This document discusses the links between energy, nutrition, gender, and health. It notes that energy is needed for cooking, boiling water, food storage and processing. A lack of sufficient and appropriate energy can negatively impact nutrition by reducing meals or shifting to less nutritious informal food vendors. It also discusses how gender impacts energy access, priorities, and burdens. Women disproportionately bear the physical burden of fuel collection. The document also examines the livelihoods and nutrition provided by urban informal food vendors, especially women, and how access to modern energy can help formalize and improve these enterprises. It calls for more gender-disaggregated data and gender audits to properly address these issues in energy policy and initiatives.
This document discusses improving human and environmental health in peri-urban areas through sustainable food systems. It notes that over half the world's population lives in cities, with rapid urbanization influencing consumption of less healthy, more environmentally intensive diets. The proposal is to work with 6 cities committed to reshaping their urban-peri-urban food systems through a research process involving system assessments, identifying and evaluating existing interventions, testing new interventions, and synthesizing results to scale up policies and tools. The goal is to improve diets, environmental health, social equity, and economic outcomes in both urban and rural areas.
The document discusses a presentation given at the University of Gloucestershire on exploring effective farming policies and prospects for an agricultural "Horticultural Belt" in Gloucestershire. It examines recommendations to establish a food strategy council and designate land areas as a Horticultural Belt to support small-scale, sustainable farming through a cooperative guild model. Future work would research farmer interest and consult stakeholders on opportunities for policy changes to support local food systems and agroecology.
Making sustainable food choices easier for consumersFrancois Stepman
This document discusses ways to make sustainable food choices easier for consumers. It outlines BEUC's vision of a sustainable food system that guarantees safe, affordable and healthy food for all while respecting the earth's capacity. The document notes that while consumers are concerned about food challenges, they struggle to make sustainable choices due to limited availability, higher prices and unclear labeling. It proposes several actions to address this, including: raising consumer awareness of food production; providing understandable labeling; cutting food waste through better date labeling and campaigns; and making healthy eating less challenging through supportive environments and increased availability of sustainable options. The document calls for ongoing consumer research to ensure solutions meet consumer needs.
Less sticks, more carrots: New directions for improving food safety in inform...ILRI
This document provides an overview and recommendations from a report on improving food safety in informal markets in low- and middle-income countries. It discusses the context of fragmented hybrid food systems and food safety deficiencies. Specifically, it describes poor physical environments, hygiene practices, and consumer protection in informal community marketplaces. The document advocates for less regulatory enforcement and more collaborative approaches like training, collective action, and incentives to motivate compliance. It recommends local interventions guided by central standards, and multisector partnerships to address challenges at scale through capacity building and differentiating approaches across contexts.
NHS Sustainability Day Liverpool CCG Road Show4 All of Us
Sustainability was on the menu once again as the Road show cycled it’s way to the North-West and arrived in Liverpool to a warm welcome. Delegates from across the city and throughout the North-West were on hand to participate in an inspiring day of presentations, knowledge sharing and motivation.
Sarah Dewar and Professor Maureen Williams, Deputy Chair NHS Liverpool CCG were on hand to deliver inspirational sessions focusing on debate, action and good practice. Delegates entering the event were asked to jot down what they wanted to take away from the day via post it notes which were then displayed on the entrance to the venue. Postcards were also handed out with delegates tasked with writing down what they will do on NHS Sustainability Day.
The morning session kick-started with Fiona Daly, Environmental Manager at Barts Health, discussing Sustainability Day on March 27th 2014. Fiona was followed by Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, University of Liverpool who spoke passionately on the city and the important role sustainability can play in improving healthcare and supporting the people of Liverpool. The morning session also saw presentations from Dr Tim Ballard, Vice-Chair of the RCGP who was on hand to address the role sustainability can play in general practice and supporting commissioning of health services.
The mid-morning session saw best-practice examples on a wide range of areas including waste and water. Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust were on hand to discuss their work with Carillion around the new development in the city.
The afternoon discussions saw delegates interacting with each other to identify solutions to the challenges they face around sustainable development. The day concluded with delegates outlining their promises via the postcards distributed earlier in the day.
