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The world is already producing more than double the food we actually consume: we don't need another Green Revolution, just to eliminate profligate waste.

Archive for September, 2009


Reducing waste to feed the world

By Nick Saltmarsh, Friday, September 25th, 2009

The world is already producing more than double the food we actually consume: we don’t need another Green Revolution, just to eliminate profligate waste.

The Jevons Paradox

By Josiah Meldrum, Friday, September 11th, 2009

In a recent conversation with Stuart Orr, a friend from WWF International, the topic of water management and the value of water footprinting came up. In particular we talked about the localised impacts of basin and watershed management and the indicators, incentives, sanctions and technologies that could and are being employed to effect positive changes [...]

Support for product carbon footprinting

By Josiah Meldrum, Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

PAS 2050 is a publicly available specification for assessing product life cycle GHG emissions, prepared by BSI British Standards and co-sponsored by the Carbon Trust and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). PAS 2050 is an independent standard, developed with significant input from international stakeholders and experts across academia, business, government and [...]

Provenance signs up to 10:10

By Nick Saltmarsh, Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Provenance has joined the 10:10 campaign. We’d like to encourage you to do the same. Commit to cut your emissions by 10% in 2010 and help combat climate change.

Miles Irving: The Forager Handbook

By Josiah Meldrum, Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Increasing interest in wild harvested foods goes beyond usual plants and mushrooms to more unusual naturalised garden escapees and overlooked native flora