Ashley Renne

Ashley Renne Your go-to vegan mom bestie for recipes, parenting & sustainability tips. 📗 Grab my Vegan Baby Cookbook + lunchbox ebook. Hey and welcome!

I’m Ashley Renne Nsonwu, a Black + South Asian environmental activist, mom, and entrepreneur providing tips for the next generation of sustainable, vegan families. Through my content, I hope to inspire you to bridge individual action with systemic change to help end animal exploitation, protect our natural environment, and improve your family’s health through sustainable, vegan lifestyle changes –

which is especially important in communities of color disproportionately being impacted by environmental and health problems!

25/11/2025

By now I’m sure you’ve seen Trump’s performative Turkey Pardon ceremony. So today I’m spillin the green tea on the twisted history of this PR stunt.

You see it on TV every year, but have you ever wondered why it exists?

This tradition comes off as sweet, but it was never about compassion. It’s about protecting the meat industry from facing public backlash. A marketing tactic that dates back thousands of years to glorify powerful figures: they perform an act of mercy to distract from the harmful systems they continue to uphold.

This year, I challenge you to break up with the socially constructed norms pushed onto us by billion dollar corporations and build your own traditions that actually match your values. Giving thanks doesn’t require a body count 💁🏽‍♀️

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24/11/2025

Atlanta really showed out for & ’s 9th Annual and the 2000s theme took me OUT! Jerseys, velour, bandanas, FUBU. Everyone understood the assignment.

You already know the vegan food was an absolute FEAST.

👩🏽‍🍳👨🏾‍🍳 Amazing chefs this year:



+ unveiled their new MoonFlower Tea.

Everything was just TOP TIER.

Then the legendary Murphy Lee performed?! The nostalgia hit me so hard 😭 And he’s an OG vegan. 25 years!

This is what vegan community looks like here in ATL. Lots of joy, culture, flavor, music, and epic memories with my vegan girlies and . The energy was insane. No animals needed to have an incredible celebration.

Shoutout to Grey, Murphy Lee, , and everyone who made this such a beautiful night. I’m still smiling 🥹

Save this to manifest this kind of vegan energy in your life. What’s your favorite early 2000s memory? 😌

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PS. Remember to support your local vegan spots! When we show up, we help keep the community going.

21/11/2025

Our vegan, eco-friendly, non-toxic curly hair routine. Once I learned what’s hiding in most hair products, I couldn’t go back. AD.

On top of all the sus ingredients, most traditional shampoos are mostly just water, packed in plastic, and full of diluted ingredients.

I use vegan shampoo and conditioner bars because they do the same job, without the same waste (or harm).

💚 1 bar = 2–3 bottles
💚 Lasts up to 75 washes
💚 Safe for kids + adults
💚 Kind to animals + gentle on the planet

My boys and I all use the same bars in our home, because healthy hair shouldn’t come with a side of microplastics.

Do you use the same haircare products as your kids, or do they have their own?

18/11/2025

It’s Green Tea Tuesday! Today I’m spillin the green tea on a lesser known Thanksgiving myth.

Turkeys didn’t become the Thanksgiving “centerpiece” because of culture. It became tradition because of marketing.

In the early 1900s, poultry companies and ad agencies pushed turkey as the “ideal American feast,” and the USDA helped make it a patriotic symbol. The more the meat industry advertised it, the more people adopted it, and the story stuck. But we’re overdue for a rewrite.

Gratitude doesn’t require anyone’s suffering. New traditions can honor people, animals, and the planet all at once.

Share this if you’re ready for a different kind of Thanksgiving.

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13/11/2025

Atlanta vegan fam, pleeeease you have to pull up to this one. Black-owned vegan spot just entered its glow up era and this vegan influencer tasting event proved it.

It was one of the first vegan spots in Atlanta, but now they’re stepping out with a fresh feel. New management. New menu. New energy.

I came for the food. Stayed for the community. Stay up-to-date on all their events and come through y’all!

📍 The New Soul Veg
879 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310

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Thanks so much and please remember to support your local vegan gems. When we show up, we help keep them open.
🥰🙏🏽

11/11/2025

It’s Green Tea Tuesday! Today I’m spillin the green tea on how the food industry’s popularization of “kids’ menus” influenced generations of kids and how they eat.

Ever notice how kids’ menus all look the same? Beige food, fries, and nuggets? It’s not because kids naturally want that kind of food. It’s because billion dollar corporations trained us to think that’s all they’d eat.

