Edward from the very popular Twilight book/movie that is currently all the rage is vegetarian, sort of… he doesn’t imbibe human blood, just animal. Well, that’s a start!

Tod

….of real concern to consumers that is….

Paltrow claims to have said someone draped the fur over her shoulders and she assumed it was fake.

I don’t think anti-fur campaigners would be as critical of Gwyneth if she were not the very vocal proponent of eco-friendly living — or at least that’s the image she projects. But really, is there any excuse for ANY one to wear fur when there are so many, many alternatives?!

Read more in the below article…

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/they-didnt-tell-me-it-was-real-ndash-gwyneth-apologises-for-fur-ad-1031220.html

 Some related gossip:

It’s rumored that Gwyneth and  husband Chris Martin are vegetarian, however lately there’s been confusion in the blogosphere after Gwyneth enthusiastically discusses in her GOOP newsletter cooking and eating Thanksgiving turkey. Gwyneth is quoted as saying on the Oprah show the following:

“I don’t eat four-legged animals, but I eat birds, I eat cheese, I eat dessert,” she says. “I eat everything.”

Well, glad that’s settled!

A vegetarianwomen.com visitor has just shared news that Martina Navratilova

appears on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, a UK reality show (shocking in itself), and chows down on sausages and chicken…

Martina was once known to be a vegetarian. On her official website she recommends a diet of fresh fruit, vegetables and grains in addition to lean meats. She continues to support animal rights charities…

http://www.martinanavratilova.com/autumn.html

This is the best toothpaste IMO, better than Tom’s of Maine for sure. It takes getting used to because it’s a powder  (learning just how much is enough!). The main reason for the switch is Eco-DenT ® contains no saccharin or sugar-based sweeteners such as glycerin or sorbitol, and no artificial flavors or colors. Here are some of the benefits to Eco-Dent mentioned on their website:

Baking Soda, which is the base ingredient of Eco-Dent ® provides outstanding cleaning action with low abrasivity, thereby protecting your delicate tooth enamel from undue wear and tear.  Laboratory research at a leading university showed that Eco-DenT ® toothpowders were less abrasive than the leading natural toothpaste brand, and leading mass-market toothpastes as well.  Gentle to your tooth enamel, Eco-DenT ® provides outstanding cleaning action through the effervescent bubbling action released when the toothpowder is moistened with water during brushing

Emeril Lagasse

“Kick it up a notch!” and give it a try.

Oh, and get this! The Eco-dent dental floss is VEGAN-waxed! Eco-dent is available at most health food stores (I found it at our local store.)

Follow Your Heart “Vegenaise” is one of the best vegan products out there! The grapeseed oil vegenaise is my favorite and it’s so much healthier than regular ol’ mayo. It’s eggless, dairy free, gluten free, wheat free, non-GMO and has no cholesterol.

The company that manufactures vegenaise, Earth Island, uses SOLAR energy to power their plant!! How cool is that?!

http://www.followyourheart.com/aboutei.html

Try it, you might like it!

Karen Dawn, animal rights activist & author of Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals will make an appearance at the Central Florida Vegetarian Fest on Oct. 25th. She will be joined on stage by comedian Hal Sparks (from Queer as Folk, VH-1, and E’s Talk Soup)

More about Karen Dawn on DawnWatch http://www.dawnwatch.com/about_karen_dawn.htm

Hal’s website http://www.halsparks.com/

Hey, vegans! Stop by Ode Magazine online and check out the vegan community. Ode is a thoroughly unique & “positive” publication (I used to subscribe back in my magazine junkie days).

Vegan Community on Ode http://www.odemagazine.com/groups/vegans

More about Ode from their website:

Ode is a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.

Ode was founded in the spring of 1995 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands by Jurriaan Kamp and Helene de Puy. Kamp, a former editor and correspondent with the leading Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad, and de Puy wanted to create an alternative to mainstream publications, a magazine that was open to new inspirations and new visions from around the world. The cover of the first issue – a close-up image of a radiant woman laughing out loud – captured the joy and spontaneity they wanted Ode to embody.

For the first nine years of its existence, Ode was published in Dutch. But in the summer of 2004 Kamp and de Puy, who are partners in marriage as well as in publishing, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to launch the English-language edition of the magazine. Ode now appears ten times a year in both English and Dutch, with a worldwide circulation of more than 100,000. Over the past 12 years, Ode has helped make the ‘alternative’ media space more mainstream. The magazine profiled people like clown-doctor Patch Adams, guru Deepak Chopra and Dr. Andrew Weil long before more conventional publications made them household names.

During this time, Ode also built a community of readers who are passionate about the magazine and the issues for which it stands: positive social, environmental and economic change. Because these readers have a lot to say for themselves – and to each other- Ode created a new website that allows them to communicate, socialize and contribute to Ode. Odemagazine.com’s mix of print and online journalism with user-generated content and social networking makes it unique on the Web.

In print and online, Ode’s aim is to bring a new reality into view, to explore opportunities for positive change in our daily lives and our daily minds.

Paul McCartney seems to have such an easy-going, non-confrontational approach to vegetarianism and this attitude seems to have influenced his new “lady friend,” Nancy Shevell. The dailymail.co.uk reports that Ms. Shevell has given up eating steak and is now vegetarian.

contactmusic.com reports the following about vegetarian Leona Lewis:

Vegetarian pop sensation LEONA LEWIS turned down a $1.85 million (GBP1 million) offer to open the summer (08) sale at London department store Harrods – because it sells fur.
The Bleeding Love hitmaker, who gave up meat when she was 12 years old, refused to accept the lucrative deal from Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed, because she doesn’t want to be associated with any store or brand that appears to promote the use of fur.

 

http://www.worldvegetarianday.org/

What you can do…. (copied from the above website)