Imagine losing 65 billion and keeping your job

The U-turn on the 45p rate will only reduce Kwarteng’s unfunded tax cuts by £2bn a year out of a total package worth £45bn. This is the real distraction. Can we please plaster this all over the internet? theguardian.com/business/2022/…

Meet Emilie Filou, the storyteller behind our summer ’22 Human & Nature story, “Insect Rebellion.” In this interview, Emilie tells us why Americans should embrace eating bugs (and not just on Fear Factor reruns). Check it out here: buff.ly/3e0nzZw

Great idea. The problem we have found on mid-haul routes (eg UK to Spain/France) is that flying remains, by far, the cheapest option (and to say nothing of the time it takes). Governments need to promote flight-free alternatives much more aggressively. theguardian.com/business/2022/…

We had a lovely evening hosting Yum Bug & Emilie Filou last week as part of our Social Cinema Screenings! Tickets are available for upcoming events here: socialcinemalondon.square.site Next month there's a workshop with the Blackhorse Responders & a screening of Spaceship Earth.

It is World Edible Insect Day today! Didn't know? Me neither! Until I started researching this fascinating topic. If you're curious, check out this piece I wrote for Hidden Compass & consider supporting it #WorldEdibleInsectDay hiddencompass.net/story/insect-r…

Please spread the word. We are offering full scholarships for students from Africa who are interested in coming to Cambridge University for their postgraduate studies. postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/funding-overvi…

The best radio docu I have heard this year: how the war in Ukraine is uprooting one of French colonialism's deepest legacies in Senegal: la baguette. It is a story of globalisation, colonialism, identity & food security, beautifully told by Tim Whewell bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Isn’t nature beautiful? Thanks to @organiclea I learnt a new word today: phyllotaxis, the arrangement of leaves on a stem, seen here in all its spiral glory on a Romanesco cauliflower. Also, yum.

"We need to become food numerate." Fascinating piece by George Monbiot on confronting the climate hot potato that is livestock production. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Over 600 #FossilFuel lobbyists have been granted access to the #COP27 climate talks – that’s 25% more than last year. Why are they still being granted access to decision-makers during the week they’ll decide how the world will fight the #ClimateCrisis? #KickPollutersOut

Still thinking about George Monbiot's article the other day. It reminded me of seaspiracy and the initial question Ali Tabrizi set out to answer: why is no one suggesting we should eat less seafood? Why indeed do we find messages encouraging less consumption so hard to embrace?

It's #WaterDay at #COP27. The water sector accounts for 5% of methane emissions, 80% of which comes from on-site sanitation. This is an opportunity to improve sanitation for the poorest AND fight climate change. Join the discussion today with Global Water Intel register.gotowebinar.com/register/15559…

So impressed he made it this far into his segment 😂

The first lady who didn't want to be. Fascinating portrait of Irina Karamanos, the partner of Chile's President Gabriel Boric, and her quest to end the role of First Lady. By Samantha Schmidt in The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/…

It looks like I might actually have to start posting on Instagram 🙄. Or even join Mastodon. Shame. I loved Twitter but it won't be the same without y'all.

Never been much of a Chartreuse fan myself but I love the Carthusian monks' stand against the pressures of consumerism. Also, if you're ever in the Alps, go and see the Monastery: you can't go in but the location is stunning and serenely peaceful #slowfood everydaydrinking.com/p/where-has-al…

Good summary by Karin Kirk in Climate Connections of the #Montana youth climate trial. Whatever the outcome, my sense is that it will remain a milestone in our global consciousness of the impact of the climate emergency. tinyurl.com/muxtcpku

Love the fact that Africa is starting to protect its culinary treasures. What is next on the list? Chocolate? Fufu? Oh what I would give for a plate of fufu sauce arachide 😋jeuneafrique.com/1468436/econom…