It is these promises which will ensure NHS Sustainability Day 2014 is a success and the weight of expectation amongst the Liverpool delegates was high. Many of them leaving the venue inspired, motivated and enthused. It is through this motivation that the NHS has a chance to deliver huge change in the next few years via sustainable practice and with inspiration such as that seen in Liverpool we think the future is looking bright!
This document discusses the links between energy, nutrition, gender, and health. It notes that energy is needed for cooking, boiling water, food storage and processing. A lack of sufficient and appropriate energy can negatively impact nutrition by reducing meals or shifting to less nutritious informal food vendors. It also discusses how gender impacts energy access, priorities, and burdens. Women disproportionately bear the physical burden of fuel collection. The document also examines the livelihoods and nutrition provided by urban informal food vendors, especially women, and how access to modern energy can help formalize and improve these enterprises. It calls for more gender-disaggregated data and gender audits to properly address these issues in energy policy and initiatives.
This document discusses improving human and environmental health in peri-urban areas through sustainable food systems. It notes that over half the world's population lives in cities, with rapid urbanization influencing consumption of less healthy, more environmentally intensive diets. The proposal is to work with 6 cities committed to reshaping their urban-peri-urban food systems through a research process involving system assessments, identifying and evaluating existing interventions, testing new interventions, and synthesizing results to scale up policies and tools. The goal is to improve diets, environmental health, social equity, and economic outcomes in both urban and rural areas.
The document discusses a presentation given at the University of Gloucestershire on exploring effective farming policies and prospects for an agricultural "Horticultural Belt" in Gloucestershire. It examines recommendations to establish a food strategy council and designate land areas as a Horticultural Belt to support small-scale, sustainable farming through a cooperative guild model. Future work would research farmer interest and consult stakeholders on opportunities for policy changes to support local food systems and agroecology.
Making sustainable food choices easier for consumersFrancois Stepman
This document discusses ways to make sustainable food choices easier for consumers. It outlines BEUC's vision of a sustainable food system that guarantees safe, affordable and healthy food for all while respecting the earth's capacity. The document notes that while consumers are concerned about food challenges, they struggle to make sustainable choices due to limited availability, higher prices and unclear labeling. It proposes several actions to address this, including: raising consumer awareness of food production; providing understandable labeling; cutting food waste through better date labeling and campaigns; and making healthy eating less challenging through supportive environments and increased availability of sustainable options. The document calls for ongoing consumer research to ensure solutions meet consumer needs.
Less sticks, more carrots: New directions for improving food safety in inform...ILRI
This document provides an overview and recommendations from a report on improving food safety in informal markets in low- and middle-income countries. It discusses the context of fragmented hybrid food systems and food safety deficiencies. Specifically, it describes poor physical environments, hygiene practices, and consumer protection in informal community marketplaces. The document advocates for less regulatory enforcement and more collaborative approaches like training, collective action, and incentives to motivate compliance. It recommends local interventions guided by central standards, and multisector partnerships to address challenges at scale through capacity building and differentiating approaches across contexts.
NHS Sustainability Day Liverpool CCG Road Show4 All of Us
Sustainability was on the menu once again as the Road show cycled it’s way to the North-West and arrived in Liverpool to a warm welcome. Delegates from across the city and throughout the North-West were on hand to participate in an inspiring day of presentations, knowledge sharing and motivation.
Sarah Dewar and Professor Maureen Williams, Deputy Chair NHS Liverpool CCG were on hand to deliver inspirational sessions focusing on debate, action and good practice. Delegates entering the event were asked to jot down what they wanted to take away from the day via post it notes which were then displayed on the entrance to the venue. Postcards were also handed out with delegates tasked with writing down what they will do on NHS Sustainability Day.
The morning session kick-started with Fiona Daly, Environmental Manager at Barts Health, discussing Sustainability Day on March 27th 2014. Fiona was followed by Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, University of Liverpool who spoke passionately on the city and the important role sustainability can play in improving healthcare and supporting the people of Liverpool. The morning session also saw presentations from Dr Tim Ballard, Vice-Chair of the RCGP who was on hand to address the role sustainability can play in general practice and supporting commissioning of health services.
The mid-morning session saw best-practice examples on a wide range of areas including waste and water. Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust were on hand to discuss their work with Carillion around the new development in the city.
The afternoon discussions saw delegates interacting with each other to identify solutions to the challenges they face around sustainable development. The day concluded with delegates outlining their promises via the postcards distributed earlier in the day.
