What’s Going On Here? Fast food giants, McDonalds, have announced that they are trialling Vegan Nuggets, (sorry, McNuggets) across restaurants in Norway. Do People Want To Eat Vegan Nuggets? If the reaction is anything similar to the vegan sausage roll that Greggs launched for Veganuary in then yes. A third of British people have now stopped or reduced their meat eating, according to the supermarket Waitrose.…
Grin and Gin! In a bid to prevent an estimated 166 million rogue grapes from being wasted, fruit supplier Richard Hochfield and Foxhole Spirits have teamed up to create Hyke Gin. A Cocktail for Success? Hyke Gin is made from table grapes (not the wine type). Every year the UK imports hundreds of tonnes of grapes from abroad including Egypt, South Africa and…
What’s Going On Here? Record numbers of curious.earthlings have signed up for “Veganuary”, and the ease at which the switch is made has become even easier as Greggs launches its latest bakey snack: The Vegan Sausage Roll. What Does This Mean? Veganuary – the act of giving up animal products (often just food) for January, has seen 250,000 people sign up in over…
What’s Going On Here? A New Zealand climate change group has been tasked with working out how its country’s farmers should pay for their emissions. The move comes as the government aims to cut the release of agricultural gases in a bid to make New Zealand a zero carbon economy by 2050. What Does This Mean? The likely solution will be a…
The Future of Sustainable Beer? Here at curious.earth Towers we like beer. Not too much beer. Just a bit of beer now and then. We want to share with you something beer-related that we’re interested in. That thing is genetically engineered yeast. Let us explain. Beer needs hops. And hops need loads of water, which for the eco-conscious is – ironically –…
What’s Going On Here? Across the globe, researchers have created the first automated snapshot of industrial fishing’s environmental impacts by tracking the movements of fishing vessels using emergency beacons on ships. And the impacts are BIIIG — bigger than scientists thought, according to a new study. What Does This Mean? Too much fishing that’s what, with 55% of the oceans being used for…
