Hope in Action: How Your Support Transformed 2025 for Animals and Our Planet
Philip reflects on how from global summits to grassroots campaigns, together we turned vision into reality - creating a world where animals are respected, farming is regenerative, and food systems work for everyone. 2025 was a year when ideas turned into
BRAZIL’S CLIMATE SUMMIT IS OVER – WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The Amazon’s fate is tied to ours – and COP30 showed just how fragile that link is. COP30 in Belém, Brazil is over. The question now is simple: what next? The summit ended with progress - but not enough. The UN
KINDNESS: THE FORGOTTEN SUPERPOWER
A firefighter giving water to a koala after the devastating wild fires in Australia credit unknown Why Compassion in a Fractured World Matters More Than Ever On a cold October morning on Hampstead Heath, an elderly woman collapsed. Among those who rushed
FROM STORYBOOK FARMS TO FACTORY REALITIES: WHY COMPASSION MUST LEAD THE WAY
Planton Farm, a working regenerative farm | Credit: Lucy Rebecca Could our food system reflect the values of kindness, fairness and respect for life? Sunlight danced through the trees, casting shadows on grazing Aberdeen Angus cattle and foraging hens. The air was
THE PLANETARY HEALTH DIET
Industrial pig farm | Credit: istock / chayakorn lotongkum How our food choices can protect health, restore nature and shape a fairer future What if the way we eat could help heal the planet, improve our health and ensure future generations thrive?
IF WE DIDN’T HAVE THE UNITED NATIONS, HERE’S WHY WE’D HAVE TO INVENT IT
Philip at the UN Even Under Fire, the UN Remains Our Best Hope Imagine a world without the United Nations. No global forum for diplomacy, no coordinated response to humanitarian crises, no shared commitment to peace, human rights, or sustainable development. In
GHOST’S FINAL GIFT: A CALL TO KEEP OCTOPUSES WILD
Why octopus farming threatens animal welfare and ocean health Ghost came from the waters of British Columbia weighing only three pounds. Since then, this extraordinary giant Pacific octopus has been captive in the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Giant Pacific
Look What’s Possible When We Give Nature Space to Thrive
The Butterfly that feasts on decay – and dazzles us all Did you know there’s a butterfly that prefers cowpats, rotting animal corpses and dirty nappies to flowers? Surely with preferences like that they must be brown, perhaps even ugly? But
BETWEEN TWO SLICES: THE SURPRISING STORY AND ETHICS OF THE SANDWICH
How many of us know that dining was forever changed by a compulsive gambler?
FROM LIVE AID TO FOOD AID: A JOURNEY OF COMPASSION AND CHANGE
What Ethiopia Taught Me About Food, Hope and Humanity What has been your summer highlight this year? Beach trips with the kids, a getaway somewhere exotic, or gorgeous evenings with a glass of something cool? Mine was the unexpected serendipity of