The intention for this blog is to make it easy for anyone to go vegan. If you have ever thought about it but haven’t made the switch, let me help. It really is easy. I welcome questions.
It’s easy being vegan!™
~ For your health, the animals, and the Earth by the vegan girl next door
Why vegan?
Animal Sanctuaries
Animal Welfare
- ASPCA
- Best Friends (Utah)
- Chicago Animal Defense League
- Chicago Animal Rights Meetup
- Compassion Over Killing
- Dawn Watch
- Farm Sanctuary (NY and CA)
- Humane Education
- Humane Society of the United States
- humanemyth.org
- In Defense of Animals – Africa
- Mercy for Animals
- PETA
- Skip the Circus
- The National Anti-Vivisection Society
- Wagner Farm Rescue Fund
Chicago Animal Shelters
Chicago Restaurants
- Addis Abeba (Evanston)
- Alice & Friends (Edgewater)
- All You Need is Green (Vegan Food Home Delivery)
- Amitabul (Northwest side)
- Antalee Cafe (Glenview)
- Arya Bhavan (Rogers Park)
- Baba's Village (Loop)
- Blind Faith (Evanston)
- Borrowed Earth Cafe (Downers Grove)
- Chicago Diner (Lakeview)
- Chowpatti (Arlington Heights)
- Cousin’s Incredible Vitality (North side)
- Crofton on Wells (River North)
- de.li.cious (Lake View)
- Dharma Garden (North side)
- Doc’s Juice & Smoothies
- Drew’s Eatery (Lincoln Square area)
- Earwax Cafe (Wicker Park)
- Ethiopian Diamond (Edgewater)
- Green Zebra (West Town)
- Handlebar (Bucktown)
- Heartland Cafe (Rogers Park)
- iCream (Wicker Park)
- Karyn’s Cooked (River North)
- Karyn’s Raw (Lincoln Park)
- Kopi Cafe (Andersonville)
- Lake Side Cafe (Rogers Park)
- Mana Food Bar (Wicker Park)
- Mysore Woodlands (Rogers Park)
- New Wave Coffee (Logan Square)
- Opera (South Loop)
- Ras Dashen (Edgewater)
- Soul Vegetarian East (South side)
- Sweet Dreams (Glenview)
- Sweet Grass Cafe (Geneva)
- The Balanced Kitchen
- The Bleeding Heart Bakery (West side)
- Udupi Palace (Rogers Park)
- Veggie Bite (Southside & Wicker Park)
- Veggies To Go (Hyde Park)
- Yummy Yummy (Lakeview)
Dating
Environment
- Chicago Recycling Coalition
- Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance
- Circle of Life
- Earth Save Chicago
- Green Festival (Chicago & other cities)
- Listing of Green Blogs
- New American Dream
- The Alternative Consumer
- The Consumer Recycling Guide
- The G Living Network
- The Story of Stuff (video)
- Tom Bihn
- Tree Hugger
- What’s Your Tree?
Forums/Social Networking
Health and Nutrition
Just for Fun
Karma Yoga
Made In Chicago
Media
Raw Foods
Shopping - Accessories
- Alternative Outfitters
- Bourgeois Boheme
- Couch (vegan belts & more)
- Fast and Furless
- GreenKarat-Ecologically Responsible Jewelry
- Herbivore Clothing Company
- Humanitaire
- Micio Mambo
- Moo Shoes
- Queen Bee Creations/Chickpea Baby
- Roots of Compassion
- Snooty Jewelry
- Soul-Flower.com
- Vegan Karma
- Vegetarian Belts
Shopping - Auctions
Shopping - Baby/Children
Shopping - Beauty Care
Shopping - Fair Trade
Shopping - Fashion
Shopping - Fitness
Shopping - Food/Gifts
Shopping - General Store
Shopping - Grocery/Health Food
- A Different Daisy (aka Vegan Goods)
- Ethical Planet (Evanston)
- Food Fight vegan grocery (online/Portland)
- JD Mills Health Food (Evanston)
- Kramer’s Health Food (Loop)
- New Leaf Natural Grocery (Rogers Park)
- Side Car for Pigs Peace (Seattle)
- Soup to Nuts, the alternative Grocery (Geneva)
- Southtown Health Foods (Beverly)
- The Hungry Vegan (Meals delivered nationwide)
- True Nature Foods (Edgewater)
Shopping - Home
Shopping - Shoes/Bags
- Alternative Outfitters
- Beyond Skin
- Bourgeois Boheme
- Charmone Shoes
- Cherella USA
- Chinese Laundry
- Cri De Coeur vegan shoes
- Crystalyn Kae Handbags
- Do-Ni shoes
- Earth Shoes – Vegan
- Earthpak
- EcoBags
- Emerica
- Escama Studio
- Fast and Furless
- Flat Bags (recycled inner tubes)
- Haiku bags
- Heartland Products, Ltd.
- Helen E Riegle HerDesign
- Hemp Basics
- Humanitaire
- Life Stride (mostly vegan selection)
- Matt and Nat
- Micio Mambo
- Mink Shoes
- Moo Shoes
- Neuaura shoes
- New American Dream
- Noharm (for men)
- Nordstrom’s (non-leather shoe section)
- olsenHaus shoes
- Parapette
- Planet Shoes (vegan section)
- Queen Bee Creations/Chickpea Baby
- Ragazzi Vegan
- Rawganique
- Rina Shah
- Roots of Compassion
- Simple Green Toe shoes
- Slainte
- Soles of the Earth
- Soul-Flower.com
- T.U.K
- Te Casan (Natalie Portman’s vegan shoe line)
- Team Blonde (Oak Park)
- Terrasoles
- The Consumer Recycling Guide
- The Story of Stuff (video)
- The Vegan Collection (men’s shoes)
- Tom Bihn
- Vamp Bags
- Vegan Chic
- Vegan Queen Conscious Luxury
- Vegetarian Shoes
- Voltaic Solar Bags
Shopping - T-shirts
Travel
Veg Fests
vegan dining guides
Veganism
Yoga
Vegans Everywhere!
Hey Christine – I love your blog. I even found a few new links that I was unaware of. My best to you.
Fran
Ethical Planet