Goodbye HGB, Hello Vegan Thanksgiving! December 1, 2008
Posted by Marta at December 1, 2008 1:17 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 1 ) | TrackBack
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Oh what a full week we had, and I mostly mean my tummy being full of DELICIOUS vegan food—but also the schedule. In our last week with hellogoodbye we hit up Seattle, Portland, San Fran, and Hollywood. And I'll tell you what—the west coast shows some veg love!
We met these girls in San Fran—they were proud to be veggie heads AND showing that Meat's Not Green.
Why is meat not green? You haven't heard this yet? No worries—I got you. There are a ton of reasons, but one is that animal agriculture uses 70 percent of the world's agricultural land and 30 percent of the planet's total land area. Seventy percent of the leveled rain forest in the Amazon is used to raise animals for meat consumption. That's a lot of land being destroyed! Want to know the best way to help the environment? Go vegetarian!
And you know what is so great about being veg? All the new kinds of food you'll try! This week we went to Pizza Pi in Seattle, one of two totally vegan pizzerias in the US. Casandra chowed down on a personal pizza while I feasted on spinach and artichoke dip, and a calzone with onions, peppers, and sun dried tomatoes! Don't judge.
The fun doesn't end there my friends! I personally cooked a Traditional veg Thanksgiving dinner! Oh yes, I don't just write blogs—I can cook too! Take a little look at my before and after shots!
Man it was tasty! Did you have any vegan delectables this year? Some people ask around this time of year why we shouldn't eat turkeys, and there are so many reasons, besides that they are beautiful, intelligent, social animals. But this investigation shows the routine cruelty that turkeys and other animals go through everyday!
I'm Thankful that so many of us each save 100 animals lives every year, by simply NOT eating them. So thanks to all the current and future veg heads out there, for helping to save the planet and animals!
Jam out
Paige
We Love Warped Tour & the Eco Initiative: Let's Vote for Them! November 24, 2008
Posted by Marta at November 24, 2008 4:15 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 0 ) | TrackBack
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Oh my, there are so many reasons to love Warped Tour! In 2007 I had the opportunity to spend my entire summer on the tour and it was a hoot for sure! I got to meet some amazing people, saw some great bands, and I also got our tent more active with something called The Eco Initiative. You might have heard that name before or have seen the flags on tents, stickers on buses, people wearing the shirts, or even their tent...they are everywhere—just like the peta2 road warriors!
Check out the tent lurking in the background!
We want to help our friends out and we hope you want to do the same! The Warped Eco Initiative has made it to the FINALS for a $10,000 grant from Ideablob and we want to make sure they win!! They do an amazing job making the tour green(er) and with that loot I'm sure they could do even more amazing things! This is what you can do to help:
- Go to the "Warped Eco Initiative: Change is a Sound" Ideablob page
- Click the "Vote!" icon on the right hand side of the page
- If you do not have an Ideablob account, you need to register but it only takes a few worthwhile moments—really!
- Activate your account via an e-mail sent to your registered e-mail account
- Return back to the "Warped Eco Initiative: Change is a Sound" Ideablob page
- CLICK VOTE!!
- Post a comment on this blog and let us know if you helped!
Thanks to everyone that's fighting to make a change!
Cody
Hot, Hot, Cold, Cold November 24, 2008
Posted by Marta at November 24, 2008 11:11 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 6 ) | TrackBack
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If you can imagine going from hot sunny days wearing jean skirts and flip flops to cold snowy days wearing boots and gloves you know exactly how we feel on the Cobra Starship tour.
We started off the week in Fort Lauderdale in lovely 80 degree weather where we hit up Pizza Fusion! They have a vegan pizza right on their menu and they use all organic products!!
The biggest highlight of our week was Victoria, the keytarist from Cobra Starship, signing the Meat's Not Green petition!
At the end of the week we were in Richmond, VA, and it was in the low 30s...burr. Here's Joey freezing while working.
Here I am bundled up just to walk from the van to the venue. I freeze easy.
