Howdy St. Louis! Have You Ever Been To The Pageant!? August 28, 2009

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Usually most of us dream about traveling in/with a band sometime in our life, right? Since I've been involved with peta2 I've had the opportunity to do just that (check out the different jobs available here at PETA)! I've been on tours that featured artists/bands Bayside, Chiodos, The Cool Kids, Comeback Kid, hellogoodbye, Silverstein, and many more (not to brag). Along with touring you get to meet some awesome people and stop at some awesome venues. One of my personal favorite venues happens to be in St. Louis, The Pageant.

The Pageant has an amazing set up, is in a great area, there are always awesome bands playing, and I can't forget about the amazing staff! The venue has hosted quite a few non-profit organizations in the past and peta2 is happy to be one of them. The last time I was in St. Louis I popped by a show that peta2's friends in Never Shout Never were playing at The Pageant and I had the chance to spread the word about how Meat's Not Green—remember, eating meat is like driving a whole fleet of SUVs around the block every time you sit down for dinner.

If you're on the Street Team and live in/near St. Louis and would like to help in the future drop us a line at peta2@peta2.com! Also, The Pageant will be hosting the upcoming Hanson and hellogoodbye, Brand New, The Used, Ludo, Cobra Starship, AFI, and many more shows, so make sure you check them out if you're around!

Meet the Sandy LEGO Beachbots! August 10, 2009

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The Sandy LEGO Beachbots (that's Brennan on the left)

Can a group of eleven to fourteen year olds from San Diego get people to eat less meat? The Sandy LEGO Beachbots can! The Beachbots build LEGO robots for competitions (where they also sometimes give out vegan pizza), and they've also launched an initiative called Kids Keep the Earth Cool to get people to eat less meat by showing the connection between raising animals for food and global warming. Sound familiar?

We're really impressed with what they're doing and had to learn more. Check out what Brennan (one of the Beachbots) had to say:

How did the Sandy LEGO Beachbots come about and what do you guys do?
We do First LEGO League which is an international LEGO robotics competition. FLL involves building and programming a LEGO robot to do certain missions. These missions are based around a certain theme and the teams competing also have to do a project on this theme and present a presentation to the judges. We have been doing this for 6 years now, with various team members.

Tell me about your robot design and how you incorporated veganism.
Our robot design itself isn't really related to vegetarianism—that is our solution to this year's project! The theme this year is climate change. Some of our team members (including me) were already vegetarians, so we decided to do our project on how vegetarianism relates to global warming.

How long have you been vegetarian? Do you have a favorite vegetarian recipe?
My sisters and I have been vegetarians since birth—our mom, the coach, is also a vegetarian. A favorite recipe? I don't know, there are tons of great recipes out there. One of my favorites is the vegetarian lasagna my mom makes.

Do you have a recommendation for people not quite ready to make the full transition to vegetarianism yet?
If you aren't ready to completely give up meat, reducing your meat consumption still has a huge effect! If you reduce your meat consumption by only 6 meatless days a month, it has the same affect as switching from a sedan to a hybrid vehicle.

Are there any other animal rights issues that are important to you?
I personally am opposed to the use of animals for any use that in any way harms them. There are much better ways to do things that do not involve hurting or killing the other inhabitants of this earth!

Isn't Brennan awesome? Check out the website that he and the other Sandy LEGO Beachbots made, KidsKeepTheEarthCool.org.

We love what the Beachbots are doing so much that we're giving them a "Compassionate Kids" award. As the Beachbots like to say—eating a bean burrito instead of meat helps save the world! I couldn't agree more. After all, we make a choice each time we sit down to eat.



P.S. Don't you love the group's name? So clever!

This Video Is Neat July 20, 2009

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Someone sent us this video last week. Looks like it's been around for a while, but it's new to me, and it's so neat that I had to show you, too!

Fits perfectly with our Meat's Not Green campaign!

What do you think of it?

I mean, I like peta2's Meat's Not Green video, but who can resist the combination of cartoons, environmental protection ... and ummmm farts ...

