Happy Monday! Today’s #ThisWeekI guest(s) couldn’t decide who wanted to participate the most, so we instead focus on their local nonprofit as a whole instead.
The Humane League is a farm animal welfare organization that advocates for reducing meat consumption for the benefits to individual health, the animals, and the environment.
Name(s)/Organization: Rachel Atcheson, Philadelphia Director; Jenn Peck, Director of Operations; and Eliana Zimet, intern.
Fav Philly Neighborhood: Center City
Fav Meatless Food Dish: HipCityVeg‘s Crispy HipCity Ranch
Cutest animal celebrity: Esther the Wonder Pig
What is the Humane League most proud of this year?: The success of our Meatless Monday campaigns in Philadelphia, Boston, in Baltimore, and opening up 4 offices in 2014 alone!
So what did the Humane League do to inspire change this week?
Readers, what have you done this week? What are your goals?
Want to inspire others and be featured on an upcoming #ThisWeekI column? Send us an email to contact@greenphillyblog.com and tell us: what did #ThisWeekI inspire you to do?
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