- Everyone! Meet Linh La!
She's a self proclaimed full-blown optimist and truly believes that we can change this world for the better. She's my awesome Vegan of the Month for March--who happens to be the creative director for all the Loving Hut's in the USA... which I am so excited about, because Loving Hut is one of my favorite places :) She also owns Linh La Design and Consultation (www.linhla.com) and a vegan clothing store line-- which you can find by clicking here.
Her mom met Supreme Master Ching Hai when she was 7. Her mother followed her and taught about the Quan Yin Method, meditation, and a Veg Diet. Without her mom's pressure, but more of her inspiring Linh, she decided to follow in her mom's foot steps. She said the weirdest thing was, right before she made her decision, she had the worst pain in her life inside my stomach. She had to go to the hospital for several days and they could not find out what it was. After that, she could not eat meat anymore.
She has been a vegetarian since she was 7. Then about at the age of 26, she realized the horrible truths of the dairy industry and I became Vegan.
When being asked why she has remained vegan, she responded, "It is something so natural like saying my hair is black. I am Asian. It is one of the most natural things for me. Mostly, it is all about compassion."
"Every day, I wake up and I can make some sort of impact to help Mother Earth, my fellow species, and ALL BEINGS that reside with me on this planet. As long as each day, I can lay down a perfect brick, I will build the most beautiful structure to help everyone," she added.
Linh lists her top achievements in life as, being vegan, forgiving herself, being part of Loving Hut, her vegan clothing line and finding enlightenment. In addition to her passions of being vegan, she also enjoys listening to TedTalks, laughing & creating smile wrinkles as well as seeking enlightenment, love and knowledge.
Her favorite animal rights quote is:“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” - Edward Everett Hale
She says that if she won the lottery, she would spend the money on creating more Loving Hut restaurants as well as providing really awesome education for everyone. She said she believes that the correct guidance can build strong and might foundations that will sustain all of us.
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Showing posts with label vegan. Show all posts
March 18, 2012
March Awesome Vegan of the Month!
February 7, 2012
February's Awesome Vegan of the Month!
So, I'm slacking on my 365 pictures of Macy (slacking at posting... not slacking at taking them. They've just been too uninteresting lately to want to share. Ugh!)... sorry about that. I'm currently working on my senior exhibition which is both exciting and terrifying, because I want everything to be 10x more amazing than anything else I've ever done. We'll see how that all works out for me. But! Enough about that-- I have another awesome vegan to share with you!
Her name is Amy Ferguson and she hails out of Los Angeles, California. She's an actress, model, writer and musician.... and is amazing at all of those things... and she's gorgeous and the sweetest person ever. I'm kind of jealous. :) She's been vegan for 5 years in March... so a very happy early vegan birthday Amy! She learned about veganism from her sister Anna, who is a yoga teacher. Anna taught her about "Ahimsa" (which means non-harming). She really connected with a lot of the information that Anna gave her, especially the aspect of the domination of the feminine in animal agriculture, specifically how the female dairy animal is treated and how incredibly horrific it is. She said she thought about herself as a woman, and how she would feel if she were raped, her child stolen and killed, and her milk taken from her with no regard to the pain she was suffering... all to have it continually repeated.
"This aspect of veganism has allowed me to look deeper into the relationships I have with females, and has made me more loving and accepting of them as well as myself, and less competitive and judgmental," Amy said. "There are just so many reasons to be vegan, besides how I feel about the animals, and compassion, it’s just healthier. I never get sick, I have tons of energy, the major impact I was having on the environment is drastically reduced. When I was eating animals and animal products, it took 4,000 gallons of water a day to get my food to my plate. As a vegan, it takes 300 gallons. Animal agriculture creates more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined! These are huge reasons for me to be committed to a vegan lifestyle."
When Amy isn't playing music, acting or modeling, she enjoys being out in nature. She likes to hike, take road trips in and around L.A. as well as doing yoga.
She really enjoys cooking and trying new vegan dishes.
"My favorite milk is cashew milk. Blend organic raw cashews with water. Start with them being just covered with water and blend, thicker for creamy alfredo sauces, thinner for milk in coffee or cereal.
If you want to make the alfredo sauce, just simply blend the cashews to the consistency you want the sauce, and heat it in a pan with earth balance or other vegan butter, garlic, onion, salt, black pepper, and other spices to flavor, if you wish." (I'm going to have to try this version of alfredo sauce... it sounds amazing).
Amy's also a huge fan of daily green smoothies because they keep her charged.
"I like to blend kale, cilantro, parsley, lemon, jalapeno (or cayenne) and 1/3 cup raw organic hemp seeds with coconut water. If you don’t have hemp seeds, avocado is nice to make it creamy.. add just a little coconut water at a time to if you want to keep it thicker."
Her favorite animal right's quote:
“all beings tremble before violence. all fear death. all love life. see yourself in others. then whom can you hurt? what harm can you do?” -buddah
You can check out Amy's music by clicking here. Amy goes by the name "Grandma Dirt" for her music, because of the nickname her mom gave her as a young child because she walked slow and refused to bathe...... awesome!
