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BigBecka · Animal defender Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 412

Partly in response to another thread on here, and partly in response to a few magazine articles I read recently, I got to wondering what activities we can get involved in to promote animal rights and other environmental and social issues? Obviously we acheive a fair amount by being vegan, and a few people on here seem to be quite directly involved in promotional and protest activities.

What other things are there?

I've collected a few ideas: eat organic, save energy, run the car a bit less (or not at all!), have an ethical bank account or a credit card that gives rewards to a charity, join Greenpeace / World Wildlife Fund / similar, petition your government or write to your local MP on specific issues you feel strongly about, promote AR through a talent (art, writing, music) or a professional institution?

My writer's magazine (Mslexia) had an article on Public Advocacy this quarter - writing for organisations that promote social change (kind of what we're doing here). They recommend some free websites with advice / training, that I thought a few people might find interesting:
http://www.fahamu.org/WFCEng/index.html
http://www.aidsmap.com (a HIV and AIDS pressure group, but with a free advocacy toolkit)
http://www.advocacy.org

AndyBa · Lord of the posts Joined: 27 May 2001 Posts: 670

These activities, eat organic, save energy, run the car a bit less, are excellent..
if we only could educate more people on why it is important

Here are some grand ideas:
Try to penetrate the politics arena and make environment friendly changes in society.

As Becky wrote above, promote AR through your talent.

Science + marketing.. some inventions could really help save the environment..

Agriculture - research and promote environment friendly practices.

So almost everyone can do something.. only desire and passion is needed.
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The human body has no more need for cows' milk than it does for dogs' milk, horses' milk, or giraffes' milk. ~Michael Klaper, M.D., author of Vegan Nutrition: Pure & Simple