The single biggest thing that we could all do to tackle our climate crisis is to change what we eat. The science is clear, and it’s beautifully simple – eat mostly plants. With mounting evidence that cutting back on meat and dairy is better for our planet and for our health, is it largely habit…
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Notes on ingredients
Are any of you, like us, slightly overwhelmed by the choice of products in supermarkets these days? A quick dash to pick up a few essentials and you find yourself in a quagmire of decisions about sustainability… is the packaging reusable, or plastic-free, or at least recyclable? Where was this grown, or made, and how…
Inspiring a nation to act
David Attenborough’s latest BBC documentary, Climate Change – The Facts (watch it on YouTube), has shocked me all over again by laying bare the reality of our changing climate and the impacts that are already here. Devastating extreme weather, rising seas, risks to food availability… it’s a terrible legacy to be leaving in our wake…
Caught in milky headlights
If you’re starting to cook or bake without using dairy products, it can be overwhelming to trawl through the myriad of plant-based alternatives on offer. When it comes to milk, most supermarkets now stock numerous brands of soy, almond, oat, coconut, and rice milks. If, like us, you chose to replace dairy products for environmental…
Why Kitchen 1.5?
Just a month ago, the United Nations annual climate negotiations were kicking off in Poland. The primary goal of this 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) was to set in stone a ‘rule book’ for international climate action under the Paris Agreement. How are we, as a global community, going to limit the rise in…
Changing our relationship with food will help tackle climate change
Our climate is changing because of human activities. As we burn fossil fuels for energy, we are emitting greenhouse gases into our atmosphere that are trapping more energy from the sun and causing our planet to heat up. At the same time, we’re changing the landscape for livestock, forestry, and agriculture, and tearing down the…
Starting with delicious
Food is the highlight of the day for us, and it has been ever since the chubby cheeked baby versions of ourselves uttered our first words. For me it was ‘more’ and for Drew (slightly more sophisticated) it was ‘chocolate cake’. It’s exciting, comforting, necessary. It makes us happy. Food also has a big impact…
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