Category: Activism Toolkit

The Great British Reuse Map

Published on by Ishkah1 Comment

–

Are you unsure what the easiest option is to find or donate reused items? Well now there’s a map and article to explain all your options 🙂

Click here for the map

–

Index:

  • Food Banks, Real Junk Food Projects & Food Not Bombs Events
  • Reuse Centres
  • Free Item Gifting Organisations
  • Free Item Gifting Facebook Groups
  • Repair Cafes
  • How you can help build up reuse groups
  • Similar Resources

–

Food Banks, Real Junk Food Projects & Food Not Bombs Events

If you know of large quantities of food you or someone else can’t use that’s about to go past it’s best before date, consider taking it down to your local Food Bank, Real Junk Food Project or Food Not Bombs event, so that it can be parcled out or cooked up and served out in decilious ways for free, cheap or on a pay as you feel basis.

–

Reuse Centres

Ideally every town would have one reuse warehouse where every item was meticulously organized and easy to browse through.  Unfortunately charity shops often throw out as much as they take in for not having the room to display it all.  So, if you’re donating items, in most cases and for the time being, using free item gifting websites is still your best bet at finding the person who was looking for just that item and making sure your item isn’t going to waste.

–

Free Item Gifting Organisations

Freegle and Freecycle are two easy websites to use where you can make item offer or wanted posts.  Some benefits to the website are you can sort posts by just offers or just wanted posts.  Posts have titles so you can quickly see what item the person is offering/requesting and how far away they are.  Plus moderators can see logs of user engagement so they can discourage people who only collect to sell on.

As well there’s Trashnothing.com where you can search for posts within a set distance from where you live, though you do still have to join the Freegle or Freecycle group you want to post in or in order to respond to posts.

–

Free Item Gifting Facebook Groups

Same idea as above, only often less rules.  Can be good for villages who all know each other anyway, so don’t need a moderator checking every post.

–

Repair Cafes

“Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). In the place where a Repair Café is located, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.

Visitors bring their broken items from home. Together with the specialists they start making their repairs in the Repair Café. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY.

There are over 1.500 Repair Cafés worldwide. Visit one in your area or start one yourself! See also the house rules we use at the Repair Café.”

–

Free or cheap item UK search engines

–

How you can help build up reuse groups

Hopefully this map and article will serve as a quick resource for locating just the right centre or platform you want to use.  Maybe give it a share so others can benefit too.

As well you can put up a poster on a community noticeboard letting people know about free item gifting websites. Or you can even help out your local food not bombs group by designing a cool looking poster for them, advertising the time and day they will be serving food.

Finally you can volunteer on the ground or as an online moderator.  And maybe create a pinned post letting people know all the reuse options in their area.

–

Similar Resources

–

Mutual advertising opportunities between Freegle & free item Facebook groups

Published on by Ishkah1 Comment

–

I made a crossover map of Freegle groups and free item Facebook groups just out of curiosity:

–

–

There are 454 FB groups I could find with copious town and area searches, so the true number is probably not much higher at around 500. Compared to Freegle’s 434.

Here’s a look at their membership figures:

–

–

There are 5 Facebook groups overlapping with my local Freegle group area alone and they were nice enough to let me advertise my Freegle group, so thought others might be curious to see and give it a try.

I created a pinned post on my Facebook page & group explaining all the platform options people have for viewing and sharing free items with the long term goal of hoping the free item groups do the same, then made a post to the various groups saying more or less the same thing.

The idea being with having more platforms to chose from, people will be more invested in the platform they like the most and encourage others to use it also, helping those in poverty, reusing products to create less of a demand on people and the environment, plus fostering a sharing economy.

–

The pinned post

Other Platforms

Learn about other ways to reuse items with The Great British Reuse Map.

This website keeps logs of user engagement, so we can discourage people who only collect to sell on, as well so we can edit posts for clarity. But, there’s also Trashnothing.com where you can search for posts within a set distance from where you live, though you do still have to join the freegle group you want to post in or in order to respond to posts.

Plus here are a few free item facebook groups within and overlapping with Denbighshire:

The Advert

Hey all, just dropping by to say I recently started the website Denbighshire Freegle, we have a Facebook group which if you want to post wanted or offer posts to you’d more than welcome.

Some benefits of the website version are you can sort posts by just offers or just wanted posts. Posts have titles so you can quickly see what item the person is offering/requesting and how far away they are. And moderators can see logs of user engagement so we can discourage people who only collect to sell on.

Finally there’s also Trashnothing.com where you can search for posts within a set distance from where you live, though you do still have to join the Freegle group you want to post in or in order to respond to posts.

All the best.

The suggested mutual pinned post

Other Platforms

Learn about other ways to reuse items with The Great British Reuse Map.

Freegle keeps logs of user engagement, so that mods can discourage people who only collect to sell on, as well so mods can edit posts for clarity. But, there’s also Trashnothing.com where you can search for posts within a set distance from where you live, though you do still have to join the freegle group you want to post in or in order to respond to posts.

Plus here are a few other free item facebook groups within and overlapping with Denbighshire:

The maps

–

UK Travel Master List of Resources; Free/cheap things to do and campaigns to help.

Published on by Ishkah1 Comment

I’ve built 2 large spreadsheets of resources that can be found using a simple gps navigator. GPS navigators have the advantage over smart phones of having a long battery life. But I’m also building a google map that can be downloaded on the app to use offline.

I made this for my planned cycle tour, but it should be useful to others who are travelling or as a resource for things happening local to you.  It may also provoke ideas for projects in your own area.

Click the links below to see:

I also plan to print a series of pamphlets seperated by areas of the UK to have and distribute as back up hard copies.

This article will explain it’s uses, including:

  • What type of resources are included?
  • Examples of information gathered
  • Future data gathering ideas

If you have any suggestions feel free to comment below or on the spreadsheet directly.

.

What type of resources are included?:

Ordered by necessity to travelling on the cheap i.e. not necessarily by most enjoyable/meaningful ‘things to do’.

Eating:

  • Dumpster Diving & Foraging
  • Real Junk Food Projects
  • Sikh Temples

Sleeping:

  • Wild camping beauty spots
  • Food & board for good work
  • Couchsurfing
  • Mountain huts
  • Traveller sites

Washing:

  • Wild swimming
  • Public Showers

Maintenance

  • Bike repair shops

Organising:

  • Public charging stations
  • Free Wifi

Volunteering:

  • Freecycling
  • Pick your own gardens
  • Foodbanks
  • Animal Sanctuaries
  • Mountain/Cave Rescue Training

Studying:

  • Activist centres
  • Zine libraries
  • Book libraries
  • Museums
  • Art galleries
  • Radio Ranges

Exploring:

  • Caves
  • Urban Exploration

Game Playing:

  • Ping-pong parlors
  • Chess in the park
  • Volleyball
  • Petanque
  • Basketball

.

