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we are animal-friendly travellers

Ulrike 30 January 2024 Leave a Comment

we are animal-friendly travellers

What does it mean to be an animal-friendly traveller?

Being an animal-friendly traveller means prioritising the well-being and ethical treatment of animals during your trips. We are not referring to travelling with your pet, we are referring to all other animals in the world which might be impacted by our behaviour, commercially or in the wilderness.

Here are some tips to help with being a responsible and compassionate traveller:

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Filed Under: Animal Justice, Animal Protection, Animal Welfare, We Live Like This

12 top tips for living an animal friendly lifestyle

Ulrike 10 November 2023 Leave a Comment

12 top tips for living an animal friendly lifestyle

What do animals mean to us?

Living with an animal increases our emotional wellbeing and provides companionship. Animals evoke emotions in us. Their innocence is universally appealing.  That is why they are used in advertising all the time.  Most people love animals generally or a specific type of animal in particular. The most common relationship between the humans and animals is of course with domesticated animals like cats and dogs. There are millions of illustrations of it across the world.

It is no wonder then that animal welfare is high on the agenda and organisations working for and with animals often do well.

Living an animal-friendly lifestyle involves making choices that don’t harm animals and, on the contrary, promote their well-being and contribute to a more compassionate world.

12 tips for living an animal friendly lifestyle

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Vegan Lifestyle, Vegetarian Lifestyle, We Live Like This

how to save the world one plant and animal at a time

Ulrike 30 October 2023 Leave a Comment

how to save the world one plant and animal at a time

The turning point

We are at a turning point and it often seems that not enough is being done, especially by Governments at all levels. Elected Government representative should be spearheading social and environmental issues. Instead of doing that, the law and it’s implementation safeguarding our natural world are lagging behind, not just a little bit either, a lot!

Individual and collective action

Saving the world one plant and animal at a time is not rocket science and it looks like it’s up to us to lead the way. It involves taking individual and collective actions which contribute to the conservation and sustainability of ecosystems.

Here are some practical steps you can take to make a positive impact:

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Conscious Consumerism, Conservation, Ecological Footprint, Sustainable Development

It is National Eucalypt Day!

Ulrike 23 March 2017 Leave a Comment

It is National Eucalypt Day!

There is a day for absolutely anything you may think and yes, naming a national day for a cause is a frequently employed marketing strategy. Why? Because it can be a very effective to raise awareness – hopefully it will work for the National Eucalypt Day as well!

Ghost Gum

Ghost Gum a painting by Albert Namatjira

The National Eucalypt Day is an initiative of the Bjarne K Dahl Trust. It aims to raise awareness of the iconic gum tree and celebrate the important place they hold in the hearts and lives of Australians.

Eucalypts are the epitome of the Australian landscape:

Eucalypts, commonly known as gum trees, form an integral part of the Australian identity with the bush. From the children’s song Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree through to the distinctive smell of eucalypts to iconic paintings and photographs, eucalypts are an essential part of Australian culture, featuring in art, music and literature. Quoted from http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/eucalypts

 

Koala and Gum Tree

Koala and Gum Tree

The gum tree is essential for the Australian landscape and for many animals – including the equally iconic Koala. We need to preserve eucalypts and there was a symposium about this very issue, read more here: http://www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au/conserving-eucalypts-symposium

The Australian Koala Foundation has released a tree planting list – of course, to be useful for Koalas, trees have to be planted in groups and need to be connected to other Koala habitat.

Let’s celebrate the Australian gum tree today and ensure they are here for future generations.

 

Further information:

Eucalypt Australia is a grant making Charitable Trust that focuses on eucalypts – a significant aspect of Australia’s natural environment and biodiversity. The Trust would like to inspire the public to appreciate eucalypts.  It used to operated under the name of Bjarne K Dahl Trust as it was set up by his estate.

 

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Biodiversity, Conservation, Environmental Protection, Social Change, Sustainable Development Tagged With: green, sustainable development

World Animal Day 4 October

Ulrike 3 October 2015 4 Comments

World Animal Day 4 October

Did you know that there is such a day as World Animal Day? And that this week is also ‘Be Kind to Animals Week’?

Each of us can make a big difference to animals.  Rather than harping on about the state of animals around the world today I will let the wonderful initiatives that various people have founded to celebrate animals speak for themselves:

Check out the Be Kind To Animals Week website which is a bounty of resources for schools and others who simply wish to care for animals.

The top 10 ways to help animals according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). I don’t entirely agree with this list but it is good food for thought.

