resilienceSci on Twitter- resilienceSci: RT @BSRnews: To feed the world, don't grow more--use existing resources better. Great @ensia piece on #waste: http://t.co/pDaQ95JtGz by @Gl… May 25, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @MarkAndrachuk: "How many qualitative interviews is enough?" via @ECGGroup and @jenlove23 http://t.co/JWcrY5y9V2 #ecrchat #phdchat May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: Fun end to SRC Futures panel with a good discussion on ingredients & potential for a "good" #Anthropocene. May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @DianeOrihel: Reason triumphs, sometimes: #ELA Lake 227 was fertilized with #phosphorus this week, so this 44-year experiment continues!… May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @DianeOrihel: On May 7, scientists called on #DFO and #EC to reverse its decision to end world's longest #eutrophication exp't http://t.… May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: ESPA funded postdoctoral position for SRC lead project on poverty alleviation & coastal ecosystem services http://t.co/g60LUkWAV2 May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: @MichaelSchoon1 I put the "good" in quotes - but gave some criteria that could be used to define good May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: @MichaelSchoon1: indeed, that is a critical question and is being discussed during the panel May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @MichaelSchoon1: @vgalaz @sthlmresilience @FredrikMoberg @resilienceSci @gustafr good for whom? May 24, 2013
- resilienceSci: RT @sthlmresilience: So Prof Peterson says criteria for a good Anthropocene is that it is: Fair, Prosperous, Sustainable, Resilient and fun May 24, 2013
Tag Archives: food
Twenty two countries in protracted crisis
FAO reports that: Twenty-two countries are … are in what is termed a protracted crisis, FAO said in its “State of Food Insecurity in the World 2010” hunger report, jointly published today with the World Food Programme (WFP). Chronic hunger … Continue reading
Mapping the USA’s food
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has introduced the Food Environment Atlas, a new web-based data visualization tool. The atlas is an interactive online tool that allows people to visualize various food related information at the USA county level. For … Continue reading
Posted in Visualization
Tagged Edible geography, food, Food Environment Atlas, USA, USDA
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Michael Pollan interviewed in Vancouver’s the Tyee
Systems thinking food writer Michael Pollan interviewed by Vancouver’s the Tyee after a talk in support of the University of British Columbia’s Farm. The interview – Garden Fresh – discusses US agricultural policy and resilience food systems: On whether he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological Economics, Ecosystem services
Tagged agriculture, food, Michael Pollan, Tyee, UBC farm
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Drinking bottled water is drinking oil
ScienceNOW reports a new paper by Peter Gleick and Heather Cooley in Environmental Research Letters that compares the energy use of bottled and tapwater: … From start to finish, bottled water consumes between 1100 and 2000 times more energy on … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological Economics
Tagged embodied energy, food, Heather Cooley, Peter Gleick, water
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A giant pool of money flows into global agriculture
As part of its interesting Food Chain series, the New York Times writes Food Is Gold, So Billions Invested in Farming about how investment funds are pouring billions of dollars into agriculture. One investment bank has estimated that investments in … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological Economics, Ecosystem services, Greenlash, Regime Shifts
Tagged agriculture, food, fuel, globalization, investment funds, speculation
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Ecological Economics of the Global Food Trade
From the April 26th New York Times, Environmental Cost of Shipping Groceries Around the World, discusses the complexities of global food trade. Its great efficiency, the hidden subsidies to transport, and the politics of carbon footprint calculations: Cod caught off … Continue reading
Farming the World for Food and Feed
Croplands and pastures cover about a 1/3 of the Earth’s ice free surface. Foley et al in their PNAS commentary Our share of the planetary pie illustrate the uses of this agricultural production. Their map shows the percentage of crop … Continue reading
Posted in Ecosystem services, Visualization
Tagged Chad Monfreda, feed, food, Jon Foley, map, Navin Ramankutty
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