BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:animalrightscalendar.com/ics X-WR-CALNAME:Animal Rights METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a68e309a9d79495484889e7 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://assets.animalrightscalendar.com/event_images/67418abab434cfdf738d3a06/1003592708680291.jpg SUMMARY:Earthlings Experience\, Carnaby Street DTSTAMP:20260928T224248Z DTSTART:20260930T170000Z DTEND:20260930T190000Z DESCRIPTION:Grassroots vegan street activism challenging the belief that an imals exist for humans to use\nIf it rains and it's continuous and heavy\, we may move to the Carnaby Street end of Broadwick Street by Shaida Walki ng (walking woman) W1F 9PE. \nEVENT INFO\nWelcome to Earthlings Experience London\, where vegan activists come together to spread the truth about ve ganism. We use footage to spark conversations with the public.\nDepending on the time of year\, we use a projector & screen or TV(s) and other devic es. \nWe sometimes take the outreach to London’s underground during very r ainy weather. \nWe hold two fixed events a week: \nWednesdays from 6PM ’ti l 8PM by Shakespeare's Head\, Carnaby Street/Great Marlborough Street W1F 7HZ.\nSaturdays 6PM ’til 8PM by Empire Casino\, Leicester Square. \nIf you would like to bring a device\, please feel free to download any of the vi deos from this link:\n https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gHM9Fq2O_Lj fPpf-wsoUMlJqMiKHTKbt \nWe have posters and placards to hold\, and informa tion to hand out.\nWe also have full-face masks for those who wish to wear them. \nAlthough there’s no formal dress code for Earthlings Experience\, our focus is raising awareness for nonhuman species. Please ensure that y our presence and conversations reflect this\, so the focus remains on them rather than on personal appearance.\nWe don’t discuss another person’s di et\, as that shifts the focus to humans.\nWe don’t promote “baby steps” or congratulate members of the public for partial changes\, as that also cen tres the conversation on them.\nOur focus is challenging the belief that o ther sentient species exist for human use.\nThe outreach is strictly aboli tionist.\nBe they land\, water or air animals\, we must recognise that the y have moral value and are not things.\nWe must stop using them as resourc es of any kind. \nWe must stop exploiting them in any way. \nWe must dism antle the belief that they exist for us. \nWe must dismantle the belief th at they are property. \nThe Earthlings Experience welcomes vegans to becom e active. Scroll down for the meaning of veganism. \nThose new to this typ e of street activism are asked to hold a device or placard\, or to shadow another activist until they’re ready to have conversations with members of the public. Holding a device or placard is as\, if not more\, important t han chatting with the public simply because they are often seen first. \nT he Importance of Regular Outreach\nThis is not about us\; it's about ampli fying the voices of nonhuman beings exploited by humans.\nStreet activism relies on a small number of dedicated individuals\, but it shouldn't. With so many more who could join\, we need greater participation. Personal eng agement is vital. Even those who don’t stop to talk still see us\, and tho se moments help plant seeds of awareness.\nAs vegan animal rights activist s and outreachers\, we must:\nSpeak about rights\, not welfare.\nDemand mo ral consistency and reject injustice.\nReject 'baby steps' and utilitarian ism.\nWe wouldn’t accept gradual\, minor reforms for human injustices\, so why do so when it comes to other species? Campaigning against specific fo rms of cruelty\, abuse\, suffering\, harm\, and violence only strengthens a welfarist ideology — the same approach that has stalled progress for ove r 200 years. Industry profiteers will continue making small changes\, clai ming they’ve “ended suffering\,” while welfarist organisations endorse the m\, leading the public to believe their choices are "humane."\nWelfarism p ushes abolitionism even further into the future.\nThe importance of Langua ge\nWords matter: Talk about he\, she\, they\, and someone — not it\, that \, or something. Talk about amplifying voices\, not being their voice. Say flesh\, not meat (‘meat’ is product-led language).\nPlants\nSentience ref ers to the ability to have subjective experiences\, emotions\, or consciou sness. While plants respond to stimuli like light\, gravity\, and touch\, these reactions are biochemical and physiological — not conscious or emoti onal.\nSome researchers argue that plants display a form of "intelligence" because they adapt to their environment\, communicate chemically\, and ex hibit memory-like behaviour. However\, this is vastly different from senti ence\, as it does not involve conscious thought or feelings.\nIf plants we re sentient\, it would reshape our moral obligations towards them. However \, because they lack subjective experiences\, most ethical frameworks do n ot extend rights to them as they do to animals. URL:https://animalrightscalendar.com/events/earthlings-experience-carnaby-s treet-6a68e309a9d79495484889e7 GEO:51.5136724;-0.1395586 LOCATION:29 Great Marlborough Street\, London\, W1F 7HZ\, United Kingdom STATUS:CONFIRMED BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:AUDIO DESCRIPTION:Reminder TRIGGER:-PT2H END:VALARM BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:AUDIO DESCRIPTION:Reminder TRIGGER:-P1DT END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR