EU Sustainable Lifestyles Roadmap and Action Plan 2050 plus associated materials
Members may be interested in the various publications of the SPREAD project. This is an EU sponsored iniatiative that seeks to provide a social platform for research and engagement on sustainable...
View ArticlePresentation: Critique of policy measures to address recent food price crises
Category for mailing: Initiatives Beginning in 2007, the world has suffered three rounds of high food prices. These crises were caused by a variety of factors—from extreme weather events to civil...
View ArticleCan we cut out the meat of the dish? Constructing consumer-oriented pathways...
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles Schösler H, de Boer J, Boersema JJ. (2012) Can we cut out the meat of the dish? Constructing consumer-oriented pathways towards meat substitution....
View ArticleWRI Working Paper: Creating a sustainable food future – The great balancing act
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This working paper from the World Resources Institute (WRI) prepared for the forthcoming World Resources Report discusses how the increased demand...
View ArticleEating Better Policy Briefing
Category for mailing: Reports Eating Better, an alliance of organisations advocating for ‘less and better’ meat consumption, has launched its policy recommendations to promote healthy sustainable...
View ArticleNew Paper: Putting Back Meaning into “Sustainable Intensification”
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This paper critiques the concept of sustainable intensification as follows: “Though often lauded by scientists and policy makers alike as a panacea...
View ArticleStorify report from debate - Feeding Britain: Can we do it sustainably?”
Category for mailing: Reports This debate, held on 8 July 2014 and hosted by the Green Alliance, discussed the question “Feeding Britain: Can we do it sustainably?” It focused on how prepared...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Emission Estimates of U.S. Dietary Choices and Food Loss
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This paper looks at the environmental costs of food production and consumption. It offers an updated account of the GHG emissions associated with...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Transition in Diet, Activity, Body Composition and...
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This set of papers reports on findings from the most recent undertaking of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). The CHNS is a long-term...
View ArticleBook: Food Ethics: The Basics
Category for mailing: Books Food Ethics: The Basics provides an introduction to the ethical dimensions of the production and consumption of food. It offers an impartial exploration of the most...
View ArticleChinas Growing appetite For Pork
Category for mailing: Resources In his article in TheEconomist, it is argued that China’s insatiable appetite for pork is not only a symbol of the country’s rise, but also a danger to the world from a...
View ArticleOnline knowledge platform for sustainable food value chains
Category for mailing: Resources FAO has launched a new online platform, which provides access to resources on developing sustainable food value chains (SFVC).The goal is for SFVC development to...
View ArticleThe potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the UK through healthy...
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This study focuses on UK diets. It finds that if in average diets conformed to WHO recommendations, associated GHG emissions would be reduced by...
View ArticleTwo methods for jointly evaluating environmental impact and nutritional...
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This paper presents two ways of including environmental and nutritional aspects in the sustainability assessment of diets. Three diets were assessed...
View ArticleGlobal diets link environmental sustainability and human health –new study...
Category for mailing: Journals and Journal Articles This major study compiles and analyses global-level data to assess relationships among diet, environmental sustainability and human health. It...
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