Unsung Hero Award at Eco Veggie Fayre
You may not have heard of Tim Barford, but you will have heard of the Bristol Vegan Fayre and nationwide Eco Veggie Fayres. Timbo is the driving force behind all these, bringing veganism and eco-conscienceness to the masses like no one else, so has been awarded the Activeg Unsung Vegan Hero Award 2010. The prize was two nights bed, breakfast and dinner for two people at the luxurious Lancrigg Hotel in the Lakes.
Voe for a Meatless Monday for Reading
Would you give up eating meat one day a week if it helped save the planet?
Make your own Christmas pudding!
Here on Thames Valley Veggies' website we've got a festive recipe for you. Making your own Christmas pudding is well worth it with this one! It's vegan and delicious.
Help needed for the Reading Veggie Eco Fayre
The Week before the fayre is very important for publicity.
We would like volunteers to help with door to door delivery of leaflets on the 12th December.
Kingwood Common Preservation Group formed
Plans are being made to fence Kingwood Common and allow cattle to be raised on it. The Kingwood Common Preservation Group has been formed to fight this attack on common land and the environment.
Study claims meat creates half of all greenhouse gases
In a paper published by a respected US thinktank, the Worldwatch Institute, two World Bank environmental advisers claim that instead of 18 per cent of global emissions being caused by meat, the true figure is 51 per cent.
Check out this story on www.independent.co.uk.
The Butcher's Cat - why do we treat different animals so differently?
The Vegetarian Society has a great new website exploring why we have some animals as pets and eat others. It's called the Butcher's Cat.
Proposal to put cattle on Kingwood common
Even though the majority of those who use or live by Kingwood common, plans are still being pursued to fence the common in and opening it up for grazing.
True food club opens shop
The True Food committee is pleased to announce that the Co-op has secured a lease on shop premises in Emmer Green. This will serve a double duty, both as a replacement warehouse and base for the mobile markets, and as a new shop.
Check out this story on www.truefood.coop.
Topless in Trafalgar Square
A Sandhurst woman will be posing topless in a mermaid costume on Antony Gormley's plinth in Trafalgar Square. We chat to Natalie Simpson about why she's wearing such a show-stopping outfit.
Check out this story on www.bbc.co.uk.