by Marilyn Cornelius let’s begin today the path to life is through life beautiful organic and vegan farming is veganic: with animals free to live full lives not as commodities but as individuals in a world rapidly warming we need love not slaughter we need| Seed the Commons
When the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced last October that it planned to build closer ties with CropLife International, the trade body of the pesticide industry, civil society and environmental organizations jumped into action. Eleven international organizations| Seed the Commons
On Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) titled Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. The report reaffirms Seed the Commons’ position that animal exploitation is simultaneously a significant driver of climate| Seed the Commons
The United Nations is hosting a Food Systems Summit this September as well as a pre-summit this week. Last November, Seed the Commons joined hundreds of civil society organizations to condemn the partnership between the FAO and Croplife, a pesticide lobby group. Unfortunately, the United Nations| Seed the Commons
This article was originally published on CounterPunch.Earth Day comes and goes every year but nothing seems to really change. We are still headed for climate catastrophe, we are still in the midst of a mass extinction, we are still losing our topsoil at an alarming rate. It is time to center| Seed the Commons
The world is teetering on the brink of environmental catastrophes, including global warming and biodiversity collapse, that are spoken about but not tackled with the urgency they require. The solution starts right below our feet: our soil. Rebuilding this precious resource should be one of our| Seed the Commons
By Tara Katlyn Because honey is profitable, the honey industry has created the misconception that stealing honeybees’ food source somehow benefits them. In reality, the honey industry harms not only the honeybees, but also other species of bees and pollinators. In the US, the honey industry is| Seed the Commons
“Point Reyes National Seashore is a unique fragment of wild California. Rare bunch grasses and wildflowers, Tule elk and spawning salmon are among more than 1,500 plant and animal species that depend on these national parks. Of these, more than 50 animal species and 50 plant species at Point Reyes Seashore are listed as rare, threatened, or endangered. Millions of visitors arrive annually to experience the wild Pacific coast, wind-swept grassy vistas, and landscapes that still hold remn...| Seed the Commons
The Global Climate Action Summit that took place in San Francisco on September 12-14 aimed to inspire commitments from local governments to tackle climate change and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. On the Saturday before the summit, thirty thousand people converged at the largest climate| Seed the Commons
Next week, San Francisco will host the Global Climate Action Summit, a gathering of government and UN officials, leaders from the business sector and civil society that aims to inspire commitments to tackle climate change. It will be the largest gathering of the sort, and in response, a large| Seed the Commons