Categories
- Artificial Slopes and Lessons in the UK
- Buying Ski & Boarding Clothes
- Buying Vegan Ski and Boarding Socks
- Eco-Friendly Skiing
- Eco-Friendly Travel and Transfer
- Environmental Carbon Off-Setting
- Insurance and Health Cover
- Meeting and dating other veggies
- Recipes
- Self-Catering Accommodation Listings
- Sites featuring Veggie Snow
- Vegan and Vegetarian Holidays
- Vegan and Vegetarian Travel Guides
- The ActiVeg Network
Links
Artificial Slopes and Lessons in the UK
- Realli-Ski - Simulator and lessons near Canterbury and Watford. The simulators tilting moving Realli-Snow surface, which replicates the feel of movement over snow allows skiers to experience the sensation & physical effort involved with any slope grade.
Buying Ski & Boarding Clothes
- Sno Gear - family-friendly and competively priced ski gear shop not far from Reading & Henley, with lots of choice, including helmets, excellent microfleeces and non-leather snow boots for kids and adults. They display a Veggie Snow poster
- Snow & Rock - Ski & boarding equiptment retailers. They have a no fur policy, so that none of the products they sell contain animal fur, and they have even persuaded a manufacturer to change to fake fur. They still use leather, but they are better than most.
Buying Vegan Ski and Boarding Socks
- Animal Deep Purple - women's snowboarding sock
- Burton Buffer - snowboarding sock
- Chamonix adult technical - ski socks - another wool-free option
- Falke SK2 Thermolite - high quality ski sock option without wool or silk
- South Beach Special Blend SBTM - colourful snowboarding sock option
- Thorlo Extreme Ski XSKI - socks. Stephen and I have used the same ones for at least 10 years and they are still going strong. Good for well-fitting boots.
- Thorlo Extreme Snowboard - boarding socks without wool
- Thorlo Kids Ski - technical ski socks for children
- Thorlo SKX - thick ski socks for when hiring boots
- Trespass Erase - women's ski sock that looks pretty and doesn't break the bank
Eco-Friendly Skiing
- G-ForSE - Global Forum for Sports and the Environment - The largest database on environmental action in sports, G-ForSE is a platform for sports federations, sporting goods manufactures, event producers and sports enthusiasts to determine their roles in increasing environmental action and awareness in sports.
- Green Resort Guide - a unique and brand new online guide to eco-friendly resorts. Give feedback on how you'd like to see this developing.
- Respect The Mountain - The Ski Club of Great Britain has a RESPECT THE MOUNTAIN Campaign following the introduction of its Environmental Policy. They have great wristbands too
- Save our Snow - Dedicated to providing impartial information on how global warming is affecting our planet's snowfall, ski resorts, glaciers and polar areas, as well as what the ski resorts are doing ...and what you can do.
Eco-Friendly Travel and Transfer
- AltiBus TransSavoie - Bus transfer service to French ski resorts from many locations, including all the major train stations on most days
- Eurolines Coach Travel - Coach travel from the UK to ski resorts in France, run by National Express
- European Rail - Can book rail transport to all sorts of resorts in the Alps, including the Bergland Express to Austria
- Eurostar - Fast trains direct from London Kings Cross to the Tarantaise Valley, home of some of the most famous resorts in the World, such as Val Thorens, Meribel, Courchevel, La Plagne, Les Arcs, La Rosiere, Val D'Isere and Tignes. All in only 7-8 hours
- Rail Canterbury - Can book rail transport to all sorts of resorts in the Alps. You can sort it over the web/phone.
- Rail Europe - Can book rail transport to all sorts of resorts in the Alps.
- Ski Meribel Sleeper Coach - This modern coach offers the ultimate in passenger comfort and safety. Its climate control system ensures an even comfortable temperature throughout your journey. On board facilities include; hot and cold drinks, video films, WC, washroom area and sleeper
- Ski Weekends by Coach - Ski weekends in France from the UK by coach - these may be tied in with accommodation. If so we have not checked it for veggie-friendliness, so please report back
- SNCF - French train services
- Snow Coach - Coach travel from the UK to ski resorts in France and Austria
Environmental Carbon Off-Setting
- Carbon Trust - Carbon off-setting is what you can do after you have minimised your carbon use as much as possible. The Carbon Trust is a useful place to start learning about this, especially for businesses.
