The NESX vegans are a social
and active group for vegans and vegetarians in
North-East
Essex, based in Colchester.
The group
was started in March 2006. It is listed by the Vegan
Society and affiliated with the Vegetarian Society,
and holds group membership of the
Vegan Organic Network.
jill Adams is a Viva! contact. Annette White is a Vegan Society Contact and a Vegetarian Society contact.
go vegan!
4 the planet
4 people
4 animals
4 your health
We are a small friendly group of vegans
and vegetarians, ranging in age from 7 to 70 -
come along and meet us at one of our events!
There is no membership fee if you want to get
involved.
Our upcoming events are listed with a *
under Events in the bottom right-hand corner
of the home page or via Events at
the top of the navigation bar.
Our next event will be in August; details tba. Our next meeting is on the 8th September.
Come along and say hi!
We also do emails and letters, present information stalls, go on demo.s, etc.
We have 891 news items - why not take a look at some of them?!
*** Join the NESX message board at nesx.boardhost.com/index.php
See Contact page on this web-site for our contact details.
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The NESX page on Facebook is at engb.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55350708707
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News
'Great British' circus in Clacton on Sea
The 'Great British' circus will be in Clacton, at
the Clacton Airfield, West Road, Clacton
on Sea, Essex CO15 1AG, from the 27th July to the 8th
August.
Two demo.s are planned, on Sunday 1st August at 2pm and on Sunday 8th August at 2pm.
Two demo.s are planned, on Sunday 1st August at 2pm and on Sunday 8th August at 2pm.
'Chernobyl zone shows decline in biodiversity'
Yesterday (30th July), an item was posted on the BBC news web-site
titled 'Chernobyl zone shows decline in biodiversity'.
'... The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl has revealed that mammals are declining in the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant ...'
Read the item at www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10819027
'... The largest wildlife census of its kind conducted in Chernobyl has revealed that mammals are declining in the exclusion zone surrounding the nuclear power plant ...'
Read the item at www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10819027
'An equal partnership with the land?'
Yesterday (30th July), an item was posted on the BBC news
web-site titled 'An equal partnership with the land?'.
'... The journal Nature this week debates one of the most important questions of our age: how can we feed the Earth's growing population such that no-one goes hungry and nature is left with some land and water of its own?...'
Read the item and add your comment online at www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2010/07/equal_partnership_land.html
See 'Food: The growing problem' on the Nature web-site at www.nature.com/news/2010/100728/full/466546a.html
'... The journal Nature this week debates one of the most important questions of our age: how can we feed the Earth's growing population such that no-one goes hungry and nature is left with some land and water of its own?...'
Read the item and add your comment online at www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2010/07/equal_partnership_land.html
See 'Food: The growing problem' on the Nature web-site at www.nature.com/news/2010/100728/full/466546a.html
'Squirrel meat flies off supermarket's shelves'
Yesterday (29th July), an item was posted on
guardian.co.uk titled 'Squirrel meat flies off
supermarket's shelves'.
'... The owner of a local Budgens supermarket has defended selling squirrel meat as a sustainable way of feeding people and says it has a "lovely" taste.
[He] started selling the meat about five months ago after requests from customers at his Budgens store in Crouch End, north London.
"There are too many squirrels around, we might as well eat them rather than cull them and dispose of them," he said ...
The animal welfare group Viva! accused Budgens of profiting from a "wildlife massacre" ...'
Read the item and add your comment online at www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/29/squirrel-meat-supermarket
'... The owner of a local Budgens supermarket has defended selling squirrel meat as a sustainable way of feeding people and says it has a "lovely" taste.
[He] started selling the meat about five months ago after requests from customers at his Budgens store in Crouch End, north London.
"There are too many squirrels around, we might as well eat them rather than cull them and dispose of them," he said ...
The animal welfare group Viva! accused Budgens of profiting from a "wildlife massacre" ...'
Read the item and add your comment online at www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/29/squirrel-meat-supermarket
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'Farmland bird numbers fall to record lows'
Yesterday (29th July), an article was published in The Independent titled 'Farmland bird numbers fall to record lows'.
'... Farmland bird numbers fell 5% last year to new record lows, official figures showed today.
The latest statistics covering the fortunes of 19 key species which breed or feed on farmland in England showed populations had more than halved since records began in 1966 ...'
Read the article and add your comment online at www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/farmland-bird-numbers-fall-to-record-lows-2038552.html
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'Catalonia bans bullfighting in landmark Spain vote'
On the 28th July, an item was posted on the BBC news web-site titled 'Catalonia bans bullfighting in landmark Spain vote'.
'... The parliament of Catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting - the first region of mainland Spain to do so ...'
Read the item at www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10784611
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'The GM revolution in Britain's medical research laboratories'
Today (28th July), an article was published on the front page of the The Independent titled 'The GM revolution in Britain's medical research laboratories'.
'... The importance to medical research of genetically modified (GM) mice was highlighted yesterday as official statistics showed that their use in scientific experiments has exploded over the past decade ...
About 3.5 million animals were used in last year's 3.6 million procedures – about 1 per cent fewer than were used in 2008. However, the number is still the second highest for 20 years and reflects a continuing upward trend, due primarily to greater use of GM animals and those with harmful genetic mutants ...'
Read the article and add your comment online at www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-gm-revolution-in-britains-medical-research-laboratories-2036977.html
Also read 'Professor Michael Balls: It is not right to genetically modify animals for the benefit of humans' (28th July) at www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/professor-michael-balls-it-iis-noti-right-to-genetically-modify-animals-for-the-benefit-of-humans-2036975.html
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'Scientists warn of global warming threat to marine food chain'
Today (28th July), an item was posted on guardian.co.uk titled 'Scientists warn of global warming threat to marine food chain'.
'... Numbers of phytoplankton - the microscopic organisms that sustain the marine food chain - are plummeting as sea surface temperatures rise ...'
Read the item and add your comment online at www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/28/phytoplankton-decline-nature
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'Catalonia debates bullfighting ban'
Today (28th July), an article was published in The Independent titled 'Catalonia debates bullfighting ban'.
'... Lawmakers in Catalonia launched an impassioned debate today ahead of a vote on whether to ban bullfighting, weighing protecting animal rights against preserving a pillar of traditional Spain.
The vote was expected to be close in the local legislature in the northeast coastal region centered around Barcelona ...'
Read the article and add your comment online at www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/catalonia-debates-bullfighting-ban-2037316.html