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Young shelter volunteer lending a hand

Adele — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:33:04 +0000

Young shelter volunteer lending a hand

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

By Timberly Ferree

A Bloomfield girl’s love of animals shines bright through her volunteer efforts and more. Megan Gainey, daughter of Brian and Shawna Gainey, has been lending more than a hand to the Greene County Humane Society

Megan and her grandma, Ann Gainey, made a visit to the shelter with $100 plus cat and dog food, towels, toys and chew bones.

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Footballing for Peace: Peace One Day’s ‘ONE DAY ONE GOAL’ Campaign – Be Inspired!

Adele — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:53:06 +0000

Football for some, soccer for others – with the support of puma.peace, Peace One Day is using the power of the beautiful game to spread the message of Peace Day with One Day One Goal.

The idea of One Day One Goal is simple: to see football matches played on 21 September in every one of the 192 member states of the United Nations and beyond. These matches unite people from different communities and different cultures who would never normally play together. And all you need to participate is a ball and a patch of land

PUMA POD Football

The PUMA POD Football collection includes a specificly designed Peace One Day football. The incentive behind the collection is to promote Peace One Day’s ‘One Day One Goal’ initiative, which is supported by PUMA. ‘One Day One Goal’ aims to manifest football matches all over the world on Peace Day, 21 September.

The PUMA Peace One Day football collection consists of two different editions.

All footballs are PVC free and size 5

The first edition football shows both the PUMA logo and Peace One Day logo, inside a circular design, in blue and green on a white background.

Football £15.00 plus:
Delivery to the UK: £3.00
Delivery outside the UK: £7.00

CLICK TO BUY:
http://shop.peaceoneday.org/

Food and Drink: Child’s play with Heather’s meals

Adele — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:13:33 +0000

CHILDREN can be notoriously fussy eaters but Heather Mills believes she has the answer: Give them whatever they want.

Chicken nuggets? Fine. Hot dogs and chips? Why not?

There’s just one small proviso the Dancing on Ice star insists on: It all has to be vegan.

Heather sticks to the philosophy with her daughter, six-year-old Beatrice, the child she had with ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.

The youngster never kicks up a fuss over plant-based dishes or sweet treats like soya ice cream because she’s never known anything different, says Heather.

All meat products and dairy – like milk, cheese and butter – can be replaced with vegan-friendly alternatives, without compromising taste, insists the animal rights campaigner, food entrepreneur and cook.

“My daughter has been vegan all her life,” says Heather. “The perception of veganism is the smelly hippy who doesn’t wash and eats lots of risottos. And it’s not like that.

“Once you fully understand it, you see everything is replaceable and that’s why I created a virtual replication of McDonald’s. If my daughter wants to have a burger and chips she can have it.

“It’s just the chips are oven-baked and the burger is meat-free but tastes like a burger. Everything is replaceable. If she wants a cake, she can have a cake. If she wants ice cream, she can have ice cream.”

But aren’t Bea’s mates suspicious about the vegan fare? “They’ve no idea. They just eat it and think it’s yummy,” says the 42-year-old former model. “Every time I go to a birthday party I take along an extra cake and half the time the kids eat that as well.”

Heather says there is no need to give other parents a “do’s and don’t’s” food list when her daughter eats at her friends’ homes.

“When she goes to other people’s houses, most of the kids now at school have so many intolerances – to nuts, to dairy, to all sorts of gluten – and vegan food covers all of that. All the children in my daughter’s class generally go for the healthier option anyway.

“It’s much easier than you think. There is fear and naivety. But if something tastes great, you eat it.”

Heather, who owns the Redwood Wholefood Company and has her own cafe, VBites, at Hove (both vegan enterprises), is coming to Birmingham next month to run a cookery masterclass in the hope of dispelling sceptics’ views of meat and dairy-free cuisine.

The Incredible Veggie Cookery Show, run in conjunction with vegetarian and vegan organisation Viva!, calls at Carrs Lane Church Centre, in Carrs Lane, on June 10 as part of a UK tour.

Heather will be demonstrating dishes such as beefy-style stroganoff, sweet potato green Thai curry and her personal favourite, chicken-style creamy nut korma. She also admits to being a “cup cake girl”.

All the food is free from meat, fish, dairy, eggs, honey and cochineal (crushed insects). Heather claims she can win round the most ardent carnivore with her kitchen wizardry and believes converts will experience health benefits.

“Dairy is a dreadful thing for most people,” she says. “And I want to show people you can really have great tasting food, be it indulgent food like the cakes I do, be it raw, plant-based options, or even be it meat replacements. It is all so easy and so do-able but it’s not promoted enough.”

She adds: “When I changed the restaurant I own from a fish restaurant to a vegan restaurant the locals panicked. They were ‘vegan, schmegan what’s this about?’ And when they came they said, ‘We can’t believe it. We’re absolutely shocked.’ Every week, 80 per cent of the people who come are carnivores.”

