Veggie Pride Parade
By Jenn (TinyChoices.com) | May 14, 2009
Come Sunday, I’ll be attending the second annual NYC Veggie Pride Parade, marching along with Penelo Pea Pod and Chris P. Carrot (who, by the way, were married at the parade last year. Not surprisingly [you know how veggies are] they’ve procreated, and there will be an official baby-veggie naming ceremony this year).
The parade starts at 42 Gansevoort St. in the Olde Meat District (c’mon, you can laugh at that) at 12pm, and winds its way to Union Square North, where all the veg*ns will party and dance and revel.
There’s a fabulous lineup of speakers and performers, including dear-friend-of-TC Mickey Z, and a blog, and a slide show with pics from last year. And no vegetable parade is complete without an official song: “Get your Green On!”
Also discovered two amazing videos via the Parade site:
- Meat The Truth: What a quote! “A vegetarian in a Hummer produces fewer carbon emissions than a meat eater in a Toyota Prius. But a vegetarian on a bike is much better.” True dat. Update: Mark Bittman reports on free screenings of Meat The Truth on Sunday at 5 & 7pm, at the NY Film Academy, RSVP required
- Cow: (Warning: this is a graphic cow-poop video) “Farmed animals produce more greenhouse gases than all cars and trucks in the world combined.” I love how the point of this is to motivate folks to eat less meat, which would make a tremendous difference in and of itself, and doesn’t scare them away from the subject by telling them to give up meat altogether. Of course, that would be nice, too…
I also realize that I owe ya’ll an update to the Great Vegan Experiment, which has been a really fascinating ride. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed with how much I have to say about it, which, as a friend said, may be the best place to write from. So, coming soon, promise!
Is anyone else going to the Veggie Pride Parade?
[Image via Veggie Pride Parade website]
Topics: General | 4 Comments »
Thanks for the plug, Jenn. You rock.
Oh, I’m so sad I’ll be missing this…and missing marching with the cool kids! I’ll be on vacation for 2 weeks.
Have a great time!
Peas,
Marisa
Marisa, have a great trip! And when you return, it’s vegan ice cream for us.
Peas to the world!
Hello! :
We noticed that you posted a blog about the
VEGGIE PRIDE PARADE in the past.
We would love it if you could attend again this year!
All info about the parade and expo can be found at our Web site:
http://www.veggieprideparade.org/
We would also love it if you could publicize the parade in advance to your readers. Following is a link to our press release:
http://www.veggieprideparade.org/dept/pr.htm
Sincerely,
Kat Mcafee
Volunteer
Veggie Pride Parade