Just another dent in the damage…

The best thing about living in Sheffield is that there’s always cool stuff happening! This past weekend I managed to visit the Hurtful Essences bunch, watch the use of wacky bikes at the eco/mobility fest (a mini festival to encourage people to use bikes/public transport instead of their cars) and pat pigs at the Nether Edge village fair. Brilliant.

The one thing I’m really liking about Uncaged’s latest campaign is how good it all looks. The Hurtful Essences demo on Fargate involved a giant inflatable shampoo bottle and campaigners dressed as rats. The leaflets are a far cry from the usual shocking images animal rights groups use, simply because they’re still in-keeping with the whole orgasmic Herbal Essences advertising. Look a little closer though and you just might see some little lab ratties in those bubbles. I like it because it quite literally exposes all the bad s**t behind the ‘pleasurable’ experience of washing your hair.

Saying yes to Herbal Essences means saying yes to the ugly reality of animal testing.

And quite frankly I think it is time to ’start saying no’. Please visit the website, sign the petitions and learn more about Procter and Gamble. You can also get yourself a nice 10% off at Lush… but make sure you get yourself a Shark Fin Soap while you’re at it.

Funny how you never forget exactly where you were and what you were doing.

Please please please support the Sea Shepherds by buying some delicious fin soap from Lush.

When [sharks] are caught they are pulled from the water, their fins are sliced off, and they are kicked back into the ocean, so they sink to the bottom and suffer a slow death. Fins are the most lucrative part of the shark, which explains the massive escalation in the numbers of sharks killed in the last few years.

Sharks are being killed at a shocking rate of a hundred million a year, partly to sell on as ingredients for Shark Fin Soup. That’s disgusting… and stupidly expensive too! Why bother? BUY SOME SOAP INSTEAD.