It is these promises which will ensure NHS Sustainability Day 2014 is a success and the weight of expectation amongst the Liverpool delegates was high. Many of them leaving the venue inspired, motivated and enthused. It is through this motivation that the NHS has a chance to deliver huge change in the next few years via sustainable practice and with inspiration such as that seen in Liverpool we think the future is looking bright!
This document outlines the agenda and presentations for a one-day workshop in Gisborne on tackling poverty. The workshop includes sessions on youth perspectives on poverty, national and local perspectives on poverty from Treasury and Victoria University, challenges and opportunities in tackling poverty, and observations on survey results and a discussion paper. Presenters will discuss concepts like the living standards framework, the impacts of poverty on health, data on poverty indicators in the Tairāwhiti region, the role of Treaty settlements in social and economic revitalization, and community-led approaches to tackling poverty.
Upscaling climate smart agriculture for poverty alleviation: ESPA-EBAFOSA wor...Marije Schaafsma
This presentation summarises the main findings of a synthesis of ESPA research on agriculture, relevant to the question: how can CSA be adapted and scaled up to include the most vulnerable people?
NHS sustainability day london roadshow october 2017Scott Buckler
Here are the key differences:
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers broadly to a company's initiatives to assess and take responsibility for how its actions affect wider society and the environment.
- Corporate Social Investment (CSI) refers specifically to targeted investments and partnerships that are designed to purposefully create social value and impact in communities, in addition to generating business value for the company.
- CSR initiatives are often more general programs and policies around ethics, values and sustainability. CSI initiatives have explicit social or environmental goals and metrics to measure outcomes and impact.
- CSI aims to align a company's social/environmental strategy with its core business goals through investments that create both social value and financial return for the company
The document discusses sustainable consumption and related myths and policy options. It begins by outlining the "internal conflict" consumers face between wanting to help society and the environment versus desires for branded goods. It then discusses different theories of consumption and how people consume for status. The document identifies four common myths about sustainable consumption: that it contradicts poverty reduction; that informed consumers will naturally consume sustainably; that economic growth always improves well-being; and that small actions will lead to big changes. It then outlines several policy options and areas to promote sustainable consumption from both supply and demand sides. The document concludes by discussing some global UNEP initiatives related to sustainable lifestyles and consumption.
NHS Sustainability Day 2016 Nottingham Road Show4 All of Us
March 26th this year saw over 300 healthcare organisations take action to promote sustainability and increase public health awareness and we are fortunate enough to have the support of; Public Health England, Department of Health, Department for Energy and Climate Change and The Prime Minister, David Cameron. Working with these stakeholders we aim to further develop the links between health and sustainability thus improving economical and health outcomes within the UK.
For the 2016 campaign, beginning in September, and to celebrate our 5th year of the campaign we will be promoting 50kg of carbon. This is effectively promoting what the public and health professionals can do to save 50kg of carbon. This could be achieved through; walking to work, cycling, planting a tree etc.
Task Force On Sustainable Lifestyles PresentationTom Gater
Lifestyles are part of our identity; people express their social position, political preferences and psychological aspirations to others through them. Lifestyles define and differentiate us. They are the way we live our lives.
Lifestyles are shaped by a whole host of factors. Their roots are in culture, politics, economics and social norms. For sustainable lifestyles to enter our cultures and societies, to become part of our everyday life, they must be developed at all levels. They need to be enabled and encouraged by the social and technical systems and institutions that surround us. People will only swap their car for public transport if there’s an efficient and cost-effective public transport system.
"Enhancing Global Collaborations in Crop Science" GPC Symposium on 4th Nov. 2018 , CSSA/ASA Annual meeting In Baltimore USA.
Katherine Denby, York University, UK. The N8 AgriFood Resilience Programme
This presentation highlights a need to extend our thinking about food chains and their performance. It explores the way in which local and global food is perceived and defined in the public, market, scientific and policy spheres, by focusing on the relationships between various attributes associated with these food supply chains. The research project GLAMUR is used to contextualize these issues.
