Action on climate emergency
Uncovering a dirty business as plastics come at an unstainable cost to the environment. They are a ticking time bomb, so writes Alexander Clapp in his latest book ‘Waste Wars’ published on 25 February. In this amazing expose of how and why, for the last forty years, our rubbish has developed a massive global black …
You are what you eat! As a vegan for longer than I can remember the past few years have seen a revolution in the growth of veganism which I welcome. Often celebrity led it has brought a much wider range of vegan foods and drinks onto the market which at first glance is good news. …
Cow feed additive query spotlighted at December’s Green Café. Following recent media reports that Arla Foods, a Danish-Swedish company based in Viby, Denmark, which owns the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative (with a site located in Settle) had announced that 30 of its farms across the country would test the additive, named Bovaer. The company behind …
Plastics Treaty talks closes with insufficient progress Friends of the Earth International reports. The fourth session of negotiations towards a Global Plastics Treaty closed early on 30 April with disappointment and determination for the fight against plastics. Whilst there was progress on substantial negotiations in Ottawa, countries are leaving with a treaty text that is …
Dairy farming river pollution is the focus of work by River Action, who report the following. Increasing intensification of dairy production driven largely by aggressive supermarket pricing pressures, failure to enforce environmental regulations, and inadequate government environmental incentives for dairy farmers are among the factors that have conspired to create one of the largest causes …
Are 15 minute Cities an Orwellian plot? An independent media platform and news website based in the UK, reports that the government has endorsed a conspiracy theory about “15-minute cities” as part of its major policy announcement prioritising car owners – despite having already dismissed it. Speaking to the Conservative party conference in Manchester on …
Settle fair trade community. Thanks to the hard work of ACE’s food group, to all the businesses that sell fair trade goods locally and others including the support of Settle Primary School, Settle Town Council, Settle Churches and Liz Roodhouse, from Skipton Fairtrade, Settle has now become accredited as a fair trade community. To celebrate …
38 Degrees, an online social movement, estimates that nearly 2 billion pieces of plastic packaging are thrown away by UK households on a weekly basis. Of that nearly 300 million pieces of this waste come from fruit and veg packaging, primarily from supermarkets. Selling some items in plastic packaging not only contributes to our use …