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  World Vegan Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
World Vegan Day is a vegan holiday celebrated since 1994 on November 1 - an anniversary of the creation of The Vegan Society.
The 2004 event marked the 60th birthday, and the 2005 event has as its theme 'TYPICAL VEGAN' to celebrate diversity and to show the world that there is no such person as a typical vegan.
World Vegan Day is celebrated by vegans around the world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Vegan_Day   (108 words)

  
 World Vegan Day - World Vegan Day - 2005
It starts on the same day so get ready and set your clocks, alarms, watches, vcrs, tvs, mobile phones, microwaves, pcs, sundials, atomic clocks, time machines and any other time devices that you have.
World Vegan Day Melbourne 2005 will now be held at the Pit Buildings at Albert Park.
The day will be one to remember and the best way to do that is to bring your camera and take lots of shots.
www.worldveganday.org.au /html/2005/2005index.php   (310 words)

  
 PinkLogik - World Vegan Day 1st November
World Vegan Day is an opportunity for vegans and their friends to celebrate and promote veganism.
World Vegan Day is celebrated internationally all over the world.
World Vegan Day is celebrated in many different ways from a simple birthday party to a full vegan festival with exhibitions of vegan food and products, talks on nutrition and cooking demonstrations.
www.pinklogik.makessense.co.uk /articles/447.html   (99 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - World Vegan Day, free vegan food!
World Vegan Day is on the 1st November and to celebrate, Manchester Animal Protection are holding the 3rd of their wonderful free vegan food days!
Vegan shoes were few and far between, places serving vegan food were as rare as hens teeth, and a lot of vegans would just describe themselves as "vegetarian" to avoid the endless mirth of their peers.
A vegan is now no longer a slightly odd figure on the margins of society, but someone who is seen to stand for principles that we all hold dear.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2004/10/300058.html   (598 words)

  
 November 1st is World Vegan Day
Vegan World Fusion Cuisine, complemented with a special foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall, epitomizes the best of all cultures.
The Vegan lifestyle is important to consider for people everywhere who want to improve their health and build a better world.
Vegan World Fusion Cuisine raises the bar for artistic cookbooks and offers an easy and delicious guide to creating a life of health and vitality for all to experience.
www.ediets.com /news/article.cfm/cmi_1540148   (469 words)

  
 Vegans Search for Vegan Award Winners on World Vegan Day as Sales of Vegan Products Driven up by Demand for Free From ...
Vegan Willy Wonka, Adrian Ling who runs Plamil Foods who initiated this new award said "We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate our family's spirit of innovation and also encourage, publicise and reward new people and innovative projects that are making a difference to people, animals and the environment."
Vegan companies such as Plamil tend to have a broader outlook on business ethics, it's not just a focus on health foods, they look at ethics and environmental issues too.
World Vegan Day research results and statistics show vegan products could be up by 60% Free from foods and environment concerns are driving market.
emediawire.com /releases/2006/10/emw465981.htm   (976 words)

  
 Anniversaries & Events
Founded by Animal Defenders International, International Primate Day is used to highlight the threats to primates.
Launched in 1983 to expose, mourn, memorialize, and mitigate the suffering of billions of innocent, sentient animals in the world's factory farms and slaughterhouses.
World Vegan Day was started by the U.K. Vegan Society.
www.veganpeace.com /anniversaries_events/anniversaries_events.htm   (317 words)

  
 Friends of Animals | Celebrate World Vegan Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The vegan diet itself is diverse, drawing from worldwide traditions, and especially influenced by Mediterranean, North African, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Mexican and Caribbean kitchens, where good growing seasons for grains and beans have been complemented by rich arrays of herbs and spices.
Vegan Day — and every day — is an opportunity to learn and tell others how animal-free food growing is possible, and environmentally essential.
Friends of Animals’ goal is to free animals from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation around the world.
www.friendsofanimals.org /news/2005/october/celebrate-world-vega.html   (452 words)

  
 This is Local London | CommuniGate | UK Vegan Week
Vegan Societies around the world are joining in the online search to find who this typical vegan is that the media often refer to.
The Vegan Society provides help and information about a healthy lifestyle that avoids animal suffering and the wasteful use of the worlds resources.
This World Vegan Day sees more Vegan websites than ever before - from the basic link site www.for-vegans.co.uk with everything from vegan shoes to vegan nudes to www.news.for-vegans.co.uk, new cookbook at www.vegan-cookbook.com, and even vegan TV at www.veggievision.co.uk.
www.communigate.co.uk /london/worldveganday/index.phtml   (187 words)

  
 Vegan Australasia network - Homepage
A simple definition of a vegan is "One who strives to exclude all forms of exploitation and cruelty to animals in one's diet and lifestyle.
Vegan Australasia network (VAN) is a non-profit organisation, formed in 1990.
Our aim is to make all Vegan enterprises more accessible, profitable and successful, so we can continue to live a Vegan lifestyle without much difficulty, and support our fellow Vegans.
www.vegansworldnetwork.org /van-homepage.html   (370 words)

