<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> Food and Climate Change

 

3 June 2008

The Climate Action Day that bites....

Food day

3rd June 2008
Food and Climate Change

Here are some ideas for events and actions to inspire you to organise something on or around 3 June. There are many possibilities, from talks and workshops to stalls, publicity stunts and direct action. Whether you're in a group or whether there's just one or two of you, there are lots of things you can do to raise the vital issues. We invite everyone to get involved and to use this day to make the links between food production, distribution, diet and climate change.

  • To get ideas from the list of actions that happened in the UK on Fossil Fuels day visit

    • www.fossilfoolsdayofaction.org/2008/04/03/uk-fossil-foolery-action-roundup/

    For more ideas, guides on how to organise actions and events and legal briefings check out the following websites. They are stuffed full with information!

  • www.networkforclimateaction.org.uk

  • www.risingtide.org.uk

    • Some ideas to get you started!

    Hold talks, workshops and film nights about the issues and what people can do to make a difference.

    Organise Film Shows:
    ' http://youtube.com/watch?v=l_la5XiQJdk http://youtube.com/watch?v=HXbODnuhXSE ALF/ELF http://youtube.com/watch?v=lhQ35N1xBto THE ONION http://youtube.com/watch?v=73Pbs8hKCEc MOUTH REVOLUTION AND STOREWARS http://www.freerangestudios.com/index.php?option=com_portfolio&view=project&id=38&Itemid=58 BEHIND THE MASK (alf) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjacoTn0Kls&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIck-r6VVAc MEET YOUR MEAT http://youtube.com/watch?v=W9QtvYYLqLg http://youtube.com/user/az1az1 DVDS TO BUY ROOTS OF COMPASSION http://www.rootsofcompassion.org/shop/product_info.php?products_id=455 VIVA http://viva.org.uk/vivashop/productlist.php?category=32&parent=5 Food for Life (old film, but good extract on sea/land use) Not in My Name (inc. Dark Side of Dairy).) If you are using the VIVA films for public events they might send you a copy, if not, if you would like copies of any of these films please email manchester@climatecamp.org.uk.Ready Steady Skip' video is being produced in Nottingham, to be ready for June for other groups to use.
    'Power of Community' - a film about the Cuba oil crisis and flourishing local organic food production
    'Diet of Disaster' by Juliet Gellatley (Viva! and Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation)
    Newsnight 'Ethical Man'

    Protest outside/inside supermarkets, petrol stations, food distribition centres - take direct action.

    Free Food Giveaway stalls, or free vegan food fayres
    Veggie Burger Give-aways at fast food restaurantss

    Allotment Open Days

    Plant and Seedling Swaps, eg Brighton

    Cycle to a local grower, collect food, return cook to eat over film show

    Produce and distribute local-based guide on Food and Climate Change

    Food collections or meals for refugee/asylum seeker projects

    Talks with refugees from climate effected areas.

    Vegan Cake Baking Skillshares

    Talks on Peak Oil & Food Issues

    Set up Local Food Markets at Air Feight Terminals, Supermarket Distro Centres

    Sticker supermarket products with appropriate climate / food mile info

    Climate/food discussions at supermarket checkout / customer services desk

    Skip Challenge, like Ready Steady Cook

    Workshops at schools, eg with cookery or school allotment groups.

    Invite school groups to community gardens

    Ask your religeous leader to deliver sermon on the issues, also Quakers

    Visit (independent) food outlets and  restaurants to find out if they are selling/using GM-sourced KTC soya oil

    Submit articles to student journals

    Cookery demonstrations

    Library displays - need early booking

    Support / engage with Women's Institute markets / cake sales

    Stalls, stalls, stalls everywhere