{"id":4657,"date":"2015-04-08T10:33:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2015-04-08T11:10:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T15:10:12","slug":"2-vegan-kickstarters-april-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/2-vegan-kickstarters-april-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Vegan Kickstarters &#8211; April 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every week the folks at Vegucated post about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.getvegucated.com\/news\/this-week-in-vegan-crowdfunding-4315\/\" target=\"_blank\">This Week in Vegan Crowdfunding<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0which is cool and useful, and I enjoy that they do a regular roundup of some of the vegan projects happening. Demetrius, one of the producers of Vegucated,\u00a0also put together a great collection of tips\u00a0on how to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/veganbusinessmedia.com\/how-to-successfully-crowdfund-your-vegan-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crowdfund Your Vegan Business<\/a>&#8221; recently (on a new vegan business focused website.)<\/p>\n<p>So, that ground is covered. I suggest checking them out weekly, and supporting what you can. As for me, I wanted to highlight two crowdfunding campaigns that I was particularly keen on, and if you follow me <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/veganinyourcity\" target=\"_blank\">on facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdgee\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>, you&#8217;ve probably heard about these a bunch already.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/443364575\/driftwood-magazine\" target=\"_blank\">Driftwood Magazine<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Here is their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/443364575\/driftwood-magazine?ref=nav_search\" target=\"_blank\">kickstarter<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What is Driftwood Magazine?<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Driftwood is a celebration of what is possible in a vegan world. It\u2019s a place to see other vegans and celebrate our world with and through each other. Every issue will be filled with stories of vegan travel adventures, profiles on people, the arts, and advancements and issues in the global vegan community.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most vegan magazines, Driftwood concentrates on people through culture and the arts. This is reflected in high-quality, visually stunning images. Our print publication is on quality paper, making Driftwood a collectible piece rather than a disposable magazine.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Why am I into it?<\/h2>\n<p>I think we are ready for a non-intro-to-vegan lifestyle &amp; travel magazine, and that&#8217;s what I see Driftwood as. It&#8217;s a life and travel magazine, that just happens to be vegan. And I dig that. A lot.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.driftwoodmag.com\/#!vegan-faces\/c9m7\" target=\"_blank\">Vegan Faces portrait collection<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.driftwoodmag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">their website<\/a> or check them\u00a0out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/driftwoodmag\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/driftwoodmagazine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/driftwood_mag\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is their video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/443364575\/driftwood-magazine\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/237501880\/d-beatstro-the-final-push?ref=card\" target=\"_blank\">D-Beatstro in Toronto<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/237501880\/d-beatstro-the-final-push\/widget\/card.html?v=2\" width=\"220\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What is D-Beastro?<\/h2>\n<p>They are one of a handful of physically accessible, all ages community spaces for DIY events in Toronto. \u00a0D-Beatstro is also a vegan\u00a0cafe that has a commitment to food politics. D-Beatstro is home to various community workshops and discussions such as: Resistance is\u00a0Fertile; a seeding workshop, Community discussion on accountability and responsibility from a social justice framework, Screen printing workshop for kids, and more.<\/p>\n<p>While they&#8217;re working on opening up, they will be home to a few great\/important events coming up like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/628452167289730\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Shameless Magazine&#8217;s Food Issue Launch Party<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/628452167289730\/\" target=\"_blank\">Community Discussion on Accountability<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why am I into it?<\/h2>\n<p>I think this kind of space is important, I like that they have gender neutral washrooms and are a physically accessible and all ages community space. The planned events are exciting, and the possibilities are endless. I also like that the owners and organizers seem vegan and food politics literate.<\/p>\n<p>You can connect with them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dbeatstro\" target=\"_blank\">Faceboo<\/a>k\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/dbeatstro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4673 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kickstart-Vegan-Stuff.png\" alt=\"Kickstart Vegan Stuff\" width=\"400\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kickstart-Vegan-Stuff.png 400w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kickstart-Vegan-Stuff-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kickstart-Vegan-Stuff-250x131.png 250w, https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Kickstart-Vegan-Stuff-150x79.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>What else is going on in the kickstarter or indiegogo or crowdfunding world &#8211; with a focus on food justice and vegan businesses or animal sanctuaries? Anything local in Toronto?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week the folks at Vegucated post about\u00a0This Week in Vegan Crowdfunding\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0which is cool and useful, and I enjoy that they do a regular roundup of some of the vegan projects happening. Demetrius, one of the producers of Vegucated,\u00a0also put together a great collection of tips\u00a0on how to &#8220;Crowdfund Your&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[1307,1306,1305,1392],"class_list":["post-4657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-toronto-2","tag-d-beatstro","tag-driftwood-magazine","tag-kickstarter","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}