.

Examples of information gathered:

Examples from the 10s of 1000s of locations grid referenced & postcoded on the spreadsheet for easy finding.

Dumpster Diving & Foraging

  • Apple – 1072
  • Blackberry – 440
  • Plum – 244
  • Dumpster (edible) – 241
  • Cherry – 226
  • Elderberry – 169
  • Pear – 163
  • Blackthorn – 162
  • Cherry plum – 96
  • Hazel – 80
  • Community garden – 75
  • Walnut – 75
  • Raspberry – 72
  • Sweet chestnut – 65

.

Real Junk Food Projects

.

Food and Board for Good Work

.

Couchsurfing

.

Showers

  • Road Services
  • Campsites
  • Sports Centres
  • Train Stations
  • Council Toilets
  • Coach Stations

.

Animal Sanctuaries

.

Radio Ranges

  • Pirate
  • Leftist
  • UK Talk Shows
  • Call in Talk Shows

.

Chess in the park

.

Petanque

.

.

Future Data Gathering Ideas

Event Locations

Eating:

  • Free food distribution and political advocacy
  • People’s Kitchen
  • Foraging Group Walks
  • Field greaning groups to politicize food waste
  • Farm Work Days
  • Allotment Club Work Days

Travel:

  • Cycle Club Rides
  • Free Bus Routes

Exploring:

  • Hiking Group Meets
  • Wild Swimming Group Swims

Activism:

  • Animal rights advocacy with slaughterhouse footage
  • Wildlife habitat restoration
  • Sabotaging the blood-sport of running down foxes with dogs
  • Baring witness to the animals soon to be killed outside slaughterhouses

Studying:

  • Philosophy discussion groups
  • Book Clubs
  • Writing Groups

Entertainment:

  • Festivals & Gatherings
  • Open mic nights
  • Music tours

Game playing:

  • Kabaddi group meets

.

.

great britain areas

List of UK campaign groups & how to keep their information updated.

Published on by IshkahLeave a comment

–

Looking for food not bombs groups in the UK I found the information on the umbrella organisations website outdated, so I checked all the individual chapters pages and created an updated article.

So in cases where there’s no volunteer web developer on hand I’ll to try to be a point of contact for keeping information updated.

As well as creating tables, maps and calanders where none existed before hand in easily viewable share links, then sending them to the campaign web developer to host on their site.

Many sites do already have maps for things happening near you, as well as an easy process for how to update them, so check them out below and help out with information also where you can.

Finally you can comment below any important ones I’ve missed or suggestions on formatting.

–

Campaign Group Easy for volunteers to send in updated info? Where to send in updates?
Human Rights
Poor People’s Campaign Food banks – The Trussel Trust Yes Contact form
Poor People’s Campaign Food not Bombs – UK Chapters Yes Contact me
Poor People’s Campaign Nappy Library Yes Contact form
Labor movement Unite the Union
Labor movement Industrial Workers of the World
Labor movement Solidarity Federation
Housing movement Radical Routes Co-operatives
Housing movement London Renters Union
Housing movement Squatting Newswire
Housing movement Squatting Resource Centre
Refugee / Immigrant rights Calais Migrant Solidarity
Refugee / Immigrant rights No Borders Leeds
Refugee / Immigrant rights No Borders Morocco
Anti-imperialism Campaign Against Arms Trade
Anti-imperialism Kurdish Solidarity Network
Anti-imperialism Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions
Feminism / Civil rights UK Feminista – Umbrella organisation
Feminism / Civil rights EVAW – End Violence Against Women Coalition
Feminism / Civil rights Feminist Library
Feminism / Civil rights Women’s Studies Without Walls – University lobby
Feminism / Civil rights
Feminism / Civil rights
Feminism / Civil rights Object – Sexist objectification advocacy
Feminism / Civil rights London Feminist Network
Feminism / Civil rights
Feminism / Civil rights Million Women Rise – Yearly demonstration
Feminism / Civil rights Abortion Rights – Advocacy
Feminism / Civil rights NAWO – National Alliance of Women’s Organisations
Feminism / Civil rights Rape Crisis – Advocacy
Feminism / Civil rights Women’s Aid – Domestic abuse shelters
Feminism / Civil rights The Feminist Archive – Library
Feminism / Civil rights Fawcett Society – Lobbying
Feminism / Civil rights Women Against the Cuts – Advocacy
Feminism / Civil rights Rights of Women – Legal advice
Feminism / Civil rights Sex Workers Opera – Advocacy
Feminism / Civil rights Pen Fight Distro – Zine shop
Disability Rights Stop Disability Hate Crime
Disability Rights Campaign for Free NHS Disabled Parking
Disability Rights Disability Confident
Disability Rights Proud strong and visible
Disability Rights Prescription charges coalition
Disability Rights Wheelchair priority space campaign
Disability Rights Hardest hit campaign
Disability Rights The energy revolution
Local Autonomy / Traveller Rights Sinn Fein
Local Autonomy / Traveller Rights Scottish National Party
Local Autonomy / Traveller Rights Plaid Cymru
Local Autonomy / Traveller Rights The Traveller Movement
Local Autonomy / Traveller Rights Roma Nation Movement
Local Autonomy / Traveller Rights Seed Sovereignty
Local Autonomy / Traveller Rights Open Pollinated Seeds Initiative
Animal Rights
Animal Rights Sheffield Animal Action – Street Advocacy
Animal Rights Earthlings Experience – Street Advocacy
Animal Rights Animal Save Movement – Baring Witness
Animal Rights Hunt Saboteurs – Direct Action
Animal Rights Sea Shepherd – Direct Action
Animal Rights Palestinian Animal League
Animal Rights Go Vegan World – Billboard Advocacy
Animal Rights Farm Animal Sanctuaries
Environmental Preservation / Rewilding
Climate movement Frack Off | Extreme Energy Action Network – UK
Climate movement Coal Action Network – UK
Climate movement Plane Stupid – UK
Climate movement Roads to Nowhere | Campaign For Better Transport – UK
Climate movement Cycling UK Campaign Groups
Climate movement Friends of the Earth
Land Rights Land Justice Network – UK
Land Rights The Land is Ours – UK
Wildlife habitat restoration List of Projects
Wildlife habitat restoration Trees for Life
Wildlife habitat restoration Millennium Seed Bank
Wildlife habitat restoration Rare Seeds
Wildlife habitat restoration Smart Seed Store
Low Impact Lifestyles – Zero Waste Zero Waste Shops Yes Contact form
Low Impact Lifestyles – Zero Waste Fruit & Veg Scheme Yes Contact form
Low Impact Lifestyles – Zero Waste Campaign for more allotments Yes Contact form
Low Impact Lifestyles – Zero Waste Tool Library Yes Contact form
Low Impact Lifestyles – Zero Waste Paint Recycling Yes Contact form
Low Impact Lifestyles – Zero Waste Repair Cafe/Workshop Yes Contact form
Low Impact Lifestyles – Freeganism Freecycling Yes
Low Impact Lifestyles – Freeganism Incredible Edible Network – Guerrila Gardening Yes Contact form
Low Impact Lifestyles – Freeganism Abundance Network – Foraging ?
Low Impact Lifestyles – Freeganism Feedback – Gleaning Yes
Low Impact Lifestyles – Freeganism Falling Fruit – Dumpster diving Yes Add a location
Low Impact Lifestyles – Freeganism Community Fridge Yes Contact form

