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Dive! The Film: Powerful Message But Misses The Mark

Just finished watching Dive! The Film at the suggestion of a friend who shares my love for “dumpstering” waste, be it food, electronics, hardware, or milk crates. While the film was entertaining...

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Kindness is King: Interview with Philip Wollen

Philip Wollen is an amazing man. In his mid-thirties, with the world at his fingertips and the vice president of Citibank, he “gave it all away” and dedicated his life to helping animals and humans....

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Livestock Animals In Kentucky Need Our Help

A few weeks ago, I was “fortunate” enough to attend a meeting of the Kentucky Livestock Care Standards Commission. This group, drafted in 2010 by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, is charged...

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“Playing Food” Hides CAFOs in Kids’ Toys!

Check out this genius marketing/product/activism “toy” from Dutch designer Tomm Velthuis: Playing Food is the name of a project that aims to foster a better understanding of where the food on our...

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Animal Rights 2012: Overload of the Senses

I’ve been at the Animal Rights 2012 a little over 24 hours now, and it is absolutely incredible. In addition to being a gala of “who’s who” in animal rights – every group from HSUS to PETA to FARM is...

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By Any Means Necessary (Reflections on AR 2012)

After 3+ days of a non-stop whirlwind of animal rights activity, I would wager most activists are going home with a paradoxical “tired, but energized” feeling. I know I am – I ended up being sick the...

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The Spark and The Breakdown

The Spark and The Breakdown It is hard to predict how dancing will happen at any hardcore show. Sometimes certain  regional scenes (California shows, for example) will affect how people dance, for...

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Tell Air France: Shipping Monkeys for Torture is Unacceptable

From PETA: Air France claims to be “Making the Sky the Best Place on Earth.” But in reality, the airline is making the sky a dangerous and scary place for many of its passengers. Air France continues...

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Ask Me Why I’m Veg[etari]an (AR 2012 Guest Post)

I had the pleasure of rooming with Ethan Dussault during the four-day weekend craziness of AR 2012, and we experienced a lot of what the conference had to offer together. Ethan was able to attend...

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A Responsibility to Protect Animals: Paul Shapiro Interview

Among the flurry of awesome people I met at AR 2012, Paul Shapiro stuck out for a couple reasons: 1) his presentation was so well put together, entertaining, and fun to watch, and 2) he was with the...

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Running Out Of Water? Time To Go Vegan

That’s the theme of the Guardian’s Global Development series last week, with the headline “Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists.” Stockholm International Water...

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A Post-Religion World

Ah, Facebook. A place to share photos, silly photos of cats, and bash religion. While the Dalai Lama wasn’t necessarily “bashing” religion, his status update last week raised a few eyebrows and...

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Is Your Boss “Insane?”

This was sent to me for posting – what I find more telling than the facts presented here is that someone took the time to create this, and that there are people out there that many statistics about...

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Food “Waste” Reaches A New Low

Hot on the heels of NPR’s interesting the discussion about food waste from Science Friday comes a story that could almost be pulled out of the Onion: Sweet times for cows as gummy worms replace costly...

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Interview with Holly Nolly of Vegan Shortcake

Rebecca (left) and Holly (right) of Vegan Shortcake   During my wonderful weekend at Animal Rights 2012, I had the pleasure of meeting Holly Noll, a fellow vegan straight-edger, who, along with...

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Arby’s Swings and Misses With “Sliced Up Fresh” Campaign

It’s easy to understand that most fast food isn’t going to be local; the sheer volume of food needed, and the price at which it’s sold requires concentrated operations from vegetables to animals to...

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The Spin Zone: How Animal Ag is Trying to Dupe You

Perhaps you heard Sherry Turkle on NPR last week discussing her book, “Alone Together,” about the on-going struggle of our youth to remain autonomous beings in an inter-connected society. I wrote...

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Powering Your Devices Without Power

What do you do when there’s no power?   Fast Co. recently highlighted this pretty awesome hand-crank cell phone charger called the “BoostTurbine.” While hand-crank devices have been around for some...

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Your Meat Died Young

The follow harrowing image is from CompassionateCook.com, the website of vegan author and incredible speaker Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. Animals raised for food, whether on small, local farms, or giant...

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Top 5 Posts For 2012

As the year comes to a close, I’m a bit saddened by the lack of posts on TNTSU. I have no one to blame but myself, mind you, but it’s often hard to find the time and motivation to write, research, and...

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