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Nov 13, 2024 | 
perspectivemedia.com | Keggie Carew
On Good Friday, 21 March 1913, the writer Edward Thomas sets off on his bicycle from South London in pursuit of spring. In a downpour of rain he shelters under the canopy outside a bird shop beneath the meagre chirps of chaffinches in the row of tiny cages overhead. The “battered ones” cost a shilling; the sprucer ones, 1s 6d. Through the window he can see linnets (2s 6d) dash themselves against the bars of their six-inch cages.
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May 2, 2024 | 
newhumanist.org.uk | Keggie Carew
You have a struggling mammal in your mouth. You clamp your teeth into his wriggling furry warmness. Not good, oh no. All that squealing as the warm blood trickles down your chin. The terrified eye. You chew into silence. No, no, we don’t like to eat like this.
Our predatory nature is supported by the structure of our gut, 20 feet of small intestine to break down a (cooked) meat feast, in comparison to an ape’s intestines with a larger
colon, which deals with a primarily fibrous vegetarian diet.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
perspectivemedia.com | Keggie Carew
A naked woman in a pair of knee-high boots walks down a London street alongside Tory peer, Zac Goldsmith, her modesty protected only by her waist-length hair and strategically placed silhouettes of swifts. Why? Because she wants “swift bricks” made mandatory in all new-builds. And that’s how far you must go to bring attention to the environment.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
nextbigideaclub.com | Alexandra Horowitz |Tom Mustill |Keggie Carew |Gloria Dickie
Since the dawn of humankind, our lives have always been deeply connected to those of the animals around us. They have been our most fearsome predators and our closest companions. They have provided nourishment for our bodies and inspiration for our greatest myths and spiritual traditions. Animal lovers know how beautiful these diverse creatures are, and how much gratitude and respect we owe them.
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Jul 28, 2023 | 
journalgazette.net | Jennifer Ackerman |Greg Skomal |Frieda Hughes |Keggie Carew
These works about wildlife are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds”by Jennifer Ackerman Illuminating the rich biology and natural history of owls, the most elusive of birds, the New York Times bestselling author takes us around the globe and through human history to understand the complex nature of these extraordinary creatures.
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Jul 21, 2023 | 
nextbigideaclub.com | Emily Monosson |Keggie Carew |Chelsea Harvey Garner
Keggie Carew is an award-winning author and ecosystem rehabilitator. Her book, Dadland, won the 2016 Costa Biography Award. She and her husband have rewilded 24 acres at Underhill Wood Nature Reserve in England. There, they offer classes in nature stewardship and opportunities for people of all ages to engage with the outdoors.
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Jul 19, 2023 | 
lithub.com | Keggie Carew
In 2016 The New York Times ran the headline “Cow Who Escaped New York Slaughterhouse Finds Sanctuary.” That “Who” caught the eye of Peter Singer, and he was pleasantly surprised. The perspicacity of a cow’s dash for freedom from the jaws of death appears to have thrown the reporter and said cow out of the newspaper’s stylebook. Could this at last reflect a change in policy?
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May 14, 2023 | 
nextbigideaclub.com | Mark Williams |Danny Penman |Keggie Carew |Elizabeth M. Renieris
Elizabeth Renieris is Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. She is also a data protection and privacy lawyer. Her work focuses on the ethical and human rights implications of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, digital identity, and extended reality technologies. Below, Elizabeth shares 5 key insights from her new book, Beyond Data: Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse.
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May 12, 2023 | 
wheretheleavesfall.com | Keggie Carew
The evolutionary biologist E O Wilson used the word biophilia, love of life, to describe what he believed is our deep connection with the natural world and its other inhabitants. An innate and fundamental affinity rooted in our distant evolutionary past, when our existence alongside other creatures was closer and more intimate. It manifests in our desire, or need, to watch and be close to other forms of life, and is rewarded by uncomplicated feelings of peace, joy and well-being.
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Apr 22, 2023 | 
newsbreak.com | Keggie Carew
History is all too human—busy with battles, emperors, and land grabs. Yet, it is our relationship with animals that has changed the face of the planet, as far back as our mammoth-hunting days 30,000 years ago. We went where the meat went, following herd migrations of animals like mammoth to the vast frigid grasslands of the steppe that stretched across the northern hemisphere from central France to Alaska, the largest terrestrial biome on the planet. The soils were fertile, and the foraging rich.
