Alicia Silverstone: Secondhand Shopper with a Cause

It’s one thing to state yourself as an animal lover, but something else to actually LIVE it. I commend Alicia on being a vegan and friend to not only animals, but the health of the planet.

Please I think I just threw up in my mouth. I am sooooooooo tired of the earth friendly do gooders. I love meat and will never ever give it up. I don’t mind buying second hand but not to ‘save the earth’. it saves me money. Really, get off the pedestal and come down where the rest of us mortals live.

I agree with Sassy mommy.

PLEASE stop forcing this down our throats. I mean I think its great trying to do a little here and there, but to get so marinated in the whole issue DOES make me go “ugh” as well. I love meat, as well as vegetables. God gave us control over the animals so we aren’t mean people, its just the way it is. I am a total animal lover, but I also know how life is.

It’s great that she’s into conservation but I do have a problem with her “all natural” ideals. Chemicals and science have saved more lives than eating organic ever will. Let’s not forget that arsenic is natural as well. Everything in moderation!

I’m sure glad there are people like Alicia Silverstone to help make up for the impact selfish people like Sassy Mommy make on the earth. Thanks for being an awesome role model, Alicia.

Brooke, I don’t believe anyone “shoved it down your throat” – you chose to click on the story and read it. Also, many people are vegan or vegetarian because of the way a lot of livestock are filled with hormones, treated terribly during their lives, and then slaughtered inhumanely. I realize that is not every animal, but that is the story for many of them. Wanting this to be avoided is not about being on a pedestal, it’s about having compassion for other living things that are able to feel pain just as much as humans.

Everything in moderation? Really?

That mentality explains why so many humans are afflicted with the diseases we have today. Our ancient ancestors weren’t ridden with toxins as we are today. And we don’t have a choice. They’re everywhere…from how food is grown and processed to the harmful vapors that leach out of the vinyl in your new car.

When’s the last time you read an article like this anyway? Are articles like this really that pervasive? All I hear about is Kim Kardashian this, Demi Moore that anymore. I found this snippet refreshing, and intelligent actually.

We now return you to your meat sandwich.

@Brooke, who agreed with SassyMommy,
While your perspective that “God gave us control” over animals isn’t logically arguable, the conclusion you draw — that this means that “we aren’t mean people” — demonstrates a regrettable factual ignorance. Please consider learning a bit about factory farming, and then honestly ask yourself if what happens to billions of factory-farmed animals qualifies as “mean.” I think you may find that “mean” is an understatement. Consider what our world would be like if people had stopped working to change other unjust systems just because some other folks got tired of being “marinated” in them. If you truly are a “total animal lover,” how can you write off the hopeless suffering of billions of sentient beings? It strikes me that that’s the sort of thing that God calls upon us to open our hearts to. Blessings.

The funny thing is, I’m a graduate student at a business school right now, and the funny thing they’re stressing is being “green” and “eco-friendly” because it’s just cheaper. Businesses are spending so much money these days trying to clean up their image, that the most recent Eco-effectiveness (not Eco-efficient) finance studies are showing that it’s just cheaper to go green. It’s a smart business decision these days. So suck it up and try, sassy mommy.

To people like sassy mommy: you may not live a lifestyle like Alicia’s, but that doesn’t mean you need to bash it! I am certainly not vegan, nor to I shop secondhand, but I do try to do little things like use reusable grocery bags. I commend people like Alicia who are doing everything they can do save our planet, because I’m certainly not!

Quite frankly, I will never be an eco-centric (yes, I think I just made up that clever play on words)nor will I be vegan. That being said, I will take reading articles about sweet, little, non showering Alicia to ANOTHER poorly written article about one of the Kardashians. Or maybe this week it will be how Brad and Angelina MAY buy the same brand of toothpaste. (GASP, do you think it’s because he secretly misses Jen??) OR Something as equally as annoying.

