Thursday, 5/23/13
7 pm
McNail-Riley House
601 W. 13th Av
(at Jefferson)
Eugene, FREE
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Vegan Cookbook Author,
Cooking Instructor,
Chef
— Brian P. McCarthy
— Freya Dinshah
— Krissi Vandenberg
— Howard Lyman
— Ruth Heidrich
— Dan Piraro
— Will Tuttle
— Julia Butterfly Hill
— Robert Cheeke
— Colleen Patrick-
Goudreau
— Orestes Gutierrez
— Karen Davis
— David Gabbe
— Jo Stepaniak
— Matt Bear
— Claudia Delman
— Shawn Donnille

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Eric - EVEN Long-term Member and Volunteer
All education should be directed toward the refinement of the individual's sensibilities in relation not only to one's fellow humans everywhere, but to all living things whatsoever. - Ashley Montagu (1905-1999)

I feel blessed that I was introduced to this [vegan] lifestyle more than 12 years ago [1996] by Dexter [their son]. I prefer to eat mostly raw or 'living' foods. The benefits for me are increased energy, a slowing of the aging process, and I have none of the diseases like hypertension, heart disease and diabetes that many people my age seem to get. - Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006)

Of all the teachings we receive, this one is the most important:
Nothing belongs to you of what there is; what you take, you must share.
- My Heart Soars, Chief Dan George
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Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. - James Anthony Froude (1818-1894)
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The majority of the diseases which the human family have been and still are suffering under, they have created by ignorance of their own organic health, and work perseveringly to tear themselves to pieces, and when broken down and debilitated in body and mind, send for the doctor and drug themselves to death. - Ellen White (1827 - 1915), co-founder Seventh Day Adventists, 1866

Such prosperity as we have known it up to the present is the consequence of rapidly spending the planet's irreplaceable capital. - Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

When you know better,
you do better.
- Maya Angelou
Information We All Should Know
Information abounds on the benefits of a plant-based diet! We have selected only a small, but essential, portion of the wealth of information available and present it here for your convenience and education. (Check back here often for new additions.)
The informative pages in this section include:
[See also Left-hand column menu.]
The above pages can be as life changing as the reader is receptive. If we open our minds and hearts to new information, we can come to a new harmony about the world around us.
The articles are informative, the edustats are educational, the quotes are enlightening, and all of these can be inspirational. Taken together, they empower us to experience a new level of health, energy, and our interconnectedness with this awesome world.
We can only change when our awareness changes; our awareness changes only when we open the door to new information. We hope you take this information in and prepare to never be the same again.
The door is always there. Go on... nudge it open.
Truth in Labeling Campaign - the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about MSG
What is MSG? including Symptoms of MSG and Hidden Names for MSG
Do you know where you stand on cruelty to animals?
On global poverty?
On worker rights?
On the environment?
You can find additional information on each of these topics and learn how we can take a stand only when we know where we stand.
Source: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Each Minute:
51 acres of tropical forest are destroyed
1,800 children die of malnutrition and hunger (15 million/yr)
50 tons of fertile soil are washed or blown off cropland
12,000 tons of carbon dioxide are added to the atmosphere
Each Hour:
1,692 acres of productive dry land become desert.
35,000 barrels of oil are consumed
$120 million dollars are spent for military expenditures ($1 trillion dollars/yr)
55 people are poisoned by pesticides; 5 die
Each Day:
230,000+ babies are born
25,000 people die of water shortage or contamination
10 tons of nuclear waste is generated by 350 nuclear plants
250,000 tons of sulfuric acid fall as acid rain in the N. Hemisphere
60 tons of plastic packaging and 372 tons of fishing net are dumped into the sea by commercial fishermen
5 species per day become extinct
Compiled by Canadian-based group, 'Global Awareness in Action.' These statistics date from 1990. They are provided by the Native American, Sun Bear, in his book: Black Dawn/Bright Day.
