Archive for November, 2010
Scholarships for Veg Activist High School Students
Posted on30. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) is about to make 2 graduating high school students very happy. They are offering two $5,000 college scholarships to graduating high school students in the U.S. who have promoted vegetarianism in their schools and/or communities. …
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Your Time Travels (and So Should You)
Posted on29. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
The passion that activist Liz Longacre conveys when she speaks about her new travel agency is palpable. But “Your Time Travels… for the love of all animals” is not just any ordinary travel agency. It was created from …
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Episode 46: “A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”
Posted on27. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 46th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Heather and Jenny Goldberg, “The Spork Girls.”
In today’s episode, Mariann will share with you her latest reinvention – a big one, which will impact both our lives as well …
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Know Any Students Who Want Money to Help Animals?
Posted on26. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Way back last February, when we were just wee little chicks, we told you about a one of a kind opportunity for grad students to get funding to pursue a graduate-level project benefiting animals. Well, the Animal Welfare Trust (AWT), …
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Earthallisus Rocks
Posted on25. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
The band, Earthallisus, creates upbeat, bluesy songs about nature and animals. Though I admit I’m not a music connoisseur, this spiritual band is vaguely reminiscent — to me, anyway — of Kimya Dawson, though with some pretty profound (yet …
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New Movie About Captain Paul Watson
Posted on24. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Captain Paul Watson is about to become even more famous, bringing even greater public awareness to the issue of needless whale hunting and killing. According to Variety, Inferno Entertainment is planning on making a big-screen biopic about Captain Watson, …
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Any Competitive Law Students Out There?
Posted on23. Nov, 2010 by Mariann Sullivan.
Lots going on for law students at the Center for Animal Law Studies.
Every year in February, Harvard Law School hosts the Center’s three inter-law school competitions for students at accredited law schools in the United States. The Legislative …
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Resources We Dig
Posted on22. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
In no particular order and for no particular reason, I’ve decided to share with you a few vegan/animal rights resources that we think are just ducky. Obviously the full list would be a very long one (see our blogroll and …
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Episode 45: “Now I can look at you in peace…”
Posted on20. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 45th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Erica Meier.
In today’s episode, we are talking Thanksgiving. We’ll chat about what it’s like to be a vegan around this odd holiday, and we’ll also discuss some of …
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How Would You Make the World a Greener Place?
Posted on19. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Here’s another contest, and this one is So Nice. The soy beverage company is asking you to answer the question, “How would you make the world a greener place?” The winner will get $5,000 to execute the plan. As …
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Create a Vegan Recipe for Your School’s Lunch Program
Posted on18. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Michelle Obama’s campaign, Let’s Move!, in association with the USDA, has a new contest asking anyone who is interested (students, teachers, parents, chefs, etc.) to submit original recipes for inclusion in national school lunches. The recipes must be healthy, …
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Thanksgiving’s Toll on Turkeys
Posted on17. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Wild turkeys have more than 20 distinct vocalizations. Turkeys frequently recognize one another by their unique voices. They also have excellent geography skills, and can learn the specific details of an area of land up to about 1,000 acres. I, …
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Photograph of the Decade
Posted on16. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
The esteemed U.K. newspaper, The Guardian, has asked 10 authors to choose their favorite photographs of the decade. Specifically, their assignment was to choose the “image that speaks most strongly to them.” What Booker Prize-winning novelist Hilary Mantel chose …
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Want to Get On Law Review?
Posted on15. Nov, 2010 by Mariann Sullivan.
Here’s a great opportunity for law students. The Animal Law Review, which is a student-run journal at Lewis and Clark Law School, and was, incidentally, the very first law review devoted specifically to animal law, is holding its annual …
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Episode 44: “…to which they are entitled by birth and being”
Posted on13. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 44th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Mark Middleton and Ari Solomon.
In today’s episode, we will give you the low-down on two animal rights events we attended here in NYC — one having to do with …
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Foot Activism
Posted on12. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
It’s always a good day when a new vegan store opens. That’s just what happened last month in Cambridge, Mass, where a vegan shoe store — Sudo Shoes — opened their doors. Scot Fitzimmons, who founded the store, told Wicked …
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Student Filmmakers Focus on Animals
Posted on11. Nov, 2010 by Mariann Sullivan.
I love this story from New Zealand’s University of Otago. Students in the masters program for science communication have available a course in Science and Natural History Filmmaking. What a great course, and what an enormous opportunity for …
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Human-Animal Interactions Caught on Film
Posted on10. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Yet another non-proift has popped up, ready to rock our animal activist worlds. The World Animal Awareness Society (WA2S) says that they are “not an animal rights initiative, but an animal awareness one.” This is as according to an article …
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Nutritional Research Project
Posted on09. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Dr. Fuhrman, author of Eat to Live, and recurring star in Mariann’s daydreams, has started a new non-profit entitled Nutritional Research Project. For those of you interested in advocating the health side of veganism, this looks like …
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Making the Invisible Visible
Posted on08. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Mariana Cerovecki is an artist living in Croatia who uses her various artistic skills to speak up for animals, creating stunning, vexing, thought-provoking work that has the power to leave you breathless and inspired. On her website, she states …
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Episode 43: “Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.”
Posted on06. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 43rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Gary Kowalski.
In today’s episode, we will give you our full report on everything from the vegan Halloween party we attended last week, to our dog’s Halloween costume – which …
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I Can’t Wait to See The Elephant in the Living Room
Posted on05. Nov, 2010 by Mariann Sullivan.
How exciting to see the power of film being used to challenge the exotic animal trade! The Elephant in the Living Room (what a great title!) opens today in Cincinnati and it already promises to be a game-changer in the …
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Feminists Go Vegan
Posted on04. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
I find it so annoying when “feminist” organizations throw events that serve animal products, especially dairy and eggs. I am equally delighted, however, when feminist groups make the connection and hold vegan events.
Given the fact that dairy and egg…
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The World’s First All Vegan Art-House Cinema
Posted on03. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Here was the Gayest Experience of My Life: It was 2007, Mariann and I were on a date at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, seeing the film, San Francisco (you don’t get gayer than that), and much to my …
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Learn Your Global Warming Facts
Posted on02. Nov, 2010 by Mariann Sullivan.
Free on Wednesday? Want to catch up on your knowledge base on global warming? What looks to be a very exciting conference is being held in London at the House of Parliament, but thanks to the World Wide Web, you …
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It’s NO FUR Season
Posted on01. Nov, 2010 by Jasmin Singer.
Our favorite Discerning Brute is at it again. Joshua Katcher (remember him from our podcast?) has unleashed Pinnacle, a new campaign aiming to “breathe new life and form into the original NO-FUR icon, and draw much-needed attention …
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