Posts by Raul Colon
Dealing with Non-Friendly Vegan & Vegetarian Phrases
One of the things I constantly work with is having compassion for others. But sometimes being vegetarian around meat eaters that are fanatics of eating meat makes it a good exercise of patience. Several times a week I get from the people I interact either online or offline one of the phrases I really have…
Read More¿Flexi Que?
One of the reasons I established this blog was to educate people on the vegan and/or vegetarian lifestyle from a latino’s perspective. As you know being Latino and Vegetarian for some strange reason may sound like an oxymoron but in reality there are many of us and this blog has allowed me to connect with…
Read MoreDiabetic Friendly Energy Drink Rain Forest Cola by @rainbev
This post was originally published @ raulcolon.net Last year I was introduced to a funny looking can by Dave Thomas from New Marketing Labs at Inbound Marketing Summit 2010 in Boston. Weeks later I found out while reading @chrisbrogan’s tweets that it was a new all natural soft drink called Rain Forest Cola. I was…
Read MoreDecember Nights with Surfin Safari and Peace Pies
It’s 4 o’clock on a Friday afternoon in December. While happy hour may be revving up in downtown’s Gaslamp Quarter, at Sunset Cliffs in Ocean Beach there is a steady stream of surfers arriving on this happy hour. On go the wet suits. Under their arms go the boards. They evaluate the waves from afar.…
Read MorePLANT-BASED DIETS: THE BEST GIFT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT
Going vegan is a very personal choice. Ask any dozen vegans why they chose that lifestyle and chances are you will get 12 different responses ranging from “I have more energy,” to “I’m appalled by today’s industrialized torture of animals.” Regardless the fundamental reasons why a person may opt for a plant-based diet, there are…
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