A Vegan Wedding in Photos May 29, 2009

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I went to my first-ever vegan wedding recently, and it was so fun! It was amazing to go to a cruelty-free wedding—it sends such a positive message. Check out the happy bride and groom—two of my favorite people ever—on the big day (they know that Meat's Not Green!):

You better believe lots of deliciousness graced my plate (and eventually, my happy stomach): General Tso's vegan chicken, stuffed tomato, Tofurky brat, sushi, avocado wrap, falafel with hummus, veggie pate, and fruit. Also, notice the super-cute cupcake-cookie wedding favor. Anyone who doesn't think vegan food is delicious definitely hasn't been to a vegan wedding!


There were beautiful (and tasty!) veggie pates:


And loads of veggie sushi, too.


And not to rub it in or anything (OK, to rub it in a little), there were vegan cupcake towers! Check out the vanilla cupcakes with strawberry frosting and the chocolate cupcakes with mocha frosting from Sticky Fingers Bakery! Jealous?




Who wishes they had a cupcake right now?



P.S. Check out the delish chocolate dipped strawberries we had at the rehearsal dinner!

peta2 Gets Extreme May 22, 2009

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Hello readers!

We're back out on the road preparing for our summer tour season by hitting up a couple events over this past weekend. Some of us were in Portland last weekend to spread the word that Meat's Not Green at the Portland Action Sports Expo. We've been working hard on this campaign since last September, and we will stop at nothing to make sure as many people as possible are reached and learn about our planet and the effect factory farming has on it. Want to help spread the word or find out how you can help save the environment? The easiest way to do so is to go veg!

While we were in Portland we also spotted a line for the Twiztid show going on one night, so we decided to hit it up. We had a ton of success and a great time telling the crowd about our Meat's Not Green campaign.


We, of course, also stopped in Portland for some delicious vegan food. We found some mouthwatering vegan donuts at Voodoo Donuts and a scrumptious vegan sloppy joe sandwich at Paradox. Not sure where to find great vegan food in your hometown? Just head here to find an easy guide to the best local vegan friendly restaurants and grocery stores.




This weekend we were also able to team up with our friends at Shirts for a Cure, Bane and Strike Anywhere for a benefit show. Both bands have members up for our World's Sexiest Vegetarian.

Also, our UK friend Benny from Dead Swans was in attendance playing drums for This is Hell and reppin a peta2/Atticus Free for all Shirt. Unfortunately I (Paige) am not a great photographer and none of the 50 pics I took turned out right—sad for me. So if you have any or find any share them with the class!

Keep on the look out for us at events this weekend like Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF) and Soundset.

See you soon!

Joey and Paige

Ghent, Belgium, Starts Saving Animals! May 20, 2009

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igougo / CC

Everyone knows that the number one thing you can do to fight global warming and help the environment is to go vegetarian right?

In an attempt to shrink its carbon footprint, a town named Ghent, in Belgium, is taking it seriously—they've decided to go vegetarian for one day a week! They'll get things started with their city employees and then spread the good behavior on to the students in their schools come September.

Instead of just feeling bad that meat production leads to more greenhouse-gas emissions than all the vehicles with engines in the world combined, this town has decided to act—and that's what change is made of. By doing this, countless animals will be spared intense suffering on factory farms only to end up on someone's plate. I bet a whole lot of these Ghent residents will be taking to veggie meals more than once a week when they realize how much better they feel without eating dead animals.

Delighted at this news, PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk has written some letters of encouragement to a few cities in the United States in an effort to nudge them forward in the fight against climate change. This is such a simple, lifesaving step—why would anyone not agree?

Care about the planet? Check out the many reasons why "meat's not green" and go vegetarian already!

Meat's Not Green Week April 20, 2009

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Earth Day is this Wednesday so let's all try to take some extra steps to speak out for animals and the environment this whole week, OK? Let's spread the word about why meat's not green online, at school, and even sitting down for a meal with your family.

Here are some pictures to inspire you into action!

