ClimateChange - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Animal agriculture is the biggest threat to biodiversity

UN-backed report claims that up to 86{85424e366b324f7465dc80d56c21055464082cc00b76c51558805a981c8fcd63} of all at-risk species are being threatened directly by the animal agriculture industry. Produced by think-tank Chatham House and endorsed by the UN, the ‘Food...

Protecting the environment and protecting the economy go hand-in-hand, says Britain’s Treasury

Blogs, ClimateChange

A report put out by the U.K. government which highlights the problem of economically unsustainable environmental damage is welcomed by activists. A new report out Tuesday from the U.K. government framing the natural environment as “our most precious asset”...

Food blogs can now carbon label recipes

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

New website plugin, My Emissions, can help food bloggers to carbon label their recipes so users can make sustainable food choices. A new online tool has been created so that food blogs and websites can add carbon labels to their recipes. Partnering with WP Recipe...

Its not just big Tech, Big Agriculture is just as guilty!

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, Factory farming

The agriculture industry’s anti-competition practices might prove more dangerous than in other industries as it continues to threaten food security. Amid Congressional investigation and federal, state and private antitrust cases, all eyes are on Big Tech. The...

Not just a load of old lentils! Vegan influencers take the internet by storm

ClimateChange, GoodNews, HealthyLiving, VegansInNews

Social media has become a vibrant space for young vegans to promote the lifestyle, share tips and recipes and encourage environmental consciousness. Celebrated as one of London’s top “foodies” on Instagram, Clare Every, a vegan influencer known...

Former United Nations climate head now on the board of Impossible Foods

AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews

Christiana Figueres, who helped to design the Paris Agreement, says that brands like Impossible Foods are “one of the main levers of change”. Figueres will be joining the board of alternative protein startup Impossible Foods, Axios has learned. Why it...