Welcome to the site for all things activist and vegan in and around Oxford - and sometimes further afield.
Upcoming events that we know of locally are shown underneath this top bit. Follow the Links on the right to see what else is happening around the country.
Accommodation in Oxford
Vegan? Non-smoker? We have a spacious (4 bedroom, 4 bathroom) house in Headington with two rooms available. Large kitchen/dining room and large living room. There is also a pleasant garden and off-road parking and wifi.
The house is known as the Healing House, and we are looking for people who share our healthy way of living and our views and activities on the environment, human and animal rights, peace and justice. And unlike any other accommodation in Oxford, all profits go directly to a charity called Vegfam (see Features over on the left). Is this you? If so, Show email address. with some info about yourself asap.
The 'Must Have' Counter For 2010
If you do nothing else this for you New Year Resolutions, get this counter for your website. Or just sit and watch this one with a non-vegan and ask them why.
Number of animals killed in the world by the meat, dairy and egg
industries, since you opened this webpage. This does not include the
billions of fish and other aquatic animals killed annually.
Based on 2007 statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas.
News
Diet Change to Save the Planet
Climate change campaigners will be in Cornmarket on Saturday, explaining how changing diet can improve the health of our planet, ourselves and animals. Free homemade Christmas food will illustrate how easy and tasty it can be!
Lighting up Cornmarket in protest
A candlelit vigil at St Michael's in Cornmarket helped bring home the message that climate change affects everyone, and everyone can do something about it.
Protest against Tzipi Livni
The Venue for the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Conference, featuring Israeli Kadima party leader Tzipi Livni, has been revealed as the Hendon Hall Hotel in North West London. The International Solidarity Movement London is one of the collection of Palestine solidarity groups that called for the demonstration against Tzipi Livni and the JNF conference this Sunday. Timed almost a year to the day since Israel began “Operation Cast Lead”, the brutal massacre which left 1417 Palestinians dead and the besieged Gaza Strip in ruins, this event is a disgrace.
Oxford Rides the Wave of Climate Protests
On Saturday 5th December in Cornmarket, three intrepid climate campaigners braved the weather and the Christmas shoppers to bring a little bit of Climate Action to the streets of Oxford.
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Old Man of The Sea Comes to Oxford
Joining the campaigners in Cornmarket, the old man of the sea turned up to let everyone know that he could be in charge if we don't do something now about our lifestyles...
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Climate Justice Fast Making Its Mark
We're doing our bit in Oxford as part of the UK initiative of a 'rolling fast' - nearly at Copenhagen - whew...
Check out this story on www.ips.org.
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Israel refuses to recognise animal rights
errmm... no surprise that the Israeli government coalition equates animals with inanimate objects. Shame that they feel so threatened that they treat indigenous peoples worse than that...
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Watch out, watch out, there's a camera about...
Police are gathering the personal details of thousands of activists who attend political meetings and protests, and storing their data on a network of nationwide intelligence databases, reports The Guardian.
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On top of South Oxfordshire
Well done to the climate campaigners currently atop Didcot power station. Shame on the media for not reporting it fully - this link is to Indymedia. There are NO HEADLINES on major broadcast networks that I've seen. I suppose they are just looking for confrontation rather than what's actually happening, as usual. Best of the worst at BBC news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8327068.stm, nothing on Sky, ITN, Channel 4... and, oh yes, the Oxford Mail managed to spot it archive.oxfordmail.net/2006/11/3/112592.html
News from ActiVeg
- US: Senate committee approves bill exempting animal testing
- Climate change causes wolverine decline across Canada
- Burrowing US prairie dogs use complex language
- Ultimate Fighting Championship event features Vegan Mac Danzig
- Help wanted for restaurant documentary
- Japan's whalers are at sea again, harvesting meat that few will eat
- Chinese legal experts call for ban on eating cats and dogs
- BUAV welcomes DEFRA statement on animal testing under REACH
- US: Judge rules that the Animal Liberation Front is not a gang
- Hollywood celebrities turning to vegetarianism