–

UK Campaign Groups

Published on by IshkahLeave a comment

–

Just a summary, as I won’t try to capture every local struggle. But feel free to comment below any important ones I’ve missed or suggestions on formating.

.

Table of Contents

  • Human Rights
    • Labor movement
    • Anti-Racism / Anti-Imperialism
    • Feminism / Civil rights
    • Disability Rights
    • Local Autonomy / Traveller rights
  • Animal Rights
  • Environmental Preservation / Rewilding
    • Climate movement
    • Wildlife Habitat Restoration
    • Land Rights
    • Low Impact Lifestyles
      • Zero Waste
      • Freeganism

.

.

Human Rights

Poor People’s Campaign

Labor movement

Housing movement

Anti-racism / Anti-imperialism

Feminism / Civil rights

Disability rights

Local autonomy / Traveller rights

.

.

Animal Rights

.

.

Environmental Preservation / Rewilding

Climate movement

Wildlife habitat protection

Land Rights

Low Impact Lifestyles – Zero Waste

Low Impact Lifestyles – Freeganism

.

.

Food not Bombs – UK Chapters

Published on by Ishkah5 Comments

Food Not Bombs gathers food that would otherwise be thrown out by shops and uses it to cook vegan or freegan meals, which we give out for free on the streets and at events. In doing this, we aim to show how much food is wasted needlessly and to eliminate some of this waste. We oppose the spending of money on weapons in the face of world hunger, an issue that we believe could be solved with suitable logistics.

–

–

.

Active Chapters

Area City Cooking Address Prep Day & Time Sharing Address Sharing Day Sharing Time Contact Name Phone Number Email Website Facebook Twitter Notes
South England Bristol Cafe Connect, 114 St. Mark’s Road, BS5 6JD. 12:00 PM Turbo Island, Bristol, UK Sunday 3:00 PM
South England North London LARC, 62 Fieldgate St, Shadwell, London E1 1ES ? Seven Sisters Station, Seven Sisters Rd, South Tottenham, London N15 5LD 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month 12:30 PM
South England Southampton ? Palmerston Road, Southampton, Hampshire, UK The first Saturday of every month. 12:00 PM southamptonfoodnotbombs@resist.ca sotonfoodnotbombs.wordpress.com
North England Liverpool Next to Nowhere, 96 Bold Street, L1 4HY, Liverpool 2:00 PM Teusday ? 0151 703 6806 http://www.liverpoolsocialcentre.org/
North England York St. Helen’s Square, York, YO1 8QP Monday and Friday 8:00 PM .
fnbyork@gmail.com or yorkfoodnotbombs@gmail.com
Scotland Dundee ? Steeple Church, Nethergate, Dundee Every Friday and the last Saturday of every month.
6:30pm and 12pm
Wales Cardiff Wyndham Diner, 3 – 5 Wyndham Street, Cardiff, CF11 6DQ Thursdays from 6-8pm St John’s Churchyard Gardens, Cardiff, Wales Friday 12:30 PM foodnotbombscardiff@riseup.net https://foodnotbombscardiff.wordpress.com/ www.facebook.com/foodnotbombscardiff https://twitter.com/FNBCardiff

.

.

Calander

Click the tabs in the top right corner to view in list format, weekly or monthly.

.

.

Map

Click here for the map.

.

.

 

UK campaign/communalist event calanders, event location maps & tables

Published on by Ishkah3 Comments

Including:

  • Animal Rights
  • Food not Bombs
  • Philosophy in Pubs

.

Animal Rights

Cube of truths

Click here for the map.

Preview:

cube of truths

.

