Showing posts with label happiness. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 03, 2009

Would YOU like to teach the world to sing?

Making connections for plant-based diets: teaching the world to sing vegetarian songs

In the process of making connections for plant-based diets, which I've been doing actively since 1993, when I started the Vegetarian Resource Center, I'm seeking vegan musicians who compose and either perform or sing pro-vegan pro-animal lyrics about what we and all others can do right - that are wholesome lyrics, not hateful, and help enable the good side of the general public in making the switch towards plant-based diets and vegan values.

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/VRC-Vegetarian-Music/

The TEXT on that VRC-Vegetarian-Music group list at YahooGroups.com (which is VRC's official discussion list for this very project) is:

The VRC-Vegetarian-Music e-mail discussion list is for volunteers of the Vegetarian Resource Center working in projects of developing vegetarian-supporting music.

Think about every value you hold dear to yourself. Wasn't that communicated through relationship, image, deed, song, and poetry?

Yes!

The 1960's movement for nonviolence throughout Europe, North America, and the rest of the world was spread through music and song. But though there IS an extensive body of lore and song which COULD do the job, vegetarians have never collected that set of resources into one site, nor have many modern vegetarians deliberated on the task and worked intently at creating a modern body of lyric and song, poem and prose, which effectively communicate poignantly, pithily, and powerfully the vegetarian message, and deep as it is in all its lifechanging dimensions.

And if you already HAVE such music already (or know of it), share it with us so that we can get a better idea of what we're doing.

And we're happy at present with commercial produce and condiment jingles.

Let's teach vegetarians to sing!
No, let's write the songs the WHOLE world sings!

We're all interested, too, in developing and collecting literature, music, art, and other resources for vegetarian families.

But in all our months, years, or decades, we've found precious little written BY vegetarians FOR vegetarians.

What do you think YOU can develop, collect, or inspire OTHERS to develop or collect?

Once you join this list, we'd like you to hold up, not only YOUR end of the conversation among all these volunteers, about our respective portions of this culture-building project, but THEIR ends of the conversation, also.

Your contributions to improving our rationale, our social marketing, and/or our persuasiveness in motivating the skilled pro-vegans for this project is sought.

Monday, September 07, 2009

PCRM's 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program launches on September 8

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Your personal 21-day plan for going vegan

Examiner.com -
Tomorrow is the day! The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) launches their 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program on September 8. Sign up for free and you’ll receive daily tips and recipes to keep you informed, plus access to a discussion board to keep you motivated. Their website is packed with menu ideas and recipes.
The goal of the program is to help Americans adopt a more healthful diet and lifestyle for weight control and prevention of chronic disease. But it’s a great opportunity for anyone who wants to eliminate their use of animal products for a more ethical and compassionate lifestyle.
One caveat about the program; the recipes and menus are very low in fat. You can tweak them to suit your needs and tastes by choosing full-fat soymilk instead of nonfat and by using regular vegan salad dressings rather than nonfat ones. Sprinkle nuts and seeds onto salads or grain dishes, too; they can be an important part of a healthy vegan diet.
However you choose to use the kickstart program, if you have been thinking about going vegan, this is a great way to get the support that can make it happen!
Sign up here for the 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program (it's free) and check out resources for recipes and menus here.
For more information about vegan nutrition you might enjoy these articles:
Ten Tips For Healthy Vegan Diets
Getting Iron From Plant Foods
Building Healthy Bones On A Vegan Diet
Where Do Vegans Get Their Protein?

Your personal 21-day plan for going vegan

Examiner.com - 9 hours ago‎
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is challenging you to take their 21-day Vegan Kickstart, a program set up to help people adopt a healthy vegan lifestyle.  Starting Tuesday September 8, you are challenged to maintain a vegan diet for 21 days.  And they're guessing that you'll be feeling so good after just 21 days that you might just make a vegan diet a permanent fixture in your life!
Examiner.com


The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is challenging you to take their 21-day Vegan Kickstart, a program set up to help people adopt a healthy vegan lifestyle.  Starting Tuesday September 8, you are challenged to maintain a vegan diet for 21 days.  And they're guessing that you'll be feeling so good after just 21 days that you might just make a vegan diet a permanent fixture in your life!

