JournalNow.com: Veggin' Out

Contrary to a popular stereotype, vegetarians are not all champions of self-denial, pathetically munching a sprout on the sidelines while watching the omnivores have all the culinary fun. Instead, the vegetarians we know love good food and know where to get it. They aren't about to settle for a bland meal, either at home or at a restaurant.

Green gatherings

Saturday is the Piedmont Environmental Alliance’s third Earth Day Fair. There will be talks, tastings, merchants, demonstrations and a lot of other good stuff. I went last year and enjoyed it immensely. You can read more about the day’s lineup here. Among the guests will be Wanda Urbanska of PBS TV’s Simple Living and singer Martha Bassett. Right now they’re calling for showers on Saturday—I hope they hold off!

The actual Earth Day is Tuesday. If you’d like to do something special to mark the day, Earth911.org has a list of suggestions, as does Durham’s city page. You can also get an evironmental tip of the day via e-mail from the EPA.

This handy site lets you search for Earth Day events within 5 to 250 miles of your home. (The link will show you events within 100 miles of Winston-Salem—hover over the bottom for links to subsequent pages.)

Earth Day also marks the day when Whole Foods is aiming to rid all its checkout lanes of plastic bags.

*If you’re looking for a more vegetarian-focused event, Vegetarian Summerfest, the North American Vegetarian Society’s annual conference, will be held June 18-22 in Johnstown, Penn. It will feature lots of speakers and educational sessions. You can find out more at the conference’s Web site.

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By Cassandra Sherrill on 04/18/2008 (6:42 am)