Want to kick off the new year in style? Well we've got just the thing! Read on and you could win a specky new treat for your feet.
We all know that Macbeth make rad shoes. For starters, they were co-founded by Tom DeLonge, of Blink 182 fame. Not to mention they've got musicians like Mike Dirnt of Green Day designing moshpit stompers for them. And last but definitely not least, most of their shoes are leather free. So you can strut in style whilst leaving the cows to be cows.
We were chuffed to learn recently that one of our fave people, Aussie guitar maestro Jona Weinhofen from Bring Me the Horizon (+ ex-Bleeding Through, + ex-I Killed the Prom Queen) has got on board with Macbeth to promote their vegan range.
So to celebrate all things stylish, cruelty-free and that rock your socks off, we've got 2 pairs of Wallister Macbeths to give away! Just check out our exclusive interview with Jona (from back in his Bleeding Through days), and then to enter leave a comment to tell us how you plan to step up and make a difference in 2011 (winners will be announced in mid January).
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This is awesome! I'd love a pair of Macbeth's. =)
The things I'm going to do kick up my contribution this coming year are...
1. Get more involved with The YVA as a committee member; and by extension help with the making of the documentary (think Earthlings but for Australia).
2. Be so proactive with Animal Liberation ACT. Doing everything I can with them.
3. More vegan outreach! More leafletting; cupcake stalls!
Yeah, that's how I'm going to contribute!
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research project: animal abuse, how tradition is used as excuse to torture animals
art project: sculpture on a man with a pregnant belly, inside fluffy animals incased in clear balloon. outside is white, and projections of animals being slaughtered on body.
Drama: film on animal abuse
spanish: orals on animal abuse
start a stall for sea shepherd raising money etc etc as im becoming onshore member!!!! =]
ohhh and more u tube videos of course! =]
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Anyway my resolution for 2011 is to take my personal stance one step further and make sure that everything I purchase full stop complies with my new cruelty free guidlines, if it doesn't comply then scrap it, only cruelty free for me in 2011 and I will also be an advocate and spread the word on my social network pages too.
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Happy Holidays
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My love and compassion for our voice less friends is stronger than ever and my journey to save, protect, love, live and let live is a lifelong commitment.
I am committed to keep educating myself and sharing my knowledge with others and expressing the importance of awareness of what human beings do to our fellow Earthlings out of greed, ignorance and lack of knowledge.
I love animals and i don't want to wear them on my feet.
Please let me tread lightly on the Earth with some Macbeths.
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Well to kick off 2011 I am organizing a charity quiz night in Perth for Animals Australia, raising money, awareness, and promoting veganism in general. I hope to make this a bi-annual event.
I too will be going into my second year of veganism. I will continue promoting local events where possible, as well as volunteering when possible.
I will continue doing my best, as that is the best I can do. I will continue giving a voice to the voiceless.
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I aim to continue helping animals in 2011 as remaining director of 3 animal rights groups for teenagers.
Helping Animals Australia and Unleashed with regular leafleting,tabling and working in the offices.
I will continue to be an onshore crew of Sea Shepherd Melbourne.
I will be vegan for my 2nd year and vegetarian for my 6th.
My activism will become stronger and I will continue to "convert" friends and the general public to be kinder to animals.
For a kinder world.
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How I want to help make a difference int eh new year is...
1. go to more animal rights rallies.
2. start working on my own book which will of course discuss my veganism, why I made the choice, and inform as many people as I can about factory farming.
3. promote websites like unleashed on my facebook to inform those who already love animals but have been kept in the dark about the meat industry.
4. I've finally started to turn my mum vegan, she doesn't check ingredients so much yet but in the new year I hope o help her learn more about it and eventually go all the way, cosmetics, clothes, shoes and food!.
5. rescue a puppy or dog to add to the huge animal family I already have.
6. make more friends in the veg*n community to learn about where to get good food, animal protest rallies, and other thing we an do to help, and inform them of what i know as well!.
7. attend World Vegan day again, it was my first time this year and I loved it!! I can't wait 'til next years!
