Comments on: RAN gets warm welcome at Animal Rights 2007 http://understory.ran.org/2007/07/24/ran-gets-warm-welcome-at-animal-rights-2007/ The Understory is the official blog of Rainforest Action Network. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:33:44 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Environmentalism: part of Animal Rights « Invisible Voices http://understory.ran.org/2007/07/24/ran-gets-warm-welcome-at-animal-rights-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-111015 Environmentalism: part of Animal Rights « Invisible Voices Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:43:56 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2007/07/24/ran-gets-warm-welcome-at-animal-rights-2007/#comment-111015 [...] wrote an entry in RAN’s blog about the conference, which includes one of the speeches she gave, and I think it is a great into [...] [...] wrote an entry in RAN’s blog about the conference, which includes one of the speeches she gave, and I think it is a great into [...]

]]> By: Deb http://understory.ran.org/2007/07/24/ran-gets-warm-welcome-at-animal-rights-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-110903 Deb Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:35:56 +0000 http://understory.ran.org/2007/07/24/ran-gets-warm-welcome-at-animal-rights-2007/#comment-110903 Hey Debra, it was really awesome that RAN was at AR07, and your talks were among the ones that stick out in my mind as being the most significant and influential for me. It was perfect timing for me personally, as I have been educating myself more and more on environmental issues in recent months, and talking about them more as well to anyone who will listen. But other than certain changes (that seem insignificant in the light of the overall issues) I haven't really done anything about it, even though it is more and more clear to me that I need to get involved on the environmental side in addition to the AR work I already do. Paul Watson said something in his speech in the final night. He said he wasn't an animal rights activist, but that you couldn't be an environmental activist without being an animal advocate. Or something like that. And it made a lot of sense to me, as well as the reverse. What is the point of campaigning for animals, if we don't campaign for their (and our) home as well? I think a lot of AR people are seeing that really clearly now, but we need to start doing more than just talk about it. I'm wearing my RAN shirt today, covered by an AR hoodie (because it is always too cold in here for me!) and I've been spreading the word to my friends who weren't at the conference about RAN. I'm subscribed to this blog now, and I'm going to get involved as best I can with the local RAN group. It is all connected to me, all of these issues. I'd love to see us all fighting together! Hey Debra, it was really awesome that RAN was at AR07, and your talks were among the ones that stick out in my mind as being the most significant and influential for me. It was perfect timing for me personally, as I have been educating myself more and more on environmental issues in recent months, and talking about them more as well to anyone who will listen. But other than certain changes (that seem insignificant in the light of the overall issues) I haven’t really done anything about it, even though it is more and more clear to me that I need to get involved on the environmental side in addition to the AR work I already do.

Paul Watson said something in his speech in the final night. He said he wasn’t an animal rights activist, but that you couldn’t be an environmental activist without being an animal advocate. Or something like that. And it made a lot of sense to me, as well as the reverse. What is the point of campaigning for animals, if we don’t campaign for their (and our) home as well? I think a lot of AR people are seeing that really clearly now, but we need to start doing more than just talk about it.

I’m wearing my RAN shirt today, covered by an AR hoodie (because it is always too cold in here for me!) and I’ve been spreading the word to my friends who weren’t at the conference about RAN. I’m subscribed to this blog now, and I’m going to get involved as best I can with the local RAN group. It is all connected to me, all of these issues. I’d love to see us all fighting together!

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