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Quick! Prevent Fracking in Lancashire!
Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics: UPDATE: Lancashire county councillors have rejected Cuadrilla’s application to drill for shale gas at Preston New Road. Fantastic news and a huge relief! Thank you to everyone who signed the petition. Stay in touch with Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth because this is just the beginning. According to…
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Name the Bunny!
Rescue rabbits Rescue rabbits Lovely rabbits With natural habits Need spacious homes With other rabbits. If you’ve got love And space for rabbits, Don’t pay breeders Hell no! Dagnabbit! So many need homes, Save rescue rabbits! At Raystede Animal Welfare Centre in East Sussex they take in around 1500 animals every year who need to…
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Quick! Prevent Fracking in Lancashire!
UPDATE: Lancashire county councillors have rejected Cuadrilla’s application to drill for shale gas at Preston New Road. Fantastic news and a huge relief! Thank you to everyone who signed the petition. Stay in touch with Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth because this is just the beginning. According to the Guardian article, Cuadrilla will certainly…
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Friendship
The Elephant Sanctuary, Tennessee
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Fruit Sudoku
I think sudokus are fun but someone I know hates maths so numbers make him panic and he just won’t try them. I told him they have nothing to do with maths but he is adamant! So I’ve made a fruit sudoku for those who, like him, are panicked by numbers. For the uninitiated: the…
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Roots, beans and greens
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Home Sweet Home
Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary Fiona Oakes – International marathon runner, fire fighter, provider of sanctuary for animals. Help her if you can 🙂
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Sanctuary And Safe Haven For Animals
You’ll need tissues for this one but you’ll love the fairy tale ending 🙂 Click here for SASHA Farm’s website
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Story Time # 5: Oliver’s Vegetables
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Bryan and Kath and everyone else
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Recommended Reading: Oliver’s Vegetables
This is a brilliant short story by Vivian French with gorgeous, vibrant illustrations by Alison Bartlett. Basically, Oliver’s mum has the common problem of not being able to get Oliver to eat his vegetables. The only one he will eat is potatoes, in the form of chips. But when he goes to stay with Grandpa…
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Piglets!
These piglets are Antonio and Bertha, who were rescued from the factory farming industry. They are so sweet, beautiful and funny 😀 This video just makes you feel happy 🙂
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Sherman & Geynes Episode 2 is here!
The wait is finally over. See what these vegan sleuths have found out now. Hold on to your hats – it could be dastardly! Not familiar with Sherman and Geynes? Pop over to the 5 years and up page for episode 1 😀
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And they’re back! Tomorrow.
Well, they will be tomorrow. Watch this space! Episode 2: In The Library With The Elastic Band will be on the 5 years and up shelf tomorrow 🙂
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Let the trees stand
And the best and most productive way to stand for trees is to adopt a plant-based diet. These forests are being felled at an alarming rate to provide grazing land or grow fodder crops for farm animals. If everyone ends their dependency on animal foods, the forests could be left in peace. It’s that simple…
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Make A Jigsaw
Music: Lost In Space theme by Apollo 440
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Time for a little smackerel of something
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Being Resourceful
It got to that time of week again – the day before food shopping. The cupboards were looking quite bare and Miranda and I were feeling very peckish. We’d finished off the last flapjack the day before and there were no munchies left in the house. There must be something I could make, I said…
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Pendennis Castle
I never got around to telling you about our visit to Pendennis Castle when we went to Cornwall last year. I have mixed feelings about castles. On the one hand I love the feeling of history, picturing how people used to live at the time the castle was built. I feel amazed at the architecture…
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Sherman & Geynes #2, Coming Soon!
Sherman & Geynes, Expert Sleuths Episode 2: In the Library with the Elastic Band coming very soon 😀 For the story so far, click here
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Save The Human!
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Food Fight!
FOOD FIGHT: Bullies Poisoning The ‘Hood Get Splattered! — Earth Amplified, feat. Stic of Dead Prez Brilliant! 😀
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Wha Me Eat by Macka B
Fantastic impossible-not-to-dance-to vegan music 😀
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Put your feet up and watch A Turtle’s Tale. Lovely.
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Dairy anyone? No thanks.
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20 Years of Hillside Animal Sanctuary
These guys are amazing. Not only do they provide sanctuary for over 2000 rescued animals, they also do undercover investigations into farms which lead to the exposure of horrible cruelty and the prosecution of the perpetrators. Take a look at what they’ve accomplished over the last 20 years and support them if you can 🙂…
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Save The Cow, Save The World
10 acres of land will support: 61 people growing soya or 24 people growing wheat or 10 people growing maize or 2 people raising cattle. **** “The world’s cattle alone consume enough food to sustain nine billion people, which is what the world’s human population is projected to be by 2050.” Mimi Bekhechi, The Guardian,…
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Make friends with cows
Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics: Make friends with cows It’s easy, they’re lovely 🙂
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Math and Science through Plant Exploration
Originally posted on The Marigold School of Early Learning: Math and science are aspects of early childhood education that can be learned through plants. Columbine and spider wart are two plants that have unique petals and leaves; each plant allows for children to learn about how a plant grows and incorporates numbers and patterns. …
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Savoury Muffins from Dosa Batter
Originally posted on Chitra's Healthy Kitchen: About: These are tasty, light and flavoursome as well they’re incredibly easy to make if the dosa/crepes batter is handy. Personally, I’m particularly partial to a savoury muffin. You can whip up a batch in half an hour and have a perfect homemade offering to tuck into lunchboxes and…
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Eco-Friendly Projects
Originally posted on New Creation Sewing: Do you know that American’s send 11 million tons of used textiles to landfills each year? Many of these items are in great condition and simply get tossed into the trash can. This averages out to about 65 pounds of textiles (clothing. linens, fabrics, etc) that head straight to…
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Vegan Truffles!!!!
