Covid-19 has the word’s attention, yet the rise of antibiotic resistance promises to be an even greater threat.
Read MorePlant-Based Solution For Pandemic-Sized Problem
The food supply chain for plant-based foods is clean, nimble and safe compared with the factory farm/slaughterhouse system currently crumbling under the pressure of the pandemic.
Read MoreCarbon Emissions Turned Back 10 Years
Data show coronavirus countermeasures have resulted in a record drop in fossil-fuel demand and created an opening for a clean-energy transition.
Read MoreGlobal Investors Tell Big Meat to Clean Up Its Act or Get Left Behind in the Wake of Covid-19
In the face of the pandemic, trillion-dollar-money managers warn big food companies of the financial downside of resisting change to a safer, healthier and more sustainable food system.
Read MoreCoronavirus Doubters Follow Climate Denial Playbook
Whether denying coronavirus or climate change, many deploy the same unfounded strategies and messages.
Read MoreThe Apocaloptimist's Manifesto
Could lessons learned fighting coronavirus help tackle climate change?
Read MoreWhy Some Farmers Are Ditching Livestock and Growing Plants Instead
Switching from meat production to growing crops for vegan foods can be good for farmers and the environment.
Read MoreAsia's Plant-Based Food Entrepreneurs Tackle the Climate Crisis
Plant-based and cultivated foods seen as solutions to the climate crisis and food safety in Asia.
Read MoreTransporting and Exporting Live Animals is Another Risk Factor for Spreading Diseases
Experts tell us Covid-19 won’t be the last pandemic if we continue to ignore warnings about sources of emerging infectious diseases caused by eating animals.
Read MoreWhat's in Your Pandemic Pantry?
The pandemic is driving a surge in the popularity of plant-based foods that offer more nutrition and a longer shelf life. One of the keys to avoiding future pandemics will be to make this shift permanent.
Read MoreWhy Shutting Down Wildlife Trafficking Will Help Prevent the Next Pandemic
There is a direct connection between our exploitation of animals and the emergence of new pathogens.
Read MoreWe Can Do This: Lessons from COVID-19 on How to Fight the Climate Crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic is temporary but it will change some aspects of life permanently. It’s a real-life example of what’s possible by way of fundamental change in the face of a dire threat.
Read MoreAre Sanctuary Farms a Solution to Our Broken Food System?
They could be one of the answers to the question: “What comes next”?
Read MoreDoes the Climate Crisis Threaten the End of Big Oil?
Mounting investor pressure could make the difference.
Read MoreWill One of the Lessons of the Coronavirus be a Permanent Shutdown of China’s Wildlife Markets?
Yet again, the wildlife trade shows how it harbours a threat to human health globally.
Read MoreBushfires: Can Ecosystems Recover From Such Dramatic Losses of Biodiversity?
The interaction of networks underpinning Nature’s complex ecosystems is another casualty of the Australian bushfires.
Read MoreExplainer: What Are the Underlying Causes of Australia's Shocking Bushfire Season?
Despite the political smokescreen, scientists are in no doubt that global heating has contributed to Australia’s fire emergency.
Read MoreLocal Beef vs. Imported Beans: Which Is Better For the Planet?
By almost every measure of environmental damage, plant-based food wins every time over eating animals.
Read MoreAnimals in the Fire Zone: Why Care About One and Ignore the Other?
We fork over millions of dollars to help some animals but use a knife and fork to eat others.
Read MoreAustralia, Your Country Is Burning -- Damaging Climate Change Is Here With You Now
A respected US climate scientist’s first-hand report from the front lines of the climate crisis in Australia..
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