Here is a great website for new vegans looking for meat alternatives. Faux meat is a great way to ease the transition to a vegan diet. Enjoy!
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)
- 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)
- Great Taste Cafe (Streeterville)
- 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)
- Loving Hut (Edgewater)
- 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!
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