Events
Ethical Voice for Animals (EVA) is an animal rights group based in Edinburgh - set up in 2007. You can find out more about our anti-fur, anti-vivisection and vegan campaigns here.Our activities over the years have included stalls, protests, school talks, demos, vigils, discussion groups, talks and lastly but not the least - the compassionate living fayre in Edinburgh. See what we are up to just now. But these are just different outcomes - most importantly, we believe our work is to bring people together and provide common ground across Scotland to campaign for animal rights. Join us here
Place: Register House , East End Princes Street
Women in Black Vigils in Edinburgh are held every Saturday from 13.00-14-00, outside East Register House on Princes Street.
Women in Black (WiB) is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence.
Gala Concert, in aid of SOS Children’s Villages’ Haiti Orphans’ Appeal.
SOS Children’s Villages care for 78,000 orphaned children in 500 villages in 124 countries. www.soschildren.org Money raised will be towards long-term care of the Haiti orphans
Celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 150th Anniversary
Featuring the Sherlock Violin (made by Edinburgh violin maker Steve Burnett of Edinburgh, from the tree that grew in the garden of Conan Doyle’s childhood home.
First half:
Vivaldi - Four Seasons
Second half:
Celebrating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle´s 150th Aniversary
Every Wed, 7pm, Hendersons: Edinburgh University Vegetarian Society meeting.
The aim of the society is to create a social network for vegetarians/vegans or for anybody who shares our beliefs, cares for animals or enjoys vegetarian food. The society will organise social events, such as socials at vegetarian cafes/restaurants, recipe swapping, meals at member's flats and others. For those who are interested, the society will organise leafletting events and campaigning days.
Their web address is: www.vegsoced.webs.com
Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition Meetings - Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at 19.30
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign started in autumn 2000 in response to the Palestinian second uprising against Israeli occupation (intifada). The SPSC has branches and groups of supporters in several Scottish cities and universities, as well as individual members across Scotland. We are all volunteers, independent of all political formations, and wholly dependent on donations to finance our activities. We are unaligned with any Palestinian factions and support the right of the Palestinian people as a whole to self-determination.
Peace & Justice Centre
The International Sufi School
School of Peace and Service
Exhibition & Conference: www.nonviolence-edinburgh.com
Nonviolence Within, Peace for All
Barceló Carlton Hotel, North Bridge. Edinburgh EH1 1SD
World Celebration of Nonviolence for Inner and Global Peace
Programme:
Friday 21 May 2010
09.30am - Registration
10.00am - Opening ceremony
11.30am - Book Launch «Peace, the Universal Religion»
05.30pm - Closing (exhibition and workshops)
Saturday 22 May 2010
09.30am - Registration
10.00am - Workshops (all day)
Sharp-tongued, high energy, social surrealist rebel poet and songwriter. His themes are topical, his words hard-hitting, his politics unashamedly radical, but Attila will make you roar with laughter as well as seethe with anger...
The International Sufi School
School of Peace and Service
Exhibition & Conference: www.nonviolence-edinburgh.com
Nonviolence Within, Peace for All
Barceló Carlton Hotel, North Bridge. Edinburgh EH1 1SD
World Celebration of Nonviolence for Inner and Global Peace
Programme:
Friday 21 May 2010
09.30am - Registration
10.00am - Opening ceremony
11.30am - Book Launch «Peace, the Universal Religion»
05.30pm - Closing (exhibition and workshops)
Saturday 22 May 2010
09.30am - Registration
10.00am - Workshops (all day)
EFFC is a campaign against the fur trade—in Scotland one of the most common uses of real fur is for the production of sporrans. Whilst seal skin is commonly used in the semi-dress sporrans, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and musquash fur is also often used for the full-dress ones. There’s simply no excuse left for murdering animals in this day and age, particularly when excellent faux-fur is easily available. Ultimately, there is no difference between wearing a fur-coat or a fur-sporran. It’s time to put an end to real-fur sporrans.
www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk
Ethical Voice for Animals (EVA) is an animal rights group based in Edinburgh - set up in 2007. You can find out more about our anti-fur, anti-vivisection and vegan campaigns here.Our activities over the years have included stalls, protests, school talks, demos, vigils, discussion groups, talks and lastly but not the least - the compassionate living fayre in Edinburgh. See what we are up to just now. But these are just different outcomes - most importantly, we believe our work is to bring people together and provide common ground across Scotland to campaign for animal rights. Join us here
Place: Register House , East End Princes Street
Women in Black Vigils in Edinburgh are held every Saturday from 13.00-14-00, outside East Register House on Princes Street.
