02 Dec Twelve Science Books for Christmas
Carlos Fiolhais chose a dozen of the most recent works released in Portugal...
29 Nov November Big Table Round Up Blog
For all the animal, farming, food and environment news from October and November, please use this great update From the devastation of avian flu to COP27, and from the industrial farming of octopus to sustainable farming and food waste, plus a whole lot more… ---- Opinion Articles Octopus farming?...
28 Nov COP – a missed opportunity to fix our broken food systems
This year’s UN climate change conference – COP27 – took place in Sharm-el-Sheikh in Egypt and ran into overtime as negotiators struggled to agree commitments to tackle the climate emergency. ...
25 Nov Ask The Sustainable Farming Expert – Philip Lymbery
Ending our exploration into sustainability this year, we are interviewing author and Chief Executive Officer of Compassion in World Farming – Philip Lymbery. His book Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future featured in our sustainability book list this month goes behind the...
24 Nov The Extraordinary and Intelligent Octopus
…and why they should stay in the Ocean...
22 Nov Octopus farming? This extraordinary and intelligent animal should stay in the ocean
By any measure, octopuses are remarkable: they have eight legs, three hearts and blue-green blood....
14 Nov Stop the billionaire fossil fuel moguls leading us to destruction
With COP27 under way in Egypt, we have to ask: is South Africa — and the world — going to recognise the perilous position we are in and take action? ...
12 Nov PERMACRISIS: WHY COP27 NEEDS MORE THAN A KING’S RANSOM TO AVOID CLIMATE CHAOS
Permacrisis, an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events, has been crowned ‘Word of the Year’ by dictionary publisher, Collins. ...
11 Nov Kindness For All Kinds
The other day whilst visiting a supermarket I paused at the trolley queue, patting my pockets, I soon realised I didn’t have the little gold, one pound coin, so essential to access a shopping trolley....