Way to go Alicia. In a world filled with Coach, Prada and so on. I’mn glad there’s level headed people still in this world especially celebrity’s. I think it’s outrageous to spend 50,000 on a dress and so on. It’s getting so crazy whatever happened to Suzy Shier Jeans, Or a Blue Notes top?? Seriously u don’t need millions to look good.!!!!

Many men, have loved to get their hands on Alicia Silverstone meat! She was the hottest “it gurl” yus.. I ted “it gurl of da 1990′s.” She converted alot o’ men, into Veganism… they only eat-hur luv u! Kissy Kissy! Den dey quit moo-meat, chicken… and da evil french fries! It goode she buy $econd hand store and give to poor chillin! She nice lady! 2 bad she married :(

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Sassy and Brooke, calm yourselves. Nobody is forcing anything down your throat. You came here and read about someone speaking their truth. If it makes you feel guilty and angry, go elsewhere. As for chemicals, nerdista, they may have saved more lives than organic food but they’ve also obviously killed far, far more. Platitudes, even with the word “science” added to them, are still platitudes.

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If she likes living that way, that’s fine for her. We DO have too much waste on this planet, but God created animals for food and clothing (which ones are specified in the Bible) and buying secondhand is ok once in a while, but she probably does it also because she’s not rich.

Im so sorry but GOD Almighty Himself gave us animals to EAT. If I want to eat meat then its my business, if you dont then good for you but dont push it on me either.

No. mostof the time ecologially friendly is not always economically friendly.

oh god, why do we have to bring “god” into everything?

Ooooh well said Kristen. I’ve been living Alicia’s lifestyle for 30 years now, getting more deeply involved with each year……no products tested on animals, no meat, organic foods as much as possible, and yes I buy second hand. LOVE Craigslist and recycling centers. Who’s pushing it down your throats? It’s a story about how this actress lives her life. Amazing how the ones having kids aren’t interested in preserving the enviro for them. Incredible. Why don’t you go find something else to do, like count all the animals that have become extinct just since you were born.

I am trying to figure out why people are so negative when a celebrity does something good – whether they agree with it or not. Clearly, those negative Nancys posting here read about celebrities as they are on people.com. Alicia does not appear to be putting herself on any so-called pedestal or “shoving” her ideals down her throat; she’s simply discussing what she does and what makes her feel better. It’s a sad thing when people criticize when it’s not necessary. She didn’t say you or I have to follow this path; it just works for her and she does it for specific reasons.

And to Nerdista – your point about arsenic didn’t even make sense as that’s something naturally occurring. Enough studies show that what you eat (organic! healthy!) can do far more than pumping chemicals (not naturally occurring) into your body. If you’re going to make a point, make it valid.

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One thing I have done, as a meat-eater, is to research who raises various animals in humane ways, as well as slaughters them in humane ways. Temple Grandin,PhD, who has designed more than a third of the slaughter facilities for cattle and hogs, designs facilities which prevent animals from feeling fear, and being slaughtered so quickly they die instantly and care is taken that the animal never sees the person who is doing the slaughter to protect the animal, as well. Temple Grandin is known as the woman who is able to think like a cow. She herself is a meat-eater.

My nephew is a vegan, and the thing I appreciate about him is that he doesn’t accuse meat-eaters of “putting dead carcasses” on the table, or say he is disgusted and sickened by a dead body being served. That’s the problem in this argument; too much venom. And don’t say vegan’s never do that; I’ve known them to.

When we have a family meal, we make certain he has dishes to eat, and he and his wife (who is not vegan) bring a dish or two for the meal, and he utters not one peep about the meat, and we don’t rag on him for being vegan. Everyone needs to stay calm and not insult anyone.

You’re not going to change my mind about how I eat, and I won’t try to change yours; what you eat is your business. In the meantime, I buy used and new, I recycle, even when I travel, and I eat free-range, natural, and fresh foods. I do as much as I can to make a positive impact on the planet.

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