Veggie Love
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Mark your calendars, my fellow green hearts. It's just about time for the Big Apple's annual Veggie Pride Parade, thanks to Pamela Rice and the Viva Vegie Society.
Details
Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010
Line-up Time: 11:00 a.m.
Parade Launches: 12 Noon
Start Location: West Village, where Little West 12th St., Gansevoort St., Greenwich St. and 9th Avenue converge. (NOTE: Start location is 2 blocks south of 14th Street and 9th Avenue.)
The fun-filled parade ends up at the legendary Union Square Park where musicians, speakers (including yours truly), and thousands of happy plant eaters do their thing.
Get Involved: Download, print, and post the parade promotional poster.
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4 Reasons to Attend the 2010 Veggie Pride Parade
1. Vegan = Green
The meat-based diet can result in unspeakable cruelty and devastating health consequences. As for the environment, how about deforestation, topsoil depletion, animal extinction, water pollution, and habitat loss for starters? Not to mention: According to a report from World Watch, animal byproducts are responsible for 32.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, or 51 percent of annual worldwide human caused greenhouse gas.
2. Mickey Z. is the Keynote Speaker
3. Community
Tweets, texts, e-mails, and Facebook all play a role but nothing can ever replace face-to-face activism.
4. Be a Part of History
Union Square has been the site of countless protests, rallies, and demonstrations and that includes rabblerousing by the inimitable Emma Goldman.
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