We're all in it together.

Sandy Hook. 

Hurricane Sandy. 

Fiscal Cliff. 

With each disturbing event of 2012, it feels like we've been hit with the same reminder:

We're all in it together.

Everything we do touches someone. Sometimes it's close to home. Other times, it reaches across the globe.

My 2013 wish is that we, myself included, remember that just like in nature, we're interconnected.

Photos by me and edited with Instagram and PicMonkey.

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60+ Vegan and Vegetarian Cookbooks

Do you want to eat a little more like a vegetarian, or vegan in 2013? Or do you already eat that way, but have fallen into a cooking, or non-cooking rut? Or are you looking for a last minute gift for a vegetarian, or vegan friend?

I figure some of you answered yes to at least one of those questions, so I thought I'd share a big ole list of vegetarian and vegan cookbooks with you. Over at the VegCookbook Club, we've been swapping ideas for vegetarian and vegan cookbooks that we'd like to cook from together in 2013.

In 2012, we cooked from:

• Appetite for Reduction by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (January)
•  The Vegan Table by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau (February)
• The Inspired Vegan by Bryant Terry (March)
• Blissful Bites by Christy Morgan (April)
• Veganomicon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero (May)
• Everyday Happy Herbivore by Lindsay S. Nixon (June)
• Wild About Greens by Nava Atlas (July)
• Let Them Eat Vegan by Dreena Burton (August)
• The Vegan Slow Cooker by Kathy Hester (September)
• Chloe’s Kitchen by Chloe Coscarelli (October)
• Forks Over Knives by Del Sroufe (November)
• Vegan Holiday Kitchen by Nava Atlas (December)

And here's the list of VegCookbooks that folks have said they would like to cook from in 2013.  

1. 30-Day Vegan Challenge
2. 30-Minute Vegan
3. 30-Minute Vegan's Taste of Europe
4. 500 Vegan Recipes (2 mentions)
5. American Vegan Kitchen
6. Ani’s Raw Food Kitchen
7. Artful Vegan 
8. Artisan Vegan Cheese
9. Asian Vegan Kitchen
10. Betty Goes Vegan
11. Big Vegan (2 mentions)
12. Color Me Vegan
13. Complete Guide to Vegan Food Substitution
14. Cookin’ Crunk 
15. Crazy Sexy Kitchen
16. Eat Raw, Eat Well
17. Eat, Drink and Be Vegan
18. Everyday Vegan
19. Fresh at Home
20. Fresh from the Vegan Slow-Cooker
21. Happy Herbivore Cookbook
22. Happy Herbivore Abroad
23. Heart Healthy Pizza
24. Indian Vegan Kitchen 
25. Joy of Vegan Baking
26. Kansha
27. La Dolce Vegan
28. Love Soup
29. Quick and Easy Low-Cal Vegan Comfort Food
30. Quick Fix Vegan
31. RAWvolution
32. Ripe
33. Sticky Fingers’ Sweet
34. Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook
35. Vegan Brunch
36. Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar
37. Vegan Diner
38. Vegan Eat World
39. Vegan Feasts
40. Vegan for the Holidays
41. Vean Fusion World Cuisine
42. Vegan Lunch Box
43. Vegan on the Cheap
44. Vegan Planet
45. Vegan Sandwiches Save the Day
46. Vegan Soul Kitchen
47. Vegan with a Vengeance
48. Vegetarian with a Vengeance
49. Vive le Vegan
50. World Vegan Feast
51. Yellow Rose Recipes

Yes, I realize that we have enough to last us for 4 years (:  If you have more suggestions, please leave a comment here, or better yet, over on VegCookbook Club. We've love for you to join us in 2013!

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Winter 2013 Juicy Blogging E-Course + Gift Certificates

 

Hello Have Fun, Do Gooders!

Just wanted to let you know that the Winter 2013 Juicy Blogging E-Course will be happening January 11-February 1, 2013.  You can learn more about the class on my website, brittbravo.com, and read 13 blogging success stories from past students in the September 2012 issue of the Juicy Blogging News.

If you want to give the e-course as a gift, just purchase the class for yourself, and then email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com with:

• Your gift recipient's first and last name
• Your gift recipient's email  
• The date I can contact the gift recipient with more information about the class ( I don't want to ruin the surprise!)
  

I'll email the gift certificate to you as a PDF so you can mail, or email it to them. It will look similar to last year's gift certificate (pictured above). Gift certificates for one-on-one blog coaching and creative career consulting are available too.

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Water Wednesday: Lots of Blogs About the Ocean!

I just put up a BIG list of blogs about the ocean on the Upwell blog:

Big Blue Blogs: 88 Ocean Conservation Blogs

Give 'em a look. 

Spread the word to your ocean-loving pals. 

And please let me know what ocean-y blogs I missed in the comments, or email me at britt AT upwell DOT us. 

Enjoy!



Flickr photo credit: Ocean Trigger Fish by Greg Grimes
Full disclosure: Upwell is a client.

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Living Plastic-Free with Beth Terry (Big Vision Podcast)

 Beth Terry is the author of Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too. She writes the popular blog, My Plastic-Free Life, and is a founding member of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. 

Beth gives presentations on living plastic-free, and why our personal changes *do* make a difference. She spearheaded the successful Take Back the Filter Brita recycling campaign in 2008, and her life and work have been profiled in Susan Freinkel's book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story, in Captain Charles Moore's book, Plastic Ocean, and in the award-winning film, Bag It. 

When she's not out fighting plastic pollution, she spends her time with her husband, and two rascally kitties in Oakland, CA. You can follow her on Twitter at @PlasticfreeBeth.

You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes, or on the player above.  If you have suggestions for people I should interview, or a do-good organization that would like to sponsor the show, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

Below are links to some of the things Beth mentioned during our chat:

• Abeego (fabric infused with beeswax, tree resin and jojoba oil that can be used for food storage)
• Anchor Hocking 5-c. Glass Refrigerator Storage Container
• ChicoBag
• Kanteen Reflect Steel Bottle: No Paint or Plastic, Bamboo, Laser Etched
• Life Without Plastic (online store with plastic-free products)
• The Plastic-Free Readers Guide
• 2nd Law by Muse (album by one of Beth's favorite bands)

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