Green.  Sustainable.  Eco-friendly.  Organic.  Recycle, reuse and reduce your carbon footprint.  I'm sure by now, unless you are under a rock, you've heard these terms before.  They are everywhere.  From cars, clothes, home good products, cleaners, shoes, energy sources, and paper products (just to name a few) you can't get away from the "green" movement.  But there is an aspect of "green" that is rarely addressed in these ads, articles or essays.  The exploitation of animals.  And it's one of the largest contributors to global warming on this planet.  So why aren't we talking about it? Take for instance the LA Times piece on EcoStiletto.com, a website that wants you to reduce your "carbon footprint" to "stiletto size".  The article starts out by saying: "Greening a lifestyle doesn't have to mean sacrificing style, with resources such as EcoStiletto.com pointing the way to the latest vegan pumps, paraben-free makeup and lead-free [...]

Human rights and Animal rights should be one in the same.

Maybe by now you've noticed that we've been absent since last week. At least, I hope that you've noticed! Well there is a good reason for that and I want to fill ya'll in.

I think that we should support our fellow vegans, regardless if they are 100% or not. But do we stay silent about promoting the ethics of veganism for fear of negative press? No.

I mentioned mitigation somewhere on here before and it's just so comforting to know that I'm not alone.