Monthly Archives: June 2013

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Bromley Vegan and Vegetarian Society

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Hello! Welcome to our page. We are a quickly growing society with lots going on! Please comment at the bottom of this page if you have ideas of things to add to this page!

  • Areas we cover:
  • Members:
  • Find us on our Facebook and Twitter.
  • Meeting Place:  / Next Meeting:
  • Borough Leader:
  • Borough Population:
  • Area leaders needed in:

Hotspots

Eating out

  • Can you suggest places to eat out?

Eating In

  • Can you suggest some shops to buy good quality vegan products?

Schools

We are looking for schools to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…

Faith groups

We are looking for Churches and other Faith groups to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…

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Croydon Vegan and Vegetarian Society

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Cake&TreatCakeHello! Welcome to our page – we are the oldest veggie society in England – started in 1886.

  • Borough Leader: Helen Buckland & Tracey Hague
  • Areas we cover: Croydon.
  • Members: 50
  • Find us on our Facebook and Twitter.
  • Meeting Place:  / Next Meeting: see below
  • Borough Population: 320,000
  • Area leaders needed in:

Next Meet-ups:

Croydon Vegan and Veggie Society Every Saturday lunchtimes from 12pm at Just Falafel, on Wellesley Road Croydon, near the crossroads with George Street. This is the first vegan place we’ve had in Croydon for a long time, so we want to encourage them! Contact Helen for more details: helenbuckland@live.co.uk or the Croydon Veggies Facebook group.

2Eden – Christian Veggie Group – A church-based vegetarian group, meets for regular free monthly meals (vegetarian lunch, dessert and drinks) on the 3rd Saturday of the month, 2pm, at All Saints Church Halls, New Road, Hackbridge CR4 4JN. No charge, No sermon, No catch. Incredible. Paul McDonald, 07900990292, 0208 4051800, pa1mcd@yahoo.co.uk orhttp://2eden.blogspot.com/

Croydon Indian Vegetarians 33rd Christmas Lunch.  Date: – Sunday 15th December 2013 Time:- 12.30 for 1pm sharp! Venue:- The Archbishop Lanfranc School , Mitcham Road , Croydon Please confirm ASAP so that the catering arrangements can be made. Nitin Mehta Tel: 020 8686 Email: animalahimsa@gmail.com

Croydon Friends of the Earth Meet-up, Mon 16 December, 7.30pm. It has become a tradition for our local group to organise a get-together in December and to invite other local groups with similar interests. Green Dragon pub, (top of Surrey St market) on Monday 16th December, from 7pm with veggie buffet with vegan and gluten free option at £10 per head. Some kind of entertainment along the lines of the popular quiz we had last year is being organised. Email Grace, Croydon Friends of the Earth, on blath8@googlemail.com or check out their Facebook Page.

Hotspots in Croydon

Eating out

  • Can you suggest places to eat out?

Eating In

  • Can you suggest some shops to buy good quality vegan products?

Schools

We are looking for schools to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…

Faith groups

We are looking for Churches and other Faith groups to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…

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Southwark Vegan Society

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Try some vegan freebies at our next meeting!

Hello! Welcome to Southwark Vegan Society. Get involved by…

  • trying some freebies at our next meet up: TBC
  • volunteering for our Southwark Meat Free Mondays campaign, to make Southwark greener and healthier.
  • Sign up to our e-newsletter, email southwarkvegans@gmail.com and then follow us on Facebook and Twitter

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We are working with Southwark council, businesses, schools, faith groups, health centres and the local media to promote #Southwark #MeatFreeMonday.

Find out more here…

This campaign will make Southwark residents healthier and reduce their impact on the environment.

Where can you buy vegan food in Southwark?

Take a look at the map below (I would open the full map here) to see the best places to eat out and buy vegan and veggie products. Want a place adding to the map? – get in touch.