Heather, a patron of Viva!, became interested in the benefits of “holistic nutrition” in 1994 – a year after losing her left leg in a road accident – when an organic plant-based raw diet healed a persistent infection.

* Tickets for Heather’s Birmingham show are £5 in advance, £8 on the door. Call 0117 944 1000 or book at www.viva.org.uk/cookeryshows

SOURCE:
http://www.birminghammail.net/lifestyle/latest-features/2010/05/28/food-and-drink-child-s-play-with-heather-s-meals-97319-26542568/

Teen Journey – Powerful Youth Camp Experience

Adele — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:59:01 +0000

Teen Journey is a Powerful Fun-Filled Experiential Program Led by Young Assistants & Renowned International Leaders For Youth Ages 13-19.

Turning challenges in adolescence into life changing opportunities. Teen Journey – A Journey To Your Own Heart To Discover Who You Really Are.

Join us at one of Canada’s most naturally breathtaking & adventurous youth camps – Aug 30-Sept 05 2010 at Camp Jubilee, Orlomah Beach, North Vancouver.

Teen Journey goes far beyond an ordinary teen camp experience. While incorporating many fun activities that we have long come to associate with summer camp, including the opportunity to create deep, long-lasting friendships, there is also an invitation into the awareness of the depth and sacredness of the task of being a person of integrity and honour. A person who is true to themselves and a valuable member of a community.

We will introduce young people to tools and multi-disciplined perspectives that will support them with their most important task in life… discovering and expressing who they really are in order to contribute to the whole.

Accepting one’s own unique essence, experiencing interconnectedness with all living beings, inevitably leads us to an understanding of our own soul’s purpose. While many of the experiences during this week will be transformational in nature it is first important to understand the process of being an adolescent, psychologically.

There are two major forces that drive us as human beings in our development, the force for togetherness and belonging and the force for individuating, deciding for ourselves who we are and what course our life will take, the force for autonomy and freedom.

As children we naturally choose the force for togetherness signified by our family and tend to shift or unconsciously accommodate ourselves to fit into the family rules and beliefs of what is good or bad in order to belong. Every family has a different set of rules both spoken and unspoken of what it means to be a member of this family. Because our very survival does depend on the contact and care from our family we will cut off or repress parts of ourselves that may not be accepted in this particular system in order to feel secure. Children will always choose the force for togetherness and belonging and adapt themselves to fit.

Yet the force for autonomy, for the freedom to decide who we are and what we will stand for, can only be submerged for so long. The stages in our lives when the clash of these two forces is most apparent is at 2 years old and again in adolescence. The 2 year old is starting to say NO, and wanting to do it themselves as a demonstration of their independence from the caregivers. The same task appears again in adolescence. The teen wants to define themselves as a separate unique being.

Whether this natural task goes smoothly or not will often depend on the parent’s response to it. It is the teenager’s job developmentally to now begin to test the family boundaries and themselves in their personal discovery of who they are. This is often a time of collision between parents and teens and much of that chaos can be brought to harmony if we understand what is actually helpful and supportive, what aligns with this task and what does not. Fight the flow of this drive and you are in effect upping the ante in terms of the teens needs to act out or act in.

Teen Journey will include the parents in a closing day workshop to learn both how better to communicate with their teens and increase their understanding of themselves and how this time can actually be an expansion in awareness for the whole family.

Teen Journey will invite teens into first an understanding and expressing who they are through intimate sharing in small group circles with teen mentors. A trained Assistant’s Team will oversee these groups and ensure that each teen is cared for, not pushed but invited into a sacred expansion of their humanity, spirituality and unique purpose.

Holding space for the entire group for the 8 days of this remarkable and creative journey will be workshop facilitators Tasha Simms M.A. R.P.C. and Ian Barhydt. Through the creativity of ritual, meditation, visualization, dance and intention, a safe and familiar container is formed that allows for stepping into the unknown to learn to trust one’s inner guidance and accept oneself.

Various internationally acclaimed leaders including Malidoma Patrice Some, Satyen & Suzanne Raja from Warrior Sage, Mahara Brenon and Native elders will come to the camp to work with the teens both in helping them experience themselves in new and deeper ways and then calling on them to creatively determine their place in the whole community from the perspective of what they are called to give.

Each person is unique and has much to contribute to this community, just as the community will become a safe and solid container to hold the teen in their personal exploration and questioning. Once this level of confidence and purpose is reached then the teen can decide what their particular gifts are that they can offer back both globally and to their community.

The beauty of this program will not end after 8 days. Both the possibility of ongoing gatherings as a community and smaller more intimate group work will be available for the following year. Groups will focus on various themes as well as checking in to offer a supportive environment of learning and sharing. Group work can be available to parents as well in order to facilitate healthy parenting and personal exploration.

