Archive for December, 2008

Tabling at Deer Tick Show

Last night I set up a table at the Deer Tick show in the Grind at Clark. I put out some leaflets from Vegan Outreach and some of those adorable stickers from peta2. It was great, I really like Clark kids. A lot of them were already vegetarian and some others said they were interested. [...]

December 5, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

From Bull Market to Bear Market: Why Animal Commodities Still Sell

On Wall Street, the “Bull” market has turned into a “Bear” market—capitalist argot for a market in which sellers crowd out buyers and in which the value of publicly traded corporate stocks falls. Whether rising or falling, however, the capitalist market always treats other living animals the same way, which is to say as symbols [...]

December 3, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Misc  No Comments

The Ultimate Vegan Guide Just Released

Just in time for the Winter gift-giving time, Erik Marcus has just released his new book, The Ultimate Vegan Guide: Compassionate Living Without Sacrifice. Erik’s books are guaranteed to please. He’s the author of Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, and Money, and blogs daily at vegan.com. Sometimes he gets a [...]

December 2, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Misc  One Comment

Casting Call for “I’m Vegan” Documentary

Remember Eric Prescott from AnAnimalFriendlyLife? I wrote about Eric back in May when he started raising money for a series of short documentaries profiling the lives of interesting vegans. Well, he now has all the money he needs for the project. I like to think that he was inspired to use ThePoint by my vegan [...]

December 1, 2008  Tags: ,   Posted in: Misc, Veg Advocacy  No Comments