Our Hen House
Our Hen House
  • Home
  • Podcasts
    • Our Hen House Podcast
    • Animal Law Podcast
    • Antiracism Audio Series
    • Limited Series: Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan
  • About
    • About Our Hen House
    • Inside the Coop – Bios
    • Join the Flock
    • Suggest a Guest
    • Press Coverage
    • Policies
    • Contact
  • Learn More
    • Videos
    • Blog
      • Book Reviews
    • Hen Press
    • Why Animal Rights?
      • Animal Testing and Research
      • Clothing
      • Companion Animals
      • Dairy
      • Eggs
      • Entertainment
      • Fishes
      • Meat
      • Veganism
      • Wildlife
      • What to do?
  • Donate
Blog

Get Your Compassion On in India

by Jasmin February 26, 2010
written by Jasmin

Eco-tourism has been of great interest to me lately. Though it’s always been on my radar, I really started to focus on it after I received an email last fall from VegNews Magazine Managing Editor, Elizabeth Castoria, asking whether, although she knows it’s not my “regular beat,” I would write a feature about the eco-tourism conundrum and what it truly means to travel green? So I delved into the subject and quickly realized that I had opened a Pandora’s Box, as there was just so much to learn …

My article, “(Car)Bon Voyage,” is in the March/April issue of VegNews, which means if you have a subscription, you will get it any day, and if you don’t have one (um, why don’t you?), you can get it at your local newsstand (like Whole Foods, Barnes & Nobles, Borders, etc.) starting around March 1.

Because I hope you pick up a real live hard copy of the issue, I’m not going to tell you the outcome of my story, but let’s just say it was a shocker. It produced for me several grey hairs and an unrelenting need to shed light on this oftentimes-deceptive industry. But on the flip-side, it also introduced me to some remarkable entrepreneurs who are absolutely true to their ethics.

Like, for example, Zac Lovas of VegVoyages — the vegetarian tour-group that is organizing the 100% vegan 12-day adventure to India. In addition to the trip being exclusively vegan, their sustainability promise includes supporting local businesses and small farms, and even including volunteer-time at a local animal sanctuary as part of the trip. From their website:

For the duration of your adventure, our objective is to take you as far away from your world as possible and completely immerse you into the culture, customs, traditions and daily life of another. Also, with VegVoyages the vegetarian is no longer the odd-one-out. No more having to “go hungry” and subsist on salads and side dishes. Catering to the needs of vegans and vegetarians is our specialty and commitment, and every adventure is designed to introduce you to some of the tastiest veggie food that we have found in the region.

VegVoyages is a perfect example of taking your passion, knowledge, and advocacy and plugging it into a business that enlightens, educates, and creates change for animals and the planet. Truly awesome.

Oh, and did I mention that VegNews is now sponsoring the trip to India? Which means that not only do you get to enjoy the trip of a lifetime, but you’ll be joined by VegNews publishers Colleen Holland and Joseph Connelly — two of the grooviest and most compassionate folks you’re likely to rub elbows with.

Whether you’re thinking about joining this adventure to India, or you’re using either VegVoyages or VegNews as models of successful vegan businesses that might one day inspire your own, let’s take a minute to stop and smell the pesticide-free rose-bush: Even though it’s easy to feel like a misunderstood vegan in a non-vegan world (duh), it’s also evident that as vegan entrepreneurs are fighting the good fight, many are making enormous strides in mainstreaming the message.

Thank goodness, too, because I would rather not go completely grey before I hit 35.

Photo: Courtesy of VegVoyages.

Share 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
previous post
Our Hen House Talks to the Dosa Man
next post
So, How Do YOU Feel About Avatar?

You may also like

TV Tuesdays: Season Two Episode 25!

“Becoming Vegan, Express Edition”: Q&A with Brenda Davis, R.D. and Vesanto Melina,...

Video: A Vegan Taste of Toronto

How Would You Make the World a Greener Place?