8. Whether or not it's going to make me stand out and look weird, next year I want to never again stand by and watch intolerance and ignorance, whether it comes to animals, race, sexuality, or gender. I'm as powerful as I believe I think i am and I will not stand by and watch hate ever again.
9. I want to spread love and acceptance to everyone. I want to be able to show people it's good to be yourself and not follow the crowd just because that's what society expects, be yourself and stick out if that's who you are, you are perfect just the way you are and never let anyone tell you anything but that!!!.
10. To always stick to my beliefs. If you loose them you don't have much of anything left.
I know some aren't so much about animals, but I was honest to what i want to change next year beginning now. I also really need new shoes, I've got one pair that the bottom has fallen out! lol.
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VeganEssentials.com, one of Macbeth's distributors have details of their stringent policies on labor standards here: http://www.veganessentials.com/faq.php#labor
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Also I'll be trying to change my diet to vegan; something I've really wanted to do but circumstances have been preventing that a bit lately =[.
Also, I intend to make monthly contributions to you guys as often as I can to help out with the awesome work you guys do, as well as leafleting when ever I can and spreading awesome cruelty free recipes to my mates!
xx Love you guys!
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Would love some new shoes was actually trying to investigate about vegan footwear! Things I would like to do to help the animals is, (when I have job) donate to animals australia, all my christmas presents this year are going to be donations, do some more investigating into whats going on in our farms in tassie, got more awareness out to my friends and family and distribute flyers and purchase more educational DVD's that I can pass on to other people to watch!
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The ways in which I plan on making a difference in 2011 are;
- Using my position as an active member of my local youth council to open the eyes of the youth in my area as to what's actually going into what they are consuming, and the methods used to produce these products. I'm thinking of holding a forum about the issue, as I've organized two in the past which have been successful.
- Continuing not to eat animal products (simple, but it's one of us at a time, right?).
- Hosting vegetarian/vegan potlucks for my friends to come to, to show them that eating non-Animal products can be fun and delicious! And easy
To everyone else who's commented - wow! Good on you for doing all these amazing things, you inspire me.
xo
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But I have now a barrel composter so I will issue an invitation, under each door, for everyone to bring down their compost and add it in and then give the composter a spin.
They can wait for spring, or take compost now, to be shared out a bucket full each.
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After i finish my bachelor, i want to write a book the is directly applicable to Australians, highlighting the finer points of plant-based diets.
education is the key to liberation!
this is my dream, and my passion for total planet liberation is stronger than ever!
Stay True
- Jesse-James Risk
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Merry Xmas!
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1. Go to more markets to sell my vegan baked goods and spread the word that way.
2. Get my hands on some brouchers and flyers to spread the word on important issues while at these markets.
3. Get more involved in the local Food Not Bombs movement
4. Get more involved at my local co-op.
5. Attend more animal rights protests, when I know of them.
6. Make small recipe books to give out for free, containing vegan cake and muffin recipes
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Instead of forcing people to turn veg (as I've found this rarely works...), I will open their eyes to the unethical, horrors factory farmed animals must face daily, just for human consumption, and see if I can at least get them to buy free range eggs, or cut down on the amount of meat (Meat Free Monday!) or dairy they consume. If they decide to go veg, huge bonus
I will finally get around to putting the 100's of AnimalsAus leaflets I bought a while back, in every supermarket meat, dairy and egg department in my area.
And if its possible, when I go to America and Europe next year, in there's too!
I will also try to volunteer at the AWL, and help by donating dog/cat/kitten/puppy food and old clothing/bedding.
And of course, I'll be wearing my Animals Australia t-shirts and wristbands everywhere I go.
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I will continue to spread the word of veganism whenever I shop. And I will also continue to volunteer with vegan companies.
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In 2011 i am going to try to make all of my friends vegetarians and we have a clean up crew at school so i am going to join that too. I also have a dog at home and i am teaching him tricks.
I would
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I am already vegan, and I absolutely will stick to that for my lifetime.
I am also planning on adopting another kitty and maybe a puppy soon too from a shelter.
Thanks so much Animals Australia. I love you guys!