The document discusses challenges and opportunities for developing a sustainable global food system in the 21st century. It argues that while responses are emerging, change is not happening quickly or deeply enough. Barriers include complex policy landscapes, ideological challenges around prices and consumer choice, and fragmented food culture. Looking ahead, it suggests consumers will need to change diets and production methods, sharing lessons between regions and projects can help, and governments must use a range of policy tools to support new business models and cultural directions that prioritize health, environment and social needs.
The document discusses challenges and opportunities for developing a sustainable global food system in the 21st century. It argues that while responses are emerging, change is not happening quickly or deeply enough. Barriers include complex policy landscapes, ideological challenges around prices and consumer choice, and fragmented food culture. Looking ahead, it suggests consumers will need to change diets and production methods, sharing lessons between regions and projects can help, and governments must use a range of policy tools to support new business models and cultural directions that prioritize health, environment and social needs.
NHS Climate Change Summit Slides Part 1Scott Buckler
This document summarizes an NHS Climate Change Summit in 2019. It discusses how policy can influence climate change and the NHS's 2020 sustainability campaign goals. It outlines the leadership board, what the summit will cover, and the NHS's pledge to make the event sustainable by encouraging public transport, having no single-use plastics, minimizing landfill waste, favoring sustainable venues, and sourcing locally.
Three missions are proposed to achieve the grand challenge of a climate-smart, sustainable food system for a healthy Europe: 1) Improve dietary patterns and lifestyles for a 50% reduction in non-communicable diseases by 2030 while reducing environmental impact, 2) Create a resource-smart food system with 50% lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and 3) Realize trust and inclusive governance for a resilient and safe food system. The document outlines 17 focus areas to achieve these missions and makes recommendations for the European Union, member states, companies, farmers, citizens, cities, and civil society to contribute to the goals.
This document summarizes an event discussing value chains for food and nutrition security. It notes that agriculture has historically not focused on maximizing nutrition from farming systems. There is increasing interest in food systems approaches and agricultural biodiversity. While a few major crops provide most calories globally, over 7,000 species are used locally and 120 are important nationally. The document discusses reducing undernutrition and overnutrition by improving diets and livelihoods. It proposes assessing food value chains to increase availability of safe, nutritious foods for vulnerable groups through inclusive business models. Specific priorities outlined include beans, broader food baskets in East Africa and Central America from 2015-2017.
Jan Maat is explaining how the European Foodbest consortium works and reacted to the outcome of the European Trilogue Negotiations in June 2013, in which a Food4Future KIC call was decided to be launched in 2016.
This document discusses whether Europe needs a food policy. It outlines four key societal challenges: healthy diets, food/nutrition security, climate change, and sustainability/resilience. Trends in the food system include the growing role of ICT and concentration in the food chain. The author argues that a food policy is needed to address these challenges, and that it should start by getting prices right and increasing R&D investment. Agricultural policy could support food policy goals but not replace the need for a dedicated food policy framework.
1) Sustainable diets aim to balance environmental sustainability, health, and social priorities but defining and implementing them remains a challenge.
2) UK policy has gradually recognized the food system's unsustainability and moved from a production focus to considering consumption impacts as well. However, frameworks remain contradictory and the new government is pushing sustainable diets down the agenda.
3) The Sustainable Development Commission's 2009 report identified dietary priorities and initiatives but found limited evaluation of impacts. Comprehensive guidelines and coordinated action across sectors are still needed to make sustainable eating a reality in the UK.
Sania Dzalbe is a PhD student in economic geography at Umeå University in Sweden who studies how people in rural areas adapt to crisis and adversity. Drawing from her upbringing in rural Latvia, she notes the importance of social reproduction in sustaining rural livelihoods, which often goes overlooked in traditional regional economic analysis. She argues that the concept of resilience is connected to the concept of loss, as during moments of crisis and major restructuring, societies lose not only jobs and industries but also the very mechanisms through which they shape their environment, both physically and socially. Current resilience studies in economic geography tend to disregard the role of social reproduction and the losses experienced by individuals by predominantly focusing on firms and economic production. However, to understand the evolution of rural regions and communities amid various challenges they face, one must recognize that social reproduction cannot be separated from economic and knowledge production processes.
A presentation of participatory research methods and how CCRI has used them over time throughto the Living Labs approach now in use in a number of our grant funded research projects.