- Trees for Life - tree planting to compensate a little for even eco-friendly travel options
- What you can do - A useful guide to reducing your own impact on the environment, linking in to information on carbon-off-setting and recommending you choose Gold Standard organisations if you buy carbon offsetting.
Insurance and Health Cover
- Application For European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) - replacement for E111, which covers NHS reciprocation. You will need holiday and snow sports insurance on top of this.
- Responsible Travel Insurance - has teamed up with the Tourism Industry Carbon Offset scheme (TICOS) to provide a travel insurance that gives back to the environment.
Meeting and dating other veggies
- Vegans 4 u - Meet other vegetarian and vegans online.
Recipes
- 21st Century Food - Natural, Wholesome, Tasty & Easy
- BBC vegan recipes - recipes on the BBC food website using their special requirements search for vegan
- Cherry's Recipes - cake recipes from the Pasley Soup website - great variety
- Chew the Cud - Very large veggie and vegan recipe database.
- Free From Recipes - Foods for Life - Click on the "recipes" button at the bottom for amazing recipes from the incredibly talented chef, Tony Bishop-Weston
- IVU Recipes - International Vegetarian Union - Recipes
- Special Guests - vegan and special diet catering advice and recipes. Includes charts to help you to change your existing recipes to be suitable for vegans.
- Vegan Family Cakes & Puds - the website of a family with lovely cakes, biscuits, cookies, puddings and desserts
- Vegan Fusion - exotic site from an excellent Hawaiian restaurant. See the top menu bar for free recipes.
- Vegan International Cake Engineers (VICE) - cakes by the amazing Ronny & friends - new & growing resource
Self-Catering Accommodation Listings
- Chalets Direct - accommodation in the snow, booking directly with owners.
- Direct Holiday Lets - Direct with owner lets, and includes owner phone numbers.
- Holiday Lettings - allow you to book directly with owners, and show availability listings
- Holiday Rentals - International website with extensive listings of owner-rented holiday accommodation, including in many ski resorts.
- Owners Direct - for booking directly with accommodation owners, contacting them by phone and email
Sites featuring Veggie Snow
- The Vegan Forum - An excellent independent vegan forum on all topics with a fair and sensible moderator who's not too strict.
- Vegan Fitness Forum - A website for meeting with everyday vegan-friendly fitness and sports people
- Veggie Snow Facebook Group - Veggie Snow now has a Facebook group, which you can join! Get in touch with like-minded snow-lovers and share good places to go and eat in the snow, and even discuss holiday plans.
Vegan and Vegetarian Holidays
- Bicycle Beano - Cycling and walking holidays in the UK with veggie catering
- Camp Biche - a week-long house party where you get fit, lose weight, eat delicious vegan food, drink wine, and have fun. A spa, wellness centre and luxury fitness boot camp.
- Eco Dalmatia - Eco holidays with vegan catering on the gorgeous untouched island of Vis, Croatia, in the Mediterranean sea.
- Green Tara Tours - Mongolian adventures
- Six Senses - holistic spa holidays, with ethics and the environment in mind
- Vegetarian Tuscany - vegan-run B&B in Italy
- Veggie Snow Trip - join us on a vegan-catered ski and boarding trip - we arrange one annually as our own holiday and invite others to join us.
- VegiVentures - Group holidays worldwide with vegetarian food.
Vegan and Vegetarian Travel Guides
- Happy Cow - a long-standing on-line guide to eating vegetarian and vegan around the world. Updated by people everywhere.
- Vegetarian Guides - the best veggie travel guides available. Compact comprehensive books filled with details that really help you choose where to go. Places that can't cater for vegans aren't listed, as it makes their vegetarian understanding dubious.
- Verdant Reports - - excellent podcasts and links about eating vegan around the world, including in Thailand. You can subscribe to the newsfeed too.
The ActiVeg Network
See the groups on a map. 
- ActiVeg - animal-free inspiration, news & events - for vegan and vegetarian information, support and networking
- Animal Action Campaigns - Ethical and legal campaigning against animal abuse and promoting a veg/vegan lifestyle.
- Animal Rights In Spiritualism - Working on the spiritual and material levels for animal rights
- Berwick Veggies - For Veg*ns living in and around Berwick upon Tweed!