Gimme those shoes!
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Bon appétit mes amis!
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2.) i want volunteer at my rspca down the road from me for a long time and 2011 is the best time to start!
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I'm going to also p-p-protest! Every month I'll save a date for three different types of protesting (Gay Rights, Animal Rights, Human Rights)
I'm going to try my best also to turn people vegetarian, my family and I are moving house and I've made a deal that I cook and I don't have to pay board.
So they're getting Vegan dinners every night
Good luck to all the other contestants.
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I have also registered to volunteer at the RSPCA and plan to follow it through with donating my time over the summer holidays, especially when post-Christmas is their busiest time.
Furthermore, with christmas and summer comes the party season, which in Tasmania (Australia's road-kill capital) means more people on the roads at night, and more deaths for our wildlife, whose pouches i will be pulling over to check and bodies i will be moving off the road.
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We are in the process of going 80% raw cutting out processed,nutritionally deficient food,people comment on how good we look,and we say GO VEGAN...
I sign petitions daily and have the AA Live animal export petition circulating at the moment have about 50 signatures so far.Want to beat the 200 we got last year...
Educate people daily on the importance of Veganism for the Animals,The Planet and our Health.
By giving only ethical,vegan gifts and cards for xmas.
I would LOVE a pair of Macbeths
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I've also put my name down to volunteer for Animal Rights and Vegan organisations for 2011.
At the end of the year I'm going to get Vegan tattooed on my wrist as a present to myself for finally making the change that I've always wanted to make.
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My household is eating less red meat, and more legumes and vegetables.
There is more cooking in my household (saving in packaging), and we are more aware of our responsibility regarding wastage, recycling, having a vegetable garden, where our consumables are manufactured (and under what conditions).
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I am the only vegetarian person in my family which means that they have been eating alot less meat to.
I have convinced at least 3 people to go vego and plan to get even more people to next year.
My family hates me for the amount of stray animals I have brought home with me and I have tried to get a position to volunteer at my local RSPCA but I am unfortunately not old enough.
I plan to extend my vegetable garden so that I can eat organically more then I already do. I also have a worm farm and chickens.
I have been doing heaps of searching for a close animal shelter to volunteer at and hopefully I will have found one by next year.
Being vegetarian is quite hard in my family because I am the only one out of cousins, auntys, uncles and also my group of friends I am the only one. But hopefully not for long!
I am constantly telling everyone about animal rights and vegetarianism and am always posting stories on my facebook about how animals are treated and places or food chains such as macdonalds, which I am hoping people are taking the time to read.
I would love these shoes because at the moment my school shoes are leather and I can't stand putting them on everyday.
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I am known around school as the 'animal rights girl' because I always voice my opinion about saving animals and protecting them from the torture they can face; I have even continually addressed the principal about vegetarian and vegan options for our school canteen and if I wear these shoes, I can continue this in style!
Though many attempt to shut my beliefs down, I continue to make as many as possible aware and have allowed so many people to keep their mind open to animal-friendly goods.
I have convinced 10 of my friends to buy free-range eggs that are from trusted, animal-friendly companies, and have even gotten 4 of my friends to actually turn vegetarian, with one even Vegan!
I even volunteer at local shelters because I dont need to be paid to contribute to the animal-community. This involves rescuing animals, nursing them back to health, and helping groom and feed them. It includes all kinds of animals, such as cats, dogs, birds, pigs and even a snake! I would make all aware of these shelters by handing out information sheets, calling for more to volunteer and support them, as I wear these incredble shoes for all to see!
When we have school bake sales, I always make vegan products to sell and I constantly encourage my schools students to participate in raising funds to support charities that help abused animals and recover them back to health.
To actually be noticed for my efforts on this level would make my dreams come true; though I have been successful in a number of school projects, to win these would encourage me to continue my efforts even when people put me down. I know many dont understand how I feel about animals, but being vegan for the animals is a strong belief of mine that I will never turn away from.
