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Urgent and immediate action needed on climate crisis
We are running out of time to stop the climate crisis. Society faces three options in addressing climate threats… one of them unacceptable: do nothing and suffer the consequences of that inaction.
“Cool Food” badge will help consumers make sustainable food choices
The World Resources Institute has launched an innovative idea; labelling food so that consumers know which foods have a smaller climate footprint.
Humans eating salmon is harming orcas, grizzly bears and destroying their environment
Human fishing and farming of salmon is leading to other, bigger problems for animals who rely on the fish for their survival.
Jane Goodall says plant-based diets are “very, very important”
For many years older high profile conservationists and high profile organizations like Sierra Club, the WWF and Greenpeace who were campaigning for wild animals and endangered species have not made the link that farmed animals have appalling lives.
Industrial farming is destroying the earth and possibly leading to future human extinction
Industrial farming relies on large-scale environmental exploitation, triggering climate change, and destroying natural habitats.
High levels of bacteria on US meat unacceptable to UK campaigners
Study finds “unacceptable” levels of bacteria, including Salmonella and E coli, on meat produced in the US, confirming the fears of UK campaigners.
Replacing livestock products with plant alternatives best strategy to reversing climate change
Fossil fuels might be the most widely discussed when it comes to climate change, however, animal agriculture is one of the biggest contributors.
How to rebut these top 10 climate crisis myths
The climate crisis is real and it is happening right now with unprecedented natural events happening all over the globe.
Intensive animal farming could severely jeopardise us from reaching Paris Accord goals
Our efforts to curb climate change are jeopardised due to the continuous growth of intensive animal agriculture globally.
Stella McCartney, Adidas and Lululemon team-up with vegan leather startup
The leather industry is set for a huge shake-up by new biotech start-up Bolt Threads to produce vegan leather goods for luxury companies.
Combating climate change and eating plant-based go hand in hand
Multiple studies have shown that plant-based diets are the most effective way to avoid climate catastrophe – Now its time we listened to them!
Meat consumption drops 3{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} globally – biggest since turn of century
As people become aware of the impact of meat and dairy on their health and the planet more consumers are eating plant-based.
Researcher says food guides that urge people to eat less meat “don’t really work”
Oxford Food Researcher, Marco Springmann, says that government policies are the only real way to influence change in unsustainable eating habits.
Brits say no to sub-standard American meat imports
According to a British Social Attitudes Survey, three-quarters of Britons don’t want to eat chlorinated chicken and 90% also reject hormone-treated beef.
The alarming truth about food imports into Britain
Chlorinated chicken, pork with growth hormone, sponge cake made with cruelly produced eggs and more could be coming into British kitchens.
Animals ask for a new normal in this Mercy For Animals video
This video implores viewers to consider a new normal for farm animals as we come to terms with the new normal for humans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Where “Kiss The Ground” documentary falls short
Eating less meat, not simply switching to grass-fed beef, is something that should have been made clearer in this Netflix documentary.
Germans eating less meat than ever: Less than 50{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} identify as full meat eater
A study published in a peer-reviewed journal finds that more Germans are choosing to follow a vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian diet.
Impossible Foods latest media conference: Everything you need to know
Check out ten of the most interesting details from Impossible Foods’ latest media conference including the companies Asia expansion.
Joaquin Phoenix: Eating animals is “f*cked up”
Actor and animal rights advocate, Joaquin Phoenix, made some strong comments about the nature of meat-eating during an interview with Vanity Fair.
Americans want to eat more plant-based food, so what’s stopping them?
Research published by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shows most Americans are aware of the impact of animal agriculture on climate change.
Sir David Attenborough joins Instagram and he has a message on climate change
Environmentalist, Sir David Attenborough, joins Instagram to promote climate-change activism and educate people on climate catastrophe.
Foer’s “scream” is to wake all of us that we must do something to save planet
Jonathan Safran-Foer, author of Eating Animals and We Are the Weather, speaks about his books, climate change and going vegetarian.
The link between Ireland’s water crisis and industrial farming
Ireland is experiencing a water crisis. Its natural water resources are drying up, and industrial animal farming is to blame.