This Roundup blog includes all the news and animal welfare activity from June and July.
From bees to water shortages and from landscapes to friendship, please do catch up on the articles, blogs and extensive social media support for all these stories, plus so much more.
Opinion Articles
Environmentalists have been rocked by a UK Government decision to overturn scientific advice by lifting a ban on a bee-harming pesticide used on sugar beet....
18 July, 2022
September in the South Pacific started with a life-or-death competition. ...
04 July, 2022
Getting up close and personal with a hot and richly fermenting cowpat in Idaho, USA may not be everyone’s idea of a good time....
20 June, 2022
A new RSPCA essay collection makes the case for era-defining change for animals...
13 June, 2022
Shadows from a nuclear power station cast jagged shapes across one of Europe’s most impressive spans of shingle....
06 June, 2022Blogs
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THE SECOND POPULATION EXPLOSION AND WHAT A LOST ISLAND TELLS US ABOUT OUR FUTURE
BRACE YOURSELF: FACTORY FARMING COULD BE ABOUT TO MAKE WATER SHORTAGES MUCH WORSE
WHY BEE-LOVING BRITS ARE KEY TO SAVING BELLWETHERS OF THE NATURAL WORLD
Collective Action For Our Oceans: From Nairobi to Stockholm to Lisbon and Onwards
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Social Media
Just one of many photos arising from Europes devastating fires #heartbreaking
So much life has suffered – human & animal but often there is little media coverage of the loss of wildlife & ecosystems #tragic
Credit Bassind’https://t.co/cLw4JLFPsJ 📷sebatien dupuy#ClimateEmergency pic.twitter.com/HbGSdqKTDn— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) July 24, 2022
A stunning, purple haze of super pollinating Phacelia in Sussex today
Buzzing with bees & butterflies
Advised by farmer that the soil was poor, so Phacelia is being used to break down & act as a fertile, green manure for follow on crops, as well as attracting insects & wildlife pic.twitter.com/tqlZD5W2BN
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) July 17, 2022
Speaker Event
On 16th September at 6pm at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, Philip will be speaking about his new book, Sixty Harvests Left.
He will be joined by the wonderful Compassion in World Farming Patron, Deborah Meaden and another yet to be announced.
This event is part of the Oxford Literary Festival series of special events and for further information and tickets, please use this link
