Environment
From climate action to environmental science, how to understand our home—and preserve it.
What’s Wrong With Free-Range Eggs?
Explaining veganism to people can be tricky. Generally, people seem to have got the hang of vegetarianism; it’s obvious that in order to make bacon, a pig has to die, there’s no getting around that fact. But when it comes to eggs, many are baffled; “surely it doesn’t hurt the chickens to take their eggs?” […]
Is Reductionism Anti-Vegan? The Issue With Going ‘Meatless’
Earlier this year Kristie Middleton released MeatLess, a book written to encourage people to cut down on their meat consumption. The book provides tips, tricks and recipes for anyone looking to reduce their intake of animal products without having to cut them out entirely. Online, many readers have hailed the book a great success. Even […]
The Importance of Bees and How To Save Them From Extinction
Bee populations have been decreasing steadily across the globe over recent years, and with a ginormous 44% loss between 2015 and 2016 in the U.S. alone, it seems that now is a more crucial time than ever to find effective methods to protect them. The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) states that “Researchers are calling the mass disappearance ‘Colony Collapse Disorder’” […]
Everything’s Vegan Except the Five Pound Note
On Thursday, as I stood waiting to take payment for coffee and cake at the all-vegan bakery I work at, a customer remarked to me despondently “Everything’s vegan except the five pound note.” A sentence that says a lot about how our world is changing while those at the top have yet to catch up. […]
Do Animals Feel Pain? | Deciphering Scientific Studies on Pain in Animals
Few people would deny that animals are able, at least to some degree, to experience pain. However, in many cases farm animals routinely undergo procedures which are likely to cause pain without pain relief (often called “analgesia”). For example, the American Veterinary Medical Association reports that surgical castration of male piglets “is typically performed without […]
Environ(mental) Shifts | How To Live Eco-Friendly By Changing The Way You Think
Like many, I had always considered myself an animal lover and someone who cared about the environment. I vividly recall having a Filofax on Orcas which I would sometimes take to school with me (ever the cool-kid) and read a million times over in fascination, and when the photographer for a local newspaper interviewed me […]
