impact festival
London
It started when I began to learn more about the conditions for egg production
and I realised that free-range wasn’t the wonderful happy situation that I
thought it to be. The standards for labelling products as free-range are not as
high as the marketing would suggest. (I am of course speaking in general terms
and I know that this won’t apply to all farms, but it appears to apply to the
majority). As a vegetarian at that time I’d already thought that I was quite
ethically aware with what I bought, and it dawned on me that there must be many
other people buying and supporting products that they also think are ethically
sound, and that these people too may be interested to know more. Passion for
performing arts! As a professional dancer, this prompted me to come up with an
idea for a show to raise awareness on global issues and ethical living - not
just animal welfare, but also climate change and human rights. However I
realised that if the audience are inspired to make ethical changes or learn
more, simply watching a show would not give them the tools to do that. Hence the
creation of Impact – awesome events and activities to inspire change, with
incredible live performances, the tools needed to live ethically and fun ways to
implement everyday ethical living even for the busiest of lives! Don’t be put
off by the heavy topics we’re dealing with, our events are fun and uplifting,
with a vision of making positive changes. I’m not claiming to be perfect, nor am
I trying to preach. I’m still learning too. I just know our planet is wonderful,
as is the human race and all life that shares Earth with us.
