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Apple Trees Revisited
Remember we decided to grow our own apple trees from seed? Travel back in time to February 2014 to see how our apple trees began 🙂 They dropped all their leaves in the winter (we actually thought one of them had died and were going to plant something else in the pot) but then spring came…
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Think To Question
It’s right to listen to teachers When they tell a new fact to you, But still you can keep an open mind To consider if it’s true. They say it is because they think it is, But sometimes they’re mistaken. Someone told them a long time ago And they didn’t think to question. * Violet’s…
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Story Time #4: Why are you a vegan?
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Healthy School Lunches – we can make it happen!
This webinar is a great resource for people who want to persuade their local schools, councillors and MP to introduce healthy, plant-based meal options onto the school menu 🙂
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Miranda at Shavt
Shavt “Simply Healthy And Vegan Things” is a brilliant shop which I visited while I was in Belgium. They have a great selection of vegan foods for meals, snacks and sweets as well as other things like lip balm! Unfortunately my camera battery died after I took this picture. But! I want to recommend you…
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Miranda at Greenway
I visited Greenway vegetarian restaurant! I came here twice on my visit to Leuven, and it is a brilliant place. 🙂 You can eat in or take-away, so I did both! I arrived just when they had opened on my first visit! I had vegan spaghetti bolognese with toasted cashews on top to take-away!…
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Violet’s Veg*n e-Comics Crossword
Originally posted on Violet's Vegan Comics: There’s no need to print this out. Just save the picture; then open it in ‘Paint’ or equivalent picture editing program; increase size if necessary to make it a comfortable size to write on; choose a suitably-sized font and fill in the answers using the text tool. Here are…
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Miranda out and about
I have been on holiday to Leuven in Belgium! I chose to visit Leuven because I discovered that they have a Loving Hut. After arriving I was ecstatic to find that they also have Vegaverso a vegan cafe, Greenway a vegetarian cafe, and Shavt which is a vegan food shop! Here I am at Vegaverso, vegan cafe in…
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L is for Lamb
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K is for Kid
To find out more about the wonderful world of Edgar’s Mission Sanctuary, click here 🙂
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Why Must We Eat The Animals? Oh Why, Oh Why?
Go to the Music Page for lots more great vegan music 🙂
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I is for Inhuman
Working on the vegan dictionary continues to be a very educational experience. Finding words which are defined in a way that normalises animal exploitation, (such as animals being described simply in terms of how they taste or how they are used by humans; or horrible, violent practices described in a brief, matter-of-fact way as if they…
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Chokeules – 40-Year-Old Vegan
For more fantastic vegan music, visit the Music Page 😀
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H is for Herbivore
Herbivore noun Oxford Dictionary definition: Plant-eating animal Our definition: Herbivores are animals which are anatomically designed to live on plants. Herbivorous mammals have well-developed facial musculature, fleshy lips, a relatively small opening into the oral cavity and a thickened, muscular tongue. The lips aid in the movement of food into the mouth and, along…
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Sarah the Vegetarian
A friend of Vegan Smythe’s by the name of Sarah told him the story of her light bulb transformation from vegetarian to vegan. He loved the story so much that he made it into a song. For more lovely vegan music, check out our Music Page 😀
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Blind Man and His Armless Friend Spend 10 Years Planting 10,000 Trees In China
Originally posted on The Key of Immediate Enlightenment: A blind man named Jia Haixia and his friend, a double amputee with no arms named Jia Wenqi, have spent more than 10 years replanting trees to revive the once-barren environment around Yeli Village in northeastern China. Haixia was born blind in one eye and lost the…
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G is for Greyhound
Greyhound noun Oxford Dictionary definition: Slender swift dog used in racing. Our definition: Greyhounds are quiet, gentle, and loyal. They are very loving and enjoy the company of their humans and other dogs. Jasmine, a beautiful, rescued greyhound puppy who grew up to be a permanent resident at Nuneaton & Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary and an…
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New Music Page
I’m so grateful to Eva Xanthopoulos for introducing me to vegan music – I had no idea there was so much out there! So now we just have to have a music page 🙂 Click on the link in the sidebar on the right to see a whole bunch of happy vegan music videos, and/or watch this…
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Plants by Zachmusic
Thank you to Eva for sharing this beautiful song with me. Many thanks also to Zach of course 😀
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Stress Wave
For the story so far, click here Continues here. Read it if you dare 😉
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Vegan Story Time #3: Edmund’s Lunch
You can find Edmund’s Lunch on the 2 years and up page 🙂
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Last Chance
For the story so far, click here Continues tomorrow … or read it here now
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F is for Falcon
Falcon noun Oxford Dictionary definition: Small hawk trained to hunt. Our definition: A falcon is any one of 37 species of raptor in the genus Falco, widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica. Adult falcons have thin tapered wings, which enable them to fly at high speed and to change direction rapidly. Fledgling falcons, in their…
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Election 2015: Frack-Free Promise
The UK General Election is just weeks away. With MP candidates going all out to win our votes, this is a huge opportunity to push fracking up the political agenda. Can you ask your local candidates to promise to oppose fracking if they’re elected? Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are appealing to us all…
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Psycho
continues tomorrow, or read it here now
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The Bamboo Toothbrush Puppet Show
You can read I’ve got a bamboo toothbrush in Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids or here where you’ll also find links to how to get your own bamboo toothbrush 🙂
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2027 AD: The World Was In Crisis
That’s the scene set. The story begins tomorrow 🙂 Or you can read it here now.
