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By James O’Donovan Following the success of Seaspiracy, people around the world are asking how can we protect and restore the precious ocean’s biodiversity and ecosystems. The obvious first step is go vegan, but then we also need to get involved in advocating for some of the following actions.
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By Gretta Dattan The global response to Covid-19 has mobilised governments, industry, and civilians in a way never before seen outside of war time. Now researchers are looking to find out what the response to Covid-19 can teach us about preparing for climate change and galvanising public
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by Gretta Dattan Ali Tabrizi’s Seaspiracy depicts the environmental impact and long term consequences of continued, unfettered industrialised fishing in stark detail. The documentary was released in late March and since then it has remained solidly in the list of most watched films on Netflix – and at the
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by Paul Appleby A report produced by the United Nations and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition has shown that cutting methane emissions is “the strongest lever we have to slow climate change over the next 25 years”, according to UN environment chief Inger Andersen. Methane has caused
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This article is based on a talk by Stephen Walsh, a long-serving trustee of the Vegan Society and author of Plant Based Nutrition and Health. A recording of the talk can be found on the VeganLondon YouTube channel here Dietary supplements are no substitute for a healthy diet. The dietary
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Some highlights from the news in recent months by Bronwyn Slater Animals to be recognised as sentient beings in UK As part of a post-Brexit animal welfare plan the UK says it will ban the live export of animals for slaughter and fattening and formally recognise animals as sentient beings. The reforms
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Bronwyn Slater asks if the emerging technology of landfill mining could eventually result in the elimination of all existing landfills – by digging them up and emptying them. Millions of landfills exist all over the world and many have now been covered over and closed as incineration becomes the preferred
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by Bronwyn Slater Microplastics are tiny plastic particles less than five millimeters (one fifth of an inch) in diameter. They are now ubiquitous in the environment and are found in large quantities in our oceans, land, food, water and air. They have been found in the organs of fish, human placentas, dust,
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By James O’Donovan Globally, agriculture subsidies amount to €500 billion with a recent study showing that only 1% of them deliver ecological benefits. Over a third of the EU Budget goes to farmers who make up just 3% of its population. According to a Greenpeace Report in 2017 “between 69% (€28.5
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