The Importance of Compassion
A few weeks ago, I delivered a speech in Ely, Cambridgeshire to a large audience which was primarily comprised of farmers.
REWILDING’S NEW FRONTIER: BRINGING BACK THE ‘ELEPHANT’
Regular readers of my blogs will know that I’m very much in favour of restoring farmed animals to our fields and bringing landscapes to life through rewilding.
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.
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.
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.
OF GHOSTS, GHOULS AND FOOD LEFT TO ROT
Children dart excitedly through a field strewn with bright orange pumpkins. Parents gamely face-painted as ghouls, sip coffee as they await the return of their offspring. Soon they’ll be sifting through wheelbarrows piled high with pumpkins waiting to be carved.
WHY ‘EXTREMELY CONCERNING’ WILD BIRD DEATHS ARE THE TRUE COST OF ‘CHEAP’ CHICKEN
Covered head to toe in hazmat suits, gloves and facemasks, somber figures comb clifftops and tidelines searching for corpses. It’s an all too familiar scene, particularly in these pandemic times. Yet, this was no twist of Covid. Instead, it was
IF ANIMALS COULD TALK
‘What a lovely place the world would be…’ - the immortal words of Doctor Dolittle when he sang ‘If I could talk to the animals’.