Group Date Location
Bangor January 11th Bangor Clock Tower in Bangor, Gwynedd
Bedfordshire January 11th 15 Silver Street, Bedford, MK40 1SY, United Kingdom
Belfast January 11th Corn Market, Belfast, BT1 4, United Kingdom
Brighton January 11th Brighton Churchill Square in Brighton
Bristol January 11th LUSH UK, Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Cardiff January 11th One Kingsway in Cardiff
Chelmsford January 11th Waterstones Chelmsford in Chelmsford, Essex
Horsham January 11th Wilko, Horsham, Horsham
Hull January 11th Lloyds Bank in Kingston upon Hull
Leeds January 11th H&M, Leeds Trinity, Leeds
Merthyr Tydfil January 11th Costa Coffee, 6 – 7 New Market Walk, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil
Newport January 11th Lloyd’s Bank 42 Commercial Street, Newport NP20 1WX
Philadelphia, PA January 11th Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shropshire January 11th Pride Hill, Shrewsbury, SY1 1, United Kingdom
Taunton January 11th Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Exeter January 12th H&M, 16-20 High Street, Exeter, Devon
Glasgow January 12th LUSH UK, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Kingston January 12th The Bentall Centre in Kingston upon Thames
Manchester January 12th Market Street, Manchester, M1 1, United Kingdom
Plymouth January 12th Billabong Plymouth in Plymouth
Romford January 12th Costa Coffee, 83 South Street, Romford, United Kingdom, Romford, United Kingdom
York January 12th St. Helen’s Square, York in York
Rayleigh January 17th Costa Coffee, High Road, Rayleigh, Southend-On-Sea, United Kingdom, Rayleigh, Southend-On-Sea, United Kingdom
Wimbledon January 17th Tesco Metro, Old Town Hall, The Broadway, London, London, United Kingdom
Bradford January 18th The Kirkgate Shopping Centre Bradford in City of Bradford
Croydon January 18th Whitgift Centre, Croydon, CR0 0, United Kingdom
Guildford January 18th Nando’s Guildford in Guildford
Leigh-on-Sea January 18th St Clements Church in Leigh-on-Sea
Lincoln January 18th Primark, Lincoln, LN1 1AB, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Milton Keynes January 18th Milton Keynes Central railway station in Milton Keynes
Slough January 18th Nando’s Slough High Street in Slough
Sunderland January 18th Caffè Nero in City of Sunderland
Teesside January 18th Midelsbrough Town Centre in Middlesbrough
Wakefield January 18th Wakefield Cathedral in Wakefield
Watford January 18th Pret A Manger, Watford, United Kingdom, Watford, United Kingdom
Wigan January 18th WHSmith, Wigan, Wigan
Chester January 19th Dorothy Perkins, Chester, Cheshire, Chester, Cheshire
Covent Garden January 19th 27 James Street, London, WC2E 8PA, United Kingdom
Liverpool January 19th LUSH UK, Liverpool, Liverpool
Plymouth January 19th Billabong Plymouth in Plymouth
Uxbridge January 19th intu Uxbridge in Uxbridge
Bangor January 25th Bangor Clock Tower in Bangor, Gwynedd
Basildon January 25th Eastgate Shopping Centre in Basildon, Essex
Bridgend January 25th Corvo Lounge in Bridgend
Exeter January 25th H&M, 16-20 High Street, Exeter, Devon
Hebden Bridge January 25th Coffee Cali Hebden in Hebden Bridge
Ipswich January 25th Ipswich Town Hall & Corn Exchange in Ipswich, Suffolk
Peterborough January 25th Starbucks Peterborough in Peterborough
Slough January 25th Greggs in Slough
Wollongong January 25th Crown Street Mall Wollongong in Wollongong, New South Wales
York January 25th St. Helen’s Square, York in York
Bristol January 26th LUSH UK, Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Grays January 26th Burger King, 24 West Mall, Essex, Essex
Taunton January 26th Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Long Beach, CA January 4th The Pike Outlets in Long Beach, California
Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA January 4th Forever21 in Los Angeles, California
Bronx, NY January 5th Third Avenue–149th Street in New York, New York
Exeter January 5th H&M, 16-20 High Street, Exeter, Devon
Preston January 5th Preston, Lancashire
Swansea January 5th Oxford Street, Swansea, SA1 3, United Kingdom
Angel January 9th Angel Tube Station in London, United Kingdom
Carlisle January 9th Waterstones Carlisle in Carlisle, Cumbria
Birmingham February 15th Tesco Metro, Caxton Gate, Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes February 15th Milton Keynes Central railway station in Milton Keynes
Teesside February 15th Midelsbrough Town Centre in Middlesbrough
Hemel Hempstead February 1st Metro Bank in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Stevenage February 1st Chia Cafe in Hitchin
Teesside February 1st Darlington Town Centre in Darlington, Co Durham
Peterborough February 22nd Starbucks Peterborough in Peterborough
Wigan February 22nd WHSmith, Wigan, Wigan
Taunton February 23nd Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Birmingham February 29th Tesco Metro, Caxton Gate, Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Teesside February 29th Stockton Town Centre in Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
Merthyr Tydfil February 8th Costa Coffee, 6 – 7 New Market Walk, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil
Reading February 8th Primark, Reading, RG1 2BD, Reading, England
Sunderland February 8th Caffè Nero in City of Sunderland
Swansea February 8th Wilko, Singleton Street, Swansea, Swansea
Taunton February 8th Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Whitby February 8th The Dolphin Hotel, Whitby, Whitby, Redcar And Cleveland, United Kingdom
Plymouth February 9th Billabong Plymouth in Plymouth
Taunton March 14th Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Teesside March 14th Stockton Town Centre in Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
Milton Keynes March 21st Milton Keynes Central railway station in Milton Keynes
Peterborough March 21st Starbucks Peterborough in Peterborough
Teesside March 28th Darlington Town Centre in Darlington, Co Durham
Taunton March 29th Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Merthyr Tydfil March 7th Costa Coffee, 6 – 7 New Market Walk, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil April 11th Costa Coffee, 6 – 7 New Market Walk, Merthyr Tydfil
Taunton April 11th Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Peterborough April 25th Starbucks, Peterborough
Whitby April 25th The Dolphin Hotel, Redcar And Cleveland, Whitby, United Kingdom
Taunton April 26th Boots in Taunton, Somerset
Romford (12 Hour) April 4th Costa Coffee, 83 South Street, Romford, United Kingdom
Merthyr Tydfil May 9th Costa Coffee, 6 – 7 New Market Walk, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil June 6th Costa Coffee, 6 – 7 New Market Walk, Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil

.

.

Food Not Bombs

Click here for the map.

Preview:

.

.

Area City Phone Number Email 1 Email 2 Website Twitter Sharing Address Cooking Address Prep Day & Time Sharing Day Sharing Time Notes
South England Bristol Turbo Island, Bristol, UK Cafe Connect, 114 St. Mark’s Road, BS5 6JD. 12:00 pm Sunday 3:00 pm
South England North London londonfnb@lists.riseup.net Seven Sisters Station, Seven Sisters Rd, South Tottenham, London N15 5LD
LARC, 62 Fieldgate St, Shadwell, London E1 1ES
 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month 12:30 pm
South England Southampton southamptonfoodnotbombs@resist.ca WordPress
Palmerston Road, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
 The first Saturday of every month. 12:00 pm
North England Liverpool 0151 703 6806 Next to Nowhere, 96 Bold Street, L1 4HY, Liverpool 2:00 pm Teusday
North England York . fnbyork@gmail.com yorkfoodnotbombs@gmail.com
St. Helen’s Square, York, YO1 8QP
 Monday and Friday 8:00 pm
Scotland Dundee
Steeple Church, Nethergate, Dundee
 Every Friday and the last Saturday of every month. 6:30pm and 12pm
Wales Cardiff foodnotbombscardiff@riseup.net WordPress @FNBCardiff St John’s Churchyard Gardens, Cardiff, Wales Wyndham Diner, 3 – 5 Wyndham Street, Cardiff, CF11 6DQ Thursdays from 6-8pm Friday 12:30 pm Co-ordinating sheet

.

.

Philosophy in Pubs

Click here for the map.

Preview:

philosophy in pubs

.

.

