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https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-beauty/article/2133602/vegan-food-startups-egg-substitute-hong-kong-test-market

Taste test: vegan startup’s eggless eggs, new to Hong Kong menusHong Kong’s Li Ka-shing is among the investors in Just, whose Just Scramble, made using mung beans, could be key to delivering cheap, nutritious food to world’s growing population, says its Silicon Valley co-founder Josh Tetrick; we give it a taste test

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/2149394/vegan-meat-substitute-asia-has-been-waiting-pork

Hong Kong-developed plant-based ‘pork’ passes chefs’ taste testsGood for xiaolongbao, and steamed, fried and baked dishes, plant-based ‘pork’ suits Asian palates more than vegan ‘chicken’ and ‘beef’; developed by a Hong Kong social enterprise, it could satisfy a global appetite for meat alternatives

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/2158077/vegan-fried-chicken-made-wheat-gluten-meat-substitute

West 'discovers' seitan, a meat substitute in China since 6th centuryDiners queue outside the Temple of Seitan, a London takeaway restaurant, for crispy wings, burgers and nuggets that look and feel like there’s chicken inside. They’re made of something called seitan – so what’s this wheat meat all about?

https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/2163060/apostles-veganism-china-find-ready-and-growing-audience

The vegans in China spreading plant-based diet messageVegan converts in Beijing and Shanghai are spreading the message through social media groups, film screenings, restaurant events and holding vegan challenges

“The most obvious [skirting of serious issues] is the fishing industry, which turns the astonishing life forms the rest of the [Blue Planet] series depicted into seafood. Throughout the oceans, this industry, driven by our appetites and protected by governments, is causing cascading ecological collapse. Yet the only fishery the programme featured…[Read more]

We won’t save the Earth with a better kind of disposable coffee cup | George MonbiotWe must challenge the corporations that urge us to live in a throwaway society rather than seeking ‘greener’ ways of maintaining the status quo, says George Monbiot

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2018/sep/07/renewal-the-watchword-for-women-and-wildlife-alike-in-mozambique-video

Healing the scars of war: the women rebuilding Mozambique's national park - videoMozambique's Gorongosa park was destroyed in the crossfire of the country's civil war. Now women are leading the way in its regeneration, helping to heal the scars left by the conflict

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2018/sep/07/women-gorongosa-national-park-healing-scars-of-war-mozambique

Women lead the charge in healing scars of war in Mozambique wildlife park | Claudine Spera and Irene BaquéDecimated by the civil war, Gorongosa national park is being coaxed back to life, and with it comes the promise of a brighter future for the area’s young girls

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2018/sep/07/how-will-bleeding-vegan-burger-fare-across-uk-pubs-vegan

How will 'bleeding' vegan burger fare across UK pubs?Some Dog and Partridge regulars question the point, but overall the vegan menu has been a hit

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/trevor-the-lonely-duck-gets-tiny-island-of-niue-in-a-flap

Trevor the lonely duck gets tiny island of Niue in a flapArrival of lone bird has surprised and delighted Pacific atoll’s residents who bring food and spend time topping up its puddle

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/07/experience-i-run-a-hospice-for-animals

Experience: I run a hospice for animalsI provide care for however long they have left, so they do not have to take their final steps alone

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/07/tv-wildlife-enthusiast-johnny-kingdom-killed-in-digger-accident

TV wildlife enthusiast Johnny Kingdom killed in digger accidentThe 79-year-old who came to fame in A Year on Exmoor has died in his beloved Devon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/mother-and-toddler-son-critically-injured-after-giraffe-attack

Mother and toddler critically injured after giraffe attackAmerican scientist and three-year-old son trampled at wildlife reserve in South Africa

http://click.mail.theguardian.com/?qs=15d6bce7b496c9967d249662da3cb93de2d8c2c6831adff3f5808056ca363f7add4b776fd233e1daf60b48bbde3800c6

Most of countryside now devoid of hedgehogs, study findsSomething ‘fundamentally wrong’ in rural landscape, scientists say, with numbers thought to have fallen 80% since 1950s

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2018/sep/07/london-fashion-week-vows-to-be-fur-free?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Green+Light+2016&utm_term=285147&subid=26212650&CMP=EMCENVEML1631

London fashion week vows to be fur-freeBritish Fashion Council says LFW in September will be first of big fashion weeks to ditch animal fur

https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-supreme-court-puts-greyhound-racing-measure-back-on-ballot/23030210

Florida Supreme Court puts greyhound racing measure back on ballotA greyhound-racing ban is back on the November ballot following a ruling Friday from the Florida Supreme Court.

https://www.ecojustice.ca/pressrelease/conservation-groups-take-ministers-to-court-to-protect-endangered-killer-whales/