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"Leather on Furniture May Offend Vegetarians"
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Ever hear of the town of Totnes, England? It’s a small town in southwest England known for being a pretty progressive place to live. How progressive, you ask? Well, yes, it has the art shops, coffee houses, used bookstores, street markets, musicians and other tell-tale signs typically associated with places like Boulder, CO, and Eugene, OR, but check this out: the city government is actually considering re-covering its furniture in pleather instead of leather to keep from “offending vegetarians.” Even in a place like Totnes, this is amazing and is hopefully a sign of things to come. Boulder and Eugene, you listening?
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Wow! That's awesome. Eating meat offends me. Do you think they'll make all federal employees eating veggie burgers?
A boy can dream...
Posted by: drew | April 29, 2007 06:57 PM
Hats off to Totnes, England!
Posted by: Eunice Gentry | April 29, 2007 10:52 PM
Well, I hadn't heard of it, but now I'm eager to visit "Devon's answer to Glostonbury"! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: KathyF | April 30, 2007 01:16 AM
Um... I'm moving there.
Posted by: Sarah | April 30, 2007 01:35 AM
What a cute town! I thought that might be a castle on the left but I think it may actually be a water tower made to look like one.
Posted by: Ryan Thompson | April 30, 2007 05:43 AM
Nope, that's a castle--one more reason to visit Totnes!
(Lots of castles here; no need to build fake ones!)
Posted by: KathyF | May 1, 2007 03:11 AM
Seems like a lot of taxpayer dollars for not many results...
I imagine that most of the leather-covered furniture is old; and was purchased before animal rights awareness was as common as it was today. Wouldn't it be better to do something that would ACTUALLY save animal's lives and put in place a ban on the purchase of NEW furniture that use animal by-products? Re-covering all that furniture seems like a waste of money and a waste of time; both of which could be put to better use.
Posted by: Matt | May 28, 2007 12:25 AM
What does PETA feel about fake leather?
Posted by: Devon | February 26, 2008 11:27 PM