Posted February 9, 2011 by Ryan Huling
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I swear, coming in to work at PETA is like having Christmas every day.
I never know what to expect when I open my email inbox each morning. You can imagine my excitement when I opened it today to see that Duke University has encouraged its entire student body to go vegetarian this month!
Here is the exact email sent out by the Office of the Executive Vice President:
To: Students, Faculty and Staff:
Eating vegetarian is good for your health and the planet. Studies show a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes with a vegetarian diet.
A vegetarian diet also produces less of the greenhouse gases that are causing climate change. Plus, eating vegetarian can usually save you money compared to eating meat.
Don’t worry if you’re not a fan of salad, a vegetarian diet is much more than veggies and we’ve got the delicious recipes to prove it.
In February, we challenge you to try eliminating meat from your diet, whether it is for one meal a day, one day a week, or for the entire month.
Accept the Green Devil Challenge by pledging to eat vegetarian.
Make a difference today by taking the Green Devil Challenge: [Sustainable Duke sign-up page]Sustainable Duke
Office of the Executive Vice President
Duke University
Amazing, right?
To help with the transition, we’ve offered the school thousands of free “Meat’s Not Green” leaflets and vegetarian/vegan starter kits, reminding students how easy and tasty meatless meals can be!
I don’t know about you, but I know who I’ll be cheering for in this year’s Final Four …
peta2 Street Team Coordinator + lover of vegan food, cats, animal rights, Dawson's Creek, and Harry Potter.
Too long to explain here, it's long enough for a novel.
Father loves to farm, be self sustainable, loves to read, he's a antiques/vintage auctioneer, art student, and looks like mr. Rogers. My mother is a Montessori teacher and is amazing with children, all about local organic foods, loves gardening, cooking etc. my sister who is nine years older than me was into indie music and introduced me to all sorts of things at a young age. This all rubbed of on me and from that base I grew into similar things. I'm an INFJ
I love animals about as much as rock, heavy metal, tea, and coffee. Hoping to make a difference and help animals through PETA!!!
I'm tall, a geek, nacho - obsessed, I love sewing and Cath Kidston, also I'm vegetarian (wannabe vegan.)
Jersey girl now I'm all country.
Well let's just say life ain't always beautiful but it's a beautiful ride. I love all my pets and would do anything for them. I have one dog, two cats, a ferret and my babygirl shaymin,(the cutest hedgehog alive) I'm into all different kinds of music. I'm a singer myself and love art.
I want to get into marketing but not have to rely on people which have different morals and worldviews than I do to hire me. While I'm figuring this out, I want to show everyone what I believe in and spur them into action against injustices.
Life On A Tour Bus
I am Angela. When I am not helping animals I am listening to music, reading, or playing video games. My spirit animal is a fox and I love nature. What else is there to know? Want to know anything about me, need advice or anything message me :)
830 days ago
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Nice one!!
832 days ago
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I am proud to say that my boyfriend goes to Duke even more now! He asked me to help him try the vegetarian diet since im Vegan. I started to cry and told him thats the best Valentine’s Day Gift he could have given me and to animals!
833 days ago
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I’ve literally never liked Duke as much as I do right now =p
833 days ago
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OMG! This is so cool!
Amazing.. I wish more universities would do that to animals and their students help. 
Go, Duke! 