Subject Start Date Start Time Description Contact Notes Organiser Future Schedule Times Venue Location
A Tale of Two Cities 20/01/2020 18:15 Email Jimmy at jsjimstan@gmail.com Derek Schedule 3rd Monday of month (6.15pm) The Vernon (LIPs) 69 Dale St,, Liverpool City Centre, L2 2HJ
Animal Rights? 23/01/2020 19:15 Edna: 07505678469 https://www.trustinns.co.uk/pub/coffee-house-14-church-road-north-liverpool-l15-6tf/ Open forum Schedule Every 2nd + 4th Thur (7.15pm) The Coffee House (Wavertree) 14 Church Rd North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EF
Architecture, and how it affects us. 22/01/2020 13:00 martin.esplanade@ntworld.com Martin Schedule Meets every 1st + 3rd Wed of month (1pm) The Rose & Crown (Bebington) 54 The Village,, Bebington,, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL
Can we teach empathy? 15/01/2020 19:30 Nicola: 07808557354
Village hostelry with a rustic-style interior and patio area, plus real ales and modern pub grub.
 Schedule 7.30pm: every 1st + 3rd Wed The Blue Bell (Eccles) 41 Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LL
Carpe Diem! (?) 28/01/2020 19:15 07743 533 509 Open forum Schedule Tuesday 7:15 PM – 9PM (Weekly) Keith’s Wine Bar (L’pool South) 107 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR
Civil Disobedience 13/01/2020 18:15 Jim: 0151 538 8433 Tad Schedule 6.30pm: first Monday of month Lime Kiln (Concert Square) 2 Fleet St (Concert Square), Liverpool, L1 4AN
Consequences of Immortality? 14/01/2020 19:15 How would it change your life if you knew you were immortal? 07743 533 509 Open forum Schedule Tuesday 7:15 PM – 9PM (Weekly) Keith’s Wine Bar (L’pool South) 108 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR
Conspiracy? 06/04/2020 19:00 Which conspiracy narratives are true? Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com Open forum Schedule 7pm. every 1st Monday of month The Sportsman (Huddersfield) 1 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY
Counselling? 04/03/2020 13:00 martin.esplanade@ntworld.com Open forum Schedule Meets every 1st + 3rd Wed of month (1pm) The Rose & Crown (Bebington) 55 The Village,, Bebington,, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL
David Hume (Course) 20/01/2020 19:00 Sean Timmins Schedule The Ship & Mitre (upstairs) 133 Dale Street, Liverpool City Centre, L2 2JH
David Hume (Course) 06/01/2020 19:00 Sean Timmins Schedule The Ship & Mitre (upstairs) 134 Dale Street, Liverpool City Centre, L2 2JH
David Hume (Course) 27/01/2020 19:00 Sean Timmins Schedule The Ship & Mitre (upstairs) 135 Dale Street, Liverpool City Centre, L2 2JH
Democracy…? 14/01/2020 13:00 http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/ Phone Michael on 0151 709 0739 (07772 575 004) Michael Schedule 1pm – 3pm (every 2nd + 4th Tuesday) Bluecoat Art Centre (Liverpool) School Lane, City Centre, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 3BX
Embers 17/02/2020 18:15 Sandor Marai novel. Paul: 07743 533 508 Jose Schedule Mondays 2:15pm (Weekly) The Vernon 68 Dale Street,, City Centre, Liverpool, 5 Charlton Road, L2 2HJ
Eugenics 14/01/2020 18:30 0151 931 3970 Paul T Schedule Every Tuesday 6.30pm The Victoria (Waterloo) Great Georges Road/Bath Street, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 5PS
Gender Identity? 03/02/2020 19:00 Gender identity – myth or reality? Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com Ron Schedule 7pm. every 1st Monday of month The Sportsman (Huddersfield) 0 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY
Hope , Cynicism 10/01/2020 14:00 Based on a very small portion of Uriel Abulof’s course https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:PrincetonX+HOPEx+1T2019/course/ Corrie: 07891 887 823 Friday Forum Schedule 2pm: 2nd + 4th Friday of month Piazza Cafe Bar (Liverpool) Metropolitan Cathedral Steps, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ
How do we prioritise conflicting rights? (Who’s rights are more right?) 19/02/2020 19:30 Nicola: 07808557355
Village hostelry with a rustic-style interior and patio area, plus real ales and modern pub grub.
 Schedule 7.30pm: every 1st + 3rd Wed The Blue Bell (Eccles) 42 Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LL
How do we stay human in a digital landscape? 18/03/2020 19:30 Nicola: 07808557356
Village hostelry with a rustic-style interior and patio area, plus real ales and modern pub grub.
 Schedule 7.30pm: every 1st + 3rd Wed The Blue Bell (Eccles) 43 Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LL
How Technology affects Philosophy 19/02/2020 13:00 martin.esplanade@ntworld.com Martin Schedule Meets every 1st + 3rd Wed of month (1pm) The Rose & Crown (Bebington) 56 The Village,, Bebington,, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL
Human impact on Ecosphere 24/01/2020 14:00 Corrie: 07891 887 824 Peter McNaughton Friday forum Schedule 2pm: 2nd + 4th Friday of month Piazza Cafe Bar (Liverpool) Metropolitan Cathedral Steps, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TQ
I am Not a Number, I am a Man 07/01/2020 18:30 152 931 3970 Tommy Schedule Every Tuesday 6.30pm The Victoria (Waterloo) Great Georges Road/Bath Street, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 5PS
Information as property and the possibility of privacy 17/06/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 503 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 61 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
Information as property and the possibility of privacy 17/06/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 504 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 62 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
Is all work prostitution? 16/09/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 505 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 63 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
Is democracy even possible? 21/11/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 506 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 64 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
Is genuine democracy possible? 13/02/2020 19:15 Edna: 07505678470 https://www.trustinns.co.uk/pub/coffee-house-14-church-road-north-liverpool-l15-6tf/ Open forum Schedule Every 2nd + 4th Thur (7.15pm) The Coffee House (Wavertree) 15 Church Rd North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EF
Is lying a prerequisite of modern social living? 20/05/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 507 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 65 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
Is unselfishness unnatural? 09/01/2020 19:30 07743 533 509 Martin Schedule Meets every 2nd Thur of month (7.30pm) The Greyhound (Ormskirk) 100 Aughton Street, Ormskirk, L39 3BS
Mind and Matter – Is matter all there is? 15/04/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 508 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 66 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
Morality and Marketing 19/02/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 509 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 67 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
OPEN FORUM 28/01/2020 18:30 153 931 3970 All Members Schedule Every Tuesday 6.30pm The Victoria (Waterloo) Great Georges Road/Bath Street, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 5PS
Plato’s Republic 26/03/2020 19:15 Edna: 07505678471 https://www.trustinns.co.uk/pub/coffee-house-14-church-road-north-liverpool-l15-6tf/ Paul D Schedule Every 2nd + 4th Thur (7.15pm) The Coffee House (Wavertree) 16 Church Rd North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EF
Political Economy and Spirituality 10/02/2020 18:15 Jim: 0151 538 8432 Russell Schedule 6.30pm: first Monday of month Lime Kiln (Concert Square) 1 Fleet St (Concert Square), Liverpool, L1 4AN
Previous Opinions! 06/01/2020 19:00
When you change your mind, how do you view your previous opinion?
 Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com Tim Schedule 7pm. every 1st Monday of month The Sportsman (Huddersfield) 1 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY
Racism or Culturism? 09/01/2020 19:15 The Halfway House PIP group are now meeting here at The Coffee House, Church Rd Nth (not to be mixed up with the Young PIP group that meets at Coffee House too) Edna: 07505678472 https://www.trustinns.co.uk/pub/coffee-house-14-church-road-north-liverpool-l15-6tf/ Paul D Schedule Every 2nd + 4th Thur (7.15pm) The Coffee House (Wavertree) 17 Church Rd North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EF
Racism to Culturism! 06/01/2020 13:45 Paul: 07743 533 509 Paul D Schedule Mondays 2:15pm (Weekly) The Vernon 69 Dale Street,, City Centre, Liverpool, 5 Charlton Road, L2 2HJ
Reasoning about Reason 07/01/2020 10:30
Enlightenment philosophers, as we have seen, attached great importance to reason, which they believed would eventually lead to the moral and political progress of the human race. Some contemporary thinkers (e.g. Steven Pinker in his book Enlightenment Now) take a broadly similar line. Others however (e.g. John Gray in his book Enlightenment’s Wake) condemn such faith in reason, arguing that few if any moral and political problems can be resolved by reason alone and that most depend for their settlement on personal convictions. What is at issue is the role of reason in moral and political thought. Enlightenment thinkers viewed reason as paramount. Many today, however, believe moral and political decisions owe as much or more to our emotions – how we feel and what we desire. We shall examine these two positions and try to adjudicate between them – thus reasoning about reason.
All welcome. no previous knowledge is necessary Enquiries: johnsonvlntn@aol.com
 Derek Meakin Schedule Frodsham Community Centre Fluin Lane, Frodsham, WA6 7ON
Restrict speech? See note. 05/02/2020 19:30 Lordable attempts to restrict speech can quickly become a tool to silence critics and oppress minorities” Obama 2012. Discuss. Nicola: 07808557357
Village hostelry with a rustic-style interior and patio area, plus real ales and modern pub grub.
 Schedule 7.30pm: every 1st + 3rd Wed The Blue Bell (Eccles) 44 Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LL
Rituals? 11/01/2020 11:00 Ritual theories assert that it is at the heart of all social dynamics. Rituals generate group emotions that are linked to symbols, forming the basis for beliefs, thinking, morality, and culture. People use the capacity for thought, beliefs, and strategy to create emotion-generating interactions in the future. It is claimed that these cycles of interaction are the most basic structural force that organizes society.

