
September Compassionate World Blog Round Up
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Why it’s important to care, the ethics of your sandwich, the joy of rewilding and many other food, farming and nature stories.
Opinion Articles
- Why return of stunning butterfly that prefers cowpats to flowers is a real sign of hopeLarge numbers of purple emperor butterflies at a rewilded farm shows what’s possible when nature is given the space to thrive
- Why choosing a sandwich for lunch is a serious moral issueHow many of us know that dining was forever changed by a compulsive gambler, a certain Earl of Sandwich, way back in 1762?
- From Live Aid to Food Aid: A journey of compassion and changeWhat Ethiopia Taught Me About food, hope and humanity
- How record-breaking extreme weather is killing millions of farm animalsEleven cases of extreme weather worldwide killed nearly 15 million farm animals, many of whom drowned in cages or suffocated in heatwaves, according to a new report
Blogs
- Look What’s Possible When We Give Nature Space to Thrive4 Like on Social: 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… Read more: Look What’s Possible When We Give Nature Space to Thrive
- BETWEEN TWO SLICES: THE SURPRISING STORY AND ETHICS OF THE SANDWICHHow many of us know that dining was forever changed by a compulsive gambler?
- FROM LIVE AID TO FOOD AID: A JOURNEY OF COMPASSION AND CHANGELike on Social: 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… Read more: FROM LIVE AID TO FOOD AID: A JOURNEY OF COMPASSION AND CHANGE
- FROM WIMBLEDON TO WILDFIRES: HOW SPORT CAN SPARK CLIMATE ACTION FOR ANIMALS AND THE VULNERABLE10 Like on Social: Wimbledon and the green scent of cut grass hung in the humid air. There was not a breath of wind. Jugs of Pimm’s filled empty glasses. Cream spilled gently over the reddest of strawberries. Top tennis… Read more: FROM WIMBLEDON TO WILDFIRES: HOW SPORT CAN SPARK CLIMATE ACTION FOR ANIMALS AND THE VULNERABLE
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Upcoming Speaker Events
- 25th Sept: Climate Disasters Webinar in Brazil, online
- 23rd Oct: Animalia + Luontoliitto charity event Helsinki
- 23-25th Oct: Helsinki book fair for Sixty Harvests Left launch in Finland
- 29th-30th Oct: Future of Protein Production, Amsterdam
- 21st March 2026: Oxford Literary Festival, Oxford
- 18th April 2026: In conversation with Dr Jane Goodall delivering the Peter Roberts Lecture, Oxford