And why did produce producers ask to be regulated last year?
The conference (http://vegetariansummerfest.org/speakers.htm) features experts in the fields of health, nutrition,
animal rights, the environment, exercise and related lifestyle areas,
plus talented chefs.
Pamela Rice gave this talk on subsidies to the meat industry at the
North American Vegetarian Summerfest, 2007, at the University of
Pittsburgh at Johnstown . Ms.
Rice has written numerous articles on the subject in her magazine, The
VivaVine. Word search: "Economic Justice for Vegetarians" at http://www.vivavegie.org/vvi/vva/vva.html
The Triangle Vegetarian Society was founded in 1986 in the Triangle
(Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) area of North Carolina. We try to build a
sense of community among vegetarian and vegetarian-interested people,
and are open to all.
We have at least two events a month - a restaurant review and at least
one potluck. Some of our potlucks are purely social, while others are
oriented around a talk -- the Buddhist Society talking about Buddhism
and vegetarianism, TVSers engaging in a roundtable discussion of ethics,
the Green Party talking about political issues relevant to the ecology
and vegetarianism, etc..
Our restaurant review group meets every month at an area restaurant and
evaluates the establishment's food and service from a vegetarian point
of view.
HOW TO JOIN
Join the Triangle Vegetarian Society and participate in activities with
other vegetarians! Our membership is open to all vegetarians as well as
to those who, while not vegetarians, desire to support the group. Please
visit our webpage: http://www.trianglevegsociety.org/about.html
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Cohousing and Sustainable Living
23 February 2008
Karen McCollough, a member of Triangle Vegetarian Society and a charter homeowner at
Pacifica Cohousing in Carrboro, NC, shared her thoughts with us on cohousing, community
living focused on sustainability, after a potluck dinner on Saturday February 23rd held at
Pacifica. trianglevegsociety.org, http://www.coho-nc.org/pacifica/welcome/
emails: kkmcat@gmail.com, barman@jhu.edu
26 January 2008 As our first monthly potluck of the new year, Triangle
Vegetarian Society (http://www.trianglevegsociety.org) had a joint
potluck dinner with the Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan
Buddhism (http://www.kadampa-center.org/) at their lovely new facility
in Raleigh, NC. After we ate, Jim Barnes, PhD, gave a short presentation
about what Tibetan Buddhism is and how it relates to vegetarianism; his
comments and the ensuing discussion can be heard here. Jim Barnes is an
adjunct professor of English at UNC's Friday Center for Continuing
Education. He has been studying Buddhism for most of 20 years, and has
been affiliated with the Kadampa Center for about 10 years. Audio
editing: http://H2Opodcast.com
Triangle Vegetarian Society
hosts the country's largest vegetarian Thanksgiving. At the 2007 event,
member Lucy Moore was a "roving reporter" and captured an audio
montage of the event, such as feedback from some of the 525 attendees
(from more than 42 cities and 7 states) in one extended seating, reflections
about the event from the organizer Dilip
Barman, and the beginning of the raffle of
129 items worth a total of more than $4500.
Kinesiology is the science and art of muscle testing, a biofeedback tool
that allows us to access information about a living being physically,
structurally, nutritionally, emotionally, mentally, energetically and
spirirtually. It can be used both on animals - human or not. Larry often
works with animals to help clear up physical, emotional and behavioral
challenges. This talk will begin with a brief introduction to
kinesiology and a short demonstration. Then he will share some of the
work that he has done with animals and what sorts of things can
successfully be done. He will teach a simple stress relief technique
that can be helpful for both people and their companion animals.
Larry Green, a vegetarian since 1974, is a certified kinesiology
instructor and trainer. He has been involved with complementary health
for over 25 years, and has been a student of kinesiology since 1990.
Larry and his wife Arlene operate the U.S. Kinesiology Training
Institute in Chapel Hill, which attracts students from around the
country and overseas. Larry also offers classes in gourmet vegeatrian
cooking.
Dr. Tom Mitchell speaks to the Triangle Vegetarian Society, explaining
basic concepts of Ayurveda and outlining ways to use food to create
better health. Ayurveda is the oldest medical system in the world, and
is intimately related to Yoga. Contact info: http://www.radianthealth.us/
Question: "What are the two or three most important ethical issues of our time and what can or should we, as individuals, do about these issues?"
At our joint potluck between the North Carolina Society for
Ethical Culture and the Triangle Vegetarian Society on September 22,
2007, we had a group of 3 panelists from each group. Each panelist had
one minute to quickly introduce him or her self and then 6 minutes to
address the question. We allowed 1 minute for any quick clarification
questions to be raised and addressed, and then had time at the end for
longer questions.
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