les violettes
periodic updates on the vegetarian lifestyle

caldrea

February 28th 2009

Caldrea is perhaps my favorite eco-cleaning supply company.  I’ve been using their products for about 10 years now and love them.  They are aromatherapy cleaning products by Mona Hatoum based in Minnesota, USA.  They work really well and smell fantastic.  The prices are more than comparable products yet, they are diluted so a little goes [...]

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crepes au froment

February 28th 2009
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wooden duck

February 26th 2009

Have you checked outWooden Duck? Located in Berkeley, CA and formed in 1995, you can find furniture made from recycled and repurposed trees from around the globe. Much of the furniture is recycled furniture from Indonesia. The look of the each is piece is slightly rustic and arts and crafts. A factory [...]

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green design

February 26th 2009

The Many Shades of Green by design mind

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wraps

February 24th 2009
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raw mediterranean kale

February 22nd 2009

Raw Food Recipe – Mediterranean Kale from Larry Cook on Vimeo. Try this. Kale is favorite of mine.

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a home for pigs and others

February 22nd 2009

It gives me great pleasure to write about Pigs.org. What I like about this animal sanctuary located in West Virginia, U.S.A. is their ethos, devotion and honest assessment of what it’s like to run an animal shelter. Pigs main focus is on rescuing and caring for abandoned pot-bellied farm pigs. Yet it [...]

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in the workplace: vegetarian & fired

February 20th 2009

Wow!  The following story originally mentioned on the Linked In Vegetarian/Vegan group is sad.  According to New York Daily News, trader Ryan Pacifico alleges that he was taunted then eventually fired from his job at an investment firm because he’s a vegetarian!  Can you imagine?  Per the article, Pacifico (who is married) was also labeled [...]

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artist pencils

February 19th 2009

Do you love to draw? Concerned about any animal traces lurking in your art supplies? U.K.-based Derwent makes artists pencils that are animal-free. I have been using Derwent’s Watersoluble Graphitone pencils for many years now. Graphitone pencils are completely encased in graphite which means a tree is saved! Self-expression is also much easier; try [...]

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vegan & botanical skincare line

February 18th 2009

Have you tried Dr. Wendy’s Botanical Skincare Line? Approved by both the Vegetarian Society and the Vegan Society, Dr. Wendy Maddocks-Jennings has developed this line to promote the benefits of essential oils and aromatherapy. This is what I truly love: it’s veg(etari)an, 100% natural with no synthetics ingredients and it’s 100% cruelty-free. [...]

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