House finches in Mexico City use discarded cigarette butts in the lining of their nests to fend of parasites, Herre de Bondt tells us more abut this interesting behaviour and some of its potentially worrisome impacts. Recorded: 30 October 2023. Featured: All that breathesLively Cities by Maan Barua.Killer Cities by Nigel Thrift.An …continue
Jonina (@JoninaTurzi) is cofounder of Lancaster Farm Sanctuary, a volunteer district leader for HSUS, & a doctor of physical therapy & yoga educator.In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?”Sentientism is “evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” The video of …continue
Interested in keeping chicken poop out of your garden? If we want to overhaul the food system, we are going to have to start from the ground up, literally. This week, Meg Kelly of the Veganic Summit joins us to share her tips and tricks for converting your garden, or …continue
Send us a textIn this episode, we chat with Jason Zakwelski, a high school chemistry teacher and host of The Science Pawdcast, where he blends his love for science and pets. Jason shares hilarious stories from his classroom, the science behind his viral social media account featuring his dogs, and …continue
Hablamos con la Magistrada de la Audiencia Provincial de Murcia, Concepción Roig, sobre el probado vínculo que existe entre el maltrato animal y la violencia interpersonal, así como sobre, en palabras de la propia Magistrada, “el tímido respaldo legislativo” que va recibiendo este vínculo. Analizamos algunas propuestas legislativas que la Coordinadora de Profesionales por …continue
Bonus: Animals in MediaTogether with Arukah Animal International, The Animal Turn co-hosted a panel discussion focused on “Animals in Media”. Using a video about animalized hierarchies in contagion films as a prompt, Claire Parkinson, Susan McHugh, and Tobias Linné engaged in an open-ended about media, representation, power, and activism. Date …continue
Rune-Christoffer is an impressive person. In addition to being almost 10ft tall, he led the Vegetarian Society of Denmark’s efforts in getting the Danish government to invest over 110 million Euros in plant-based foods and develop an Action Plan to boost plant-based foods in the country. Given this is one of …continue
Rune-Christoffer is an impressive person. In addition to being almost 10ft tall, he led the Vegetarian Society of Denmark’s efforts in getting the Danish government to invest over 110 million Euros in plant-based foods and develop an Action Plan to boost plant-based foods in the country. Given this is one of …continue