Episode 31 of the Our Hen House TV Show is Now Viewable...

A NYC Storefront That’s Changing the World for Dogs

Don’t Miss “What is Missing?”

Support Animal-Friendly Musicans

How to Plan a VegFest

Vegan Equity

Search Episodes

Subscribe to our Shows

Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherPocketCastsAmazon Music
More
  • Apple PodcastsApple Podcasts
  • RSSRSS
  • SpotifySpotify
  • Google PodcastsGoogle Podcasts
  • Amazon MusicAmazon Music
  • StitcherStitcher
  • PocketCastsPocketCasts
  • CastBoxCastBox
  • Player.fmPlayer.fm
  • TuneInTuneIn
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherPocketCastsAmazon Music
More
  • RSSRSS
  • Apple PodcastsApple Podcasts
  • Google PodcastsGoogle Podcasts
  • SpotifySpotify
  • Amazon MusicAmazon Music
  • StitcherStitcher
  • CastBoxCastBox
  • Player.fmPlayer.fm
  • TuneInTuneIn
  • PocketCastsPocketCasts

Subscribe to OHH Emails

We don’t spam or share your email with others. Privacy policy.

Please Check Your Email to Confirm Your Subscription!

Instagram

Join us On Facebook

Join us On Facebook

Keep in touch

Facebook Twitter Instagram

Donate & Triple Your Impact!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

@2021 - Our Hen House


Back To Top
Our Hen House
  • Home
  • Podcasts
    • Our Hen House Podcast
    • Animal Law Podcast
    • Antiracism Audio Series
    • Limited Series: Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan
  • About
    • About Our Hen House
    • Inside the Coop – Bios
    • Join the Flock
    • Suggest a Guest
    • Press Coverage
    • Policies
    • Contact
  • Learn More
    • Videos
    • Blog
      • Book Reviews
    • Hen Press
    • Why Animal Rights?
      • Animal Testing and Research
      • Clothing
      • Companion Animals
      • Dairy
      • Eggs
      • Entertainment
      • Fishes
      • Meat
      • Veganism
      • Wildlife
      • What to do?
  • Donate
Our Hen House
Search Podcasts
  • Home
  • Podcasts
    • Our Hen House Podcast
    • Animal Law Podcast
    • Antiracism Audio Series
    • Limited Series: Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan
  • About
    • About Our Hen House
    • Inside the Coop – Bios
    • Join the Flock
    • Suggest a Guest
    • Press Coverage
    • Policies
    • Contact
  • Learn More
    • Videos
    • Blog
      • Book Reviews
    • Hen Press
    • Why Animal Rights?
      • Animal Testing and Research
      • Clothing
      • Companion Animals
      • Dairy
      • Eggs
      • Entertainment
      • Fishes
      • Meat
      • Veganism
      • Wildlife
      • What to do?
  • Donate

Subscribe

Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyAmazon Music
More
  • Apple PodcastsApple Podcasts
  • RSSRSS
  • SpotifySpotify
  • Google PodcastsGoogle Podcasts
  • Amazon MusicAmazon Music
  • StitcherStitcher
  • PocketCastsPocketCasts
  • CastBoxCastBox
  • Player.fmPlayer.fm
  • TuneInTuneIn
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyAmazon Music
More
  • RSSRSS
  • Apple PodcastsApple Podcasts
  • Google PodcastsGoogle Podcasts
  • SpotifySpotify
  • Amazon MusicAmazon Music
  • StitcherStitcher
  • CastBoxCastBox
  • Player.fmPlayer.fm
  • TuneInTuneIn
  • PocketCastsPocketCasts

OHH NEWSLETTER

We don’t spam or share your email with others. Privacy policy.

Please Check Your Email to Confirm Your Subscription!

 
Sign In

Keep me signed in until I sign out

Forgot your password?

Password Recovery

A new password will be emailed to you.

Have received a new password? Login here