Thanks to the Party for the Animals in The Hague, this city will be the first city in the world to ban fossil advertising. Recently the city council voted in favor of the initiative proposal from the Hague Party for the Animals that regulates this ban. Leonie Gerritsen (PvdD): 'The Hague will become the first city in the world to actually ban fossil advertising. This is an important sign...
Thousands of people in Turkish cities have been protesting against the government's plans to kill stray dogs. There are around four million stray dogs living in the country, comprising a risk of zoonotic infections, as well as health and welfare risks for the dogs themselves. Killing, however, is inhumane and ineffective. Our sister organisation HAKİM (Animal Rights Watch Committee) calls ...
During the European elections of June 2024, the six parties of Animal Politics EU together received 1.527.564 votes. Both the Dutch Partij voor de Dieren and the German Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz won a seat and will respectively be represented by Anja Hazekamp and Sebastian Everding. We are very thankful for everyone who voted for the billions of voiceless animals all over Europe. ...
Watch the best international speakers on the topics of food, health and politics live via our YouTube channel on 10th and 11th of July.
[Times are according to CEST time zone]
DAY 1: SATURDAY 10th of JULY
09.45 – 10.20 Lecture and Q&A: The Eco-centric Political Movement
by Esther Ouwehand, party leader of the Dutch Party for the Animals
10.20 – 10.45 The rise of the Animal Politics Movement
Presentation on the political movement for animal rights by Elsa Miedema, political historian and researcher
11.00 – 11.40 Lecture and Q&A: Food and the ecological and climate crisis, by Helen Harwatt, Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House Food and Climate Policy and fellow at Harvard University
12.25 – 13.25 Masterclass Food Impact: Ecocide & Food, by Jojo Mehta, co-founder and executive director of Stop Ecocide International and MP Lammert van Raan of the Dutch party for the Animals
13.25 – 14.25 Interview and Q&A on food transition, with pioneer entrepreneur Kees Kruythoff, CEO of The LIVEKINDLY Collective
Interview with Kees Kruythoff, former CEO at Unilever, now CEO of The LIVEKINDLY Collective of plant-based food brands, by Sophie Kevany, journalist, writing on animal agriculture and the future of food production for The Guardian.
14.25 END OF DAY 1 PROGRAMME
Watch the best international speakers on the topics of food, health and politics live via our YouTube channel on 10th and 11th of July.
[Times are according to CEST time zone]
DAY 2: SUNDAY 11th of JULY
09.45 – 10.15 Lecture and Q&A: Food & Health: Pandemics and protecting our health in the future, by professor Hans Zaaijer, medical doctor and microbiologist, professor of blood-borne infections at the University of Amsterdam
13.35 – 14.05 Lecture: Behaviour Change and the concept of ‘Plant-based by default’, by professor Henriëtte Prast, economist, senator for the Dutch Party for the Animals and initiator of the ‘Plant-based by default’ initiative