World Animal Day UK website – very cool site with lot’s of information!!

Check out the beautiful rescue animals – more than 300 – who live at Edgar’s Mission in Victoria, Australia! That will put a smile on your dial! There are similar projects all around the world which are testimony to the many animal lovers out there who wish to create a fairer place for all animals, human and non-human! And maybe somebody will get inspired to set one up right now.

And last but by no means least, please watch the wonderful Avian Behaviourist Josh Cook : Thinking Outside the Cage and showing us how we could engage in a beautiful two way relationship with birds.

 

Happy World Animal Day everybody!!!

 

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Social Change Tagged With: animal welfare

From speciesism to compassionism

Ulrike 18 November 2014 3 Comments

From speciesism to compassionism

It’s time we exercised some compassion – we have become pretty sufficient at being passionate just about everything. Passionate about food, cooking, design, music our jobs and the list goes on.

Now it is time to be COMPASSIONATE and exercise compassion-ism!   Compassionism is the practice of compassion for ‘all living things’ as opposed to species-ism, a term which was coined in the mid 70 ties to describe ‘the idea that being human is a good enough reason for human animals to have greater moral rights than non-human animals’. On what basis? And why do we eat some and not other animals?

 Did you know that, every year 65 billion animals are raised and slaughtered for their meat. That’s nine animals for every person on Earth.

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Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Ecological Footprint, Social Change Tagged With: animal welfare, conscious living, consumerism, consumption, Food

Ulrike 30 September 2014 Leave a Comment

recommended reading for animal welfare reform

The following 3 books provide an entry point about different aspects and perspectives of our changing relationship to animals, the different attitudes to animals in different cultures, animal welfare issues in food production and related law reform.

The books are a must read for anybody with an interest in animal welfare. The 1st book is as relevant today as the day it was first published in 1975: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, Social Change Tagged With: animal welfare, conscious living, consumption, Food

A Sea Change for Animals through Law Reform?

Ulrike 28 September 2014 5 Comments

A Sea Change for Animals through Law Reform?

Between 250 and 300 babies are born every minute.

About 120 people die in the same time.

As the planet becomes more populated, more of us are aspiring to a middle class lifestyle with all its trappings – including the increased consumption of meat.

More people entering the middle classes = increased consumption

Consumption, including raising animals for meat puts enormous pressure on the environment and has led to questionable ‘farming’ practices.  As awareness of industrial scale factory farming methods increases, so too, does the opposition to “farming“ practices inconsiderate of the welfare of animals.

Recent publicity of abuse and cruelty to farm animals has put animal welfare on the public agenda and consumers are talking with their wallets.

Systemic change against animal cruelty!  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Social Change Tagged With: animal welfare, conscious living, consumerism, consumption, Food

How to Green your Easter

Ulrike 5 April 2014 16 Comments

How to Green your Easter

Not the St Patricks’ Day way, the treading lightly for the environment way. As they say, every little bit helps … so here are 5 easy ways to green your Easter:

1. Ditch Unnecessary Wrapping

Easter is one of the biggest holidays for chocolates and other types of sweets. These sweets are often wrapped in plastic and cardboard in addition to foil around chocolate Easter eggs for example.  Make choices that avoid unnecessary extra packing in addition to taking your own shopping bags. Go for minimal wrapping or buy in bulk. Even better, make your own, like these chocolate Easter eggs or this lovely Easter Lamb Cake.

2. The Easter Basket Case  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Ecological Footprint, Social Change Tagged With: consumerism, consumption, Food, green

Eat Less. Care More. Feel Good! How?

Ulrike 13 March 2014 1 Comment

Eat Less. Care More. Feel Good! How?

Go Meat Free for a Week! Why?

Can you believe that with an average consumption of 111.5kg per hear per annum Australia is ranked in the top three biggest meat-eating countries in the world per capita? I guess you can – Australians love their meat in all shapes and forms, be it on the BBQ, in a pie or on a Pizza! Nine out of 10 Australians don’t eat enough vegetables, yet when it comes to meat, Australians eat more than double the world average of 41.9kg per person.

This massive consumption of meat apparently compromises our health, and with global meat production predicted to double within six years in line with the growth of the middle classes, we know for a fact, it also raises serious concerns about long-term sustainability of the planet and animal welfare.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Biodiversity, Corporate Sustainability, Ecological Footprint, Fundraising, Social Change, Sustainable Development Tagged With: consumerism, consumption, Fundraising

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