How we reach an Animal- & Nature-Friendly Future On Friday 16th September our wonderful Patron, Deborah Meaden joined me on stage with presenter and journalist, Matt Stadlen to discuss how kindness and compassion were prerequisites of a nature-friendly future. The event, in the historic Sheldonian Theatre, as part of the…

If We’re Serious About the Climate Emergency, Then Being Cruel Can No Longer be an Option ‘Code red for humanity’ is how the UN Secretary-General described the latest scientific warnings about climate change. ‘The alarm bells are deafening and the evidence is irrefutable’, said António Guterres, ‘with the effects impacting…

“Code red for humanity” is how the UN Secretary-General described the latest scientific warnings about climate change. “The alarm bells are deafening and the evidence is irrefutable”, said António Guterres, “with the effects impacting every region on Earth, putting billions of people at immediate risk, with many changes becoming irreversible”. Stark warnings indeed, issued in the run-up to last year’s UN Climate Change Conference hosted in Glasgow, but what does it have to do with being kind to animals? Well, everything.

ast year I had the privilege of being a United Nations Food Systems Champion and amongst the many people I met was Marie-Claire Graf, a climate youth activist and United Nations Youth Climate Champion. …

WHY LIFE ISN’T A COMPETITION BETWEEN PEOPLE AND ANIMALS This has been a big week for me with the launch of my latest book, Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-friendly Future. It’s always a mighty relief seeing three years of your life finally in print. As well as…

This has been a big week for me with the launch of my latest book, Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-friendly Future. It’s a mighty relief, seeing three years of your life finally in print. …

In his new book Sixty Harvests Left, Scotsman columnist and CEO of Compassion in World Farming Philip Lymbery argues that industrial farming methods are endangering the planet and only by returning to sustainable methods, along with a huge reduction in the consumption of meat, can we avert a global disaster. Early morning, and distant trees were silhouetted against a reddening sky. A veil of mist hung above the frost-brushed pasture. Birdsong was rising with flutily interweaving notes. On our front lawn, a male pheasant, resplendent with long tail and fancy headdress, pecked at spilt seeds. Jackdaws jostled with mallards for…

This is a rather personal blog for me, because yesterday saw the launch of my third book, Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future. It’s been the culmination of three years of painstaking work, through Covid and beyond.

At the crime scene, there was much finger-pointing and chatter about the assailant’s entry and exit. The side of a wooden house had been ripped off. And after a smash-and-grab raid, no doubt prompted by the delicious smell of cooking rice, this powerful perpetrator had fled back into the forest. Villagers were already dreading his return. “He’ll be back every three months,” said the village leader…