Best places to eat vegan in Southwark

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  • Blue Brick Cafe, Fellbrigg Rd, meeting place of the Southwark Vegans, great homemade vegan food.
  • Dulwich Supermarket, LL – vegan groceries
  • Barry’s, Barry Road. Vegan sausages, icecream, cream, soya, rice and almond milk.
  • SMBS, Lordship Lane (LL) – specialist vegan food, mock meats and icecreams.
  • Dulwich Healthmatters, LL – vegan health and nutrition specialists.
  • Pizza Express, Dulwich Village
  • Blue Mountain – some vegan food.
  • Mean Green Foods: Yvettemakes handmade quinola fritters, aubergine bakes and scotch bonnet chutney. Stall on Fridays and Saturdays at Captured on the Rye at 85 Pellatt Road.

PECKHAM & CAMBERWELL

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Middle eastern delights at Persepolis
  • Puzzle Organico: Rye Lane – vegan chocolate cake, smoothies and organic vegetables
  • Persopolis: selection of spices/food, run by Sally Butcher and author of Veggiestan: A Vegetable Lover’s Tour of the Middle East
  • Ganapati: south Indian vegan food
  • Cool Cat’s Cafe – Toby Maclean (a vegetarian himself) serves all homemade food: pesto spaghetti £8, Butterbean burger in a roll served with oven roast potatoes £8, gnocchi in a pepper and tomato sauce £10,  hummus and sourdough bread £4.

SOUTHWARK, BOROUGH, BERMONSEY & ROTHERHITHE

  • Gujarati Rasoi: Delicious Southern Indian vegetarian food
  • The Veggie Table: Yummy vegetarian food
  • Rabot Estate: Monmouth Espresso based coffee drinks with soy milk options
  • Blueprint Café: Wonderful vegan food – they even made us our own printed vegan menu. Great for fine vegan dining in SE1!

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Barnet Vegan and Vegetarian Society

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barnetHello! Welcome to our page. We are a quickly growing society with lots going on! Please comment at the bottom of this page if you have ideas of things to add to this page.

  • Areas we cover: TBC
  • Members: 20
  • Find us on our Facebook and Twitter: TBC
  • Meeting Place: / Next Meeting: TBC
  • Borough Leader: Thomas Bonneville
  • Borough Population: 280,000
  • Area leaders needed in: all!

Next meet up:

WORLD FOOD DAY EVENT…

wfdWhy not come along to the Jewish Veggie Society event on16 October, 2013 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm JVS 853 Finchley Road London,Greater London NW11 8LX  Waged £6, Unwaged/JVS members Enjoy world food with fewer food-miles! In honour of World Food Day, the JVS invites you to an evening of sustainable food, joining people across the globe taking actions to end hunger. Our workshop will focus on how we can have a positive impact by eating local, seasonal, plant-based food and making use of the invisible abundance around us. Email info@jvs.org.uk or call 020 8455 0692 to book a place.

 

Hotspots

Eating out

  • Can you suggest places to eat out?

Eating In

  • Can you suggest some shops to buy good quality vegan products?

Schools We are looking for schools to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…
Faith groups We are looking for Churches and other Faith groups to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…

Past events

Uni church 5 oct 13Sat 5th Oct – 3pm Interfaith Celebration of Animals service, to be held at Golders Green Unitarians, 31½ Hoop Lane, Golders Green, London NW11 8BS. Led by Rev Feargus O’Connor with contributions from the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh faiths, this tenth anniversary of the annual celebration will feature a very special guest speaker: Gavin Grant, CEO of the RSPCA. Thank you to Thomas Bonneville for attending and keeping us informed!

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Lewisham Vegan and Vegetarian Society

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Hey I’m David Gore – I started the society in 2012 to bring together the people of Lewisham to share tasty, healthy food!

I hope to see you at one of our potlucks or meetings soon.

Lewisham Pot Luck – Next date TBC

You are invited (vegans, veggies and meat eaters alike) to a Vegan Potluck – bring your own vegan foodtarte (and alcohol if you wish).

We can offer our hob, oven and toaster for reheats plus plates, knives and forks etc. If you want to come along drop a line to David Gore – davidhgore@gmail.com for further details of

the event or confirm via the Lewisham Vegans Facebook Page.

