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Our top 10 tips for vegan students
With September just around the corner, it is time to share our top ten tips on vegan student living: 1. Get some practice in early – cooking in front of people you don’t know can be a bit daunting! Why not practice a few staple dishes, for example soup / lasagne / bolognese / stir […]
Nomads in a Field Jewish festival goes vegan
Annual Jewish summer festival Nomads in a Field returns to Kent next week, 23-26 August 2019, and this year it is vegan! Here’s a sneak peek of what you can expect: * Walking, singing, learning, meditation * Swimming (we have a pool) * Yoga/stretching * Songs & storytelling * Shabbat loveliness and ruach! * Dancing […]
Plant-based diet can fight climate change – UN
‘Switching to a plant-based diet can help fight climate change, UN experts have said. A major report on land use and climate change says the West’s high consumption of meat and dairy produce is fuelling global warming.’ Click here to view the full story on the BBC. Click here to watch the BBC’s Newsnight coverage of […]
Why I’m vegan, by Mira Lubin
Mira Lubin is a 15-year old vegan, who is doing a work experience placement at JVS. We asked her to share her story of becoming a vegan: My name is Mira Lubin, I became pescatarian at the age of 13 because I didn’t like the fact that someone had to be slaughtered for my meal. […]
Plant up your life! Special event @ JVS 21/07
Booking essential. No admittance without a ticket. Book your free ticket here. This bonanza is four events in one! Come to some of it or all of it! This event is open to all, and is family- friendly. This is also a dog-friendly event. 1. Join us for community gardening from 11.30am. Please come in […]
Celebrate Green Shabbat this weekend – and save the planet
Ahead of the first ever Green Shabbat, community leaders reflect on what the environment means to them. *Including a piece from our patron Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. *Jewish Chronicle feature, July 5th 2019, written by Ben Welch.
Welcoming our newest trustee
We are delighted to welcome aboard, and introduce you to our newest trustee, Rosanna Rafel. Rosanna has been a vegan for over a year, and a vegetarian intermittently for over two decades. She adopted the vegan lifestyle due to her love of all animals, and after recognising the gross abuses taking place on a global […]
Your one-stop shop for the perfect vegan picnic
After months of drizzle, the warm weather is finally creeping in and National Picnic Week (21 – 30 June) couldn’t come sooner. The humble picnic is a staple part of the summer for most Brits, and can be one of the most enjoyable ways to while away the hours soaking up the sun – or […]
Watch ‘Eating Animals’, co-produced by Natalie Portman – London 11-13th June
Based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s critically acclaimed book of the same name and produced and narrated by Natalie Portman, Eating Animals is a fascinating – and at times disturbing – investigation into the industrial system known as factory farming in the US, the source of nearly all of the meat, eggs and dairy consumed by Americans. As […]
What if eating meat is not only wrong – but obsolete? The Guardian
In the same way we’re now horrified people used to smoke in offices, we’ll soon find it almost unthinkable that people used to consume so much meat. Arwa Mahdawi in the Guardian: Meat is dead. Carnivores are going the way of cigarette smokers and, by 2050, there’s a good chance that it will be socially […]