by Haafizah | Sep 30, 2024 | Blogs, HealthyLiving
The secret to successful plant-based eating lies in balancing flavours and textures with a variety of ingredients. I grew up in a multicultural household – my father is Norwegian, my mother Bulgarian and Danish – and spent my early years in Tanzania, where, in the...
by Haafizah | Sep 27, 2024 | Blogs
The use of live animals in training during surgical residencies is cruel and increasingly unnecessary. When John J. Pippin, MD, was in medical school years ago, live animals were a normal part of learning human physiology. In Pippin’s case, it was dogs, he...
by Haafizah | Sep 26, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
Researchers found global heating aggravated the four days of heavy rainfall that led to deadly floods in countries from Austria to Romania. The rains were made at least 7% stronger by climate change, World Weather Attribution (WWA) found, which led to towns being hit...
by Haafizah | Sep 25, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
The biggest conservation charity in Europe, the National Trust, wants to go 50% plant-based to help it reach net-zero by 2030. Founded in 1895, the historic charity now has more than 500 historic properties, coastal areas and green spaces in the UK, including nine...
by Haafizah | Sep 24, 2024 | AnimalAgri, ClimateChange, GoodNews
The way we eat, and the way we dispose of food, play a huge role in our growing methane problem, which is why addressing this issue is crucial for a sustainable future. An international team of researchers found that global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse...
by Rachel | Sep 23, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
All of humanity could share a prosperous, equitable future but the space for development is rapidly shrinking under pressure from a wealthy minority of ultra-consumers, a groundbreaking study has shown. Growing environmental degradation and climate instability have...
by Haafizah | Sep 23, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews
After campaigning for almost 10 years for the closure of a slaughterhouse in a predominantly black community in Georgia, community members have finally shut down the operation. In April 2019, Chris Eubanks, head of the animal rights group Apex Advocacy, chanted along...
by Rachel | Sep 19, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews
The new initiative, known as protein splits, aims to expand supermarket sales of plant proteins and shrink sales of meat. European supermarkets are helping customers eat less meat and more plants in a bid to improve dietary health and reduce emissions. The new...
by Haafizah | Sep 18, 2024 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
Extreme rainfall due to climate change is overwhelming wastewater treatment systems and increasing the risk of sewer-related illnesses. In hundreds of US cities and towns, extreme rainfalls are overwhelming outdated sewer systems, flooding waterways with untreated...
by Rachel | Sep 17, 2024 | AnimalAgri, GoodNews
In a landmark ruling, Brazilian slaughterhouses face hefty fines for illegally deforesting the Amazon rainforest, as a judge orders them to pay for reforestation. Brazilian slaughterhouses face hefty fines for illegally deforesting the Amazon rainforest, as a judge...