Hotspots in Lewisham

Eating out

  • Lewisham High Street – Turkish restaurants – lovely mezze
  • Hithergreen =  ‘Cafe of Good Hope’ at 216 Hither Green Lane who do soy coffees

Eating In

  • Can you suggest some shops to buy good quality vegan products?
  • Sheels: Lewisham’s best health store

Lewisham Meat Free Mondays…

  • Schools: We are looking for schools to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…
  • Faith groups: We are looking for Churches and other Faith groups to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…
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Hounslow Vegan & Vegetarian Society

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Marina Lacueva, Hounslow Borough leader, left, enjoying the V-Delicious show in June 2013 with Mirel and Alysia
  • Areas we cover:  Hounslow, Chiswick, Brentford, Isleworth, Kew and Richmond
  • 5 members and looking for more!
  • Find us on Facebook & Twitter
  • Founded: 28 June 2013
  • Meeting Place: TBC
  • Next Meeting: TBC.
  • Borough Leader: Marina Lacueva – get in contact (former Southwark leader and Social Media whizz!) email her on chiswickvegansociety@yahoo.co.uk
  • Borough Population: TBC
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  • Area leaders needed in: Chiswick, Brentford, Hounslow and Feltham.

Hotspots

Eating out

  • TBC

Eating In

  • Can you suggest some shops to buy good quality vegan products?

Schools

  • We are looking for schools to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…

Faith groups

  • We are looking for Churches and other Faith groups to do Meat Free Days – leave a comment if you know of any…
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Lambeth Vegan Society

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Lambeth is the most vegan-friendly borough mscupcakein South London and is home to the famous Ms Cupcake in Brixton. Lambeth Society has 220 members – our biggest society! Borough leaders: Clare, Margarida and Marika. Next Meeting: See below… Borough Population: 303,000. Lambeth is extremely ethnically diverse – it really is the world in one borough. This gives rise to a great diversity of food, as has been shown by Brixton Village.

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Lambeth Vegans are having a Meet-Up next Wednesday, 19th March at Whole Meal Cafe in Streatham (1 Shrubbery Road, SW4 2AS, just off the high street, near Streatham Station) at 7pm.
Come along got our long-overdue get-together!  The idea is to bring together like-minded people to meet, chat and eat great food!
Let us know, either by emailing lambethvegans@gmail.com or on Facebook Event Page or Twitter (@lambethvegans).
Hope to see you soon
Clare, Margarida and Marik

Brixton

  • BMMs Cupcake, Coldharbour Lane.
  • Brixton Village – Wheat and Gluten Free WAG
  • Negril – Jamaican restaurant with a great ital section (vegan diet) – the pumpkin curry is highly recommended.  132 Brixton Hill, SW2 1RS
  • There are lots of great vegan options at places in Brixton Village too – try the veggie tortillas at Casa Morita or the Thai curries at Kaosarn.

Streatham

  • WholemealcafeWhole Meal Cafe – Vegetarian restaurant with great food and very friendly owners.  1 Shrubbery Road, SW4 2AS
  • Jane’s Organic – Wholefoods and Health Store with a little cafe with great soups, smoothies and salads.  54 Streatham Hill.

Clapham

  • Alkarmel Vegetarian Cafe, 95 Landor Road, Clapham North, London, SW9 9PH
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VeggieTapas sharing plate!

“Cubana is London’s freshest, juiciest and best value Cuban Bar Restaurant. Cubana is famous for freshly-prepared Latin American food, fresh tropical cocktails and smoothies – and late-night live Cuban music! We do plenty of veggie and vegan options and all produce is free range -come say hello!” Mauricio Gouveia, Cubana’s General Manager Find us on Facebook Cubana, 48 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7RG

 

Balham

  • Trinity Stores – great cafe/bar in Balham.  Always have excellent vegan cakes on offer (though they do serve meat as well).  5 & 6 Balham Station Road, Balham, SW12 9SG

Tulse Hill

  • Lazy Rhubarb – cafe by Tulse Hill station has soya milk and always tries to have one vegan cake option each day.
  • Greenz – Fantastic vegan restaurant by Tulse Hill station – creative home-cooked Asian/Caribbean fusion meals.  5 Station Rise SE27 9BW.
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Clapham Vegan and Vegetarian Society

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Clapham is an area within the Borough of Lambeth. It has a selection of vegan and vegetarian restaurants and shops but not as many as some of the other areas in Lambeth, such as Brixton.This tutorial will show you how to download and install the showbox for pc on Windows 7 using ARC Welder or Bluestacks so you can stream free movies directly from your computer

Leader: Marika Kulesza. Quote TBC

Contact Details

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Next Meeting….