We've all heard that there is an obesity epidemic.  According to the CDC, in 2008 only one state had obesity rates below 20%.  Given the trend of the statistics for the rate of obesity, we can only assume that the obesity rate is still growing in 2009.  Obesity is the leading cause of heart disease and type-2 diabetes, as well as some types of cancer, respiratory problems, and an array of other illnesses.  According to the book Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina, RD, vegans on average have much lower rates of obesity than do non-vegetarians, weighing nearly 10% less than their meat eating counterparts.

Overeating, and in particular overeating of unhealthy, nutrient deficient foods leads to many cases of obesity.  Most of these foods are high in fat, high in calories, and high in cholesterol.  Many of these unhealthy foods, like meat, cheese and other dairy products are physically addicting.  According to Dr. Neal Barnard, MD, author of Breaking the Food Seduction and President of PCRM, meat, cheese and other dairy products contain casomorphins, which attach to the brain's opiate receptors and cause an effect that is similar to opiate drugs such as morphine and heroin.  Dr. Barnard says that it can take just 3 weeks for these addictions to food to be broken, but that it's best to leave behind meat, cheese and dairy cold turkey, or more appropriately, cold tofu.  By eating these in moderation you are just setting yourself up for failure and relapse.  Just as you would with any drug you are addicted to, success requires stopping all together.

The PCRM is hoping that you will successfully break these food addictions and seductions on their 21-day Vegan Kickstart and be on the way to a happier, healthier you.  To sign up to participate in the Vegan Kickstart and to receive daily tips, recipes and motivation via e-mail, visit the PCRM's petition site.

Need support locally, or help finding vegan suitable foods?  Visit Rainbow Blossom Natural Food Market and speak with their helpful staff.  The staff at Amazing Grace Whole Foods and Nutrition Center will also be happy to help you.  Visit your neighborhood farmers market, and load up on fresh fruits and vegetables

For healthy vegan recipes visit: The Happy Vegan Yogini
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A happier, healthier you: The 21 day Vegan Kickstart.

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PCRM's 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program launches on September 8

Examiner.com

Your personal 21-day plan for going vegan

Examiner.com -
Tomorrow is the day! The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) launches their 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program on September 8. Sign up for free and you’ll receive daily tips and recipes to keep you informed, plus access to a discussion board to keep you motivated. Their website is packed with menu ideas and recipes.
The goal of the program is to help Americans adopt a more healthful diet and lifestyle for weight control and prevention of chronic disease. But it’s a great opportunity for anyone who wants to eliminate their use of animal products for a more ethical and compassionate lifestyle.
One caveat about the program; the recipes and menus are very low in fat. You can tweak them to suit your needs and tastes by choosing full-fat soymilk instead of nonfat and by using regular vegan salad dressings rather than nonfat ones. Sprinkle nuts and seeds onto salads or grain dishes, too; they can be an important part of a healthy vegan diet.
However you choose to use the kickstart program, if you have been thinking about going vegan, this is a great way to get the support that can make it happen!
Sign up here for the 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program (it's free) and check out resources for recipes and menus here.
For more information about vegan nutrition you might enjoy these articles:
Ten Tips For Healthy Vegan Diets
Getting Iron From Plant Foods
Building Healthy Bones On A Vegan Diet
Where Do Vegans Get Their Protein?

Your personal 21-day plan for going vegan

Examiner.com - 9 hours ago‎
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is challenging you to take their 21-day Vegan Kickstart, a program set up to help people adopt a healthy vegan lifestyle.  Starting Tuesday September 8, you are challenged to maintain a vegan diet for 21 days.  And they're guessing that you'll be feeling so good after just 21 days that you might just make a vegan diet a permanent fixture in your life!
Examiner.com


The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is challenging you to take their 21-day Vegan Kickstart, a program set up to help people adopt a healthy vegan lifestyle.  Starting Tuesday September 8, you are challenged to maintain a vegan diet for 21 days.  And they're guessing that you'll be feeling so good after just 21 days that you might just make a vegan diet a permanent fixture in your life!

