School Supplies—peta2 Style September 9, 2009

Posted by Rachel-O at September 9, 2009 1:35 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 48 ) | TrackBack

Things peta2 Street Teamers are good at (short list):

• Winning campaigns against companies like Delia's (aka: saving animals)
• Being creative
• Spreading the word about animal rights
• Starting animal rights clubs at their schools
• Did we mention being creative?

I don't know about you guys, but I was kind of—okay, really—into school supplies (math class, not so much). I loved covering my folders, notebooks and book covers with stickers, album covers, and photos of my favorite bands.

Sadly, everyone's favorite peta2 (not a) Nugget hadn't been born just yet, so my school supplies were definitely lacking, but I'd be willing to bet that most of you have peta2 stickers and leaflets somewhere around your house that you could use to get the word out at your school.

Check out some pictures from some of our awesome Street Teamers in D.C—see the new peta2 stencils they used? They're new to Street Team goods! We've even got an 'Evil Ronald' one for our McCruelty campaign. The only way to get one is to earn one on the Street Team!







You know the deal. We'll give you 500 Street Team points for sending us photos of your school supplies covered with animal rights stickers, stencils or artwork! E-mail them to us at StreetTeam@peta2.com!

Meat in an Ice Cream Cone? April 29, 2009

Posted by Ryan at April 29, 2009 1:28 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 15 ) | TrackBack

We regularly receive fabulous art submissions from you lucky folks out there blessed with talent, skills, and other things I lack. Many of them are then posted on our wonderful DeviantArt page. Some pieces are just so gosh darned creative though that we have to share them with you to keep from bursting with excitement!

Take, for example, this submission from Nevada Buckley—a student at the Herron School of Art and Design. Nevada, who has been vegetarian for six years, aimed to design a concept piece that would show situations where meat looks out of place. She hopes to show people that when we look at meat from any other angle besides in flashy fast food commercials and advertisements created by people who profit from the abuse of animals, we realize how gross and unappealing it truly is.

Cool concept, eh?

What do you think of Nevada's piece? Will it help people look at meat differently? Leave your thoughts below!

"He Frequently Had to Cut the Legs Off Fully Conscious Cows" February 27, 2009

Posted by Rachel-O at February 27, 2009 3:04 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 11 ) | TrackBack

I once read an article where Ramon Moreno, a slaughterhouse worker, explained that for as long as seven minutes after their throats have been slit, many cows [on the slaughter line] are still alive and fully conscious.

His job was to cut the legs off the animals, and he frequently had to cut the legs off fully conscious cows. He told the Washington Post, "They blink. They make noises. ... The head moves, the eyes are wide and looking around."

I think this piece of artwork, sent in by a Street Teamer, speaks for itself.

"They really do bleed cows out that way, but people still don't seem to be too traumatized by it, so I decided to step it up a notch and see how people would react to a woman suffering the same death." The artist, Sam says, "Three people in my class said that it bothered them so much that they would second guess eating meat that day. Not a huge accomplishment, but it's something anyway."

That is a huge accomplishment! Every person counts and this is a perfect example of a how your school projects can help save animals. Check out peta2's guide to class projects here, and let us know if you need help getting started! And make sure you send us any of your animal rights artwork so we can add it to our DeviantArt page!

Keep the Art Coming! May 13, 2008

Posted by Marta at May 13, 2008 10:55 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 4 ) | TrackBack

Remember how I've been asking you to send your animal rights artwork our way? Well, we've definitely been sent some awesome pieces lately, and I wanted to share some with you. Both of these are from Lia Shaw, an amazing Street Teamer from Canada.

Lia created this first piece 'If Not Us, Why Them?' for her Grade 12 art class. The project was supposed to be an abstract self portrait. Lia says, "I chose to do one of my main morals and this is where it took me. I created two chickens and one person out of wire and then built a metal cage that was just big enough for all three to fit in as tightly as possible to show the cramped living conditions that there birds have to withstand. This piece was up in an art show at my local library."

Her second piece, 'Shop Cruelty Free' was for a pop art project for the same class and she chose to do her project on animal testing. She says, "I painted the background red and then filled in the silhouettes of the animals with magazine clippings of products from companies that test on animals. The rabbit has a growth on his side to show the growths that these animals get quite often from different procedures."


Got some thought-provoking art you'd like to show us, too? Send it our way! We just might feature it in the blog.

Which one of Lia's pieces do you like better? I really can't decide!

♥ Marta

Are You Artsy? May 1, 2008

Posted by Marta at May 1, 2008 4:09 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 4 ) | TrackBack

I am the worst artist ever. Ever. Seriously—my stick figures barely even resemble stick figures. My best friend growing up was an amazing artist, and seeing her artwork always made me wish that I had even an ounce of artistic talent. Anyway, I'm getting off track.

I know for a fact that tons of you have more talent than you even know what to do with. That puts you in a very lucky position, since you're able to combine your talent with your passion for helping animals!

We absolutely love seeing all of the amazing pieces you guys come up with, so please, please always send your artwork our way, so we can ooh and ahh over it and then share it on our deviantART page for everyone else to ooh and ahh over, too. Check out the page if you haven't already—there's some great, thought-provoking pieces on there.

And look what Street Teamer Alli-Beth Mason sent our way recently:

Cool, right? Now go on and make me jealous!

♥ Marta

PS - Happy May Day!

Design a peta2 Tote! October 23, 2007

Posted by Lara Sanders at October 23, 2007 6:08 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 ) | TrackBack

I just got back from my vacation at Yellowstone National Park. I saw three coyotes, a herd of bison, a bunch of elk, a bald eagle, and a ton of thermal activity. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.

I must admit though- I kinda missed you all. So I am happy to be back, and even happier to announce that our good friends at Stay Vocal have teamed up with peta2 to put on a contest to design an animal rights themed canvas tote bag!

So if you are lucky enough to be artistically inclined, you should enter the contest! Not only can your design be made into Stay Vocal merch, you can also win some pretty decent prizes.

xoxo-Lara

P.S. The Nugget is playing Where's Waldo somewhere on their homepage. See if you can find him.

P.P.S. Halloween (a.k.a. my favorite holiday) is almost here. If aren't the type to go all out with wigs and makeup, but still want to get into the spirit-check out our new Zombie merch here!