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Vegetarian Shoes and Bags: Lots of Great Products

03-Jan-09

If you follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, there is a good chance that you find the thought of buying leather-made shoes, bags, or accessories upsetting. In fact, there is a very good chance that you refuse to purchase those items. Thankfully, there are now a number of different stores where you may purchase shoes and bags from non-leather products. One of these is Vegetarian Shoes and Bags. Vegetarian Shoes and Bags sells a huge variety of vegan shoes for work, dress, comfort, evening, athletics, and the beach. Instead of leather, the shoes are made from materials such as hemp, jute, bamboo, pleather (faux leather), suedette (faux suede), stretch fake suede, satin, and microfiber. Brands include Earth, Ecolution, Veggies, Punkrose, and Simple.

Vegan Shoes

There are many highly fashionable, hip, vegan footwear choices out there. So, it’s just a matter of finding them. Vegetarian Shoes and Bags has compiled the most attractive line of vegan footwear into one shopping experience.

It is important to realize that the animal products contained in consumer goods may not always be obvious. For example, the adhesives used in shoes frequently contain animal products.

We can’t always ‘see’ such products, but regardless, they exist. So even if the footwear is made of canvas, for example, it could still contain animal products…. Be assured that all shoes and boots at Vegetarian Shoes and Bags are 100 percent vegan in nature.

Additionally, the Vegetarian Shoes and Bags product line contains some of the best footwear to be found when it comes to fashion and style.

Vegetarian Shoes and Bags also sells 100 percent vegan accessories.

Fashion and style are plentiful at Vegetarian Shoes and Bags, not only in footwear, but also in accessories. Vegetarian Shoes and Bags believes that the best fashion and style are found by coupling a great pair of shoes or boots with a just-as-fabulous bag, purse, belt, or wallet.

Vegetarian Shoes and Bags notes that while most vegans choose a vegan lifestyle because of “ethical commitment or moral convictions concerning animal rights,” there are also environmental reasons for following such a lifestyle.

According to Vegan Outreach, livestock plays a major role in global warming, being responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO2 equivalent.

Vegetarian Shoes and Bags is a very socially responsible company.

Vegan Bags

In addition to our animal-friendly commitment, we strive to genuinely make a difference in the world. Therefore, we donate a generous portion of our profits to multiple animal charities!

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Organic Bug

21-Dec-08

These days, you are probably watching your spending very closely. Clearly, the vast majority of Americans have been strongly impacted by the ongoing economic woes. As a result, most of us have greatly reduced whatever expenses we can. And, when we do make a purchase, we want our money to be used wisely. That’s exactly why you should check out the Organic Bug website, which was founded in 2005 by sisters Peggy English and Patty Nailey.

Organic Bug

Organic Bug was born to nurture the relationship we all have with the Earth, each other and our own inner beings. The spirit of Organic Bug is to build a successful business with a focus on the environment, social justice, personal development, and sustainable living. Organic Bug is a destination where one discovers a diverse assortment of goods produced to create a positive and lasting effect. Building a company to promote a better world, we pledge quality products, excellent customer service, and an ongoing commitment to provide the newest, most innovative merchandise that contributes to personal enjoyment, relaxation and renewal. We believe that it is in everyone’s best interest to care about each other and the planet. If we empower ourselves, we empower others. We can make a difference, one purchase at a time.

At Organic Bug you can shop by collection or department. The collection includes fair trade, handmade, made in USA, natural, organic, recycled, and sustainable. The departments include accessories, apparel, children, cosmetic, garden, grocery, health & fitness, home, leisure, personal care, and pet shop.

We make it our top priority to offer only products that are of equal value or better quality than their mainstream counterparts. For example, we make sure our organic cottons and other eco-friendly fabrics feel wonderfully soft next to the skin, launder well and are women to last with beautiful finished you will enjoy for years to come. Our lotions and creams are made without parabens, petrochemicals or synthetic preservatives but are soothing, healing and moisturizing.

Every product sold by Organic Bug has been carefully examined.

We pay attention to the materials that go into the manufacture of each product. What is actually in the soap, body lotion, facial scrub, skin toners, sunscreen? We use the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database to research personal care products and their ingredients…. No product escapes scrutiny! Is the wood FSC Certified or from sustainable resources? Are the finishes natural, non-toxic or low-VOC? Are the fabrics certified organic by the appropriate third-party agencies? Are the colors produced from natural or low-impact dyes? Have recycled materials been utilized? Are plastics and other synthetics made with the least environmental impact, providing assurances systems are in place to minimize energy & water consumption and environmental discharge?

It should surprise no one that Organic Bug is a member of 1% For the Planet.