We have a challenge for the last few weeks of the Sassyback tour. We see a lot of homemade t-shirts with all the bands' names on them. We want to see some homemade shirts with peta2 written on them. Think you guys could do that? If you do, stop by our table and I'll take your picture and post it in my blog.
Our days are just going to get colder as we head up the East Coast and into the Midwest. We hit mine and Joey's hometown of Cincinnati in a few days and we couldn't be more excited! Check out our tour dates on peta2's MySpace and come dance with us!
Stay Sassy
Susie B!
The Midwest, Chris Drew, and Vegan Cupcakes November 20, 2008
Posted by Marta at November 20, 2008 4:11 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 4 ) | TrackBack
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This week with hellogoodbye we hit up the Midwest: Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, etc.
We had our first snow in Chicago, and we also got to go to some of my favorite veg places—all the while telling the Midwest that Meat's Not Green. In fact, every second, animals raised for food in the U.S. produce 89,000 pounds of waste: That's 130 times more than is produced by the country's entire human population. Now that's a lot of poop! I would say too much poop! Want less poop in your life? Try going vegetarian for a week.
We have some pretty hip vegetarians on this tour, like Chris Drew of Never Shout Never. This cutie knows what's up and rocks a Meat's Not Green button!
We also met this awesome chick in Chicago, IL, who was sporting a PETA pin, as well as a 'V Is for Vegan' pin!
And the question that is on all of our minds: Where did I eat this week? Well I had a "save the fish" sandwich at Web of Life in Cleveland, OH:
Casandra got face deep in vegan chocolate cake and Teriyaki tofu from Balasia in Emmaus, PA:
And of course, we stuffed ourselves with vegan cupcakes from Whole Foods:
That says it all.
Jam out
Paige
High School peta2sical November 17, 2008
Posted by Pulin Modi at November 17, 2008 11:54 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 10 ) | TrackBack
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Sometimes there are opportunities for photos which cannot be passed up. I encountered such a situation recently.
Delaney representing Meat's Not Green
Jordynn way too excited
Yours truly
We love photos and videos, so send us some!
East Coast Activism November 16, 2008
Posted by Marta at November 16, 2008 2:31 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 3 ) | TrackBack
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This week on the Hellogoodbye tour we hit up the East Coast visiting Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, and of course my home town of Philly, informing Eastcoastians that Meat's Not Green. In fact, if you haven't signed the petition to get warning labels put on meat packages displaying the ways it destroys the environment, do so now! Go ahead I'll wait...
Not convinced yet? Producing a single hamburger uses enough fossil fuel to drive a small car 20 miles and enough water for 17 showers. That's more showers than I took all summer on Warped Tour!
And as we all know, there are tons of veg options out there—heck, you know that's my specialty! In fact feast your eyes on "beef" and broccoli from Grasshopper in Boston, and "Chick n Cheese" quesadillas from Govinda's in Philly! Oh dang.
It's that time to give love to the amazing kids we meet everyday! Some Street Teamers came out to the show and showed some love to peta2 and the animals!
And what fun would it be without a silly tour pic? Thanks to Casey, touring guitarist for Never Shout Never, for repping Meat's Not Green—and for going veg!
Stay Classy
Paige
Another Week On the Sassyback Tour! November 13, 2008
Posted by Marta at November 13, 2008 4:43 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 3 ) | TrackBack
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Yet another exciting week on the Cobra Starship tour has come to an end.
Check out these awesome people we met in Tulsa. They were so ready to get out the message about Meat's Not Green that they stopped watching the show and helped us out for a bit at our table. If you're interested in helping you should check out the peta2 Street Team—that's where I started at!!
We hit up Chipotle and brought our own vegan cheese and vegan sour cream to add to our yummy burritos! We've also been hitting up Subway and taking our own Tofurky slices. Talk about making it easy to be vegan!
In San Antonio, Heather talked to people about animals rights—that always makes her happy!
And Joey showed off his very fashionable peta2 shirt. You can get your own peta2 shirt here!
