February Compassionate World Blog Round Up
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For all the animal, farming, food and environment news from January and February, please use this great update
From news about nitrogen pollution to the live animal export ban, to bringing back beavers and the growth of mega-farms , plus a whole lot more…
Opinion Articles
- Nitrogen: Diet and food waste key to tackling one of the great pollutants of our time
Nitrogen pollution is a large contributor to the triple planetary crisis of climate, pollution, and biodiversity loss. - We must halt the invasion of the US mega farm to our countryside
Old MacDonald has a lot to answer for. - Beaver releases: Protesting Cairngorms farmers get things out of proportion
Beavers and landowners can sometimes come into conflict but these situations can be managed - 10 years after ‘Farmageddon’ – signs of hope for nature-friendly agriculture
Emergency approval for a bee-harming pesticide by the UK Government has once again sent shock waves through the countryside - Live animal export ban is a resolution the UK Government must keep
Thirty years after protests against live animal exports, the UK is on the cusp of making a historic change
Blogs
- From Banning Live Exports to Climate Action: Key Moments of 2024
As we draw the curtains on 2024, it’s a fitting moment to reflect on our journey together through this column. This year has been one of profound challenges and remarkable strides for animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and ethical food and farming. - Achieving Milestones & Our Quest For A Kinder, More Compassionate World
10 Like on Social: Philip reflects on the challenging and turbulent times, but also reasons for hope and the historic steps forward made in the past year, in our shared vision to drive meaningful, lasting change for farmed animals. This… Read more: Achieving Milestones & Our Quest For A Kinder, More Compassionate World - GOBBLE WITH CARE: RETHINKING TURKEY AND TRADITION THIS FESTIVE SEASON
11 Like on Social: Palomar Mountain State Park, California, and a light mist descended over the forest of pine and cedar. I was leading a wildlife foray there for the first time. Evening wouldn’t be long, so we had to… Read more: GOBBLE WITH CARE: RETHINKING TURKEY AND TRADITION THIS FESTIVE SEASON - POLLUTED WATERS, STALLED HOUSING: HOW MOUNTING MUCK THREATENS OUR RIVERS AND HOMES
5 Like on Social: More than 33,000 tonnes of manure are produced in the UK every day by intensive pig and poultry farms — enough to fill 2,500 double-decker buses Rain hammered down relentlessly, and the river near home was… Read more: POLLUTED WATERS, STALLED HOUSING: HOW MOUNTING MUCK THREATENS OUR RIVERS AND HOMES - The Silent Strength of Kindness
A traveller on the London tube entered at London Bridge to see a woman crying in a darkened corner. On instinct, the traveller approached and asked if they could help.
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Up and Coming Speaker Events
- 7th Feb: Residence Palace, Brussels
- 16th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival, Animal Welfare in World Religion
- 16th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival, The Politics of Food
- 16th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival, Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture
- 16th Mar: Oxford Lit Festival: Cultivated Meat – will it help our Future?
- 11th April: Harting Society
- 21st May: Farm Animal Congress in Brazil (online)
- 31st May: Hay Festival, Wales
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