Originally posted on Recipes and Tales from a Crunchy Vegan: I have never tried to make vegan truffles before. For some reason I thought it would be too difficult a feat. Boy was a wrong, and I have been missing out!!! I have two to share in recipes today- peanut butter pretzel and oreo. Ingredients:…
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Let’s make a Love Blanket!
Originally posted on The Veggy Side Of Me: I’m sharing a message of very special and extremely gifted friend Emily Cooper, and it would be nice if you could all help her making her love blanket! Emily Cooper Artworks INSANE REQUEST Hi everyone, I have a completely batty request to throw out there, please give me…
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Recommended Reading: Hellen Hen
This is a truly beautiful little book for reading to small children by Maria Luisa Arenzana and Antonella Canavese. It is full of surreal rhymes and stunning illustrations which convey a peaceful, loving message of compassion and empathy for animals, hens in particular. I love the verse on the above page which reads Our love…
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Old but Gold
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Violet’s Anagram #3
Can you get it before Miranda does? 😉
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“Hee Hee” said the cow
“Hee hee” said the cow, “Woo hoo” said the hen “Hurrah!” said the sow And the sheep cheered again. “He did it!” they cried As they skipped and they ran, “Farmer’s eyes opened wide, …
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Life-Giving Force
Pop and crackle, Fizz and bubble, The witch stirs her cauldron On the fire in her hovel. *** She shrieks at the night It will happen alright, The life-giving force Of her potion’s in sight. *** It’s got onions and greens, Carrots and beans, There’s garlic and lentils, She’s hungry and keen To gobble it…
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The Doctor Said
“He’ll soon be dead,” The doctor said As she stood at the end Of her patient’s bed. *** “He ignored my advice, Never gave up his vice, ‘Those flesh foods will kill you’ I said more than twice.” *** The nurse shook his head As he straightened the bed, “Avoidable suffering, What a waste,” he…
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Violet’s Anagram #2
This one’s trickier. Can you unscramble it faster than Miranda? 😀
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Great News!
Halong Bay bears set for rescue Following international pressure from animal lovers across the world, it has been announced that the Halong Bay bears can be rescued by Animals Asia. Click here for the whole story, and to get an idea about the amazing work that Animals Asia do, look at Layla 🙂 And here…
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Violet’s Anagram #1
Can you solve it quicker than Miranda?
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No Cheese Please
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M is for Mackerel
Mackerel noun Oxford Dictionary definition: Edible sea fish. Our definition: The Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) is a beautifully streamlined, fast-swimming fish. It has silver underparts and metallic green and blue upper parts with irregular bands along the back. And check out the Vegan Dictionary in the sidebar for words beginning with other letters, defined in…
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Postcards
We have just had some colourful postcards printed and would like to share them. We slip them into library books and books in second-hand shops (as if they were forgotten bookmarks) in the hope that someone will find them and be intrigued enough to look at the website. It’s quiet, easy, pleasant activism and who…
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Back down to earth
Click here for the story so far 😉 If you fancy growing your own delicious organic fruits and vegetables but you don’t have a garden, why not apply for an allotment? Click here to find out how. It’s true that there are sometimes long waiting lists but not always. We were very lucky that our…
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Say it with knitting!
Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics: Whether it be on your clothes, a cushion cover or a patchwork blanket – you can say it with knitting! First of all decide what you want to write. Then make a plan. You’ll need some squared paper which you can buy or make yourself. Each square on the…
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Touch the Earth
Touch the Earth Feel the Earth, In contact with your skin. It just feels good Like soft earth would, And soothes you from within. ***** Google AI Overview Earthing, or grounding, is the therapeutic practice of making direct physical contact with the Earth’s natural surface to allow the body to absorb free electrons. It is…
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Nature Returns
When mankind retreats And leaves abandoned, Concrete slabs And platforms hardened, Nature returns With soft root and stem And swiftly reclaims What was trampled by them. She stretches and reaches, She grows and she smothers The cold ugly grey, And with colour recovers. ** Violet’s Vegan Comics – creating funny vegan stories and poems for…
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Miranda at Loving Hut Belgium!
So here I am at Loving Hut in Belgium! Tammy and I thought this was a fantastic place! With fair trade organic lemonade! And chocolate sponge cake! We had cake first, of course, and this was fantastic. Mmm tasty 🙂 And then it was time to try the Loving Hut burger! This was delicious…
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