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A #food tale of two cities – Cape Town and New York grappling to improve their food systems

Posted on 26 June 2018 by Geoff Tansey

About 20 people gathered in Cardiff in early June for a workshop on the role of cities in delivering food security and sustainability prior to a public conference on the new urban food agenda of sustainable food cities. In this … Continue reading →

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The many arguments for urgent #climate action – in 32 A5 pages

Posted on 1 June 2018 by Geoff Tansey

How do you convince governments to take more urgent action on climate change? When ministries spend so much of their time, as one ex-downing street advisor once said to me, firefighting the immediate problems of the day? The authors of … Continue reading →

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#Gender, the right to #food and future priorities – a interview with Hilal Elver, the UN’s 3rd Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Posted on 19 August 2016 by Geoff Tansey

I met up with Hilal Elver, the UN’s 3rd Rapporteur on the Right to Food just before she took part in the fifth of a series of seminars on Ecofeminism, Food and Social Justice of the Food Research Collaboration at … Continue reading →

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Great start for the free, on-line Food Systems Academy launched Monday 27 October

Posted on 28 October 2014 by Geoff Tansey

I’m delighted that the new on-line, open education resource, the Food Systems Academy got off to a great start yesterday. Many thanks to all those who have already tweeted – @FoodSystemsAcad – and blogged about it. It provides a dozen key-note talks … Continue reading →

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Another EU is desirable, necessary and possible for sustainable societies

Posted on 13 May 2014 by Geoff Tansey

It was a brave thing to attempt – a conference called ‘The EU’s Fifth Project: Transitional Governance in the Service of Sustainable Societies’ (#EU5P)*. Especially at a time when the EU is under attack, not entirely undeservedly, from so many … Continue reading →

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