Compassionate World Blog Round Up – October 23
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For all the animal, farming, food and environment news from September and October, please use this great update
From the game-changer that is cultivated meat to ending the cage age, and from the magic of nature to the sentience of animals that share our world, plus a whole lot more…
Opinion Articles
- The Case for Lab-Grown Meat
In September 2019, the International Space Station was undertaking an extraordinary mission: to produce the first beef in space. - ‘Ghost food waste’ is another reason why the UK must ban rearing of farm animals in cages
It might sound like a space-saving idea, but more than half of the UK’s cropland is devoted to feeding farm animals kept in cages - Animals are sentient. Just ask anyone who knows about cows
Insects are fascinating, trees make us happy and sea eagles are just magical - From Glasgow’s Ruchill Park to Costa Rica, the beauty of nature can lift your spirits
Insects are fascinating, trees make us happy and sea eagles are just magical - How food poverty is being fuelled by our obsession with factory-farmed meat
Nearly 800 million people are going hungry even though there is more than enough food in the world to feed everyone
Blogs
- A CENTURY OF SEEING CLEARLY: SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH AT 100
A tribute to the man who helped us understand the natural world – and why its fate is inseparable from our own - FROM THE MOON TO MUD: WHY EARTH’S FINAL FRONTIER LIES BENEATH OUR FEET
Like on Social: Of all the world records ever broken, perhaps the most striking has just happened beyond our planet. With Artemis II, humans travelled further from Earth than ever before, circling the Moon before splashing down safely back home.… Read more: FROM THE MOON TO MUD: WHY EARTH’S FINAL FRONTIER LIES BENEATH OUR FEET - ENDING FACTORY FARMING: THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE
1 Like on Social: Why our food system has become a hidden threat to global stability What’s the one thing the war in Iran has shown us? – it’s that things happening in faraway places can have a big effect… Read more: ENDING FACTORY FARMING: THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE - Why We Should Care About Nature: A Distinguished Panel at Oxford
Last weekend, BBC wildlife presenter and animal activist Chris Packham CBE, children’s author and Farms for City Children charity founder Sir Michael Morpurgo, author - Chris Packham is ‘Wild for Life’ in Oxford
It was a real honour recently to welcome wildlife presenter, environmentalist, animal activist and Compassion Patron, Chris Packham CBE
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