The Casual Vegan

100 whole foods sauces or dressings

Greg — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:52:44 +0000

Tired of buying crappy, over-priced “organic” dressing that you don’t even like?

Many of these dressings are not fat free and include healthy sources of fat such as nuts, seeds, avocado or tofu. If you have a heart condition, Dr. Esselstyn recommends removing all nuts, seeds and avocado from your diet. But there are still plenty of salad dressing options, as evidenced by our list below!

http://healthygirlskitchen.blogspot.com/2011/09/big-list-of-no-oil-salad-dressings.html

Racism and Social Services

Greg — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:06:33 +0000

The Crow Creek tribe has lost more than 33 children in recent years. The reservation only has 1,400 people. Last year Lengkeek asked social service officials to tell him where the children were and who they were placed with.

Seven months later, he received a list. Lengkeek says every single child was placed in a white foster home.

He says if the state had its way, “we’d still be playing cowboys and Indians. I couldn’t imagine what they tell these kids about where they come from and who they are.”

“It’s kidnapping,” he says. “That’s how we see it.” Read more…

So, You Don’t Believe Racism Exists Anymore?

Why you should join the #occupation

Greg — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:12:45 +0000

City by city, it’s growing. If you have been watching the rise of Occupy Wall Street from the sidelines, maybe it’s because you’re not sure if you’re part of the “99 percent” or maybe it’s because you just have other things to do. Here’s the thing: This is bigger than one person, one issue, or one movement.

Here are five reasons why environmental activists and animal rights activists should Occupy Wall Street:

Corporations are destroying the planet.
Corporations are attacking you.
You have experiences to share about tactics.
You have experiences to share about dealing with corporate and government repression.
This is bigger than all of us.

Discover why you should join too…

Average Water Usage? What’s Yours?

The best #occupy twitter finds of the night

Greg — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:05:13 +0000

OccupyBosGlobe

Protesters in JP were held from 2am – 6pm without water or food, with the exception of “a little milk at 5am.” #BPD @Occupy_Boston

OccupyBosGlobe

Arrested protesters held in JP were kept in freezing cells through the night, not given blankets or pillows. #BPD #occupyboston

http://www.flickr.com/photos/niklasweikert/6235186634/in/photostream/

UrbanGeekDad Brian

Switched from big bank to local credit union, lady said “we’ve been swamped lately”. Keep it up people! #ows #occupyportland

OccupyPdx OccupyPortland

This is a horrific and painful truth. We are all immensely blessed to live in this beautiful and bountiful country. pic.twitter.com/Rke2w9Dn

skyrevolving Pharsalia

by OccupyPdx

#occupydallas in immediate need of media/live feed, reports of large#s of cops amassing on 3 sides #occupy #ows #occupytogether #solidarity

Min_Reyes

RT @antisectarian: Stealing old election signs out ppl’s recycling containers 2 make signs and poster 4 #OCCUP… (cont)deck.ly/~0Lw6b

Site that tells you who contributed how much to political candidates. #OccupyPortland
http://t.co/Y97zkfNb

JPBarlow John Perry Barlow

by OccupyWallSt

US now ranks 93rd in the world in “income equality,” behind China, India, and Iran.

Inclusiveness at Occupy Portland

Inclusiveness at Occupy Portland

Greg — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:42:55 +0000

I sat on a bench next to some homeless men in the park today, and no one asked me for money.

I’ve spent a lot time around homeless people in my life, but tonight I saw something I’d never seen before. Tonight I saw homeless and disabled people being treated with love and respect by their community. Free cigarettes were the rule.

Hell, free everything was the rule.

No one asked me for money, though we all needed it. No one tried to sell me anything except ideas. People talked and listened to each other. They shared their stories and their work. Yes, there were crazy youngsters in all manor of dress. Yes, there was yelling and smoking. Yes, it was wet and muddy, but there were volunteers constantly sweeping muddy walkways.

Today I sat on a bench with homeless people and watched as their community treated them like human beings. Today I was at Occupy Portland.

It’s not all star trek and hippies in the park.

The philosophy is that everyone is welcome at Occupy Portland. However, even in a community practicing love and justice it still takes work. Ron Paul supporters spent the day creating argument and getting yelled at. And, anyone who’s afraid of the police is going to be nervious, because the police patrol every hour. While we all dream of a better world, we should also take this time to realize racism is a also a part of the 99%. Yet, even as I stood next the ‘crazy’ Ron Paul supporters, the community, the individuals of community, would walk by and constantly remind everyone to be inclusive. Inclusive means accepting Ron Paul supporters are welcome to #OccupyPortland. A small handful even welcome the police…

The best #occupy twitter finds of the night

15 minutes to change the world

Greg — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:40:52 +0000

I don’t know if it’s possible, but this is the best idea for a website I’ve seen in years:

http://itstartswith.us/

Change your name for a job??

Change your name for a job??

Greg — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:17:55 +0000

Sudanese man sends out 1000 resumes
Only receives callbacks using Anglo name

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/business-smarts/little-white-lies-agnok-lueth-adopts-daniel-mcclean-on-his-cv-to-try-to-get-a-fair-go/story-e6frfm9r-1226097072346#ixzz1SinenMmD

Zero Waste Grocery Store

Greg — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:49:15 +0000

So you bring bags to the store, reuse your plastic, compost so you don’t use garbage bags, and recycle the trash that the city bin will take. Guess what?

It ain’t working.

Even if Every single family in the country spent the time sorting their garbage, we’d still be throwing millions of tons of waste into the fill every day… It would just be 250 million tons instead of 570 million. Recycled garbage creates air polution, water polution, waste garbage, and consumes massive amounts of electricity made from burning coal. That’s not change, that’s a joke.

Pre-Cycle is Real Change

The country’s first garbage free grocery store is opening in Texas. Check it out! I’d certainly spend all our food dollars there if they opened in Portland. Personally I’m still working on bringing my own container to Portland food carts, but I saw an awesome woman on her bicycle do it 2 weeks ago. It only takes one person to create change. Though my favorite Portland cart uses real dishes. Now if I can just get our junk food in jars at the store. Portland behind Texas for eco-friendly living? Ha!

Kitchen Dances

kristen — Fri, 13 May 2011 16:14:17 +0000

Kitchen Dances is one of the very best food carts in Portland. Their menu is totally vegan, but don’t let that dissuade your omni or half-hearted veggie friends — their food is AMAZING. Their white bean gravy is divine, and their veggies are fresh and organic. The items on the menu are a little bit classic and a little bit more unique creations by the mastermind chef, Piper Dixon, co-founder of Proper Eats, and his partner. Their Tempeh Reuben is renowned. Their open-faced breakfast burrito with said white bean gravy is crazy good. I’m not the only one who thinks that they are awesome — Read their reviews on Yelp or like them on Facebook.

Spring, Finally

kristen — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:57:52 +0000

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