Climate protector and forest protester Violet CoCo, along with other forest defenders, is this morning defending swift parrot, masked owl and Tasmanian devil habitat in the Waykaywirinu/Central Highlands of Tasmania.
Beyond his growing Melbourne base, Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt has never inspired the same passion as the sainted Bob Brown, but his appearance at the National Press Club last week showed that unlike many modern politicians, he hasn't given up on the vision thing.
As vegan becomes the new green, many people are understanding that eating a plant-based diet has just as much to do with the climate emergency as it does with the death of earthlings for human use.
You can eat a plant-based diet and get plenty of protein. Like any balanced diet, if you eat properly you will get all the nutrients you need. This is the first article in our monthly Being Vegan series.
What’s your relationship with animals and food? In her latest comic Octopus & Lamb, illustrator Holly English explores animal rights in an intimate, accessible and sometimes humorous way.
Highlighting the significant reduction of green house gas emissions that the choice to go vegan can have, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have urged the Byron shire council ‘to take a bite out of climate change by serving only vegan food at official meetings, functions and other events.’
Ashley Fruno, associate director, PETA Australia.
Good news! The price of red meat will soar over the next two years, according to Meat and Livestock...
An advertisement encouraging people to eat lamb on Australia Day, starring popular SBS newsreader Lee Lin Chin and long-time lamb consumption advocate Sam Kekovich, which was criticised for inciting hatred towards vegans, has been given the all-clear.
Byron and Bangalow Farmers Markets are two of the longest-running farmers’ markets in Australia, and while much has changed since the first market was...
Similarities between the Bronze Age cultures of Denmark and Norway suggest people were making the journey from one place to the other. How did these ancient people cross the sea?
Early intervention, therapeutic support to address childhood trauma and mentoring to increase social and emotional skills reduce youth crime with the recent Senate Inquiry Report into Australia's Youth Justice and Incarceration system confirming that punitive responses do not work.