We've all heard that there is an obesity epidemic.  According to the CDC, in 2008 only one state had obesity rates below 20%.  Given the trend of the statistics for the rate of obesity, we can only assume that the obesity rate is still growing in 2009.  Obesity is the leading cause of heart disease and type-2 diabetes, as well as some types of cancer, respiratory problems, and an array of other illnesses.  According to the book Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina, RD, vegans on average have much lower rates of obesity than do non-vegetarians, weighing nearly 10% less than their meat eating counterparts.

Overeating, and in particular overeating of unhealthy, nutrient deficient foods leads to many cases of obesity.  Most of these foods are high in fat, high in calories, and high in cholesterol.  Many of these unhealthy foods, like meat, cheese and other dairy products are physically addicting.  According to Dr. Neal Barnard, MD, author of Breaking the Food Seduction and President of PCRM, meat, cheese and other dairy products contain casomorphins, which attach to the brain's opiate receptors and cause an effect that is similar to opiate drugs such as morphine and heroin.  Dr. Barnard says that it can take just 3 weeks for these addictions to food to be broken, but that it's best to leave behind meat, cheese and dairy cold turkey, or more appropriately, cold tofu.  By eating these in moderation you are just setting yourself up for failure and relapse.  Just as you would with any drug you are addicted to, success requires stopping all together.

The PCRM is hoping that you will successfully break these food addictions and seductions on their 21-day Vegan Kickstart and be on the way to a happier, healthier you.  To sign up to participate in the Vegan Kickstart and to receive daily tips, recipes and motivation via e-mail, visit the PCRM's petition site.

Need support locally, or help finding vegan suitable foods?  Visit Rainbow Blossom Natural Food Market and speak with their helpful staff.  The staff at Amazing Grace Whole Foods and Nutrition Center will also be happy to help you.  Visit your neighborhood farmers market, and load up on fresh fruits and vegetables

For healthy vegan recipes visit: The Happy Vegan Yogini
More About: vegan · info · news

A happier, healthier you: The 21 day Vegan Kickstart.

Examiner.com - ‎Sep 6, 2009
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is challenging you to take their 21-day Vegan Kickstart, a program set up to help people adopt a ...

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I want to wish you a Happy Chinese Valentine Day! August 26th

China's Qixi Festival takes place on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (mid-August by our calendars) and has its root in an ancient legend about two lovers separated by the Milky Way who can only meet once a year on this night. This year the festival takes place on Wednesday, August 26.

Some conservative Chinese citizens have criticized the traditional festival for its Westernization as couples have participated in Valentine's Day rituals on the day. In recent years, the West's Saint Valentine's Day on February 14 http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/Valentine_Clip_Art.html has exploded in popularity in China. Flower vendors hit the streets, convenience stores sell stuffed animals (though not much chocolate, given the Chinese traditional aversion to sweets), and tables are full at restaurants.

In China's metropolitan areas, it's not difficult to find young men who complain about the difficulty in finding girlfriends or wives. Not only is there a well-known shortage of available women because of the country's "one-child" policy, but Chinese women are increasingly practical and look for suitors with promising jobs and those who already own cars or apartments. In China's countryside, arranged marriages are still the norm.

Qixi festival tells the story of Niulang, the cowherd, who fell in love with a beautiful fairy Zhinu when grazing his cow. But their love was interfered with by Wangmu, wife of the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Deity in Taoism. She separated the couple by drawing a river, the Milky Way, with her hairpin between them.

Touched by their love, magpies come in flocks every Qixi festival to form a bridge spanning the galaxy with their bodies so that the couple can meet.