Are rituals essential for the development and maintenance of community?

Do rituals merely endorse the existing state of society?

Should we resist rituals?

 Paul: 07743 533 509 Alan Barton Schedule 11am every 2nd Saturday The Casa Bar (Liverpool) 29 Hope Street, Liverpool (City Centre), L1 9BQ
Safety 21/01/2020 18:30 154 931 3970 Tom L Schedule Every Tuesday 6.30pm The Victoria (Waterloo) Great Georges Road/Bath Street, Waterloo, Liverpool, L22 5PS
Should animals have rights? 01/04/2020 19:30 Nicola: 07808557358
Village hostelry with a rustic-style interior and patio area, plus real ales and modern pub grub.
 Schedule 7.30pm: every 1st + 3rd Wed The Blue Bell (Eccles) 45 Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LL
Sloth the unacknowleged virtue! 27/02/2020 19:15 Edna: 07505678473 https://www.trustinns.co.uk/pub/coffee-house-14-church-road-north-liverpool-l15-6tf/ Edna Schedule Every 2nd + 4th Thur (7.15pm) The Coffee House (Wavertree) 18 Church Rd North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EF
TBA 03/02/2020 19:30 Rob 07792117730 Our new venue from 1st Monday in December 2017. New members always welcome! Rob Schedule 7:30pm 1st Monday in month Ramsbottom (Rose & Crown) Rose & Crown, 96 Carr Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL09EG
TBA 13/01/2020 19:00 Bill: 01925 564908 https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Saracen%27s+Head+(Warrington)&rlz=1C1GCEA_enGB798GB798&oq=The+Saracen%27s+Head+(Warrington)&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j69i64l3.1284j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Bill Schedule Meets every 2nd Mon of month (7pm) The Saracen’s Head (Stockton Heath) Wilderspool Causeway, Warrington, WA4 6RS
The 9 Truths… 05/02/2020 13:00 martin.esplanade@ntworld.com Richard Schedule Meets every 1st + 3rd Wed of month (1pm) The Rose & Crown (Bebington) 57 The Village,, Bebington,, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL
The Dunning-Kruger Effect! 04/02/2020 19:15 Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. 07743 533 509 Ross Schedule Tuesday 7:15 PM – 9PM (Weekly) Keith’s Wine Bar (L’pool South) 110 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR
The Environmental Crisis 02/03/2020 19:00
The Environmental Crisis – what should be done?
 Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com Howard Schedule 7pm. every 1st Monday of month The Sportsman (Huddersfield) 1 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY
The ideas of Yuval Noah Harari? 12/03/2020 19:15 Edna: 07505678474 https://www.trustinns.co.uk/pub/coffee-house-14-church-road-north-liverpool-l15-6tf/ Francis Schedule Every 2nd + 4th Thur (7.15pm) The Coffee House (Wavertree) 19 Church Rd North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 9EF
Thought versus Intuition… 21/01/2020 19:15 Are the products of thought better than those of intuition? 07743 533 509 Open forum Schedule Tuesday 7:15 PM – 9PM (Weekly) Keith’s Wine Bar (L’pool South) 109 Lark Lane, Aigburth, Liverpool, L17 8UR
Town Planning or Social Control? 08/01/2020 13:00 martin.esplanade@ntworld.com Siobhan Schedule Meets every 1st + 3rd Wed of month (1pm) The Rose & Crown (Bebington) 58 The Village,, Bebington,, Wirral, Merseyside, CH63 7PL
Transgenderism in Sports – Does it confer undue advantage? 20/01/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 510 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 68 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
Transhumanism: Can body modification ever go too far? 19/08/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 511 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 69 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
What is the point of a university degree? 18/03/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 512 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 70 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
What motivates us to be moral? 11/05/2020 19:00
What can motivate virtuous conduct once the fear of punishment in hell, or in rebirth, or by physical or capital punishment has gone?
 Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com Open forum Schedule 7pm. every 1st Monday of month The Sportsman (Huddersfield) 0 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY
What’s good/bad about Huddersfield? 01/06/2020 19:00
What is good and what is bad about Huddersfield, the Colne Valley and Calderdale? What could be done to make them better?
 Contact: huddersfieldpips1@gmail.com Open forum Schedule 7pm. every 1st Monday of month The Sportsman (Huddersfield) 1 St Johns Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY
When does a machine obtain moral recognition? 15/07/2020 19:30 Paul: 07743 533 513 Local Contact: michele.a.bourne@gmail.com the group Schedule 7:30pm, third Wednesday of each month The Greyhound (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 71 George Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1JT
When is it appropriate to keep secrets? 04/03/2020 19:30 Nicola: 07808557359
Village hostelry with a rustic-style interior and patio area, plus real ales and modern pub grub.
 Schedule 7.30pm: every 1st + 3rd Wed The Blue Bell (Eccles) 46 Monton Green, Eccles, Manchester, M30 9LL