Superstar college student, Kirby


peta2 Assistant Street Team Coordinator, Jackie


Street Teamer named Tuesday Michaela Khristine Kellogg
(and I thought I have a unique name!)

How do you plan to spread the word about the devastating impact the meat industry has on the planet? At the very least, put up some flyers and share the Meat's Not Green page on Facebook, will you?

peta2 Visits Colleges in CA, UT, and MT April 16, 2009

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Hey Yo!

The peta2 Road Warriors have been hard at work going to college campuses this past week. Whether it's been helping students get better menu items in their dining halls or helping spread the word about the connection between greenhouse gases and factory farms, we've gone to exhausting levels to make sure animals are being protected.

We hit up the campus of UC Santa Cruz to let students know that raising animals for food is the number one contributor to global warming. The campus was gorgeous and set on land secluded from the city with forest and nature everywhere. The students seem to love the surreal environment so we felt it necessary to make sure they knew how to keep their landscape as clean as possible.

It's not just this campus that needs to be protected but our entire planet—and the main enemy we should be fighting is factory farming. According to a study done by the United Nations, raising animals in massive numbers for food is the single leading cause of greenhouse gases. Forest depletion is also occurring because of this industry. In fact, 70% of rainforests that are cut down is for space needed to house animals that are raised for meat consumption. That's gotta stop! The main way to help end this problem is to go veg. It's healthier for you and the planet and animals aren't harmed. It's a win win!

We could also be found at Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, this week. In an attempt to get their students better and more diverse veg meal options in their dining halls, we hit those campuses hard to get as much student support as possible. Those two campuses hardly had any options for their veg students so it was nice to talk to hundreds of students and gain their support on this issue. If your campus is in dire need of healthier and meat-free foods, check this out!


That's it from us for now. We'll be checking in next week with more tales from the road and more ways that you can help save our animal friends. See ya around!

Keep rockin'!

Joey

Nugget Has A Mustache April 14, 2009

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One of the things I love about working here is all the random, fun stuff that happens around the office. For instance, someone decided to see what Nugget would look like with a mustache. And so you have this photo ...

Anyway, while we're on the subject of Nugget photos, check out this one which features Nugget with the autographed Dillinger Escape Plan bass guitar which one lucky winner will receive for taking part in our Meat's Not Green mission. There's still time for you to try to win it, so get details now!



I hope you're enjoying your week. Anything exciting going on?

Vegan Doughnuts, Silverstein, and More April 10, 2009

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Hellooooo readers!!!

Geez what a week! All of us peta2 Road Warriors have been quite busy helping out our animal friends. Whether it's been festival or college work, or rocking it with our friends Silverstein, we've been busting our humps to make sure the good word of animal rights is being spread. It's tiring work at times but man is it a BLAST! Ever considered going out on the road to save animals and inform folks of how to do so? Well stop wasting time and apply!

We visited the campuses of Portland State University, CSU-Chico and UCLA to help the student animal rights groups there get better, more diverse veg options on their cafeteria menus. I mean seriously what's better than more food? Let alone more VEG food! If you're having difficulty stomaching the options your school is passing off as "food", we can help get you on the way to veg bliss.

Not only do better veg options mean happier students and safer animals, but it also keeps our environment clean. According to a study done by the United Nations, raising animals for food is the number one cause of green house gases. Yuck! Therefore, going veg is the number one way to save the planet. This was the message we took to the crowd at Paid Dues where our pals P.O.S. and Atmosphere performed. Aside from amazing performers, concert attendees also heard the sweet sounds of how to make the planet cleaner and better to live on. For instance, water is important right? Well 50% of the water consumed in the U.S. goes to the animals that are on factory farms. Check out all the facts on how this business is hurting our environment—it's worth it!

We also spent another week out with our boys in Silverstein (check them out below at Watercourse vegetarian restaurant in Denver)! These guys are always down to spread the word. Thanks to Billy for bringing us delicious vegan doughnuts from Voodoo in Portland.


Shane and Billy from Silverstein


Enjoying vegan doughnuts from Voodoo

Stay Brutal,

Joey and Paige!