When I even participate in animal protests outside of school, I would love to add these amazing animal-friendly shoes to make me stand out! I dont have much money as I try to donate every cent to animal shelters and have wanted a pair for so long; I just havent been able to afford some. I have never won a contest before, and if I could win this simply because of the effort I put into saving and protecting animals; I would be happier then I have ever been in my life.
I would love to wear these shoes as Macbeth support animal-rights by creating vegan shoes and I would love to support this brand as much as possible; even if that means wearing these shoes EVERY day, I would. I would wear them with pride as I attempt to make a difference by making all aware to the best of my ability. Animals are beautiful creatures that should always be treated fairly. I live by that and attempt to make a difference everywhere I go, and I would love to wear these shoes while doing so!
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in 2011 i'd like to:
* help promote awareness about animal testing, and the companies which do it.
*educate people in the benefits of being vegan/vegetarian, and not force my beliefs onto them, but hope that after they see what is going on, they will also see things from my view point.
*do leafleting with unleashed.
*help stop shops from selling animal furs and skins, it's so disgusting.
*make a stand in school as well, against dissection in my science subjects next year.
*continue volunteering at animal shelters, and continue helping them.
*promote unleashed and websites similar too it.
*show people the deliciousness off vegan/vegetarian cooking
*register to volunteer with rspca
*attend more animal rights protests
*speak up at a school assembly. i want to show school kids what really goes on with the food they eat and the products they buy.
*continue not eating meat and not wearing animal skins or buying animal tested products
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Check out all the awesome work conservation soloutions done this year at www.conservationsolutions.info/ . Including relocating over a hundred wild elephants.
It would be awesome to rock up to africa next year wearing some awesome shoes! I also plan to go vegetarian next year
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I'm going to find a shelter to do steady volunteer work, I'm really excite ^______^
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I will use all my talents to show the world what I want: cooking, poem/song writing, letter/email writing...and I will improve on my public speaking so I can inform people and tell the world what is right. I will be brave, motivated and compassionate, and you have permission to kick me with those gorgeous Macbeth shoes if I don't. But I will, so you don't have to go getting your hopes up.
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In 2011 I will continue to spread the word, particularly on facebook.
I will elliminate dairy from my diet, leaving only eggs from my happy hens.
I will make mindful purchases when it comes to shoes and cosmetics.
I will rehome more caged hens.
I will continue to inform myself and others despite how depressed it makes me feel.
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stay green.
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* have the first sample range of my sweat shop free organic aussie made t-shirts, so will be marketing them.
* looking to design and make some credit card sized nutritional charts for a vegan diet (unless someone beats me to it)
* keep subtly hassling everyone (including my 4 housemates) about the cruelty, health issues, etc of a meat based diet.
Also, you should give these shoes to someone who truly needs or deserves them. (xmas spirit and all)
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The girls at work wanted to go to lunch today & I was STARVING. We ended up going to a pub that had one vegetarian main - pasta with cream (WTF?). I fell into a great conversation with the Manager/Owner & not only had him declaring he would be widening his vegetarian choices on the menu - I also got a free side dish out of it!!
I will make it my mission this year to educate more hospitality establishments that TASTY vegetarian meals are easy & inexpensive menu options that can actually increase their patronage whilst decreasing their produce cost. A win win situation for everyone really.
...Oh & it's my turn to host the family Christmas dinner next year so all my research will be rewarded by serving the most awesomus vegetarian Christmas dinner to the countries biggest Meat & 3 Veg family a vegetarian could ever try to convert!!
Go Team Me!!
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1. Make the final step from vegetarian to vegan
2. Donate monthly to Animals Australia Unleashed.
3. Start my own animal rights group with some friends.
4. Attend more protests.
5. Open a stall at my local market with heaps of vegan goodies.
6. Get active at school. By getting the school to go dissection free and get more vegan and vegetarian options in my canteen, sell vegan cupcakes as a fundraiser etc.