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NOAH: High-Quality, Animal Friendly Handbags

13-Dec-08

The holidays are rapidly approaching. If you have been searching for truly innovative gifts, check out this website.


NOAH is a San Francisco-based handbag company featuring clean, modern design made entirely from better non-leather materials. NOAH – whose name is a play on ‘no animal harmed’ – is based on the concept that there can be a high-quality product without the use of leather. NOAH is committed to the preservation and well-being of animals. A portion of the profits from every bag sold on our website is donated to the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and the North Shore Animal League (in New York). In addition to being an ‘animal friendly’ company, NOAH will also make a conscious effort to be part of the movement toward a ‘Green’ world and will continuously research and keep up with the latest regarding the movement.

After 20 years of working as an executive in the accessories industry, Joe Donza found NOAH in 2007. He was “inspired by the quality and variety of non-leather materials.” Joe “believes that many people would prefer to have a well-made handbag made from animal-friendly materials.” Though it may sound unbelievable to some, Joe first envisioned NOAH in a dream. “Noah, as a savior of animals, ‘two by two,’ is a fitting symbol for our products.”

NOAH sells totes and clutches in a variety of enchanting colors.

The NOAH collection is constructed from a high quality, Italian PVC material overlaying durable canvas. The designs are laser cut and beautifully stitched. The bags in this collection feature three interior pockets, which may be used for cell phone, iPod, as well as key clip. Each style also includes an interior zip compartment. The totes and shoulder bags in this collection are constructed to stand on their own and feature a magnetic closure.

During the holiday season, NOAH is offering a 15% discount on all website purchases. To take advantage of the discount, enter the following code: save15

The code may even be used on items that are already reduced.

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Your Best Medicine: A Wonderful Holiday Present at a Very Reasonable Price

06-Dec-08

There is absolutely no doubt. The United States is in the midst of a very serious economic crisis. Still, we are only weeks away from the holidays. May I suggest that you consider Your Best Medicine, a book I co-wrote, which was published about six months ago by the much acclaimed publisher Rodale.

Although the hardback book retails for $31.95, the entire Rodale site is now having a sale. Everything is half price. So, you can purchase this book, which is over 600 pages, for an incredibly reasonable price.

Here’s what the well-known vegetarian/vegan chef and Emmy-Award-winning TV celebrity Christina Pirello wrote about the book in her newsletter:

As you would expect from the people at Rodale, this book is amazing. Beginning with ‘The Basics of Good Health,’ a comprehensive section on how best to become an active steward of your own personal well-being, the rest of the book is a veritable laundry list of the 80 top health concerns that plague America and how to treat them. Integrative in its approach, Your Best Medicine includes conventional wisdom right alongside alternative therapies and modalities. It cuts through the mythology of what works and what doesn’t and takes alternative treatments out of the fringe and into the mainstream with an approachable expertise I have rarely seen. And the best part? This book gives readers such comprehensive, easy to understand information that they are able to customize their own treatment options based on accurate information.

This book is invaluable to anyone who wants to take control of their health and well-being, anyone who wants to understand the human body and anyone who wants to be able to make informed decisions about their health…so I guess that would be pretty much everybody. I know it will be well-used in my work for a very long time … and I highly recommend it.

Christina then notes that the book is “the perfect holiday gift for the health-conscious person in your life.”

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TheVegetarianSite.com: A Very Socially Responsible Business

20-Nov-08

Years ago, there were few resources for people who followed a vegetarian diet. Life was even more difficult for those who adhered to a vegan lifestyle – which attempts to avoid all animal products.

Today, vegetarians and vegans may turn to a wide variety of businesses for the foods and products they need. One of these is TheVegetarianSite.com, which was founded in January 2000 by David Sudarsky.

I have been vegan for nearly 15 years, and I was a so-called ethical vegetarian for five years before that. So, 20 years ago (at age 18), I began taking factory farming, animal rights, and eco-living quite seriously.

David notes that the goal of his business is to promote and provide support for the vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.

We offer authoritative information on a wide variety of topics, from health and nutrition to animal rights issues to agriculture and the environment. Additionally, we offer complete online vegan shopping, including leather-free footwear & accessories, cruelty-free personal care products, discounted books, videos, groceries, juicers, and more.

Ultimately, we prefer to carry products that meet eco-friendly, vegan, and human rights criteria.

In an editorial on the website, David warns consumers to be very careful when purchasing vegan shoes. Large numbers of the producers of these shoes, which are usually made in Asian countries, especially China, fail to follow fair trade practices.

