About this Event
Teya Brooks Pribac and Mark Berriman will give an overview of the long history of the Plant Based Movement in Australia and an introduction to contemporary plant based cooking with a plant based Cheese Degustation to launch the Plant Inspired Community Cooking Project.
This event is part of World Animal Day: an inspiring family day celebrating the extraordinary diversity of animals we share our world with! The theme is 'Promoting Respectful Cohabitation'.
About the Presenters:
Mark Berriman has been the President of the Australian Vegetarian Society NSW since 1989. He was a former Australasian representative for the International Vegetarian Union, Co-ordinator for Animal Liberation NSW, Director of the Natural Health Society of Australia and the World League for Protection of Animals. His interests are protecting the environment, public health, music, theatre and literature.
Teya Brooks Pribac is a researcher in the area of animal studies. Her book was a Nautilus Award winner and short-listed for the American Academy of Religion book awards (2022). She has published Not Just Another Vegan Cookbook and will be sharing her culinary skills with the community in the Plant Inspired Community Cooking Project.
An Inspiring Family Day
Experience Breakfast with the Birds.
Savour plant based food and experience a plant based cheese degustation to launch the plant based Community Cooking Project.
Enjoy live music, children's storytelling and craft, and a range of speakers.
View a Local Wildlife Exhibition.
Learn about building possum boxes and how to manage possums in your roof.
Discover what to plant for a wildlife friendly garden.
Experience Bushcare to restore wildlife habitat.
Find out more about Blue Mountains Bird Observers, WIRES, Wombat Rescue, Action for Animals Blue Mountains and Animal Sanctuaries, the Blue Mountains Conservation Society and more …..
About World Animal Day
Every year in early October people around the globe come together to celebrate the extraordinary diversity of animals we share our world with. It is an opportunity to remind ourselves of the importance of respecting and caring for our fellow creatures, and furthering strategies to protect the planet as our shared home.
Ninety-nine years ago, on 24 March 1925, Polish writer and publisher Heinrich Zimmermann organised the first World Animal Day in Berlin. The event attracted over 5000 people. A few years later a congress of animal protection organisations chose 4 October (feast day of St Francis D’Assisi, patron saint of animals and ecology) as the official date for the event. Sadly, Zimmermann was killed by the Nazis in 1942, but World Animal Day lives on.
The Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative joins this global movement with a World Animal Day event themed Promoting Respectful Cohabitation. The event will feature a number of info stalls and other activities (exhibition of local wildlife and how you can protect them, storytelling, film screening, planting for biodiversity, possum box construction workshop, music, etc.).
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Blue Mountains Planetary Health Initiative, 33-39 Acacia Street, Katoomba, Australia
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