7. Extend my knowledge by reading more animal rights books.
8. Volunteer at a local animal shelter regularly.
9. Give out more leaflets.
10. And of course, I will tell EVERYONE about these amazing vegan shoes ^__^
Ps. I absolutely LOVE these Macbeth shoes
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* Run a vegan cake stall at Kanyana's open day (May) www.kanyanawildlife.org.au
* Prove to people that being vegan doesn't mean weak and pasty, but trendy and healthy
* And any other reason I need to get my hands on a pair of these shoes!!
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First of all Macbeth, your shoes are super sexy. And Jona, I praise your epic riff writing skills.
I'm an omnivore currently, but after seeing your video, I am disgusted to see how poorly these animals are treated. I have great and utter respect for the 'beasts' and think its wrong to take away their pride and comfort all in-favour to serve we humans a mediocre meal.
This video has inspired me to give up on my pork and chicken feedings for a start. Never liked them much anyway.
Also, I will help to discourage facilities that try to appropriate animal cruelty. And sabotage my workplaces animal frying facilities (chicken oven).
Chicken and pork will no longer be an item in my fridge or an ingredient in my meals.
Of course there will be other things such as raising concern for these issues, but I won't bore you with the details. haha.
One Love all.
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2. Meet some sick peeps.
3. Finish HSC
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Order a junior whopper bun (or the smaller of the two sizes available), with the free angry onions, lettuce, mayo, and whatever else.
Have fun saving money when you want food!
Also plan to spend a loooooottt more time on my band, writing music and ect. (:
Never had a pair of Macbeths before!
/fingers crossed
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Make a difference in 2011 by being a Vegan Chef!
Teach the ways of eating clean!
Educate my friends to enjoy many ways using the "green bean"!
One step at a time, take it day by day!
Cannot rush the people but I gotta have my SAY!
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well this year i hope to step up by becoming the best guitarist that i could ever possibly be, helping me is the MIC (music idustrie college) that i got accepted into to finish of my schooling years and hopefully leave as a sucessfull acoustic or metal artist, and it would be great to be able to take a pair of Wallister Macbeths alone with me on the ride of a life time!!!!!
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1. Fw all my emails i get from PETA regarding animal cruelty along with posting videos of cruelty on my fb page
2. Buy leather free school shoes (mum was a bit problematic as to how i'll be allowed them)
3. Annoy my brother and sister with facts about where their steak came from and how it got to their plate
4. WEAR MY MACBETHS EVERYWHEREEE
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I intend on stepping up in 2011 in many ways.
1. Continue being and looking healthy and happy. Being a positive role model as a vegan (& showing off my vegan tattoo while im doing it
2. As a newly graduated personal trainer, inform clients the benefits of a vegan diet for everyday health, weight loss and muscle gain.
3. Cook vegan treats for friends, co-workers etc so they can see how good vegan food tastes!
4. Wear my Macbeth's everywhere, promoting that good fashion doesn't have to cost a life.
5. Getting more active in online campaigns and in-person activism!
6. Help create more/better animal rights policies within my political party.
7. Running this years Bridge to Brisbane 10km race & raising money for Animals Australia!
Peace & thanks
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I'm also taking steps to introduce an Animal Law course at my current university, so more graduates have a better understanding of the often forgotten law in this area.
I believe a greater understanding by the wider community in regards to animal cruelty practices will lead to a huge increase in awareness for the whole of Australia. Chin up animals - 2011 is your year!
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1.i will wear this shoes go to college.
2.i will wear this shoes go to shopping complex
3.i will wear this shoes to playing skateborad
4.i will wear this shoes to wall climbing
5.i will wear this shoes to my neighbours house
6.i will wear this shoes to my country journey
7.i will wear this shoes when i'm sleep
8.i will wear this shoes if my friends bullying me
9.i will wear this shoes when a heavy rain
10.i will wear this shoes when i go to gigs
11.i will wear this shoes go to wedding caremony
12.i will wear this shoes when i playing basketball
13.i will wear this shoes to a college examination
14.i will wear this shoes if i've this shoes
15.i will wear this shoes if Macbeth in my room.
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The lucky winners of the awesome MacBeth kicks were Ryan and Rankyroo.
Well done guys! And thanks to everyone for the masses of entries.
Watch this space, we have more fab comps coming up very soon!
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