40 days without meat?

Yup, you read it right -- my meatless Lenten journey is the start to this blog. Hopefully, this blog (and perhaps many of my other vegetarian habits?!) will continue after Lent, to really explore some different social justice issues. I spent so much time in college delving into the injustice surrounding hunger, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, education, lack of clean water, genocide, immigration and the environment -- and I desperately crave more conversations/motivation for that again.

So here's my inspiration to giving up meat for Lent:

Zoe tells us that "Modeling a message of kindness means committing to learn about the effects of our choices and then spending our money wisely, because every dollar we spend is a vote that says 'Do it again!'"

So here goes learning. :)

Some things I'd love from you all:
-recipes (especially easy ones!) for great meals and snacks
-articles on the pros of being vegetarian (or vegan, etc.)
-conversation about the topics of injustice that surround this journey: hunger, affordability of meat, animal rights, environmental concerns, factory conditions, suffering and sacrifices, etc.
-opportunities to speak out against previously-stated (or related) injustices (calls to action for writing to government officials, etc.)

Thanks for all your support thus far (and huge kudos to the prime vegetarians/vegans who inspired this -- Jenn Zocco, Angie Undercuffler, Alex LaBant, Jeff Will, Alecia Frisby, Kate Harner, Tierney Monahan -- and of course the many more that I'm forgetting!). It will certainly be a challenge at times, but that's the whole point of Lent, right? To do something that challenges you, and to think about the actions of said challenge?

Thanks again! Keep in touch!
Love, Beth