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It’s still crazy hectic over here, but I wanted to take a minute to talk about Blog Action Day! This is an annual event where folks across the Internet pull together to raise awareness about a particular issue. This year’s topic is water, and I think the organizers couldn’t have picked something more timely.
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I have to admit that I have a little bit of a crafty crush on Tracy Perkins of Strawberry Hedgehog. I’ve even written about her here before. She makes absolutely amazing vegan bath and beauty products, and she’s a vegan activist to boot! This summer, she pulled together a series of [...]
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Some of my pals over at Sustainablog are going to be at eco bed & breakfast The Milkweed Mercantile throwing a blogathon to raise money for Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.
The blogathon is raising funds for residential learning opportunities at Dancing Rabbit in organic gardening, natural green building, and wind and solar renewable [...]
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Julia “Butterfly” Hill lived in a tree named Luna for over 700 days. She saved that tree and acres of surrounding forest from being clear-cut. She’s an amazing woman. I really dug this lecture from her that No Impact Man posted last week:
I think she’s so right. Focusing on what we’re against [...]
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The Time for Lunch picnic was fantastical! We hung out with our friends Bonnie, Robert, Shannon and Oz, ate a delicious picnic lunch, and heard some awesome speakers. Bonnie and Oz made the amazing sign pictured above there, and it won second prize! Hurrah!
I took a million pictures (many of them [...]
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RogueApron is planning an eat in at Piedmont Park as part of Slow Food USA’s Time for Lunch campaign. If you want to help with planning, there is an organizational meeting on August 5th, where Judith Winfrey, Leader of Slow Foods Atlanta, will be on hand to answer questions. If you [...]
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I wanted to share this amazing post with you guys from Vegan Outreach. Matt Ball talks about the hows and whys of veganism beyond what you do and don’t eat, and I feel like he really gets at the heart of the matter:
If we believe that being vegan is important, being [...]
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Last night, a group of us hit up Charis Books to see Scott Kellogg, co-author of Toolbox for Sustainable City Living. I was the girl scribbling furiously in my notebook.
[Creative Commons photo by Chad Hanna]
He talked all about making sustainable living accessible [...]
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I know, I’m a little late to the party, but I’m totally in love with this art dress by Nancy Judd! This whole Recycle Runway site is pretty rad. Not only is there Nancy Judd’s line of recycled clothing, there are listings for workshops where folks can learn to make their own! They [...]
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[Creative Commons photo by Steve Rhodes]
If there’s an idea on Change.org that you wanted to vote for, today is your last chance! I got an email reminder listing the five ideas I’d voted for and thought I’d post them here in case anyone was interested. Click the links [...]
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