Dear Readers, In celebration of one year of blogging, and because Pigs Peace is in desperate need of donations, I’m launching a donation drive page for Pigs Peace at Serenity in the Storm. If you’ve been reading the blog for the last year, you’ll know about my love affair with Pigs Peace Sanctuary. We’ve been volunteering there […]
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Great Projects: Animal Rights 2012 Conference Recap, Part 3
I learned about some new-to-me amazing projects at the AR conference last week. They are all working to make change in really creative ways. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Okay, so this organization is not new-to-me, but I love the work they do so much, I had to feature them here: Established in 1977, Sea […]
Animal Rights 2012 Recap Part 1
No post for the last week! I have just had the most wonderful week away from my computer. It started out by flying into Baltimore. My sister Lucy picked me up from the airport early Tuesday morning. We spent all day Tuesday, Wednesday and some of Thursday hanging out and it was a blast. We […]
Baahaus Summer Party
Yesterday, Karen, Oliver and I travelled out to Vashon Island on the ferry to attend the Baahaus summer fundraising party. Baahaus Animal Rescue Group is a small sanctuary on Vashon Island, run by Glenda and her partner Karen. Glenda is the animal rights/human rights librarian at the University of Washington and is part of our animal […]
Picturing Death: Photography as Activism
Talk about a powerful and heartbreaking form of activism. Taiwanese photographer, Tou Yun-Fei spent two years documenting last moments of stray dogs before they were scheduled to be put to death in shelters. 70% of dogs in shelters in Taiwan are killed within 12 days of arriving at the shelter. In a formal portraiture style common in […]
Chik-fil-A: Speciesism with a Side of Homophobia?
I’m sure many of you by now have heard about the recent Chik-fil-A uproar. It’s been blowing up my Facebook page for the past couple of weeks. If you’re not familiar, Chik-fil-A (an apparently popular fast-food chain) president, Dan Cathy, recently stated on a radio show that, “we’re inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our […]
Reflections on Religion and Activism
I had the opportunity about a month ago to read and review an amazing book for Our Hen House—Animals and World Religionsby Lisa Kemmerer (review was posted today). This book in many ways restored my faith in the potential of religion to make social change. When I was growing up, my relationship with religion involved a […]
Film as Activism: Midway
“Do we have the courage to face the realities of our time? And allow ourselves to feel deeply enough that it transforms us and our future?” ~Midway Film, Chris Jordan MIDWAY : trailer : a film by Chris Jordan from Midway on Vimeo. “Near the heart of the Pacific Ocean, Midway Island is one of […]
Sharing Testimony: An Activist Project for Animals
I hope you all had a fun and safe 4th of July. Here, we had fairly minimal animal freak outage, which was good. Maizy had a few moments where she hid under the table, and a few more where she took refuge hiding completely under a blanket on the couch. But otherwise, everyone seemed to survive […]
Finding Peace at an Animal Sanctuary
Just a quick note this morning to nudge your over to MindBodyGreen to read a short article I wrote for them, “Finding Peace at an Animal Sanctuary.” How do you find serenity in your day to day lives?