The Bank of England has announced that the new £50 note will be comprised of a plastic polymer containing tallow, an animal fat ingredient, despite provoking huge controversy amongst vegans and religious groups. We spoke […]
So much of what we hear about eco-anxiety revolves around lowering our carbon footprint, the conservation of our precious natural resources in the air and in the water, or the need to figure out what […]
A market survey has been received from a correspondent in Serbia, regarding the country’s market for vegan products across different sectors.
The grassroots community group Vegans of Beijing, which aims to raise awareness about plant-based living in the country’s capital, is now part of a advocacy platform maintained by Plant Based Consulting.
The German magazine SPIEGEL recently commissioned ecologist Joseph Poor of the University of Oxford, UK, to calculate the carbon footprint of a German vegan. The results showed that vegans produce nine tons of greenhouse gases […]
A recent study by the global ticketing and event platform Eventbrite examines the German festival landscape and the changing needs of festival-goers. A key finding of the cross-sectional survey is that German visitors would like […]
The team behind BRIGHT Zine, an ethical lifestyle magazine, is opening an exclusive members’ club featuring a co-working and events space in east London. Opening in June 2019, The BRIGHT Club will give members access to […]
A study conducted by Wellwoman Vegan has found that almost half of Irish consumers would consider converting to veganism in order to help the environment.
Tesco stores around the UK from today have either removed the fresh meat and fish counters or reduced their operating hours to one or two days per week.
India joins the list of countries in the running to produce cruelty-free meat with its first laboratory meat project which took off in April this year. With initial funding of Rs 4.5 crore by the […]
New data reveals UK greenhouse gas emissions could be cut by up to 8.4% a year swapping red meat to plant-based just once a week, and that 42% of UK consumers are already looking to […]
Natalie Portman delivered a pro-vegan speech to 16,000 students at this year’s WE Day in California, which took place on April 25th. The annual youth activist event is held in 17 cities across the United […]
M&S, as it is known in the UK, is a major British multinational retailer that has recently taken a step backwards in the vegan world, after a customer noticed a beef ingredient in its fruit […]
Berlin University opens the first purely vegan canteen, which is being built in the capital’s Technical University. The student union announced that the facility would officially begin operations on 23 April. Due to the increasing […]
Wal-Mart will work with Qishan Foods to create plant-based meat products for the Chinese market – making this one of the most important steps towards mainstreaming plant-based meat in China, that we have heard of in recent months.
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