Get plenty more information on this incredible, powerful, youth camp at the Teen Journey website… http://www.TeenJourney.org

Special Half Price Offer with FREE Draw to WIN Jewellery worth $150 plus FREE CD by Maria Daines

Adele — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:16:01 +0000

VERY SPECIAL OFFER FOR READERS AND ETHICAL BUSINESSES

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+ FREE Maria Daines Music United for Animals CD

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Winner will be drawn once we have a minumum of 25 purchases at the end of June

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Contest: Don’t miss your chance to Create Dunkin’s Next VEGAN Donut !

Adele — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:18:02 +0000

Dunkin’ Delight by Chris in Boyce, VA

“What better way to celebrate Dunkin Donut’s 60th Birthday than with a Dunkin Delight! This praline filled, chocolate covered vegan donut is one that everyone can enjoy. And dont forget the pink, orange, and white sprinkles! Have one to help celebrate the dedication, hard work, and great taste that Dunkin Donut customers are used to….with an animal and enviornment friendly recipe!”

Dunkin’ Donuts is hosting its 2nd annual “Create Dunkin’s Next Donut Contest”—it’s the perfect opportunity to tell the company that its next donut should be vegan!

Thanks to Vegan Treats your vegan donut creation could become a reality!

Don’t miss your chance to Create Dunkin’s Next VEGAN Donut

From Compassion Over Killing Website:

1. Visit Dunkin’s contest page.

2. Choose a donut shape followed by dough options, fillings, and toppings, etc…

3. Name your donut creation (i.e. Dunkin’ Vegan, Sprinkled with Compassion, etc..).

4. Tell your “Donut Story.” Explain your inspiration for a vegan donut and why your compassionate creation is the best — for our health, the planet, and animals.

5. Fill out Dunkin’s registration form and submit your entry.

6. Tell Us About It! Once you submit an entry, let us know the name of your vegan creation along with your story, your name, and city—and we’ll add it to our online vegan donut gallery!

It’s that simple. And remember, your vegan donut creation could be posted in Dunkin’s online gallery, so be sure to express your creativity and your compassion!

Contest Ends Today, March 8, at 12pm EST! – So Hurry !

Voracious Vegan By Sarah from Bethlehem, PA
“This doughnut would be super-easy to create as Dunkin Donuts’ first vegan doughnut. Fans would go crazy over the yummy combination of blueberry and maple. It would showcase a softer, kinder side of DD.”

Special Half Price Offer + FREE Maria Daines CD + WIN Jewellery set worth up to $150!

Adele — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:39:33 +0000

VERY SPECIAL NEW YEAR OFFER FOR READERS AND ETHICAL BUSINESSES!

3 ISSUES HALF PRICE

+ FREE Maria Daines Music United for Animals CD

+ FREE Make Up Samples

+ WIN Jewellery set of your choice worth up to $150 thanks to beautifulthingsbyaeva.com !

Winner will be drawn once we have a minumum of 25 purchases at the end of Feb, otherwise will roll over to March

COST

UK 3 Mags £6.25 (+£1 p&p) using promo code: lovedelly

US & rest of the world 3 Mags £9 (+£2 p&p) using promo code: dellyworld

To buy go to subscriptions click on 3 Issues and put in the relevant code

BUY AN ADVERT 1/12 PAGE FOR JUST £25 !

+ promotion throughout myspace/facebook

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The Veggie Kids ~ What Kind of World Do You Want?

Adele — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:15:05 +0000

* veggiekids.org.uk/
* timetogoveggie.com/ttgv/kids.html
* www.vrg.org/nutshell/kids.htm

VEGGIE KIDS – http://VeggieKidsAtlanta.com/ – (”KIDS & FAMILIES SAVING THE PLANET.” – Uniting and Inspiring Eco-Conscious, Organic, Holistic, Vegetarian/Vegan Families & Friends.)

A look at some eco/organic clothes for kids

Rajasana — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:57:11 +0000

The Arabella Miller story began after our youngest daughter developed severe baby eczema (inherited from Daddy!) and we looked for eczema friendly baby clothing to ease her skin irritation. Wearing organic cotton baby clothing really helped to relieve her eczema and when she outgrew her organic babywear, we looked for more organic cotton clothes for children. One day we couldn’t find funky kids clothing we liked and so we decided to produce our own.

Producing organic cotton clothes opened our eyes to the reasons why it’s important to choose organic cotton clothing for children. So we applied for Arabella Miller organic children’s clothes to be certified organic by the Soil Association, to give parents like us that extra bit of reassurance of quality and safety. Soil Association certification means that that our organic cotton clothes can be traced right back to the field where the cotton was picked. We’ve ensured that the ink in our unique designs is also certified organic by the Soil Association.

This makes Arabella Miller children’s clothes a first in the UK and we hope others will also consider using certified organic ink in children’s clothing. They’re produced in a factory audited by the Fairwear Foundation so that means a better deal for those that make Arabella Miller clothing and reassurance that no children have made your child’s clothes.

We take our ethical commitments as serious as our style. We have our own ethical and environmental policy and our ethical credentials have been independently approved by Ethical Junction.

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