by Haafizah | Apr 6, 2023 | Blogs, GoodNews
Bees are intelligent creatures and essential in our world. However, our reckless treatment of the earth is putting them at risk. When Stephen Buchmann finds a wayward bee on a window inside his Tucson, Arizona, home, he goes to great lengths to capture and release it...
by Haafizah | Apr 6, 2023 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
There are some ambitious new food and farming pioneers in New Zealand who are attracting global attention. Globally, the way humans use land for farming and food production is the largest single source of the greenhouse gases causing the climate crisis. In New...
by Haafizah | Apr 5, 2023 | GoodNews
Most manufacturers of football boots use cruelly sourced kangaroo leather to make their football boots. Nike has promised to make a change. David Beckham famously gave them the boot in 2006 after activists sent him graphic images of animals being slaughtered for his...
by Haafizah | Apr 5, 2023 | GoodNews
Researchers analysed a number of different cultivated meat products and confirmed that cultivated meat is the more sustainable option. A new ex-ante life-cycle assessment looks at the efficiencies and benefits of cultivated meat. The LCA looked at cultivated meat from...
by Haafizah | Apr 4, 2023 | GoodNews
The 50th anniversary of the Grand National might be disrupted as activist group Animal Rebellion plan protest action. Fear of protests and disruption by animal rights activists has returned to threaten the Grand National at Aintree after an undercover investigation by...
by Haafizah | Apr 4, 2023 | ClimateChange, GoodNews
World leaders should take the latest IPCC report as a warning as to what the consequences will be for delaying action on the climate crisis. “The central message from climate scientists is unmistakable: governments must rally to drastically cut emissions and...
by Haafizah | Apr 4, 2023 | GoodNews
Forward thinking fashion designer Stella McCartney has designed a sequinned garment that is good for the earth. Stella McCartney has developed what is claimed to be the first ever garment made from plastic-free, plant-based sequins. The sleeveless Biosequin® jumpsuit...
by Haafizah | Apr 4, 2023 | GoodNews
The FDA has accepted Eat Just’s conclusion that its first poultry product, cultivated chicken, is safe to eat, clearing a crucial step in bringing GOOD Meat to restaurants and retail in the U.S. Good Meat, the cultivated meat division of Bay Area food technology...
by Haafizah | Apr 3, 2023 | ClimateChange
A list of eight things that humanity must do in order to protect ourselves and the earth from the devastation of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published the “synthesis report” of its sixth assessment report (AR6) on Monday. Eight years...
by Haafizah | Apr 3, 2023 | GoodNews
King Charles has plans to hire a vegan chef at Buckingham Palace to cook vegan meals for royals and guests. Buckingham Palace has an ad for a job that “is truly like no other.” King Charles is looking to employ a live-in sous chef trained in the vegan arts to prepare...