Women in Black (WiB) is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence.
Free storytelling with Lari Don, Award winning Children's Author.
Lari Don is telling the stories which inspire her adventure novels and reading from her new picture book "The Big Bottom Hunt"
plus
Goodie Bags, Balloons, Face Painting, Refreshments and Special Offers on kids' clothing all weekend.
One World Shop, St John's Terrace Edinburgh
EFFC is a campaign against the fur trade—in Scotland one of the most common uses of real fur is for the production of sporrans. Whilst seal skin is commonly used in the semi-dress sporrans, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and musquash fur is also often used for the full-dress ones. There’s simply no excuse left for murdering animals in this day and age, particularly when excellent faux-fur is easily available. Ultimately, there is no difference between wearing a fur-coat or a fur-sporran. It’s time to put an end to real-fur sporrans.
www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk
Doors open at 6.15pm.
Teviot Row House, Edinburgh University,
13 Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AJ.
Tickets on sale: £7 (adults).
Tickets Scotland Ltd, 127 Rose Street, Edinburgh. 0131 220 3234. http://www.tickets-scotland.com/ 9am-6pm (8pm Thursday), 11am-6pm Sundays.
Featuring:
Samba Sene & Diwan
Waa Sylla
Maureen Hunter & Baha’i friends
Experience music that lifts the veils of the heart and uplifts the realms of consciousness.
EFFC is a campaign against the fur trade—in Scotland one of the most common uses of real fur is for the production of sporrans. Whilst seal skin is commonly used in the semi-dress sporrans, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and musquash fur is also often used for the full-dress ones. There’s simply no excuse left for murdering animals in this day and age, particularly when excellent faux-fur is easily available. Ultimately, there is no difference between wearing a fur-coat or a fur-sporran. It’s time to put an end to real-fur sporrans.
www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk
EFFC is a campaign against the fur trade—in Scotland one of the most common uses of real fur is for the production of sporrans. Whilst seal skin is commonly used in the semi-dress sporrans, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and musquash fur is also often used for the full-dress ones. There’s simply no excuse left for murdering animals in this day and age, particularly when excellent faux-fur is easily available. Ultimately, there is no difference between wearing a fur-coat or a fur-sporran. It’s time to put an end to real-fur sporrans.
www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk
The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
25 May 2010 at 6:00 to 8:00pm
Event managers:
African Centre Scotland (ACS) and Malawian Initiative for National Development (MIND) are pleased to present “Global Awareness & Action on Africa as part of this year’s Africa Day Celebrations at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.
EFFC is a campaign against the fur trade—in Scotland one of the most common uses of real fur is for the production of sporrans. Whilst seal skin is commonly used in the semi-dress sporrans, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and musquash fur is also often used for the full-dress ones. There’s simply no excuse left for murdering animals in this day and age, particularly when excellent faux-fur is easily available. Ultimately, there is no difference between wearing a fur-coat or a fur-sporran. It’s time to put an end to real-fur sporrans.
www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk
Social meeting, Free samples of new non-curdling soya milk Hendersons, 94 Hanover Street.
We are a group of local vegetarians and vegans who meet regularly to chat, exchange ideas and promote vegetarians' interests
We are the local brannch of theVegetarian and Vegan Societies
We welcome vegetarians, vegans and those interested in finding out about this way of living.
www.edveg.org.uk
Branch discussion group http://groups.yahoo.co./group/edveg
http://www.vegansociety.com
http:www.vegsoc.org
http://www.bunnyhuggers.org.uk
further information from David Harrington
Every Wed, 7pm, Hendersons: Edinburgh University Vegetarian Society meeting.
The aim of the society is to create a social network for vegetarians/vegans or for anybody who shares our beliefs, cares for animals or enjoys vegetarian food. The society will organise social events, such as socials at vegetarian cafes/restaurants, recipe swapping, meals at member's flats and others. For those who are interested, the society will organise leafletting events and campaigning days.
Their web address is: www.vegsoced.webs.com
Event: Talk: Fr Laurence Freeman, OC, O.S.B.,
Talk Title: Meditation and Spirituality in a "Secular Age."
Forum on Meditation for Health, Wellbeing and Healing
Title: Fr Laurence Freeman
When: 26-05-2010 19.30
Where :St John’s Episcopal Church - Edinburgh
Category: Fr Laurence Freeman
Chair: Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti (Dr Neil Douglas-Klotz).
Forum Panellists: Dr Kenneth Mullen, Lecturer in Medical Sociology, Section of Psychological Medicine, Division of Community Based Sciences, the University of Glasgow; Venerable K Sri Rewatha, Scotland's Buddhist Vihara.