And, here is a music video I filmed & directed for her in December. LGBT equality is something I am so strongly passionate about (as is Amy), even though the video is simple, it's one of my favorite things I've done in quite awhile. Enjoy!
"This aspect of veganism has allowed me to look deeper into the relationships I have with females, and has made me more loving and accepting of them as well as myself, and less competitive and judgmental," Amy said. "There are just so many reasons to be vegan, besides how I feel about the animals, and compassion, it’s just healthier. I never get sick, I have tons of energy, the major impact I was having on the environment is drastically reduced. When I was eating animals and animal products, it took 4,000 gallons of water a day to get my food to my plate. As a vegan, it takes 300 gallons. Animal agriculture creates more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined! These are huge reasons for me to be committed to a vegan lifestyle."
When Amy isn't playing music, acting or modeling, she enjoys being out in nature. She likes to hike, take road trips in and around L.A. as well as doing yoga.
She really enjoys cooking and trying new vegan dishes.
"My favorite milk is cashew milk. Blend organic raw cashews with water. Start with them being just covered with water and blend, thicker for creamy alfredo sauces, thinner for milk in coffee or cereal.
If you want to make the alfredo sauce, just simply blend the cashews to the consistency you want the sauce, and heat it in a pan with earth balance or other vegan butter, garlic, onion, salt, black pepper, and other spices to flavor, if you wish." (I'm going to have to try this version of alfredo sauce... it sounds amazing).
Amy's also a huge fan of daily green smoothies because they keep her charged.
"I like to blend kale, cilantro, parsley, lemon, jalapeno (or cayenne) and 1/3 cup raw organic hemp seeds with coconut water. If you don’t have hemp seeds, avocado is nice to make it creamy.. add just a little coconut water at a time to if you want to keep it thicker."
Her favorite animal right's quote:
“all beings tremble before violence. all fear death. all love life. see yourself in others. then whom can you hurt? what harm can you do?” -buddah
You can check out Amy's music by clicking here. Amy goes by the name "Grandma Dirt" for her music, because of the nickname her mom gave her as a young child because she walked slow and refused to bathe...... awesome!
And, here is a music video I filmed & directed for her in December. LGBT equality is something I am so strongly passionate about (as is Amy), even though the video is simple, it's one of my favorite things I've done in quite awhile. Enjoy!
January 10, 2012
Awesome Vegan of the Month- January
Okay... so I'm a little late, but I've been a busy gal. I started my last semester of undergrad and have been researching the heck out of what will become my senior show... so, I didn't get this up as soon as I wanted. This will be a new component to the blog and figured when better to start than in January? I was discussing with a few friends yesterday about how lots of beginnings in my life start in January. A couple days ago I celebrated (actually, I didn't really celebrate... I kind of forgot about it until yesterday haha) three years of being vegan... and on January 1st, 2 years of having dreads :] Anyways... onto the important part of this post!
My first Awesome Vegan is Jetta Vegas, a writer based out of Seattle, WA. One of the awesome things about Jetta is her zine/blog, The Radical Uprise. The Radical Uprise was was born from a negative period in her life. She used social media to lash out and express her depression and angst, and woke up the next day feeling sad and embarrassed. She said she vowed to never feel that way again, and if she did, not to project that negativity out onto the www. She always enjoyed writing, and wanted to write positive and uplifting motivational words for people who felt like she did. She said she aspired to be the kind of mentor she could have used as a teenager.
"I joke that one day, I just decided to start being awesome, and that's what I did!" Said Jetta. "I began reading about the Law of Attraction and began applying it into my daily life. I've since expanded to making podcasts, which are available on iTunes, and creating tangible feel-good merch, such as zines (self-published magazines) and buttons! The Radical Uprise is a great outlet for me. I'm able to show people just how great a positive outlook on life can be while promoting a happy, healthy existence though my veganism and drug-free lifestyle. I've gotten letters from people who were contemplating suicide and they said stumbled across my website literally save their life. Realizing I have that sort of impact on people blows my mind. Being about to change people's outlooks and perspectives on life for the better brings me so much joy."
Jetta became vegan one day when she was surfing the net and she stumbled upon PETA'S "Meet your Meat" video.
"I was appalled and took a vow that I would never contribute to such a horrific and unethical industry ever again. It stemmed from not wanting to inflict harm on another being. As I ventured down my vegan path, I began noticing improved health and learned about the environmental aspects. Being vegan just seemed like the right thing to do, and there's no better feeling." said Jetta, who has now been vegan for about four years. "After being exposed to what went on behind closed doors, how could I NOT become vegan? There was no question.I wasn't even vegetarian. I was a steak and potatoes kinda person prior to the vegan lifestyle. Milk shakes for days and cheese until the end of time - until I got a rude awakening. I never imagined the horror that takes place to turn a living, breathing, sentient being into a piece of meat."
