Campaigns Collective
The Campaigns Collecitive is to be found in The Millenium Square and consists of a number of campaigners and information stalls as well as food, products and caterers. There is also a Talks and Presentations Room with a full schedule below.
Currently in the Campaigns Collective we have:
BARC - Bristol Animal Rights Collective
ToHappyVegans - loads of cakes!!!
SHAC - info and campaigners stall
Greyhound Action - looking after Greyhounds
Vegan Runners - Sports nutrition information
League Against Cruel Sports - with their 'Keep Cruelty History' Campaign
Hunt Sabs - protecting the fox from the hunt
SPEAK - Campaigning against use of animals in research
Vegan Organic Network -
Brackencraft - Soaps and Bodycare
Avon Wildlife Trust - local wildlife protection and education
The Big Issue - Magazine and support for the homeless
Amnesty International - Bristol - supporting political prisoners
Bristol Fair Trade Network - supporting Fair Trade in the region
New Internationalist - Global Justice Magazine
Talks
Saturday
12.00 Graham Cole - the Vegan Organic Network
1.00 Darren Collis - Sea Shepherd Update
2.00 James Gorman - How Nutrition Affects Disease
3.00 Amanda Baker - Global Food Security
4.00 Adam Gardener - Fairtrade in the Age of Climate Change
Sunday
12.00 Rob Jackson - School Speakers Programme
1.00 Kevin White - Campaigns workshop
2.00 Juliet Gellatley - Why You Don't Need Dairy
3.00 Justin Kerswell - Badgers
4.00 Amanda - Campaigning Against Animal Labs in Universities
Sunday
Why You Don't Need Dairy - Juliet Gellatley.
Is it natural to consume milk after weaning? Indeed, is it safe to consume cow's milk at all? She looks at many health issues and new research showing why dairy is linked to cancers; how natural growth hormones in milk affect us and what are the dangers of milk protein and saturated fats? She exposes the way that major studies have revealed that dairy causes heart disease, diabetes and obesity. Importantly, she also examines the calcium myth. Do we - and especially our children - need milk for calcium? If not, where should we obtain it and how do we ensure our kids have strong bones?
Juliet Gellatley
In 1994 Juliet founded Viva! - a vibrant, campaigning group that is the biggest vegetarian and vegan organisation in Europe. Viva! organises The Incredible Veggie Shows. She also set up the charity, the Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation in 2002 to concentrate on health and nutrition. She directs both groups.
Over the past 20 years, Juliet has created and launched numerous campaigns and written several reports, guides and books, including the Silent Ark, Born to be Wild and the Livewire Guide to Going, Being & Staying Veggie. She has filmed and exposed many factory farms, severely embarrassing companies such as Bernard Matthews. Juliet is an inspirational, fun and informative speaker and has made media appearances across the world. She has a degree in zoology and psychology; a diploma in direct marketing and is a qualified nutritional therapist.
Vegan Society Education
VS Education runs an education outreach project. They provide teaching resources and visiting speakers to help young people explore how the food they eat is connected to some of the most pressing issues of our time. Find out how they work with education establishments, cast your eye over some of their materials and see how you can get involved. Getting the service well used by schools is the next step so please bring along all your ideas for effective promotions! http://www.vegansociety.com/vseducation/
Rob Jackson
Rob's been vegan for over ten years and for the last three has been working with the Vegan Society as Education Officer. Before that he worked on a vegan-organic farm for a couple of seasons, which he hopes to get back to one of these days. As Education Officer he's responsible for vegan outreach to schools and other education establishments.
Justin Kerswell
Justin is the campaigns manager at Viva!, Europe's largest campaigning vegetarian and vegan group - which is based here in Bristol. Viva! exists to help people change to a kinder, healthier animal-free diet, because they believe that it is the best way to end the suffering of animals and improve the world around us. Justin will talk about how badgers have been unfairly scapegoated by farmers and politicians for the bovine TB epidemic. How this is wrong, and how bad farming and political smokescreens are really to blame. Justin will also suggest practical ways to stop this injustice and show people the real reasons behind the massacre of wildlife. For more on Viva!'s campaigns, please visit www.viva.org.uk/badgers
James Gorman (EVOLVE! Campaigns)
How Nutrition Affects Disease James is one of the Directors of EVOLVE! Campaigns which is a non-profit organisation embracing animal liberation through promotion of lifestyle changes. Their main focus is educating and encouraging people to go vegan for their health, the environment and to save the lives of exploited animals worldwide.James is a retired spinal specialist and has first-rate knowledge of the human body as he also taught anatomy and physiology for many years. He now lectures internationally on the nutritional benefits of a plant-based diet, in colleges and Universities and does regular talks on advanced nutrition for personal trainers, bodybuilders and athletes here in the UK. James has been a compassionate vegan for most of his life. James will be speaking about disease and how nutrition not only combats it but also causes it. Eg: cancer, heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, plus auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, arthritis and ME.
EVOLVE! Campaigns - http://www.evolvecampaigns.org.uk
Adam Gardener - Fairtrade in the age of Climate Change
Adam has been co-ordinating the Fairtrade Universities and Colleges scheme for the past 9 months, raising awareness amongst students of trade justice issues affecting smallholder farmers across the developing world, and integrating Fairtrade in to sustainable procurement and consumption policies of educational institutions. Adam will address the role of Fairtrade in sustainable consumption, tackling climate change and poverty. He has worked on various campaigns over the past two years around development issues including trade, international tax and climate justice.
NAVA - Campaigning against Animal Labs in UniversitiesThe National Anti Vivisection Association is a new campaign set up with the aim of unveiling some of the practices that go on in some of the UK's leading universities, and campaigners are coming together under this new banner to expose some of the unnecessary cruelty and abuse of animals which is often to be found in these laboratories. Amanda is a passionate, experienced and articulate speaker, and this talk will advise people on how they can help support the campaign.