.

.

Further research topics

Including:

  • Animal Sanctuary volunteering
  • Mountain Rescue training
  • Gleaning food to politicize food waste
  • Open mic nights & street festivals
  • Cycling, hiking, foraging & kabaddi groups

.

.

Further Suggestions welcome

You can view the tables I used to import into the calander here. And if you want to make your own or help add to these I can walk you through how I did it. Simply email theosladework@gmail.com or type @Theo#1188 to mention me in my discord.

.

.

Vegan Grey Areas & Campaign Allies

Published on by IshkahLeave a comment

Another taste of what I’m writing. Anyone can contribute to these simply by signing up to the Philosophical Vegan Forum & Wiki, plus making a little introduction post so we know you’re not a spam-bot.

.

Vegan Grey Areas

In Short

Understandable circumstances

  • Eating Disorder
  • Chronic Disease / Multiple Food Allergies
  • Pest Prevention
  • Survival

Some might be surprised that some vegans support

  • Wildlife management
  • Non-intrusive wild beekeeping
  • Freeganism
  • Caring for rescued animals
  • Lab grown meat

.

.

Animal Liberation’s Common Allies

Perspectives both groups/movements can gain from each other about our overlap and practical ways we can all offer mutual support in achieving our campaign goals.

Some vegan perspectives might feel foreign to those who haven’t before considered the emotional lives of animals, but under the right circumstance people can come to understand and sympathize e.g. a fellow volunteer at the domestic violence shelter who’s vegan and you come to understand their passion and dedication is only furthered by this philosophy.

.

In Short

What do we mean by alliance?

Low Impact Lifestyle

Human Rights

.

.

Animal Liberation’s Contentious Allies

Groups/movements that don’t live up to our ethical standard, but who we may find useful to collaborate with to achieve our campaign goals.

.

In Short

What do we mean by alliance?

Animal rights legislation

Low Impact Lifestyle

Wildlife Habitat Expansion

.

Writing Updates + Freegan Activism

Published on by IshkahLeave a comment

Snippets from some writing I’ve been doing on the Philosophical Vegan Wiki recently.

.

Freeganism

food not bombs.png

Activism – In Summary

Actions you can take as an individual or group:

• Buy vegan food from relatively cheap, efficient and ecological local food schemes.
• Buy vegan food staples with long shelf longevity and rare plant foods for your own impact and also to make it more efficient to produce, therefore cheaper for others.
• Buy vegan food reaching peak ripeness that has been over-stocked and you’re sure you can plan to use it in a meal that day or the next.
• Buy/sell second hand, recycled or ecological supporting items. Plus give away/collect items for free to friends and on sites like freecycle, freeshops or really free markets.
• Forage and glean food on public paths or where there will be no perceptible difference to farmers (keep in mind safety advice in the section on foraging).
• Compost or feed to animals the organic waste you can’t avoid and build a compost toilet.
• For the adventurous, go dumpster diving, table surf or prepare roadkill (keep in mind the safety advice in each section).

Ways to get organized:

• Advocate to family, friends and acquaintances in your day to day and online. Watch street advocacy and epistemology videos for tips and tricks.
• Help organize a Food Not Bombs stall for serving free delicious freegan food in public squares, gives a strong statement while inoffensively feeding food to the hungry, also making for a perfect opportunity to advocate to the public.
• Take direct action in collaboration with communities to agitate against harmful aspects of our culture and industry.
• Help organize a housing or workers co-op like a social centre, hotel, shop or gym with ecological commitments and incentives for people to be vegan or freegan.
• Petition/run for your local school board, council or party representative to fund and legislate to help remedy all these environmental issues.
• Help organize a veg box or field to street local food distribution network.
• Help organize/donate/fundraise to restore shrub land for use again e.g. overgrown apple orchards and hazel coppices. As well as manage land to encourage wild edible plants, reintroduce animal species and maintain diverse forests that would encourage tourism and local artisan industry.
• Talk to food sellers to put aside food they would otherwise throw away for yourself and others to collect on bin day.
• Map foraging and gleaning locations, plus organize events to go out and for example help each other shake apple trees and catch in nets.
• Guerrilla garden public spaces and abandon plots of land.
• Petition shops to use better stocking and shelving practices.
• Petition farmers to sow seeds once a year, but not to till or spray pesticide at the edge of their fields, to allow wildlife corridors in hedgerows. Build a relationship by organizing with the farmer to glean fields that could not be sold that year or paying for the right to pick grown or wild food at the edges of the field by hand.
• Petition/donate/fundraise for land to be opened up for allotment clubs.
• Document your experiences and create video, podcasts, articles, artwork, zines & books. Reach out to larger media outlets and/or have a way you can be contacted that’s searchable online.

.

.

Companion Animal Care

Indoor vs. Outdoor Cats

The biggest issue with letting domestic cats outdoors is they are highly skilled predators that are glutenous for enjoying the hunt more than the food, which means often torturing their prey and giving you half-dead animals as presents. Unlike the common ancestor they share with wild cats which are quick killers, consume all their food and have a working niche that is threatened by domestic cats.

Secondly cat fights from living so unnaturally close together and road accidents from living near a busy road, so you have to consider the long healthy life you could be depriving the cat of or long drawn out painful death or injury.

Some potential solutions

You can build an outdoor enclosed cat run and some inside the house to effectively increase your cats play area.

You can test to see if they’ll walk with you on a leash.

And if you still want to let your cat out, the RSPB recommends one step you can take towards limiting the carnage:

Keep your cat indoors when birds are most vulnerable — at least an hour before sunset and an hour after sunrise — especially between March and July when baby birds may be out of the nest waiting to be fed. Also, keep your cat indoors after bad weather to allow birds to come out and feed.