This document outlines the agenda and presentations for a one-day workshop in Gisborne on tackling poverty. The workshop includes sessions on youth perspectives on poverty, national and local perspectives on poverty from Treasury and Victoria University, challenges and opportunities in tackling poverty, and observations on survey results and a discussion paper. Presenters will discuss concepts like the living standards framework, the impacts of poverty on health, data on poverty indicators in the Tairāwhiti region, the role of Treaty settlements in social and economic revitalization, and community-led approaches to tackling poverty.
Upscaling climate smart agriculture for poverty alleviation: ESPA-EBAFOSA wor...Marije Schaafsma
This presentation summarises the main findings of a synthesis of ESPA research on agriculture, relevant to the question: how can CSA be adapted and scaled up to include the most vulnerable people?
NHS sustainability day london roadshow october 2017Scott Buckler
Here are the key differences:
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers broadly to a company's initiatives to assess and take responsibility for how its actions affect wider society and the environment.
- Corporate Social Investment (CSI) refers specifically to targeted investments and partnerships that are designed to purposefully create social value and impact in communities, in addition to generating business value for the company.
- CSR initiatives are often more general programs and policies around ethics, values and sustainability. CSI initiatives have explicit social or environmental goals and metrics to measure outcomes and impact.
- CSI aims to align a company's social/environmental strategy with its core business goals through investments that create both social value and financial return for the company
The document discusses sustainable consumption and related myths and policy options. It begins by outlining the "internal conflict" consumers face between wanting to help society and the environment versus desires for branded goods. It then discusses different theories of consumption and how people consume for status. The document identifies four common myths about sustainable consumption: that it contradicts poverty reduction; that informed consumers will naturally consume sustainably; that economic growth always improves well-being; and that small actions will lead to big changes. It then outlines several policy options and areas to promote sustainable consumption from both supply and demand sides. The document concludes by discussing some global UNEP initiatives related to sustainable lifestyles and consumption.
NHS Sustainability Day 2016 Nottingham Road Show4 All of Us
March 26th this year saw over 300 healthcare organisations take action to promote sustainability and increase public health awareness and we are fortunate enough to have the support of; Public Health England, Department of Health, Department for Energy and Climate Change and The Prime Minister, David Cameron. Working with these stakeholders we aim to further develop the links between health and sustainability thus improving economical and health outcomes within the UK.
For the 2016 campaign, beginning in September, and to celebrate our 5th year of the campaign we will be promoting 50kg of carbon. This is effectively promoting what the public and health professionals can do to save 50kg of carbon. This could be achieved through; walking to work, cycling, planting a tree etc.
Task Force On Sustainable Lifestyles PresentationTom Gater
Lifestyles are part of our identity; people express their social position, political preferences and psychological aspirations to others through them. Lifestyles define and differentiate us. They are the way we live our lives.
Lifestyles are shaped by a whole host of factors. Their roots are in culture, politics, economics and social norms. For sustainable lifestyles to enter our cultures and societies, to become part of our everyday life, they must be developed at all levels. They need to be enabled and encouraged by the social and technical systems and institutions that surround us. People will only swap their car for public transport if there’s an efficient and cost-effective public transport system.
"Enhancing Global Collaborations in Crop Science" GPC Symposium on 4th Nov. 2018 , CSSA/ASA Annual meeting In Baltimore USA.
Katherine Denby, York University, UK. The N8 AgriFood Resilience Programme
This presentation highlights a need to extend our thinking about food chains and their performance. It explores the way in which local and global food is perceived and defined in the public, market, scientific and policy spheres, by focusing on the relationships between various attributes associated with these food supply chains. The research project GLAMUR is used to contextualize these issues.
The document discusses challenges and opportunities for developing a sustainable global food system in the 21st century. It argues that while responses are emerging, change is not happening quickly or deeply enough. Barriers include complex policy landscapes, ideological challenges around prices and consumer choice, and fragmented food culture. Looking ahead, it suggests consumers will need to change diets and production methods, sharing lessons between regions and projects can help, and governments must use a range of policy tools to support new business models and cultural directions that prioritize health, environment and social needs.
The document discusses challenges and opportunities for developing a sustainable global food system in the 21st century. It argues that while responses are emerging, change is not happening quickly or deeply enough. Barriers include complex policy landscapes, ideological challenges around prices and consumer choice, and fragmented food culture. Looking ahead, it suggests consumers will need to change diets and production methods, sharing lessons between regions and projects can help, and governments must use a range of policy tools to support new business models and cultural directions that prioritize health, environment and social needs.
