August Compassionate World Blog Round Up
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For all the up to date news from the horror of foie gras production and the importance of making peace with nature, to what our roads tell us about biodiversity loss and our campaign to stop Octopus farming, plus a whole lot more…
Opinion Articles
- Why our food choices can make all the difference in saving endangered elephants from extinctionThe use of palm products to feed industrial animal agriculture is pushing the Sumatran elephant to the brink of extinction
- Outrage over cruel foie gras at Olympics must prompt swift action from UKLike so many top sporting events, this year’s Paris Olympic Games has had plenty of highs and lows.
- Why humanity’s assault on nature is making pandemics more likelyHumanity’s destruction of the natural world is bringing us into contact with new species – and new viruses
- Why absence of dead insects on windscreens is sign of staggering changes to nature since 1970sThe current rate of extinction of species is up to 1,000 times higher than the average for the past ten million years
- Read scientists’ warnings on climate change to realise the need to make peace with natureDeep into election season and we’ve all been inundated with messages from politicians of every persuasion trying to woo our vote. Big issues include the cost of living, health, and the economy.
Blogs
- End of the Olympics? How Climate Change & Diets are Threatening the Future of SportLike on Social: With the Paris Olympics now done and dusted and the Paralympics hotting up to a climax, the big question is, could we be seeing the last of big sporting events? After all, the intense heat felt in… Read more: End of the Olympics? How Climate Change & Diets are Threatening the Future of Sport
- For The Love Of All Life6 Like on Social: Why we must face and act on the crisis facing humankind, animals and our planet A special guest blog by Joyce D’Silva and Carol McKenna The Food Crisis It’s a world of crises. Crises which are… Read more: For The Love Of All Life
- Sumatra’s Dwindling Elephants And How Everyone Can Help ThemLike on Social: ‘We are really scared for our children,’ a villager told me. ‘What if they are playing while we’re away? Who will help them?’ There had been a raid last night in this northern Sumatran village of Bangkeh,… Read more: Sumatra’s Dwindling Elephants And How Everyone Can Help Them
- WHY SPOIL OLYMPIC HIGHS BY SERVING FOOD FROM FORCE-FED GEESE?Like so many top sporting events, this year’s Paris Olympic Games has had plenty of highs and lows.
- After Covid Failures, How Prepared Are We For The Next Pandemic?Like on Social: UK and Scottish governments were inadequately prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a ruling by the UK Covid Enquiry. The public inquiry found that they had “failed their citizens” by not doing enough to properly plan… Read more: After Covid Failures, How Prepared Are We For The Next Pandemic?
- WHAT THE EYE DOESN’T SEE, THE HEART DOESN’T GRIEVE OVERWhy we must look to history to recognise the true devastation of biodiversity loss
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Upcoming Speaker Events
– 1-3rd Oct: Eurogroup Conference in Brussels, Philip will be hosting in his role as President.
– 4th Oct: The Eastbourne Food Partnership Summit, Philip will be the keynote speaker
– 21st Oct: Good Farm Animal Awards in Paris
– 19th Oct: Caring Farmers Congress at Utrecht University in Netherlands, Philip will deliver the keynote
– 22-23rd Nov: Sustainable Food Conference in Somerset: Philip will be delivering the keynote