  
 World Fusion Weekly
November 1st is WORLD VEGAN DAY, the annual celebration of all things vegan.
The theme this year is vegan diversity, demonstrating that anyone can embrace the diet and lifestyle that provides countless health benefits.
Vegan World Fusion will be featured in a 13 part series discussing the ease and wonders of becoming a healthy, happy and well informed vegan.
www.veganfusion.com /newsletter/10-31-05.htm   (963 words)

  
 Porphyry's People - a Christchurch, New Zealand, group promoting veganism and the vegan lifestyle.
A vegan group based in Christchurch, New Zealand, promoting veganism to further ethical, health and ecological goals.
It is the funniest joke in the world.
One of the most unexpected nutritional discoveries of the 1990s was that the frequent eating of nuts dramatically improves health.
www.vegan.org.nz   (160 words)

  
 World Vegan Day - World Vegan Day - 2006
The many other wonderful performers on the day added a pleasant backdrop for the festival feel of World Vegan Day.
The day really is for you and we hope that you enjoyed the variety of products on offer and the wealth of information that such a day provides.
For all the folks in South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland a vegan event is being held there too.
www.worldveganday.org.au   (411 words)

  
 portland imc - 2004.10.30 - World Vegan Day Celebrates Happy Diamond Jubilee ! & Turns 60. (1944-2004)
Vegans world-wide are celebrating around the globe their special habit, life style choice, and mission to recruit more vegans..
This week is "NATIONAL VEGAN WEEK 2004" which kick started on the 30th of October with 'Make A Difference Day' and the Vegan Society AGM and then runs until the 7th of November.
There will be events happening in different places around the world during this week to Promote, Encourage, and Inform others; of eating habits and their impact on resources, which some view as a whole different life style choice.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2004/10/301374.shtml   (400 words)

  
 World Vegan Day, Vic - The Vegan Forum - a vegan message board
are proud to present the second annual World Vegan Day Festival in Melbourne.
The event will be held in Albert Park on the 31 October 2004 between 11am and 4pm and will bring together vegans, vegetarians and the wider community for a day of fun, freebies, education and networking, all in a relaxed and festival-like atmosphere.
The Vegan Day celebrations will be held on the 31 October at Albert Park (Cormorant Picnic Area) from 11am to 4pm.
www.veganforum.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1455   (167 words)

  
 ClickPress | World Vegan Day award for dairy free chocolate pioneer
The Vegan Society have named Arthur Ling, the founder of Plamil, as winner of the lifetime achievement category at the annual World Vegan Day Awards for his work on vegan childrens' nutrition.
This was Arthur's most cherished award but the Vegan achievement award from The Vegan Society would have taken pride of place by its side.
World Vegan Day is every year on 1st November and celebrates the founding of The Vegan Society by Donald Watson.
www.clickpress.com /releases/Detailed/5225005cp.shtml   (704 words)

  
 World Go Vegan Days
IDA's 2nd annual World GO VEGAN Days will take place this year from October 27th to 29th, providing vegans an excellent opportunity to help family, friends and co-workers learn more about how a plant-based diet can improve their health, alleviate animal suffering and preserve the environment.
World GO VEGAN Days allows vegans to share their most deeply held values with others - whether family, friends, co-workers or the general public - by making personal connections and taking action.
With discounted meals and World Go Vegan Day Specials highlighting the versatility of plant-based foods—from vegetables and grains to mock meats and cheeses—World GO VEGAN Days offers people an opportunity to discover a whole new way of enjoying food.
www.idausa.org /vegandays/feature_060809.html   (293 words)

  
 Becoming Vegan
It was started by The Vegan Society of the UK in 1994 to commemorate its 50th anniversary.
Since then, in the UK and around the world, events of all types and sizes have been held on this day to celebrate everything that is positive about a vegan lifestyle.
The word vegan is made up of the first two and last two letters of the word vegetarian and was coined in the UK in 1944, when the Vegan Society was founded.
www.animalliberationfront.com /Practical/Health/BecomingVegan.htm   (856 words)

  
 Open Directory - Home: Cooking: Vegetarian: Vegan
Happy Clam Chowder - A thick low-fat vegan cream-style chowder using hijiki, a sea vegetable, to impart a nautical flavor.
Vegan Foods and Recipes - Recipes from popular vegan cookbooks and authors, along with descriptions of common vegan foods.
Vegan Street - Recipes, cooking guide to grains and beans, tips for stocking a vegan kitchen, and news and reviews of interest to vegans.
dmoz.org /Home/Cooking/Vegetarian/Vegan   (549 words)

  
 World Vegan Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Today, Nov. 1, is World Vegan Day, designed to shine a spotlight on vegans and, this year, to show that there is no such thing as a “typical” vegan.
For those who don’t know: vegan is a form of vegetarian living that involves no use of animal products of any kind.
It really is a healthy way to live if you are mindful of the things you are putting into your body and so long as you fuel yourself with nutritious things, which you should be doing anyway.
onhealthyliving.com /archives/2005/11/01/world-vegan-day   (354 words)