EFFC is a campaign against the fur trade—in Scotland one of the most common uses of real fur is for the production of sporrans. Whilst seal skin is commonly used in the semi-dress sporrans, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and musquash fur is also often used for the full-dress ones. There’s simply no excuse left for murdering animals in this day and age, particularly when excellent faux-fur is easily available. Ultimately, there is no difference between wearing a fur-coat or a fur-sporran. It’s time to put an end to real-fur sporrans.
www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign started in autumn 2000 in response to the Palestinian second uprising against Israeli occupation (intifada). The SPSC has branches and groups of supporters in several Scottish cities and universities, as well as individual members across Scotland. We are all volunteers, independent of all political formations, and wholly dependent on donations to finance our activities. We are unaligned with any Palestinian factions and support the right of the Palestinian people as a whole to self-determination.
Peace & Justice Centre
EFFC is a campaign against the fur trade—in Scotland one of the most common uses of real fur is for the production of sporrans. Whilst seal skin is commonly used in the semi-dress sporrans, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and musquash fur is also often used for the full-dress ones. There’s simply no excuse left for murdering animals in this day and age, particularly when excellent faux-fur is easily available. Ultimately, there is no difference between wearing a fur-coat or a fur-sporran. It’s time to put an end to real-fur sporrans.
www.edinburghfurfreecity.co.uk
A monthly social opportunity for environmentalists to meet up in a relaxed atmosphere away from the workplace.
Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists' right to the road. The idea started in San Francisco in September 1992 and quickly spread to cities all over the world.
Critical Mass has a different flavor from city to city -- there's a big variety in size, respect of traffic laws (or lack thereof), interaction with motorists, and intervention by police. So if you want to know more about Critical Mass, you'll really need to find out what your local ride is like.
Information stall, leaflets, seeds, chat. Email Dave if you can spae an hour or two on the stall
East end of Princes Street outside Register House
We are a group of local vegetarians and vegans who meet regularly to chat, exchange ideas and promote vegetarians' interests
We are the local brannch of theVegetarian and Vegan Societies
We welcome vegetarians, vegans and those interested in finding out about this way of living.
www.edveg.org.uk
Branch discussion group http://groups.yahoo.co./group/edveg
http://www.vegansociety.com
http:www.vegsoc.org
Ethical Voice for Animals (EVA) is an animal rights group based in Edinburgh - set up in 2007. You can find out more about our anti-fur, anti-vivisection and vegan campaigns here.Our activities over the years have included stalls, protests, school talks, demos, vigils, discussion groups, talks and lastly but not the least - the compassionate living fayre in Edinburgh. See what we are up to just now. But these are just different outcomes - most importantly, we believe our work is to bring people together and provide common ground across Scotland to campaign for animal rights. Join us here
Women in Black Vigils in Edinburgh are held every Saturday from 13.00-14-00, outside East Register House on Princes Street.
Women in Black (WiB) is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence.
WITH JENNY GOODMAN
provisionally Pilrig Parish Church but venue is still to be confirmed
£22/£11 (if booked before May 24th) £24/£12 (if paying after 24th May or on the day)
Wanna try singing doo wop? Fancy a bit of 70's pop? Then this workshop is for you! Come and brighten your summer days with some fun songs and some fabulous harmonies. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
Absolutely no previous experience required but early booking
essential.
Portobello Beach (East End). Edinburgh Veg*ans. Veggieque. Bring your own vegetarian/vegan food/drink.
Sunday 30 May from 4.00 – 7.00pm.
JAM for YER PEACE
is an informal end-of-the-month family session, a chance to connect with others, and share a song or a tune, a wee bit of spoken word and a wee bit of information, a way of building peace and justice in the community.
This month we have David Ferrard (award winning peace songs) and Tessa Ransford (ex director of the Scottish Poetry Library)
All welcome, and if you might like to contribute to the entertainment, give your name at the desk on the way in.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THIS MONTH'S GUESTS
Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh
Copies of the Annual Reports will be available for examination in advance during that day at the Centre.
Nominations for election to either management committee may be made in writing by members and should be received at the Centre by 19.00 on Monday 31st May
Every Wed, 7pm, Hendersons: Edinburgh University Vegetarian Society meeting.
The aim of the society is to create a social network for vegetarians/vegans or for anybody who shares our beliefs, cares for animals or enjoys vegetarian food. The society will organise social events, such as socials at vegetarian cafes/restaurants, recipe swapping, meals at member's flats and others. For those who are interested, the society will organise leafletting events and campaigning days.