- Cheltenham Vegetarians and Vegans - A veggie guide to Cheltenham
- Croydon Vegetarians (& Vegans) Events - Vegetarian info, events & restaurants in Croydon & London
- East Lothian Veggies - For veggies in and around East Lothian
- Ethical Pirates - Vegan Pirates of the Carob Bean - Veganising non vegan things for a healthy sustainable future
- Galway Vegetarian Group - A website for the galway vegetarian and vegan group, in Galway, Ireland.
- Hastings Environs & Rye Bay Vegans/Veggies - HERB VEG - Vegans & Animal Loving Kindred Spirits
- Humanist Vegetarian Group - Promoting secular vegetarianism
- Lancashire Vegetarians & Vegans - Your guide to being Veggie in and around Lancashire
- Lawyers Vegan Vegetarian Society - Promoting peaceful and responsible living within London law firms
- Leicestershire Vegetarian/Vegan Group - A veggie guide to Leicestershire
- Lesbian Vegan Group of London - London guide for vegans and vegetarians, plus a social group for veggie lesbians and bisexuals
- London Vegan Societies - A collection of vegan and vegetarian societies across London.
- Manchester Vegan Society - Vegan Social meet ups and vegan outreach
- Manchester Vegetarian and Vegan Group - Manchester Vegetarian and Vegan Group
- Milton Keynes Vegetarians & Vegans - Campaigning for a Plant-Based Diet and the Protection of Animals.
- Moseley Vegans - For vegans and the vegan-curious in South Birmingham
- Nhveg - North Herts Vegans and Vegetarians - Information point for vegans and vegetarians in North Herts.
- North Wales Vegans - For vegans and vegan curious in North Wales with monthly meet ups, cake eating, free vegan food stalls and walks
- Northants Veggies - Promoting Vegetarian and Vegan life in Northamptonshire
- NottsVeg - Nottingham-based vegan/vegetarian social group
- One World Day - November 1st - A day to celebrate and promote a new world record of healthier more sustainable living
- Oxford Vegans - A guide for activist vegans in Oxford
- OxVeg - Oxfordshire Vegetarians and Vegans - Oxfordshire's local veggie group
- Redditch Vegetarians & Vegans - Promoting compassionate, healthy, eco-friendly living in Redditch
- Scilly Veggie - vegetarian & vegan travel guide to the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
- Shropshire Veggies and Vegans - Veggie and Vegan info in and around Shropshire
- Somerset Vegetarians & Vegans - A vegetarian and vegan's guide to Somerset
- South East London Veggie Group - A Vegan and Vegetarian Guide to South East London
- Special Guests - vegetarian, vegan and special diets catering guide & recipes
- Super Vegans - Dedicated to Super Fit, Super Smart, Super Creative Vegans
- T3V - Thames Valley Vegans and Vegetarians - How to make the most of being veggie in and around Berkshire
- The V Word - for vegetarian and vegan kids and their friends
- V.A.A.L (vegan animal abolitionists of Ludlow) - A vegan abolitionists group for Ludlow and for the Midlands (non vegans are very welcome to join))
- Vegan Bristol - Where to eat, drink, shop, stay and Bristol VegFest info.
- Vegan Lincs -
- Vegan Peak District Guide - A guide to finding vegan food in the Peak District
- Vegan Runners UK - The home of UK vegan athletes and fun runners
- Vegan Wiltshire - A vegan guide to Wiltshire
- Vegetarian and Vegan Blackpool - The local veggie guide to eating out, shopping and accommodation
- Veggie Brighton - Veg out in gorgeous Brighton eating the best vegan and vegetarian food on offer
- Veggie Snow - for caterers, hosts, vegetarians and vegans who love great snow, great food and great places
- Veggie Suffolk - your vegetarian and vegan guide to Suffolk and the surrounding area
- West Wales Vegetarians - "Soft-hearted animal-lovin' townies"
- Woking Animal Aid - A vegetarian information guide for Woking
- Woking Veggie and Vegan Group - Veggie and Vegan Life around Woking
- Wolverhampton Vegans & Veggies - Promoting an animal friendly lifestyle in Wolverhampton
- Yorkshire Animal & Environmental Protection - veggie, vegan, cruelty-free Yorkshire