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March in Brum to Save the Planet!!

Midlands Vegan Campaigns | 29.07.2007 22:46 | Animal Liberation | Climate Chaos | Ecology | Birmingham

If you`re veggie or vegan, please join us for this march and rally in Birmingham. Help us to inform masses of people of the devastating impact that meat/dairy production has on the planet.



On Monday 27th August(Bank Holiday), between 5,000 and 8,000 people are expected to march from Birmingham City Centre to a rally & concert in Cannon Hill Park. Organised by Christian Aid, the `Cut the Carbon` march & rally aims to raise awareness of the fact that climate change is not just a forecast. It is happening now and millions of poor people are suffering.

This event represents a fantastic opportunity for veggies/vegans to inform masses of environmentally conscious people of the devastating impact that meat/dairy production has on the planet. Midlands Vegan Campaigns will be joining the march and rally with banners/placards/leaflets etc, urging the marchers and general public alike, to change their diet for the sake of the planet, people, wildlife etc!!

We are calling on veggies/vegans from across the West Midlands to join us in Birmingham for this exciting event! If you`re part of a local veggie/vegan/animal rights group, please do all you can to encourage your fellow members to join us. Perhaps your group could paint/make your own banners/placards to carry! Maybe you could even make some eye catching props, costumes etc! Please use your imagination!! :)

We will meet outside St Martin`s Church, near the Bullring Shopping Centre at 11am where we`ll have some spare posters(if you can`t bring your own) and leaflets(from Viva, Vegan Society etc). See a map here
 http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=407328&Y=286544&A=Y&Z=1
From there, we`ll move off to gather with the Christian Aid marchers who are meeting in Bradford Street at 11.30am. Feel free to go direct to Bradford Street if you wish, but bear in mind that thousands of marchers are expected, so you may have trouble spotting us in the crowd!!

The general public are being encouraged to `Go Green` everywhere they look. Increasing numbers of people are falling over themselves to reduce their personal impact on the planet - their ecological footprint. We commend people for taking up recycling, saving energy, buying eco cleaning products, switching to renewable energy suppliers, cycling to work, saving water etc. But what most people do not realise is that meat/dairy production are quite possibly the most environmentally damaging practices carried out by mankind!! As ethical, eco-friendly, socially responsible veggies/vegans, we should make it our business to pass on the shocking facts to anyone that will listen. Why on earth should we want to keep the ugly truth to ourselves?!!! If you doubt the environmental impact of meat/dairy production, see  http://www.viva.org.uk/guides/planetonaplate.htm

This march and rally is the launch event for Midlands Vegan Campaigns. If you would like to join discussions about the event, or about MVC in general, please subscribe to our email list  https://lists.rbgi.net/mailman/listinfo/midlandsvegancampaigns

You may also, like to attend our first meeting which will take place on Thursday 9th August, 7.30pm at Friends of the Earth, Allison Street, Digbeth, Birmingham. This is just 5 minutes walk from New Street Station. See map
 http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=407590&Y=286728&A=Y&Z=1
The `Cut the Carbon` march will be one of several issues on the agenda. Anyone interested in getting involved with MVC in any way is welcome to attend.

You can read more about the Christian Aid march on their website  http://www.christianaid.org.uk/

We look forward to seeing you in Birmingham!

MVC
 mvc94@yahoo.co.uk

Midlands Vegan Campaigns
- e-mail: mvc94@yahoo.co.uk

Additions

Press Release

23.08.2007 02:11

Press release sent out on 22/8/07
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2007/08/379470.html

Contains lots of additional info.

MVC

Midlands Vegan Campaigns
mail e-mail: mvc94@yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk


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Event update

08.08.2007 00:18

Poster urging veggies & vegans to attend the march & rally
Poster urging veggies & vegans to attend the march & rally

The rally and concert will now take place at Millennium Point from 1pm (previously Cannon Hill Park). Marchers are meeting, as before, at 11.30am in Bradford Street. Also as before, Midlands Vegan Campaigns are meeting from 11am at St Martin`s Church, near the Bullring Shopping Centre. We will distribute batches of leaflets and placards to those that want them, before moving off to Bradford Street to join the other marchers. Please make/paint/bring your own banners and placards wherever possible as our supply will be limited!

We now have a leaflet and poster which urge veggies/vegans to join us on the march and rally. Please download them from the links below and distribute wherever you can.

Leaflet  http://www.redditchveggies.makessense.co.uk/downloads/download.html?id=70

Poster  http://www.redditchveggies.makessense.co.uk/downloads/download.html?id=71


Midlands Vegan Campaigns now has a website where you can find updates about the event. Although only a small site at the present time, it will grow over the coming weeks and months into an informative site for all things vegan in the Midlands!  http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/

Midlands Vegan Campaigns
mail e-mail: mvc94@yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/