Forum: Projects, companies & links

In the tradition of the Myspace Dorks thread.....I thought I'd start a Facebook Dorks thread ;) :) I just got Facebook and find it addictive! If anyone else has it and is interested in adding me as a friend, please PM me and I'll give you the details :)

Hey guys, I have a shop on Etsy where I sell various things (mainly paper goods & crochet stuff such as amigurumi). Etsy is pretty much my favourite place shop but I don't find a lot of vegan "logo" items there and that kind of bummed me out. I thought, if I'm looking for them, maybe other...

For those of you that dont know, the Secret Society of Vegans are opening a shop in Camden this month. heres a link to their blog where they talk more about it: http://www.secretsocietyofvegans.co.uk/central/index.php/blog/ Im excited :D

Hey some of you have talked about the fact that you may have your own websites but never really a link to them. So I was wondering if you could just post a link to them here.

A friend bought me some Body Shop lip balm the other day, especially because she knows it's 'cruelty-free'. To my dismay however, upon reading the ingredients I found out it has bloody lanolin in it!!! I am so utterly disappointed, as I thought (naively..) that The Body Shop wouldn't be using...

I've just come across this not-for-profit group who organise vegan trips to ski resorts: http://www.veggiesnow.makessense.co.uk/index.html Thought it may be of interest.

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My name is Nadia and I am 17 years old. I am currently producing a documentary on animal rights and veganism titled 'Don't Eat Me'. Don’t Eat Me is a film generated towards charity, helping animals in need. Proceeds will go towards rescuing factory farmed animals and putting them in...

Off The Hoof – Out Now!!! Yaoh's brand new vegan veggie lifestyle magazine Off the Hoof is out now! Featuring vegan pub landlord Al Slurry and his intrepid team of reporters, this magazine will guarantee to amuse and probably offend. Available from the Yaoh webshop www.yaoh.co.uk/catalog and from...

The Swarovski crystal maker's Optik branch build hunting rifle scopes. I thought that was worth mentioning.

You may already know about these but for those who don't. These guys just opened http://www.veganroutes.org/ And this is good value. http://www.veggiestuff.com/ Also, if you are on Facebook there are some good vegan groups.

I'm sending a journal out next week which will hopefully travel all over the world and get full of entries by vegans before returning to it's starting point. Here is a description: The theme for this journal is ‘vegan living’ although anything goes. It is to be passed on after one week. Let’s...

Hey everyone! I've got a messenger bag that needs sprucing up since it's the only item that can hold an overt vegan message in this weather while out and about on the streets/metro. Can anyone please point toward a source for a nice looking (and large as possible) vegan patch? I really...

Sorry if this post does not belong here. A new dating site for vegetarians and vegans from Southern Ontario & Toronto area. Also to find a roommate. JOIN OUR GROUP www.t-v-s.tk Thank you!

Defra gets tough with veggie lobby THE Government last night moved to sideline environmental food zealots who have called for Britain to turn vegetarian in the battle against climate change. As another report demanded families curb their meat and dairy consumption, the Department for...

Before going Vegan I used a face moisturizer by One Planet who do not test on animals and claim they are eco friendly etc. I was just wondering, although they do not test on animals does anyone know whether they use any animal derived ingredients? I imagine they don't but I just wanted to be...

I'm on a lot of email lists, and many of them send me stuff about Walmart regularly. Well, today I just got one more story of Walmart's messed up behavior. This email "broke the camels back", so I'm forwarding it to ya'll to comment and/or action. Here's the email I got today:

What a disaster!! I need some advice or thought about what to do about this situation. It's nothing vegan-related though. Please bear with me during a long post, but I need to explain everything: A very, very good friend of mine had a small, surprise wedding on Saturday. I live in Ontario,...

Here's a thread about a newish website, Vegan Music - dedicated to Bristol based Electronica musician/writer/producer, Jules. She is otherwise known as Neptunes_Girl here on the vegan forum. The music Jules produces is very eclectic, mainly delving into the realms of lite electro and trance,...

After 70 years of recipes all beginning with... 1 tin of chicken stock 6 oz of lightly salted butter 4 egg yolks ....and various body parts and excretions, Gourmet Magazine will cease to be.