Unfortunately, both the working and living conditions of factory workers are still lacking in many respects. Sixty or more hours of manual labor each week, low wages, and a requirement that workers live at company facilities in group dorm rooms are not uncommon. Standards and practices that would violate labor laws in the Western world are legal in Asia, where laws are more lax and human rights not up to par.

Since September 2000, every month, TheVegetarianSite.com has donated 10% of all sales (not just profits) to nonprofit vegetarian and animal rights organizations.

The dozen or so nonprofit organizations that we regularly sponsor are all national (or international) high-impact groups that are promoting the vegan lifestyle and/or animal rights.

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Buykind

15-Nov-08

Years ago, when I worked as a community reporter, I covered a story on the raising of chickens in factory farms. I was appalled to learn about the horrendous conditions that must be endured by the vast majority of US raised chickens. I had already given up eating red meat. After that lecture, I stopped eating poultry. And, I tend to bond easily with people concerned about animal welfare.

If you are such a person, you may wish to visit this site, which sells a variety of different vegan foods and products “that are ethically produced and fairly traded.” First and foremost, the site sells prepared gourmet vegan meals, appetizers, side dishes, soups, and desserts shipped directly from restaurants around the country.

Our first products, the amazing, beautiful and delicious foods of some of the best (vegan) vegetarian restaurants in the United States, demonstrate what happens when dedicated people tackle the ambitious goal of producing delicious, beautiful health food using no animal products. We want to make these foods available to everyone. So, rather than buying a plane ticket to San Francisco, Connecticut, New York, Texas, and Montana, you can pay shipping, and for some foods, a special reusable package with gel packs, to receive award winning and kindness-inducing food right at your doorstep. This food is a gift to yourself, to a loved one, and to the world. It is truly the taste of kindness.

Buykind.com presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience a unique and fabulously delicious dining experience in the comfort of your own home. At the simple click of a mouse have delivered to your door a creation from our unsurpassed mouthwatering epicurean splendor, a most exquisite CRUELTY-FREE dinner party for one, four fourteen….

In addition to the restaurant foods, Buykind sells fair trade bird friendly organic coffee, vegan Belgian chocolates, organic flowers, vegan wines in which “no animals derived products of any kind can be used in the clarification/fining process,” and vegan gourmet treats. There are also “cowches,” handmade stuffed cows that help support a cow sanctuary. Be sure to read the touching and inspirational story behind the cowaches on the website.

A large percentage of the profits made by Buykind support organizations that rescue animals.

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EO: Their Products Have the Most Exquisite Scents

11-Nov-08

It is hard to remember when I was first introduced to EO products. But, I clearly recall washing my hands with the lavender liquid hand soap and realizing that I was completely hooked. The fragrance was unbelievable. Since then, I have tried many more EO products.

EO, which was founded in 1995 by Brad Black and Susan Griffin-Black, is located in beautiful Marin County, CA in a “22,000 sq. ft. organically certified facility.”

Our product line encompasses more than 100 items containing our signature essential oil blends (EO stands for Essential Oils). Essential oils are steam distilled directly from flowers, leaves, bark and wood without any adulteration or synthetic additives, as it was intended directly from nature, and giving you products that small amazing.

Our passion is the creation of the highest quality products that are natural, gentle, effective and free from animal testing. Every product we create is carefully created to meet the needs of our clients and their guests. Nothing is left to chance; every detail is considered.

EO sells products for the hands, bath, hair, body, and feet. There are even lip balms and shaving creams.

We never use artificial colors, dyes or fragrances in our products. We choose to use only purse essential oils to provide our products with their signature scent. The herbs we select color our products naturally so that the true properties of the herbs radiate through.

We have initiated the sowing and harvesting of our proprietary botanicals and intend to increase our direct involvement in the growing of our ingredients.

As a manufacturer we believe in being a part of the solution. We take responsibility for this by choosing to make our bottles from recycled PET bottles that have been collected and re-cast into our signature blue bottles.

EO gives back to the community in a variety of different ways.

EO has chosen to support Katrina relief with products made specifically for Katrina survivors. In addition, Co-CEO and Co-founder Brad Black has been working with the community to help build a Center where the local residents can meet and support one another through the rebuilding efforts underway in that city.

Amma (renowned humanitarian ‘hugging saint’) has inspired innumerable humanitarian activities all over the world EO supports Amma’s Humanitarian work and is a proud manufacturer and distributor of her signature scent Amma’s Rose.

In addition, EO supports the following non-profits:

Greenwood School (Waldorf Inspired)
Teens for Safe Cosmetics & Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
San Francisco Zen Center
YES (Youth for Environmental Sanity)
Marin Organic
Alisa Ann Ruch Burn (AARB) Foundation Center

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