NHS Climate Change Summit Slides Part 1Scott Buckler
This document summarizes an NHS Climate Change Summit in 2019. It discusses how policy can influence climate change and the NHS's 2020 sustainability campaign goals. It outlines the leadership board, what the summit will cover, and the NHS's pledge to make the event sustainable by encouraging public transport, having no single-use plastics, minimizing landfill waste, favoring sustainable venues, and sourcing locally.
Three missions are proposed to achieve the grand challenge of a climate-smart, sustainable food system for a healthy Europe: 1) Improve dietary patterns and lifestyles for a 50% reduction in non-communicable diseases by 2030 while reducing environmental impact, 2) Create a resource-smart food system with 50% lower greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and 3) Realize trust and inclusive governance for a resilient and safe food system. The document outlines 17 focus areas to achieve these missions and makes recommendations for the European Union, member states, companies, farmers, citizens, cities, and civil society to contribute to the goals.
This document summarizes an event discussing value chains for food and nutrition security. It notes that agriculture has historically not focused on maximizing nutrition from farming systems. There is increasing interest in food systems approaches and agricultural biodiversity. While a few major crops provide most calories globally, over 7,000 species are used locally and 120 are important nationally. The document discusses reducing undernutrition and overnutrition by improving diets and livelihoods. It proposes assessing food value chains to increase availability of safe, nutritious foods for vulnerable groups through inclusive business models. Specific priorities outlined include beans, broader food baskets in East Africa and Central America from 2015-2017.
Jan Maat is explaining how the European Foodbest consortium works and reacted to the outcome of the European Trilogue Negotiations in June 2013, in which a Food4Future KIC call was decided to be launched in 2016.
This document discusses whether Europe needs a food policy. It outlines four key societal challenges: healthy diets, food/nutrition security, climate change, and sustainability/resilience. Trends in the food system include the growing role of ICT and concentration in the food chain. The author argues that a food policy is needed to address these challenges, and that it should start by getting prices right and increasing R&D investment. Agricultural policy could support food policy goals but not replace the need for a dedicated food policy framework.
1) Sustainable diets aim to balance environmental sustainability, health, and social priorities but defining and implementing them remains a challenge.
2) UK policy has gradually recognized the food system's unsustainability and moved from a production focus to considering consumption impacts as well. However, frameworks remain contradictory and the new government is pushing sustainable diets down the agenda.
3) The Sustainable Development Commission's 2009 report identified dietary priorities and initiatives but found limited evaluation of impacts. Comprehensive guidelines and coordinated action across sectors are still needed to make sustainable eating a reality in the UK.
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Sania Dzalbe is a PhD student in economic geography at Umeå University in Sweden who studies how people in rural areas adapt to crisis and adversity. Drawing from her upbringing in rural Latvia, she notes the importance of social reproduction in sustaining rural livelihoods, which often goes overlooked in traditional regional economic analysis. She argues that the concept of resilience is connected to the concept of loss, as during moments of crisis and major restructuring, societies lose not only jobs and industries but also the very mechanisms through which they shape their environment, both physically and socially. Current resilience studies in economic geography tend to disregard the role of social reproduction and the losses experienced by individuals by predominantly focusing on firms and economic production. However, to understand the evolution of rural regions and communities amid various challenges they face, one must recognize that social reproduction cannot be separated from economic and knowledge production processes.
A presentation of participatory research methods and how CCRI has used them over time throughto the Living Labs approach now in use in a number of our grant funded research projects.
This presentation introduces the UK Treescapes Ambassador team and the research projects and research fellows they have funded under the programme.
The presentation also looks at some of the research being carried out at the CCRI on Trees, Woods and Forests.
This presentation highlights key methods and issues arising from the research in the EU Horizon funded projects MINAGRIS and SPRINT regading the presence and effect of pesticides and plastics in the soil.
This presentation considers the changing policy environment for public funding of agri-environment, the shift from entitlements to action-based funding and 'public good' outcomes, using a 'Test and Trials' case study.