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Beware Beware
Maddicts (graphic novel for teens and up) …. starts tomorrow 😮
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Brazil wants to fell millions of trees for aluminum – we say NO!
Originally posted on The Metal Hare's Mix: Sign here.
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VVeC Productions Presents: Luke Walker and the Hypothetical Question
From Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids
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Welcome to Story Time
We are having fun making videos of some of our stories being read aloud and have decided to make Story Time a permanent fixture on our site. So, if you want to be read a story, just click on the link in the sidebar to your right (or the big picture above) and choose a…
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Vegan Story Time #2: Where are you going Deidra?
Welcome back to story time 🙂 sit back and relax, we’re going to tell you about the lovely Deidra From Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids
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Vegan Story Time #1: “I’m not dinner!”
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we will begin 😀 From Why are you a vegan? and other wacky verse for kids
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‘The King’s Three Sons’ is here!
Or find it on the Fairy Tales shelf along with a couple of others 🙂
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Another New Fairy Tale
will be on the shelf tomorrow! 😀
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Where’s Dolly?
The bees are back in town! Hurrah! See if you can spot this lil’ lady in every picture:
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E is for Elephant
Elephant noun Oxford Dictionary definition: Largest living land animal with trunk and ivory tusks. Our definition: Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea. Two species are traditionally recognised: the African elephant and the Asian elephant. Male African elephants are the largest surviving terrestrial [land] animals and can reach a height of…
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Spider in my shower cap
There’s a spider in my shower cap And she doesn’t want to go. She’s determined to hang on, Whether I shake or whether I blow. So I guess if it’s that important, And she really wants to stay, I don’t mind getting my hair wet. It looks better on her…
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Violet’s Veg*n E-Comics: For Small & Big Kids Alike!
Originally posted on Hold the Eggplant: Veganism is growing by the day (hooray!), but it’s not just grown-ups who are embracing compassionate living; many children and young people are too! Whether raised from birth as vegans, or choosing to embrace compassionate living as young people, vegan numbers are growing and times are changing, and I for one couldn’t…
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Chickens Are People Just Like Dogs
Chickens are people Just like dogs. They enjoy dust baths And jumping on logs. Chickens will play games Like ‘chase’ and ‘steal your smalls’. They’ll splash you in the paddling pool, Though not keen on fetching balls. Some of them are gentle, Some of them are tough. Some of them are bossy, Some timid…
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Babs on a bike
The Sustrans website will tell you all about the National Cycle Network in the UK which “is a series of traffic-free paths and quiet, on-road cycling and walking routes, that connect to every major town and city. The Network passes within a mile of half of all UK homes and stretches over 14,000 miles across the UK.” They also…
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Hope for homeless old dog
Originally posted on Vega Bright Shines: http://youtu.be/opxkVX8MC_k Bless his heart and bless all the people that have dedicated their lives to helping and saving animals. There is hope for the animals in this broken world because of people like you
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Ban Fur From the Runways of Milan Fashion Week
Originally posted on "OUR WORLD": Ban Fur From the Runways of Milan Fashion Week.
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Introducing Marcus
Click on the pic or find it on the Fairy Tales shelf. This one’s short and sweet and set in the present day. We hope you like Marcus and his story 🙂
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New Fairy Tale – Coming Soon!
Our new fairy tale, Marcus’s Wishes, will be here very soon! Tomorrow in fact! Watch this space 😉
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D is for Donkey
Donkey noun Oxford Dictionary definition: 1. Domestic ass 2. colloquial stupid person Our definition: The donkey’s wild ancestor, the African Wild Ass, is well suited to life in a desert or semi-desert environment, having a tough digestive system which can break down desert vegetation and extract moisture from food efficiently. They can also go without water…
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C is for Crab
Crab noun Oxford Dictionary definition: 1. Shellfish with 10 legs 2. This as food Our definition: 1. Crabs are sentient beings who live in all the world’s oceans, in fresh water, and on land, are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton and have a single pair of claws. They attract a mate through chemical (pheromones),…
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C is for Cake
I’m working on the Cs now and was delighted to find that the first word which needed redefining was Cake: Oxford Dictionary definition: Mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar etc. baked in the oven. Our definition: There is absolutely no need of eggs and butter when making a cake. There are so many delicious vegan, and…
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Moon and Sun
Think of the bears …. save the bears
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From caring comes wisdom
“‘From caring comes courage.’ We might add that from it also comes wisdom. It’s rather significant, we think, that those who have no compassion have no wisdom. Knowledge, yes; cleverness, maybe; wisdom, no. A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn’t really care. Wisdom does. We also consider it significant that cor, the Latin…
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