At The Edge of the World Full Documentary! Sea Shepherd Conservation Society!

James and I just finished watching this amazing documentary and wanted to share it with you. At The Edge of the World is about controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. I am so impressed and proud that there are people like the crew of the two ships for the Sea Shepherd and all the people behind the scenes that make what they do possible. And they actually do make a difference. People can say what they will about them but I am inspired.

Whales are some of the most beautiful, intelligent and innocent creatures on this planet that we SHARE with them. These whaling vessels are in illegal waters under the guise of doing research, but really the meat ends up in the bellies of greedy, selfish people who care nothing about the likely extinction of the whales.

Watch At the Edge of the World and judge for yourself! 

Know Your Mushrooms! Full Documentary :)

Know Your Mushrooms is a really informative and interesting documentary about mushroom. I really enjoyed it and felt it was a real eye-opener. I have been studying different mushrooms for a while now (as I am interested in so many things), and I'm amazed at the strange and mysterious lives they seem to have. 
Watch it! You will learn a bunch of things you probably did not know, like that oyster mushrooms have been incredibly successful in their ability to clean up giant oil spills! You can grow them in a mat and then roll it out over the oil-covered landscape or water, and it will not only digest and break down the oil, but leave no trace of the oil itself and can be eaten after... weird. Anyway I thought you fine people would enjoy this so here it is! 

XOXO 

Lyn

Beautiful-Vegan Crystal Amulet 49!:

All Things Are Connected: Watch Full Documentary!

All Things Are Connected is a really well put together film that I literally just finished watching, and I thought of all you fine people out there on the other side of my computer :) We have to do more! MORE MORE MORE! I have to do more for this world. It's insane what we have come to. We have become morally destitute and bankrupted in compassion. Watch this movie with friends and see how much it will inspire you.

James came home today and told me that our landlord watched Forks Over Knives, and is seriously interested in learning more about the vegan lifestyle. It made my day! I feel that it's a great sign that more and more people are opening up in this way.

I have to say, though, that as vegans we can be self-righteous sometimes, believing that we are doing all we can to help change this small planet for the better, but we can always go further! There is always more we can do, and when we compare our first-world problems with that of the third world or even developing nations, we have nothing to want for. We live in luxury. Even if we live below the poverty line here in Canada, we live a life that far exceeds so many who live in hell right now as you read this. We need to step up our game. I commit to going further! Who's with me?

I love you guys :)

xoxo

Lyn

Movie Night with Vegan Snacks! Silly Video

Ok so here is a little video we made during our movie night and all the things we chose as snacks... let me tell you that popcorn is not my friend. I felt so horrible in my belly after my indulgence! But is was delicious. Anyway we are fools. But at least we are vegan fools.

XOXO 

Erin and Lyn!

V-Log: Our New Place!

Hello my lovelies! Just a quick video showing you our new place (finally). I love it and feel like I can make a little nest here before the winter comes. I am kind of house crazy right now, as I am obsessed with somehow owning a house of my own so I do not ever have to pay rent again, so I somehow have to manifest this into being.

The rent in Toronto is one of the highest in the world and it's where most of my income goes (well, down the toilet really). It goes toward nothing in the future so it traps us. What I really want to do is build my own house (earthbag/earthship building), which I have wanted to do for so many years now, but the accident I was in three yeas ago is still not allowing me to actually have that in my sight as I am physically not able to do certain movements (and strength) which would be required to take that on.

In the meantime I am loving our little lofty apartment in this crazy city. I am painfully aware that many many people on this planet do not even have the luxury of having a roof over their heads, and that plays a big role in why I so desperately want to learn to build in this way. I would love to travel and teach/work with people to help them build beautiful communities. I have participated in community building on a few occasions and we built lovely structures!  
This is the future. Back in the hands of the people instead of environmentally destructive construction by huge companies, and mortgages that no one can afford that they will pay off for a good part of their lives.

Things are changing, slowly but surely. Well I'm off to work now (that's a whole other topic), so have yourselves a beautiful day and I'll talk to you soon :)

xoxo

Lyn

V-Log #380 Carrot Juice!

I am still not used to being on camera, but I'm trying :) Have a beautiful day!