Footage for the associated seminar: https://youtu.be/Z0Hkt7Sf0VA
The talk will focus on the current state of soil governance in Australia, alongside the recently released National Soil Strategy and debate how knowledge exchange on sustainable soil management is progressing. The need to maintain a healthy and functioning soil that is resilient and less vulnerable to climate change and land degradation is an ever-present goal. Yet to achieve this goal requires a critical mass of soil scientists who can effectively undertake research and more importantly people who can communicate such knowledge to farmers so that soil is protected through the use of landscape-appropriate practices. Decades of government de-investment and privatisation have led to a diminished and fragmented workforce that is distant from, rather than part of, the rural community, and farmers are also increasingly isolated with few functional social networks for knowledge exchange. Is it possible to chart a course that can see this decline in expertise and local soil knowledge corrected, and restore to it vitality and legitimacy?
Presentation made to CCRI as part of our seminar series. Footage of seminar: https://youtu.be/tWcArqtqxjI
Latvian meadows are inextricably connected to the Latvian identity. An identity built on the concept of the industrious peasant working their own land, free from the oppression of tyrannical regimes. This cultural association also feeds into the mid-summer festivals as the women weave the flower-filled crowns and people collect herbal teas to ward off illness over the winter. These biodiverse havens are under threat, as they are neglected or replaced with improved grasslands with their higher yields but lower diversity.
1) The document discusses research into how social and intellectual capital contribute to collective environmental action through Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund (CSFF) groups in the UK.
2) Key findings indicate that while CSFF funding aims to develop social capital, most knowledge sharing currently occurs between members with close ties, and there is limited evidence of collective environmental action.
3) Continued support is needed to strengthen relationships, facilitate knowledge exchange across different actor groups, and provide funding to enable CSFF groups to deliver landscape-scale environmental improvements over time.
Professor Ian Hodge's seminar for the CCRI on 24th October 2022.
There are two emergent movements in the governance of rural land: voluntary and local government initiatives that assess, plan and enhance landscape and biodiversity and a largely separate central government initiative for the development of Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes as a key element of national agricultural policy. This is developed and implemented by central government with a relatively large budget.
These two movements should be better integrated through the development of a system of Local Environmental Governance Organisations (LEGOs). A LEGO would stand as a ‘trustee’ with a remit to protect and enhance the quality of the local environment in the long term. It can assemble evidence on natural capital, co-ordinate amongst stakeholders and work with them to identify local priorities for nature recovery. It would search for synergies and collaborative partnerships and raise funds to support priority projects. A key point is that a proportion of central government funding should be devolved to LEGOs. This would link the vision being developed locally with the capacity to generate financial incentives for land managers to change land management.
Natural Cambridgeshire as the Local Nature Partnership is developing a number of the attributes of a LEGO. It is engaging with and appears to have support from a broad variety of stakeholders and is energising actions at several different levels. Through a local deliberative process, it can have a much clearer view of local opportunities and priorities than can be possible via central government. Natural Cambridgeshire has begun to raise funds but the likelihood is that this is will be too little, relatively short term and unsystematic. Longer term core funding would give Natural Cambridgeshire the capacity to back up proposals with financial support, potentially matching funding from other sources. It would then need to monitor and audit the implementation of projects and report on expenditure and outcomes. Over time it would adopt an adaptive approach to respond to outcomes and changing threats and opportunities.
National government needs to establish a framework for the development and operation of a system of LEGOs. It would continue to act in support of national standards, both through regulation and investment to meet international commitments, such as for biodiversity and climate change.
The presentation will give a brief overview of the 'UrbanFarmer' project and its various facets, including the integration of a cohort of Norwegian farmers and agricultural research organisations in the co-production of applied knowledge.
The main thrust of the presentation will be to present similarities and differences in the way that food in short food supply chains is marketed through different farm enterprise business models, and different sales channels. Differences in policy backdrops and other, related, contexts which help or hinder urban marketing through short food supply chains concluding with some ideas of emerging recommendations will also be explored.
Dr Anna Birgitte Milford is a researcher at Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, working on topics related to sustainable food production and consumption, including organic/pesticide reduced fruit and veg production, local sales channels and climate friendly diets. She was a visiting scholar at CCRI, University of Gloucestershire in autumn 2021 conducting field research on urban agriculture and local sales channels in Bristol.