I'm participating in the walk for farm animals in NYC on October 4th. It goes to help raise awareness about factory farming. I'm been to the farm sanctuary and they're doing such great things to educate people that visit the farm and to care for rescued farm animals. If you are interested in...

hello :) can anyone offer a little advice as my parents are away and i do not know what to do? i have to keep this thread post short so someone may read it. but, wow ,this case is soooo long and they did some bad things. I had a large corporation damage my family property near a busy...

Has anyone had any dealings with Sweet Vegan (Sweetvegan.co.uk)? I put in an online order with them on 14th Sept, the PayPal payment was taken and I recieved a mail from them "The transaction was successful and we will ship your goods at the first possible opportunity (if applicable)." By...

Hey there all I'm just writing a few paragraphs online at the moment and it is aimed at helping people understand that it is easy to become a vegan. And how to help people that have recently decided to start eating vegan. doesn't need to be too long....though the length isn't restricted. Any...

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Hey, I have been invited to help set up a new internet company focusing on vegan products, and herbs and suppliments. There will be a US and UK business, I have been asked to help run the UK side. There will be many different websites selling different products all natural/organic/vegan;...

Hi everyone! I hope this finds you all happy and well :) It’s been a loooong time since I’ve been on the board… Some of you might know me from www.NonviolenceUnited.org, www.VeganShirt.com, or from our video put out last year www.VeganVideo.org. Well, I’m in grad school and moving into...

Wow, Saffron Walden (Essex, about 20 miles South of Cambridge) really is starting to become more vegan friendly! A couple of months ago a cafe opened selling vegan cakes, swedish glace, booja boojas, and a few vegan paninis and falafel! Well now, Sarah Decent of Modish shoes...

This may have already been posted as while I've searched as best I can on the forum, I don't know how to search on the phrase "Blue Dragon" rather than "Blue" and "Dragon" not necessarily contiguous in the text. I've just noticed (how many years after it happened) that some Blue Dragon products...

I'm the Training Manager for a midlands-based training/business consultancy that operates throughout the UK. As well as running short training courses and offering consultancy, coaching and business development assistance to companies, we also run large numbers of management and leadership...

Anyone any good at thinking of names for a website!? I'm thinking of starting a vegan/veggie/cruelty-free based website but can't think of a name I really love. All the ones I think of that I think would be perfect are gone already. I've thought of things like nowhey.com, nowheyjose.com,...

im posting pics and recipes of my food via my new blog, 'vegan etc.' http://veganetc.blogspot.com/ would love for you to join :)

I hope this won't happen: http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/23371/Belgium/nestle-unilever-reported-among-alpro-soya--bidders.html No more Alpro for me then!

Prepare yourself for a rather sad story: "We're making a more affordable item for more people to enjoy'' The depths to which some human sink. "Processor" for goodness' sake. Here comes Godwin's law again...

Just received the autumn 2009 edition of The Vegetarian magazine from the Vegetarian Society UK and I was interested to see that one of the nominees for the "Best Vegsoc Approved Drink" is "McDonalds Milkshakes". As the Society says "Our categories focus mainly on the manufacturers who use our...

After we took in an abandoned cat we found I decided to give some money to the rspca and cats protection each month because I was so appalled by the way tabatha the cat was treated. However, I just recieved the RSPCA magazine and I don't agree with everyhing they say/ possibly stand for. I wanted...

Hello guys and gals I am just about to purchase some of both products and wondered if anyone had used them and their thoughts? They both look great but it's the skincare I can't wait to try, no added anything, all vegan, not tested on animals, in glass containers not plastic so I don't think I...

It is likely that I will have a Job Vacancy available in August / September this year. One of my guys has just told me he wants to go back to Uni to do a masters. I am disappointed, but I am pleased he has enjoyed working here so much he is doing a masters in the subject! About the company.....

Firstly, apologies if this post seems a bit nonsensical! My thoughts are all over the place but I wanted to share & discuss. Hope that's ok. I've been thinking recently, about a few different (but vaguely related) things. Not entirely sure where to start, but here goes: VEGAN CAKES! I...