Jetta stays vegan as a mix of moral, ethics and values.
"I'm not comfortable supporting or contributing to an industry that exploits, tortures and kills innocent living creatures for the sake of human greed." she said.
Favorite Animal Rights related Quote: "If you don't like my opinions leave. But just remember, the animals can’t leave the cages that hold them. They are captive and suffering. As you cozy into your bed tonight, try to imagine the pain and the suffering that they endure day after day and night after night. Next time you get some soap in your eyes, try to imagine that pain for 3 or 4 days at a time. Next time you have a stomach ache, try to imagine liquid plumber being poured down your throat till you puke so much blood that you bleed to death. Next time you bump your head, try to imagine being a monkey and getting a steel plate smashed into your skull at 50 miles per hour. Then, only then should you feel compelled to tell me that I’m wrong about my opinions. For all these things have happened in the name of science. They continue in abundance till this day." - Rikki Rockett
My first Awesome Vegan is Jetta Vegas, a writer based out of Seattle, WA. One of the awesome things about Jetta is her zine/blog, The Radical Uprise. The Radical Uprise was was born from a negative period in her life. She used social media to lash out and express her depression and angst, and woke up the next day feeling sad and embarrassed. She said she vowed to never feel that way again, and if she did, not to project that negativity out onto the www. She always enjoyed writing, and wanted to write positive and uplifting motivational words for people who felt like she did. She said she aspired to be the kind of mentor she could have used as a teenager.
"I joke that one day, I just decided to start being awesome, and that's what I did!" Said Jetta. "I began reading about the Law of Attraction and began applying it into my daily life. I've since expanded to making podcasts, which are available on iTunes, and creating tangible feel-good merch, such as zines (self-published magazines) and buttons! The Radical Uprise is a great outlet for me. I'm able to show people just how great a positive outlook on life can be while promoting a happy, healthy existence though my veganism and drug-free lifestyle. I've gotten letters from people who were contemplating suicide and they said stumbled across my website literally save their life. Realizing I have that sort of impact on people blows my mind. Being about to change people's outlooks and perspectives on life for the better brings me so much joy."
Jetta became vegan one day when she was surfing the net and she stumbled upon PETA'S "Meet your Meat" video.
"I was appalled and took a vow that I would never contribute to such a horrific and unethical industry ever again. It stemmed from not wanting to inflict harm on another being. As I ventured down my vegan path, I began noticing improved health and learned about the environmental aspects. Being vegan just seemed like the right thing to do, and there's no better feeling." said Jetta, who has now been vegan for about four years. "After being exposed to what went on behind closed doors, how could I NOT become vegan? There was no question.I wasn't even vegetarian. I was a steak and potatoes kinda person prior to the vegan lifestyle. Milk shakes for days and cheese until the end of time - until I got a rude awakening. I never imagined the horror that takes place to turn a living, breathing, sentient being into a piece of meat."
Jetta stays vegan as a mix of moral, ethics and values.
"I'm not comfortable supporting or contributing to an industry that exploits, tortures and kills innocent living creatures for the sake of human greed." she said.
Favorite Animal Rights related Quote: "If you don't like my opinions leave. But just remember, the animals can’t leave the cages that hold them. They are captive and suffering. As you cozy into your bed tonight, try to imagine the pain and the suffering that they endure day after day and night after night. Next time you get some soap in your eyes, try to imagine that pain for 3 or 4 days at a time. Next time you have a stomach ache, try to imagine liquid plumber being poured down your throat till you puke so much blood that you bleed to death. Next time you bump your head, try to imagine being a monkey and getting a steel plate smashed into your skull at 50 miles per hour. Then, only then should you feel compelled to tell me that I’m wrong about my opinions. For all these things have happened in the name of science. They continue in abundance till this day." - Rikki Rockett
November 20, 2011
Pizza Party!
I had a vegan pizza party a couple weeks ago in honor of World Vegan Day and showed the movie A Peaceable Kingdom. The pizza was a hit (thanks to my friend Anna and her husband Sean for the recipe-- and to my awesome husband Macy for making most of it) and I think the movie touched everyone. We contemplated showing Earthlings, but that movie is pretty heavy... A Peaceable Kingdom was still moving, but not so graphic and violent. I think the vegan/non vegan crowd was about half and half- and while none of the non-vegans (to my knowledge) have started eating less meat, I think it was still a great educational opportunity. Here are some pictures from the night :)
November 18, 2011
Third annual Vegan Thanksgiving Love Feast!
Last night I enjoyed food from several local (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area) cafes, bakeries and restaurants at Park + Vine in Cincinnati. It was P + V's third annual vegan thanksgiving love feast and it was delicious. Here are some photographs from the event :)
Five Star Foodies has the most delicious foods! I'm obsessed with their artichoke burgers!
Mary Beth King of Sweet Peace Bakery looking adorable with her pumpkin bread!
Grateful Grahams & milk :)
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