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Iceland Just Held a Funeral for its First Glacier Lost to Climate Change

We’re losing to global warming and Mother Nature is not impressed. Iceland commemorated the death of its Okjökull – a glacier spanning 16sq km (6.2 square miles) in 1892 but reduced to a mere 0.7sq km (0.2 square miles) in 2012. The glacier was declared dead in 2014 and its glacier tag, jökull, was dropped …

Vegans angry with UK supermarket for replacing bacon with carrot in BLT sandwiches

Morrisons in its zest to offer vegans variety introduced a variation on the classic BLT sandwich by substituting bacon with carrot, but the move has backfired and left passionate vegans fuming. The CLT also includes tomatoes, lettuce and vegan mayo, along with the smoky carrot strips all sandwiched between malted bread. It costs £2.20 and …

Millie Bobby Brown launches vegan cruelty free beauty brand

Millie Brown is the latest actor to join the beauty bandwagon with her own cosmetic line, Florence by Mills, following the likes of Selena Gomez, Kylie Jenner, Ciara and Hailey Bieber. She states that she wants to have a brand that “represents individuality”. She unveiled the brand through a promotional video on Instagram featuring young …

Nike’s new vegan Air Max 90 sneakers made with sawdust

Nike collaborates with Maharishi to introduce its Vegan Air Max 90s made from reused sawdust, recycled foam, and organic cotton to celebrate the opening of its flagship store in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood this week. The shoes bear signature features of both the brands.  The upper is available in ‘maha Olive’ dyed with pomegranate …

Creepy adult men are harassing teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter

This amazing teenager, Greta Thunberg, a Swedish climate change activist on a mission to stop global warming practices, is currently being trolled by many adults who don’t agree to her ways. Undeterred, Thunberg is going strong in her quest and actively participates in international forums to be heard.   As per The Mary Sue report, she …

San Francisco airport is banning plastic water bottles today

In line with San Francisco International Airport’s (SFO) five-year strategic plan launched in 2016, the airport will no longer sell plastic water bottles from today.   Flyers will now have to carry their own refillable bottles made of aluminum, glass or certified compostable materials – or buy them on-site. This ban is further to the airport’s …

NEW plant-based Rebel Whopper released by Burger King in Brazil

This meatless patty produced by meat giant Marfrig will be on the menu in 58 stores in São Paulo from September 10th. After launching its plant based – Impossible Whopper – in all of its 7,200 US stores last month; Burger King has decided to trial a plant-based patty by the world’s largest producer of …

Record Turnout as over 12,000 activists attend the Animal Rights March in London

The yearly event was organized for the 3rd time by vegan activist collective Surge and volunteer movement Animal Rebellion – a mass volunteer movement that campaigns to end animal agriculture and uses non-violent civil disobedience tactics to be heard.  The rally marched through London from Hyde Park towards Parliament Square, and halted at Trafalgar Square …

Over 600 cats rescued from slaughterhouse in China

Volunteers of the HSI managed to save over 620 cats that they believed were stolen and locked up in steel cages in a contaminated truck bound for a slaughterhouse in Nanjing, China. The cats, some of which still had their owners’ collars on were visibly distraught, malnourished, and dehydrated. They were crammed in stuffy cages with little …

Vegan presidential candidate Cory Booker’s responses to anti-vegan trolls are brilliant

Earlier this year, vegan senator Cory Booker launched a campaign to become the next US president in 2020. The 49-year-old Democratic senator for New Jersey would unsurprisingly be the first vegan president in the US. Vegans celebrated his announcement earlier this year, excited by the prospect of a vegan holding one of the most powerful …

Campaigners furious as depressed, underweight elephant dies alone after 43 years in a zoo

After 43 years of solitude the ‘saddest elephant in the world’ has died alone in a zoo. The story of Flavia’s life is undeniably heart-breaking. The Indian elephant was separated from her herd and brought to Cordoba Zoo, Spain, at the age of just three. Flavia never recovered from the heartache of losing her family. …

Russell Brand announces he’s gone vegan after baking a biscuit vagina on GBBO

Russell Brand has announced he has ditched dairy and is adopting a vegan diet (again). The British comedian was in a typically disruptive mood on cooking show The Great British Bake Off this week, where he crafted a vagina made from biscuits. The celebrity episode titled Stand Up To Cancer also featured comic Jon Richardson, …