  
 The University of Chicago Vegan Society
People lining up for vegan lasagna from the Chicago Diner.
Vegans and future vegans chow down and listen to our speakers.
Josh is so sexy that a camera can capture only a blur when he is photgraphed.
vegan.uchicago.edu /picture/wvd2003.html   (147 words)

  
 Vegan Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vegan Society is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, promoting veganism.
Founded in Britain on November 1, 1944, by Donald Watson, it was the first ever vegan society, in the process coining the word vegan for "non-dairy vegetarians".
A 'breakaway' group from the Vegan Society, The Movement for Compassionate Living was founded in 1984 by former VS secretary Kathleen Jannaway.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vegan_Society   (175 words)

  
 Vegan Talk - Vegan Forum Topic - World Vegan Day
Our Vegan birthday on the 1st November is an excellent way to highlight how enjoyable and effective a vegan lifestyle can be.
The Vegan Society www.vegansociety.com exists to promote ways of living free from animal products - for the benefit of people animals and the environment.
World Vegan Day is 1st November and celebrates the birth of the word vegan in November 1944.
www.vegtalk.org /viewtopic.php?p=274   (383 words)

  
 PR Leap: Manufacturers, Chefs, Supermarkets and Newspapers urged to support World Vegan Day 1st November.
Recently interviewed on the BBC World Service Outlook Programme for his 95th Birthday Donald Watson, Vegan Society founder said “So many people are running towards what I see as suicide, performing habits that everyone knows are dangerous.
More and more experts and researchers from around the world are now agreeing with Donald Watson’s original message that the planets’ resources are not sustainable and our health will be seriously compromised if we continue to consume animal products.
“World Vegan Day November 1st is the perfect awareness day to unite governments, manufacturers, health professionals, chefs and retailers to encourage higher awareness about plant based solutions to many of the world’s problems” says Tony.
www.prleap.com /pr/14571   (492 words)

  
 Officially going vegan for World Vegan Day!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Being vegan is something I've thought about a lot since Jan 06 and run a search in some of the forums here and you'll see how my posts have changed as I considered and reconsidered my choices.
Not many people know that at the height of the Ethiopian famine, Ethiopia was exporting grain to feed European agricultural animals and that 80% of the worlds hungry live in countries that export feed for western cattle.
I spent the whole time reading all the vegan facts and figures how it affects animals, the environment, health, sustainability, it all made sense and I wanted to be part of it.
www.healthypages.net /forum/tm.asp?m=391723   (1618 words)

  
 Vegetarians in Paradise/Donald Watson/Vegan Society/24 Carrrot Vegetarian Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Vegetarians in Paradise proudly presents its 24 Carrot Award to Donald Watson, founder of the Vegan Society and originator of the word "vegan." In 2004 the Vegan Society celebrates its 60th anniversary with worldwide events on November 1.
On my first visit home after leaving it to earn a living, my father said, "Are you still on that vegetable diet?" When my older brother and younger sister joined me as vegetarians, non-smokers, teetotallers and conscientious objectors, my mother said she felt like a hen that had hatched a clutch of duck eggs.
The first printed issue of The Vegan appeared in Spring 1946, to be followed by quarterly issues ever since, reporting the progress we have made.
www.vegparadise.com /24carrot610.html   (2314 words)

  
 The University of Chicago Vegan Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Last year, we had 180 students go vegan for a week - this year promises to be even better.
Every week, the Vegan Society selects and unfortunate but true fact about factory farming to share with the student body.
The Better Business Bureau ruled that egg producers were misleading consumers by labeling their eggs "animal care certified," after a complaint was lodged by Compassion Over Killing.
vegan.uchicago.edu   (165 words)

  
 World Vegan Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 1st of November is World Vegan Day and vegans everywhere plan to show the world that the consumption of meat, dairy, fish and eggs is killing our planet.
The Vegan Society has just produced a sixteen-page environment booklet called ‘Eating the Earth.’ The booklet provides well referenced facts and figures which remove any doubt about the environmental benefits of a vegan diet.
More water and land is therefore needed to grow crops for farmed animals to eat, leading to deforestation, water scarcity, soil erosion and increased pesticide use.
www.worldveganday.org   (243 words)

  
 Vegan Bristol - Events
November the 1st just so happened to be World Vegan Day, so Bristol Vegans just so happened to have a group meet up, this time at the ever popular Krishna's Inn since there had been several requests for a curry night.
It was an opportunity for Bristol vegans to celebrate and promote veganism, and that we did, having another good gathering of group members, several people joining up for the first time.
Another successful meet up and a good night was had by all, many different dishes were tried and enjoyed, and hopefully many new and future customers for the restaurant will follow.
www.veganbristol.makessense.co.uk /events/362.html   (138 words)

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