Their web address is: www.vegsoced.webs.com
Venue: Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
There will be refreshments at 7.15 pm; Film “Fatenah” at 7.30 pm; Graham Watt (MAP) at 8.00 pm; AGM at 8.45 pm.
Scottish Palestinian Forum is an organisation for people of all faiths or none who come together to:
Advocate...lobby your MP, sign a petition, invest ethically, support the activists in Israel and the boycott of settlement goods...
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign started in autumn 2000 in response to the Palestinian second uprising against Israeli occupation (intifada). The SPSC has branches and groups of supporters in several Scottish cities and universities, as well as individual members across Scotland. We are all volunteers, independent of all political formations, and wholly dependent on donations to finance our activities. We are unaligned with any Palestinian factions and support the right of the Palestinian people as a whole to self-determination.
Peace & Justice Centre
The Green Fork is a campaign to raise awareness of how our food choices effect our health, and the environment.
Veganism is the only viable diet for anyone who claims to care about animals or the planet. In a groundbreaking 2006 report, the United Nations (U.N.) said that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined. We need to act now, for ourselves, for biodiversity, for the planet.
More here...
greenfork@bunnyhuggers.org.uk
Tweedbank Community Centre, Essenside Drive, Tweedbank, Galashiels
Ethical Voice for Animals (EVA) is an animal rights group based in Edinburgh - set up in 2007. You can find out more about our anti-fur, anti-vivisection and vegan campaigns here.Our activities over the years have included stalls, protests, school talks, demos, vigils, discussion groups, talks and lastly but not the least - the compassionate living fayre in Edinburgh. See what we are up to just now. But these are just different outcomes - most importantly, we believe our work is to bring people together and provide common ground across Scotland to campaign for animal rights. Join us here
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign started in autumn 2000 in response to the Palestinian second uprising against Israeli occupation (intifada). The SPSC has branches and groups of supporters in several Scottish cities and universities, as well as individual members across Scotland. We are all volunteers, independent of all political formations, and wholly dependent on donations to finance our activities. We are unaligned with any Palestinian factions and support the right of the Palestinian people as a whole to self-determination.
Peace & Justice Centre
Edinburgh-based radical singing group Protest in Harmony meets one Saturday each month at the Friends Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace to learn songs of freedom and struggle from around the world. All are welcome. No need to read music, no singing experience necessary — just come along with your enthusiasm and your voice! No booking is required — just turn up prompt on the day — and bring your friends! All welcome.
The sessions cost £5 (£3 concessions).
Peace Vigil Outside St Johns Church, West End of Princes St. Come and join us on this long-running vigil. All welcome.
Ethical Voice for Animals (EVA) is an animal rights group based in Edinburgh - set up in 2007. You can find out more about our anti-fur, anti-vivisection and vegan campaigns here.Our activities over the years have included stalls, protests, school talks, demos, vigils, discussion groups, talks and lastly but not the least - the compassionate living fayre in Edinburgh. See what we are up to just now. But these are just different outcomes - most importantly, we believe our work is to bring people together and provide common ground across Scotland to campaign for animal rights. Join us here
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is the oldest women's peace organisation in the world. It was founded in April 1915, in the Hague, the Netherlands, by 1300 women from Europe and North America, who came together in a Congress of Women to protest the killing and destruction of the war then raging in Europe.
WILPF is an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with National Sections in 37 countries, covering all continents. It's International Secretariat is based in Geneva with a New York UN office.
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) works for the reduction and ultimate abolition of the international arms trade, together with progressive demilitarisation within arms-producing countries.
CAAT is a network of people based in the UK who recognise that the arms trade severely undermines human rights, security and economic development at global, regional, national and local levels. CAAT also understands that government decisions are unduly influenced by arms companies. In seeking to end this trade, CAAT's priorities are to:
Amnesty International campaigns to “prevent and end grave abuses of human rights and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated”.
Local groups assist in this work by campaigning locally and help the international section through fundraising.
Our main meetings take place on the 2nd Monday of every month (except August) at 7:15pm at St Mark’s Unitarian Church hall, 7 Castle Terrace, EH1 2DP.
These meetings start with a short general meeting and are usually followed by a talk or presentation by an external speaker.
Ethical Voice for Animals event, one of a Film series
The Forest Cafe, Edinburgh, 8pm
St. John's
Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4BJ
0131 229 0993
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Events
Upcoming events
- Fear and Misery of the Third Reich(Now)
- Palestine Solidarity Campaign(22 hours)
- Workshop on History and Themes of Kurdish Cinema.(3 days)
- Protest In Harmony Practice(3 days)
- CND Peace Vigil(3 days)
- Women in Black Vigil(3 days)