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10 inspiring environmental victories of 2021
Hope is a natural resource too, and it can sometimes feel in short supply. Here are 10 important and inspiring wins for people and the planet from this year.
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Meat marketing: We’re not loving it
The marketing playbook used by the meat industry is no different from the one deployed by tobacco or alcohol marketeers in decades past. Isn’t it about time to regulate advertising for the well-being of the planet and apply similar restrictions to meat marketing too?
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Carbon offsets are a scam
Carbon offsetting is truly a scammer's dream scheme. We need real climate not action, not greenwashing.
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COP26 methane reduction pledge dodges need for fossil fuel cuts
“All roads end up pointing to the need to eliminate fossil fuels from our energy system and phasing out industrial meat and dairy from our diets as soon as possible. This announcement dodges what’s needed.”
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Better food systems: Connecting farmers and consumers
Our current global food system is not sustainable. But communities such as Good Food Community in the Philippines are fighting back with alternative food solutions that are good for people and the environment.
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Ecological agriculture: a healthy system that’s good for people and the forest
Traditional farming practices revived by Indigenous Peoples show there are solutions to industrial agriculture that puts people and nature first.
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Better food systems: Championing heirloom rice
Langit Collective promotes and sells heirloom rice produced by the Lun Bawang community in Sarawak, Malaysia, to help support the livelihoods of farmers, encourage sustainable farming and preserve seeds that have been passed down through generations.
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Inaction over illegal palm oil in Indonesia’s megadiverse forest estate jeopardises people and planet
The implications of Indonesia prioritizing oil palm plantation expansion over forest landscapes remain disastrous for Indigenous and traditional communities, and for addressing the global climate crisis.
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Building better food systems for people and nature
As part of World Food Day, we present the first in a series of stories that spotlights individuals and small organisations helping to build food sovereignty and sustainable farming practices, support smallholding farmers and Indigenous people, and fight climate change.
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4 myths about industrial agriculture
Industrial agriculture wants you to believe that we need large-scale production of livestocks and crops full of pesticides to feed the world. But there are better, more sustainable and healthy ways to produce food that puts people and the planet first.