Before the 1920s, kids ate smaller portions of what their parents ate. Food with veggies, flavor, and variety. Then restaurants and fast food chains realized they could profit off the concept of “kid meals” and the marketing machine did the rest.

So next time you’re tempted to reach for that kiddie menu, remember you might not have to. That’s just the story the food industry sold us.

Ps. Have you ever seen the vegan unhappy meals? Genius.

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06/11/2025

Atlanta, please keep showing up for your local vegan restaurants 💚 almost had to close, but the community showed up big time and I get why! This walnut taco bowl was EVERYTHING.

🌮 I got: Walnut Taco Bowl
🌯 Hubby got: Oyster Mushroom Chk’n Philly Cheesesteak
📍4108 Covington Hwy, Ste 500, Decatur, GA 30032
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🥰🙏🏽

04/11/2025

It’s Green Tea Tuesday! Today I’m spillin the green tea on how the dairy milk myth influenced entire generations of kids.

For most of human history, people didn’t drink milk from other animals. Even today, around 70% of the world is lactose intolerant.

So how did we end up thinking kids need cow’s milk for calcium?

Well, it wasn’t science. It was marketing.

From school lunch programs to “Got Milk?” ads, the dairy industry and the government worked together to convince families milk was essential for strong bones, even fortifying it with vitamin D and calling it “nature’s perfect food.”
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✨🌎🐮

01/11/2025

It takes courage to ask for help. in Decatur (Atlanta) said they need to make enough this weekend or they’ll have to close. Today is the last day to show up.
They’re open today from 2–8 p.m.

If you’re local, stop by, grab a meal, bring a friend. If you can’t, share their post or leave them a kind review. Every little bit matters.

Let’s show them what community care looks like on 💚

30/10/2025

We celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary at Cafe, a Black woman-owned vegan restaurant in the Vinings area of Atlanta, and it did not disappoint!

They specialize in clean, flavorful meals made from whole plant foods. Here’s what we tried:

• Kamut waffles for the kids (a hearty, high-protein ancient grain)
• Walnut meat street tacos - flavorful, colorful, and so good
• Fried oyster mushroom & waffle sandwich
• A tropical soursop colada packed with warm island spices

If you’re looking for a spot that’s wholesome, kid-friendly, and absolutely delicious, pull up to Plantbaed Cafe.

Supporting local vegan restaurants really makes a difference and this one deserves ALLLL the love 💚

29/10/2025

We can raise a generation of kind kids

29/10/2025

It’s almost World Vegan Day and idk if you’ve noticed, but a lot of vegan spots have shut down, and more are struggling. I’m asking creators, foodies, and everyday folks to help. We ALL have influence. So let’s show up for them when we can 😚

Ideas for supporting vegan restaurants:

1. Order a meal and share a quick story, snapshot of your food, video recap of your experience, or whatever moves you.

2. Even resharing a vegan restaurant’s posts or leaving a review are budget-friendly ways to be supportive.

If you post, use the hashtag so we can see each other’s recs.

Ps. If you’re not from Atlanta, please initiate something like this in your town! 💚 Let’s get the support going worldwide.

THANK YOU to all the Atlanta vegan creators in the video! In order of appearance:

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Welcome to my blog Hey Ashley Renne! I’m a vegan travel, eco-friendly lifestyle, and sustainable home technology content creator sharing how to live an adventurously green life.

Formerly known as “Travel Lushes” - what started out as a travel blog, blossomed over time to include environmental topics that were important to me.

One day while traveling in Bali, I visited a beach that was littered in huge piles of trash. I was never the same after that. With a newfound passion for environmentalism, it became my mission to travel sustainably and live an adventurously green life every day. I began incorporating eco-friendly habits into my daily routine, switched to a completely vegan lifestyle, bought an electric car (Tesla Model S), built an energy-efficient smart home, and started staying at sustainable hotels. I promote sustainable tourism by supporting locally-owned businesses and going off-the-beaten path to sustain the local culture of destinations.

Whether I'm electric road tripping in my Tesla, trying new vegan recipes and restaurants, or adding new tech to my solar-powered smart home, I'll be sharing all my daily adventures and sustainable lifestyle tips with you along the way. Follow along and live the green life with me! I promise I'll do my best to keep you entertained along the way ;-)