Bake Sale for Compassion

Heya folks! It’s Aly here! 🙂

I could preach about compassion and what it means forever and ever, but this sort of spoke to me in a way that was much different.

Being a vegan, I definitely see compassion in everything I do and try to live my life with that as my “mantra” per se. But, compassion isn’t just for the animals, although that’s a huge part of it for me.

Everyone know’s about the recent disaster in Japan.

Well, a blogger buddy of mine, Katie, from Chocolate-Covered Katie made a bake-sale to benefit this cause combining almost 40 other bloggers and bakers who each made a dish or two (completely vegan and some gluten free/other allergen-free) to give out to the top bidder. And, let me tell you, the bids are hot and the sweets are even SWEETER. 😉

Okay, so that last sentence didn’t make much sense, but give me a break!

You know you wanna… 🙂

So in conclusion… GET YER SWEET ON!

😉

Get bidding and have a Terrific Tuesday! (Edit: Bidding ends Wednesday April 6, 2011 at 6 p.m. EST!)

Aly

Wake Up Weekend 2011: A Photo Essay

SCL Co-Chair Aly Braden with Carol J. Adams!

Our own Aly Braden teamed up with Lena Spadacene of the Humane Society of GVSU to introduce and interview Carol J. Adams at a Wake Up Weekend workshop at Brick Road Pizza. Check out other highlights from the weekend in this photo essay.

Jonathan Safran Foer On Ellen!

A good interview on Ellen where Jonathan Safran Foer talks about his new book, On Eating Animals.

Historic Legislation Passed by Michigan Government

On Monday, after legislative approval, governor Grandholm signed a bill the phases out veal crates, battery cages, and sow crates. This is the most extensive protection that  any state has passed through the legislative process!

More information

Sauteed Jalepeno Corn!

  Check out Bryant Terry in this short cooking vide0.

  Ingredients…

  Corn, cumin, sea salt, jalepeno peppers,   garlic

Southern Comfort Food: Vegan Style

Can it be done? Soul food…vegan style? Really? I’m here to tell you it can be done, and in anticipation of the upcoming SCL Soulfood Vegan Potluck, I’ll be posting some recipes I’ve found across this world wide web.

The potluck will be this Friday (May 1), at the Devos Forum, at Calvin College. SCL is teaming up with our friends at ESC for some events raising awareness about Mountain Top Removal. At 3:30 environmental activists from Appalachia will be talking about mountain top removal and environmental justice at the Devos Forum. The potluck is at five. And afterwards, Dr. Jay McDaniel will be giving the second annual Animals and the Kingdom of God Lecture, at 7:30 at the Meeter Center. 

So check out some of the recipes, prepare some food, and come on out for a great evening of food and learning!

Potluck [Indian Cuisine]

Bring your best vegan Indian dish to share.

This Friday, April 17, the potluck will be at 5:30pm in the Library Lobby.

Cumin, Coriander, Ginger.

Tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants.

Can’t wait. See you there.

PIGS & SUPERBUGS

 

I just want to call everyone’s attention to a couple of really good article’s written by the New York Time’s Nicholas Kristof. In two related op-eds (the first, and the second) Kristof discuses the massive use of antibiotics in factory farms and what that means for resistant superbugs that can kill humans. Definitely a must read! These articles only reinforce how when it comes to food issues, it is difficult to separate concern for the well being of the environment, non-human animals, and animals.

First Potluck [this semester]

Friday, March 6 will be the first bi-weekly potluck that SCL hosts this semster.

5:00pm

Library Lobby

Come, share your ideas for a new semester and enjoy some great food.

As always, we ask that the dishes brought be vegan, so all can partake.

Food & Sustainability Week!

The folks at SCL are aware that one of the most crucial ways to live more sustainably is by looking at our diet and the effect this has on the environment. This is something we have noted in previous posts. This week there are several food and sustainability events that SCL is sponsoring, in coordination with the Sustainability Month (Kill-a-Watt) going on in the dorms. It would be great if we could have an awesome turn out. Also, for the food panel and movie it would be nice to have treats. Hope to see you all there!

Food & Sustainability Events

Meatless Monday (Encourage students to not eat meat, eating more sustainably by eating lower on the food chain)

Tuesday: “Our Daily Bread”, Chapel Undercroft, 7:30PM, trailer

Wednesday: “Animals & Rights”, Philosophy Symposium Lecture, Dan Hooley, 4PM, Heimenga Hall 336

Thursday: Panel on Food and Sustainability, 7:30PM, Basement of Beets-Veenstra, featuring students and professors (Dave Dornbos, Adam Wolpa)