Items tagged:
Sustainable consumption
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Creating knowledge and supporting action: citizen-generated evidence from food diaries in Uganda
Citizens in Western Uganda are using food diaries to generate data on food consumption – helping them understand their own diets and advocate for a better food system
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If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
The growing number of people living in cities – and changes in rural-urban linkages – are re-shaping our relationship with food. Policymakers need to take note
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Tick tock — it’s the year of forests
The UN has declared 2011 as the international year of forests — although more than a billion forest-dependent poor will probably not see it that way. Spiralling global demand for food, energy, fibre and water spell trouble for these people’s forests.Schemes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) may have been agreed at last month’s climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, but without locally controlled forestry this, in itself, will not stop the pressure on our forests. If you listen carefully you can still hear the forest clock ticking down…
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You are what you (m)eat
Understanding the impacts of meat and dairy productionThe production of meat and dairy – particularly industrial and large-scale production systems - have numerous negative social and environmental impacts. Nevertheless these large-scale systems have been credited with producing 'affordable' animal protein for consumers. But a closer analysis of what affordable really means – and for whom – is vital.
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A new agenda for consumption
In this study of sustainable consumption, IIED addressed consumption issues among poorer communities, countries and regions, and create political space for opinions, values, demands and solutions from these constituencies