Dr Dan Keech is a Senior Research Fellow at CCRI, University of Gloucestershire. His research topics cover European urban and alternative food networks, Anglo-German cultural geography and trans-disciplinary methods which link art and social science.
Slides from Damian Maye's Seminar - Using Living Labs to Strengthen Rural-Urban Linkages - Reflections from a multi-actor research project
Footage available at: https://youtu.be/Es1VHe69Mcw
The document discusses the benefits of meditation for reducing stress and anxiety. Regular meditation practice can help calm the mind and body by lowering heart rate and blood pressure. Making meditation a part of a daily routine, even if just 10-15 minutes per day, can offer improvements to mood, focus, and overall well-being over time.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This document contains a presentation on research into bovine tuberculosis (bTB) and the related controversy over badger culling in the UK. The presentation discusses the research gap around understanding disease management practices and controversies. It outlines an ethnographic methodology to study multiple perspectives on the issue. Key findings include observations from badger culling operations and protests against culling, as well as results from a citizen science study on bTB prevalence in dead badgers. The presentation emphasizes how disease management practices shape understandings of disease and that controversies can foster alternative perspectives.
Presentation given by Dr Alessio Russ 8th July for CCRI seminar series.
Over the last few decades, the school of thought surrounding the urban ecosystem has increasingly become in vogue among researchers worldwide. Since half of the world’s population lives in cities, urban ecosystem services have become essential to human health and wellbeing. Rapid urban growth has forced sustainable urban developers to rethink important steps by updating and, to some degree, recreating the human–ecosystem service linkage. This talk addresses concepts and metaphors such as nature-based solutions and wellbeing, ecosystem services, nature-based thinking, urban regeneration, urban agriculture, urban-rural interface, rewilding.
The Going the Extra Mile (GEM) project aims to help people overcome challenges to employment and move closer to or into work. An evaluation team from the University of Gloucestershire conducted extensive monitoring and evaluation of GEM using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Process evaluations found that GEM provided innovative, relevant support during the pandemic. Outcomes evaluations found improvements in areas like skills, confidence and social connections. A social return on investment model estimated £2.50 returned for every £1 invested in GEM. Inclusive evaluation methods like digital storytelling captured personal impact stories. The evaluation aims to inform the design of any successor to GEM.
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RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as the Directive 2002/95/EC. It includes the restrictions for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS is a WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
17. Plenary
3 main points from the 5 workshops
Discussion and ‘5 word feedback’ from delegates
18. Main points:
• Trade pressures must not compromise high UK standards on
welfare and environment, AND consumers/public need to
know more about these – education is vital
• UK farming needs to emphasise entrepreneurial business
models, not commodity production, challenge what
productivity really means and help to encourage young and
multi-skilled people into farming
• A UK domestic food system should enable shorter supply
chains, more diversified products, and a diversified policy
approach is needed to foster this more resilient strategy
Workshop 1: Trade issues
19. Workshop 2: Managing market
uncertainty
Main points:
• There are various mechanisms to manage market
uncertainty, e.g. futures market, but there is no
single solution
• “Open the lines of communication”: communication
and collaboration needed between all actors in the
supply chain & other bodies e.g. health – not just
farmers
• We need to understand the value of food!
20. Workshop 3: Food and energy
futures
Main points:
• A close synergy and energy generation and
agriculture
• Urban areas are involved in change
• Potential conflict between post-Brexit
market openness and interest in local food
21. Workshop 4: Land, biodiversity and
water management
Main points:
• Local integrated approaches
• Knowledge exchange and awareness raising
• Good regulation with payments for positive and
diverse outcomes
22. Workshop 5: Social value and
wellbeing
Main points:
• Tackle health inequalities head on – develop large
scale pilots that demonstrate return on investment
(for health/wellbeing partners)
• Demonstrate collective impact of existing good
practice and small projects delivering innovation
• We need inspiring people to lead self-sustaining
organisations that deliver practical action
23. Plenary
3 main points from the 5 workshops
Discussion and ‘5 word feedback’ from delegates
24. Panel Discussion
David Drew MP (Labour), Simon Pickering (Green Party),
Sue Pritchard (RSA Food, Farming and Countryside
Commission) and Julie Girling MEP (Conservative)
26. Thank you!
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