Keep checking back for more exciting updates from the road. Check out our tour dates on peta2's MySpace and let us know when you're coming out!
Stay Sassy
Susie B
The Color Fred: Modlife and Macbeth Giveaway! November 12, 2008
Posted by Shannon Phillips at November 12, 2008 9:10 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 2 ) | TrackBack
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No matter the mood, popping in The Color Fred's Bend to Break always leaves me feeling 100% stoked on life. From "Hate to See You Go" to "Don't Pretend", I look like a one-girl karaoke machine when I drive home from work. Naturally, you love The Color Fred too, and how could you not? Not only is his talent undeniable, from his past work in Taking Back Sunday to his current solo work, but we also know Fred Mascherino as an environmentalist as well as a vegan friend to animals!
We were able to catch up with Fred on Warped Tour this summer and talk to him about our newest campaign, Meat's Not Green. Check out what he had to say below!
See what I mean? How could you not be a fan? If you already follow The Color Fred closely, you are probably already very familiar with Modlife. If not, you're missing out! Modlife is a social networking website for both musicians and fans to connect, and was created by none other than Tom DeLonge of Angels and Airwaves and Macbeth fame.
The good people at Modlife and Macbeth want to hook up everyone at peta2. That's right, everyone. For the month of November all peta2 members will have access to The Color Fred's Modlife site. In addition to that, you'll receive a 15% off coupon to Loserkids, which includes vegan Macbeth products. If that wasn't awesome enough, Modlife is also giving away a pair of tickets to every show on Fred's current tour, and the only way to enter is to be a registered user.
To sign up for your free Modlife Membership and to be eligible for this giveaway, use this link: http://modlife.com/signup?promo=TCFPETANOV
Modlife, Macbeth, and The Color Fred—what more could you ask for?
Enjoy!
xo,
shan
Lose the Burger, Save a Life November 11, 2008
Posted by Pulin Modi at November 11, 2008 11:09 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 2 ) | TrackBack
Rhea, a high school student in Colorado, sent us a link to something she wrote for her school newspaper earlier in the year.
In a piece called "Lose the Burger, Save a Life," Rhea talks all about how not eating animals, "promotes peace, is good for our bodies, is beneficial to the environment, and the foremost reason to become a vegetarian is the moral obligation to ourselves and every other species." Check out the full article.
You can read all about the benefits in lots of detail at GoVeg.com, and if you're interested specifically in the environmental angle, make sure you take a look at our Meat's Not Green campaign.
I really like how Rhea says, "we will be the perpetrators of violence on a daily basis if people continue to live their lives blindly and carelessly by not changing their diet." It's very direct, and I think people appreciate that honesty, honestly.
Elizabeth and I are going to St. Louis this week to talk to students at the Journalism Education Association / National Scholastic Press Association high school journalism conference. We love seeing talented writers use their skills to not only speak out against cruelty, but discuss the humane options for living cruelty-free. Hopefully we'll see some of you there! We can talk about story ideas, do interviews, get you some stickers and info, and just hang out!
If you have any articles you've written about animal rights, please make sure to send them our way! And congrats again to Rhea for a great piece of writing.
Thanks!
-Pulin
peta2 Wants You To Get Dirty! November 10, 2008
Posted by Rachel-O at November 10, 2008 10:40 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 31 ) | TrackBackWe've all seen it. Whether we're driving six hours to a concert, or driving to a friends house: a dirty car with either a ridiculously lewd or hilarious thing that catches everyone's attention, written in the dirt, mud, snow, or whatever it may be covering the windows and paint of a car.
Never one to a miss a chance to get the word out, we want you to use this opportunity to speak up for animals! Who likes washing their car anyway?
It's pretty easy, instead of writing "Wash Me", "I'm Dirty" or something else totally unoriginal like that, try "Meat's Not Green!" and/or peta2.com and send us a picture!
Think about it as a bumper sticker, but obviously much, much cooler.
Disclaimer: Of course, only do this to your own car. We want to help animals, not get anyone in trouble!
Stay Loud!
