Coronavirus, HealthyLiving
Zoonotic diseases make up 3/4 of diseases that infect humans, and deforestation is a major cause for the spread of disease from animals to humans. Humanity’s “promiscuous treatment of nature” needs to change or there will be more deadly pandemics such as Covid-19,...
Animal activism, AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, Coronavirus
Emily Atkin believes that surviving the COVID-19 pandemic should teach us a thing or two about how to deal with a crisis – the climate crisis that is. “I’m sorry,” says Emily Atkin, not sounding very apologetic, “but if you still refuse to see parallels between...
ClimateChange, Coronavirus, GoodNews
Greta Thunberg has possibly done more singlehandedly to raise the awareness of Climate Change than anyone else. Fridays For Future, the international youth movement founded by her, has released a new climate crisis-focused ad. “Our house is on fire,” and since August...
AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, GoodNews
An outbreak of Covid-19 among workers in a meat factory in Tipperary has raised fears that the virus is spreading through abattoirs and meat-processing plants in Ireland. Labour unions have since raised concerns about worker health, claiming that very few safety...
AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, GoodNews
US President Donald Trump has demanded the reopening of meat plants despite the high COVID-19 risk involved. This has prompted outrage from rights experts. Thousands of workers stream in single file, at dawn and mid-afternoon, to suit up in masks and chain gloves and...