Virtue Activism

Existentialists see mountains of food waste, a disorganized network of rescue efforts and an untapped reservoir of compassion that simply needs to be directed towards simple tools for ending the suffering of these domesticated animals. By making the choice to be good industrious owners, we affirm that it is a valuable thing to do for our pets and those around us.

If you have the capacity and heart to, adopting the most vicious, scarred, mangey looking old pets from low demand, over-populated, no kill shelters is the most ethical choice you can make, but so long as you’re not increasing demand any will do for getting used to having pets and extending that carrier capacity of caring homes.

Enticing feral cats with freegan/vegan food will significantly improve their well-being to know they can have a food source they can rely on. Feeding may also result in increased fertility, so should only really do this with a mind to being able to trap, neuter and release, but you can call groups up in your area to know what percentage of the feral cat population they’ve been able to neuter in your area.

.

.

Racism in Veganism

Jack Green

Went from raw vegan cultist, to MGTOW, to White Nationalist, to Classical Nazi. Influences were Durianrider, Ask Yourself and Richard Spencer.
JackGreen on White Nationalism and Mein Kampf

I was introduced to the ideas on nationalism, I already could tell that a lot of it, if not most of the media was full of shit, and their anti-white propaganda just sickened me, but I learned to question more and more of history, developed an interest in my own lineage and ancestory. . .

Why have the desire to perpetuate your own race when it could result in you getting screwed over and leading a life of slavery and misery. . .

Maybe a potential solution for people who are or are starting to become MGTOW’s and nationalists at the same time, it may be time to start thinking about adopting a kid of your own race, or having a surragete child, that way you don’t have to deal with marriage and women, and you’ll be able to instill your ideas in your kids and continue your own race.

https://philosophicalvegan.com/wiki/images/thumb/b/bb/Jackgreen-national-action.png/300px-Jackgreen-national-action.pngShares national action propaganda on his twitter, (see thumbnail to the right). 2 The white supremacist organisation was outlawed in December 2016 after endorsing the murder of Labour MP, Jo Cox 3. One member of the group committed attempted murder with a machete 4, while another bought a machete and conspired to carry out the murder of Labour MP Rosie Cooper 5

Promotion of anything as bad or worse than genociding non-white people as moral retribution for people having children with partners outside their own skin color.

Sangeet Som

A relatively unknown legislator of the BJP from western UP shot into fame during the Muzaffarnagar violence. He was credited with posting and circulating a video on the social media, taken out from an incident in Pakistan, and using it to whip up hate against the Muslims in the area. By the time the video was exposed as false by an apathetic state apparatus, Muzaffarnagar had erupted in violence. This violence placed Som centrestage, he was garlanded and felicitated at meetings even as an arrest warrant was out against him. He was arrested finally and released on bail in record time.

With this record Som has become a well known face of the BJP. He travels to ‘trouble spots’ to whip up sentiment against the minorities. He was in Dadri recently whipping up passions and demanding that the family of Mohammad Akhlaq who was beaten to death by a mob on the issue of beef, now be charged with a case of cow slaughter. This was after an unverified report suddenly emerged after eight months claiming that the meat consumed by Akhlaq was beef. Som has announced that he will personally ensure the release of the 17 persons arrested for lynching Akhlaq.

The beef ban celebrated by some vegans hasn’t gone anyway to reducing the consumption of cows in the country and was only instituted to flatter Hindu nationalists in a what is supposed to be secular country and has inevitably resulted in the murder of many Muslims and Dalits who had already been suffering at the hands of so-called “cow vigilantes”.

Animal rights and veganism advocate PETA has in fact gone further and berated vegetarians who consume milk in India for “supporting the beef industry”, thus playing into the communal politics of food in India.

.

.

Starting a YouTube Channel

Letting viewers know the ways they can help you

Give an example list of ways people can help improve the service you deliver and your public reach through transcribing, reviewing, academia, and publicizing, that you might like to hear about if it happens and possible rewards you can offer.

  • Write a Review. If you’re a skilled writer who likes to talk about veganism, consider reviewing our site or a favourite episode for your website. We will give you press access to our site for one month in exchange for an honest and thoughtful review.
  • Transcribe. Transcribe our videos to text. Each one is approximately 10 minutes long and take 20 minutes to an hour to transcribe. In exchange, you’ll get a free month membership to work on the transcription and then enjoy the rest of the time to watch what you like!
  • Translate. Do you speak a language besides English? Transcribe our text content into other languages — especially valuable for vegan vocabulary that accurately reflects our nationalities.
  • Educate. Use our videos / photos / essays to illustrate your educational articles on your website or lectures. Go to colleges across the country? Share our ideas with your students.
  • Peer reviewed. Get studious about effective activism, writing your own research paper or graduate thesis? Interview our content producers or quote us and bring grassroots advocacy examples into the academic arena.

Start a pay per month subscription?

If you spend a significant amount of time making weekly videos it’s likely a good idea, to allow your fans to give you workplace solidarity when the boss is docking pay unfairly with no possibility of refund. You don’t want to be relying on that income alone, you should be able to expect some economic stability, and it’s great that viewers that get something out of the show can step up and help out where the boss fails. The paywall also restricts to genuinely interested participants in discussion, which can be a bonus or a curse (in the case of echo-chambers).

Patreon takes a 5% tax on donations and you’re on a seperate platform which some like posting to and using, others leave barren and link to a private facebook group that more people are already using. They can also kick you off or age gate you, sometimes based on an algorithm that is wholy undeserved.

Paypal takes a 2.9% tax on monthly donations and you have to go to the work of setting up user groups if you want to create pay to view posts on your website. You can set up a wordpress site, pay £3 per month to get your own domain and install the Groups plugin feature that will do this on SiteGround. Paypal banned the Anti-Fascist Network along with that of the Proud Boys in a PR move, but it’s unclear whether they deploy the same alorithmic censoring reach as companies like Patreon & YouTube.

Liberapay is entirely donation run itself, but with it being a small startup, it’s dependent on other third party licenses. Third party tax on transfers between euro countries is as low as 0.6%, but they haven’t been able to aquire rights to transfer with debit cards in US dollars and transfers between currencies can incur a flat $3.50 tax which just doesn’t make sense outside of large donations, not building a subscription service based on small donations. And there’s always the concern of licenses closing on them as has happened before, but next time them reaching a brick wall.

If you do set up user groups that can see restricted content, this also means you’ll able to offer memberships for other reasons like for collaborators who do so many transcripts per month, coupon codes for affiliates who invite more than 5 people or give aways at a charity event, etc.

.

.