Category: Lifestyle

Emily Deschanel promotes Vegan Diet

Emily Deschanel promotes Vegan Diet

Emily Deschanel is encouraging other mothers to boycott cow’s milk. The ‘Bones’ actress has teamed up with animal rights organisation PETA for a new video campaign, urging women to show compassion for mother cows by raising their children on vegan diets. The 36-year-old actress – who has a 20-month-old son called Henry with her writer husband David Hornsby – says [...]

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Eating Healthy on a Budget

When measured on a cost per serving, cost per weight, or cost per nutrition basis, fruits and vegetables beat out meat and junk food. More information: http://NutritionFacts.org and http://www.DrGreger.org

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Physicians Committee Hosts Congressional Vegetarian Caucus

The Physicians Committee hosted a Vegetarian Caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill on Earth Day to raise awareness among congressional staff about the health and nutrition benefits of a plant-based lifestyle. “People choose a vegetarian lifestyle because it feels so good on so many levels,” says Elizabeth Kucinich, senior legislative adviser for the Physicians Committee. “There’s no better way to celebrate [...]

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2R Armchair by Sien Studio: Celebrating Avant-Garde Minimalism

2R Armchair by Sien Studio: Celebrating Avant-Garde Minimalism

Sien Studio unveils its latest work, the 2R avant-garde armchair at the 52nd edition of Milan’s Furniture Fair. A full expression of minimalist, 2R exhales sophistication and elegance, due to its simple, yet graceful design. The 2R armchair can compliment the interior of a breezy living room, changing the entire ambience. Its “raw” shape, a playful geometry crafted in white [...]

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Proof eyewear: Tribe Teal Gray

Proof: Eco-Friendly Eyewear Company

Proof Eyewear is an Eco-friendly eyewear company which focuses on bringing their customers unique frames made from materials such as sustainable woods, plant-based acetate, and re-purposed skateboard decks. Proof Eyewear was founded by three brothers in 2010 and got its start out of a garage in Eagle, Idaho. The inspiration of Proof came from the founders’ Grandpa, Bud. The love [...]

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Sign Up for The Food Revolution Summit, Online April 27 – May 5, 2013

Sign Up for The Food Revolution Summit, Online April 27 – May 5, 2013

Spend an inspiring and life-changing week with revolutionary thinkers and visionaries that will put the POWER IN YOUR HANDS when it comes to the FOOD YOU EAT! Sign up now: http://www.foodrevolution.org/summit The Food Revolution Summit is for you if… – You feel concerned about what’s happening with our food. – You want your family to have access to good nutrition. [...]

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Mind Body Spirit Festival in London, May 24-27

Mind Body Spirit Festival in London, May 24-27

The bi-annual Mind Body Spirit Festival is the UK’s longest running holistic festival celebrating personal empowerment, self-improvement and ancient and modern spiritual practices through live music, workshops, seminars, yoga, mantra, dance and movement, meditation and contemplation. It’s a full-on love fest that brings together 20 thousand spiritually oriented audience from across the world all uniting together in a safe atmosphere [...]

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Photo Credit: Knoxville Marathon

Mike Fremont, 91 Year Old Vegan, Finishes Knoxville Half Marathon in 3:04

His time is single-age world record—for now, he notes. You know that dream, the one where you’re running and racing into your twilight years? Mike Fremont offers proof of its possibility. The 91-year-old Cincinnati resident finished the Knoxville Half Marathon this weekend in 3:03:56. Runner’s World chief running officer Bart Yasso summed up his feat best via Twitter: “Wow, this [...]

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Veteran Rocker Carl Palmer Goes Vegan After Health Scare

Veteran Rocker Carl Palmer Goes Vegan After Health Scare

Asia drummer came down with a bad case of E. coli in December, forcing the rock supergroup to axe its 30th anniversary tour of the U.K. while he recovered. The veteran tells music website ClassicRockRevisited.com, “I got it from a casino in New York. It was about 10 days into the tour and everything seemed to go down in my stomach [...]

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sweetgreen announces sweetlife music + food festival: May 11

sweetgreen announces sweetlife music + food festival: May 11

sweetgreen, the much-loved, organic, farm-to-table salad shops founded in Washington, D.C., has announced the lineup for sweetlife 2013: an unforgettable celebration of music + food. The event will take place on Saturday, May 11th, at the Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD, a beautiful and iconic venue situated among 40 acres of forest. The 2013 lineup follows sweetgreen’s recent announcement [...]

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