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Past Meetings

  • Thursday 27 June 2013 Social meeting in Clapham North, Lambeth Borough tonight from 7.15pm! Alkarmel Vegetarian Cafe, 95 Landor Road. 
  • April was at Carmen’s Tapas – its great to meet vegans and veggies local to the Clapham area.
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All About Best Laptops For College Students Read To Know!

College days are one of the exciting phases in one’s life, in addition, it is the place where we learn, play and grow as it helps to achieve what we want become in life. It is understood that there is glitz and glamour that is attuned with college life and for the fresher’s it’s a time filled with eagerness, anxiety, and magnificent discoveries. Well, here we shall be discussing about one of the important accessories in any college goers’ life is a laptop. Best Business Laptops

Laptop is an essential part of your college work, and it will not be wrong to say that laptop has taken the front seat. In addition, today, most of the college and universities require that each of their students must own laptop for academic purpose. Finding the best laptops for college students is not an easy errand as it depends on the subject that you have opted and so on.

For Instance, if a student is doing graduation in computer science, then he would require laptop   of higher configuration and specification in comparison with the one who is studying English literature. Although it is certainly tricky to gauge needs of the students thus to help you here we bring you some leading brands and their specification so that you can purchase the best one that suffice the need and your budget too. Without any delay, let us quickly peep and see different laptops that are best for the student.

Best laptop to get you through the university!

As we, all are very much aware of the fact there are numerous brands and models that are available in the market. However, before we embark on the different laptops for college students, it is essential to be well aware of the prerequisite and specification that your computer must possess. Here is list of top three laptops that we have picked for you.

  • Samsung Note book 7spin: well as per the review, this laptop is known for its performance and portability. This latest laptop is equipped with best technology and above all, it is loaded with features that college pupils will love. This is two – in one device with a touch screen that can be used as normal laptop and like a tablet. It has Intel core I7 sky lake processor, it has RAM of 8, or 16 GB, which can be easily upgraded if, need arise in future. It has all the ports for connectivity. Battery backup is also great. Overall, it is a perfect laptop for the students with small budget.
  • Dell XPS 13: it has perfect mix of power and flexibility with 13.3-inch display and full HD infinity display; it has 8GB of RAM with internal memory of 256 GB. The Dell XPS 13 can easily keep up with heavy workload be it programming software Eclipse and Android studio or Autodesk, 3DS max. The Price is on the higher side but looking at the market laptop of this configuration are highly priced so it is a fair deal if you bring home XP 13.
  • ASUS ZenBook3: Currently, it is lightest and strongest laptops in the market, in addition with its iconic metal finish it is a complete delight or the eyes. It weighs around two pounds with super thin 46-inch profile. It comes with seven-generation Intel core i5 processer and with 258 GB SSD the only drawbacks is that it has only one USB port.

As said, we bring to you top three best laptops for college students, so now that you are sentient of the various features so; choose the best that suffice your need and requirement.
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Celebrity Vegans

James Cameron Goes Vegan

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“By changing what you eat, you will change the entire contract between the human species and the natural world”. James-Cameron-Goes-Vegan1

James Cameron received National Geographic’s “Explorer of the Year” award for his successful solo dive last year to the deepest point of the Pacific  Ocean. James used the organization’s  125th-anniversary gala to share
gmailcom his new-found solution to saving the  Earth.“I’ve had an epiphany recently,” Cameron told the audience.  “I want  to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are  environment stewards of the earth and oceans. . . . By changing what you eat, you will change the entire  contract between the human species and the natural world. Cameron said he went vegan a year ago and urged everyone in the cameronveganroom to do the  same. “I felt like I was waking up from a long sleepwalk,” he said. “I  believe we are all sleepwalking off a cliff if we don’t do this.” The Oscar-winning director with a fortune of $700 million or so has  been a vocal supporter and has put his money where his mouth is for  various green causes.

People, he said, are always asking him what they can do to make a difference for the  planet. He says he used to give the standard answers: — electric cars,  solar panels — but now believes going vegan is, by far, the most  important thing anyone can do. Watch him speak on Youtube.