1. Seventh Generation
2. Dr Bronners
3. Ecos
4. Ecover
5. Method
6. Bio-Kleen
7. Nature Clean
8. Earth Friendly Products
9. Sound Earth, LLC
10. Clear Vue
11. Heather's Natural and Organic Cleaning
12. Orange-Mate

PETA  was founded in 1980 as an animal rights organization, gaining large amounts of public attention in 1981 for the Silver Springs Monkey case, in which the organization played a pivotal role in bringing attention to and shedding light on the horrifying cruelty behind the scenes of animal testing and laboratory "research".  Since then, PETA has been involved in many animal-rights projects that have exposed the horrifying treatment of animals in laboratories, factory farms, and circuses...

Hmmm..the circus.

Animals are put on display for human amusement, without care or attachment to the well-being of the animal, or purpose this imagery serves to facilitate an "acceptable" meme of exploitation in our society...

Kinda sounds the same as putting women on display, without care for the purpose that sexual objectification imagery serves to facilitate an "acceptable" meme of exploitation of women as sexual obejects in our society...

Female nudity being equated with sexuality is a dangerous idea - and to speak against it often leads to accusations of "prudishness" or "conservatism", oppression or repression.  But that is just not the case.  Being nude or naked should be a liberating experience, and not one that is always equated with sex.  But reinforcing the idea that a woman exposing herself is all about sex appeal is the reason why it is not only illegal but dangerous for a woman to be topless in public, whereas her male counterpart may walk around freely in most places without a shirt.  It is the reason why uncomfortable, often unpractical clothing is depicted as "sexy", while male images in the media include the entire spectrum (fat, thin, short, tall, light, dark) as potentially "sexy".  Imagine a world where nudity just meant nudity, and not sexy or unsexy.  This could be a reality if only we would stop buying in to sex the way the media sees fit to portray it, and buying in to sexism out of fear of being viewed as "unsexy".  We could decide for ourselves what turns us on, instead of letting mass media decide for us.  Exploitation hurts everyone, man and woman alike.

PETA exploits women, and it is just plain not vegan or compassionate to do so, much less ethical treatment of animals.  Placing woman in the role of "sex object' to sell a message is no different from placing a cow in the role of "food object" on the McDonald's menu.  Women are not here to serve as the western-patriarchal view of "sex object" any more than animals are here to serve the status-quo view of "cheap food".  We must be kind and compassionate to ALL life and LEAD BY EXAMPLE if we are to successfully convey any message; there is no room for hypocricy with such an important message on the line, and it is not vegan to preach respect for life while being disrespectful to women.

Another excellent blog on this subject:  Check out http://www.thisdishisvegetarian.com/2011/03/peta-sexist-advertising-defeats-purpose.html for another take on PETA's sexism and get those gears spinning!

Activists Celebrate International Respect for Chickens Day May 4

United Poultry Concerns Draws Attention to the Plight and Delight of Chickens Machipongo, Va., May 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - International Respect for Chickens Day is an annual project of United Poultry Concerns dedicated to celebrating the beauty of chickens and protesting the misery of their lives in farming operations. Launched in 2005, International Respect for Chickens Day urges people to do a compassionate ACTION for chickens on or around May 4 – leafleting on a busy street corner, tabling at a local school, church, or shopping center, holding a vegan bake sale, educating colleagues at work. May is International Respect for Chickens Month.

To draw attention to the plight and delight of chickens, United Poultry Concerns will display King-Size Bus posters, starting May 9, throughout the Washington, DC Metro Area proclaiming “What Wings Are For” and “Life Can Be Beautiful-Go Vegan!” UPC will also host a peaceful protest on behalf of chickens at the White House on Saturday afternoon May 7 from Noon to 3pm. We encourage people to join us.

“People flock to Washington, DC in May to see the beauty of spring in the Nation’s capital,” says UPC President Karen Davis. “Our King-Size Bus posters and White House event are great ways to bring attention to the life of chickens and the joy of a compassionate diet. Mother hens and their chicks are traditional symbols of spring and rebirth, but the loving care of a mother hen for her chicks has been destroyed by the brutality of factory farming.”

For a chicken trapped in the world of factory farming, to break out of the shell is to enter a deeper darkness full of bewildering pain and suffering from birth to death. During their terrible 6 weeks of life, baby chicks live in dark, filthy sheds on manure-soaked floors breathing poisonous fumes that burn their eyes so badly they rub their hurting eyes with their wings and let out cries of pain. At the slaughterhouse, the chickens “hang there and look at you and try to hide their head by sticking it under the wing of the chicken next to them. They’re scared to death,” said former slaughterhouse worker Virgil Butler, who became a vegetarian when he could no longer stomach this needless horror.

Shakespeare called the rooster “the bird of dawn and trumpet to the morn.” In Letters from an American Farmer, published in 1782, St. John de Crevecoeur bespoke his admiration for the “gentle hen leading her chickens with a care and vigilance which speaks shame to many women.” The purpose of International Respect for Chickens Day is to affirm the value of these experiences, native to chickens and emblematic of all life, and to encourage people to cherish chickens and Go Vegan.

For more information, contact Karen Davis at 757-678-7875.

United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. www.upc-online.org