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This web-based toolkit supports nutrition and dietetic professionals to integrate sustainability into practice.
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Recent Updates:
- Resources hot topic cluster: Animal Proteins & Substitutes (2022 May) 19 Aug 2022
- PHC’s Cook for the Climate (2022) 17 Aug 2022
- PHC Monthly Food & Climate Coffee Chats 17 Aug 2022
- Food is Medicine Research Action Plan Webinar (2021 Jan) 16 Aug 2022
- Food is Medicine Research Action Plan 16 Aug 2022
- Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) 16 Aug 2022
- Food & Society at the Aspen Institute 16 Aug 2022
- Planetary health care: a framework for sustainable health systems (2021 Dec) 15 Aug 2022
- The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment (2020 Jul) 15 Aug 2022
- North American Food Systems Network webinars (many) 14 Aug 2022
- Pollinator Partnership Webinars (many) 14 Aug 2022
- Real Food Reads 14 Aug 2022
- Foodtopia 14 Aug 2022
- True Cost Accounting (TCA) of Food (2022 Apr) 05 Aug 2022
- EFAD Sustainable and Healthy Diets recorded webinar series (2021-22) 05 Aug 2022
- Society for Nutrition Education and Behaviour (SNEB) & Food Sustainability (2022) 05 Aug 2022
- Food Sleuth 05 Aug 2022
- Food is Our Medicine online Action Learning series (2021) 05 Aug 2022
- Diet for a Green Planet (international online course) 05 Aug 2022
- Creating Better Health for People, Animals, & the Planet: Food Systems Insights for Health Professionals. (2022 June) 05 Aug 2022
- Diet for a Green Planet (website) 05 Aug 2022
- Food Systems Dashboard (2020) 20 Jul 2022
- Pollinator Power: Nutrition Security Benefits of an Ecosystem Service (2015 Aug) 12 Jul 2022
- The youth-led World Food Forum (WFF): Healthy Diets. Healthy Planet. (17-21 Oct 2022) 11 Jul 2022
- The ICDA SFS-Toolkit explained in German 27 Jun 2022
- Healthy and sustainable diets: Position brief of Dietitians Australia (2022 Mar, revised from 2020) 24 May 2022
- The politics of protein: examining claims about livestock, fish, ‘alternative proteins’ and sustainability. (2022 Apr) 24 May 2022
Why nutrition and dietetics professionals?
Nutrition and dietetics professionals around the world work with food at various stages of food systems—from production to product development to procurement through to consumption. In these roles, you have a unique opportunity to influence these systems to be more sustainable, as well as nutritious. While scholars of many disciplines grapple with what must be done to create sustainable food systems, you can take these understandings of the what and apply it to the how … and be a part of making it happen!
What’s in this Toolkit?
This toolkit is a collection of existing resources, case studies, infographics, learning modules, community discussion forums, inspirational stories and more to help support sustainability in dietetics. We have taken existing content and curated a collection to support your learning needs. In some cases, we have designed pieces just for you.
The toolkit is intended to help you understand sustainable food systems, identify your knowledge gaps, deepen your knowledge in particular areas, understand the relevance to nutrition and dietetics, access tools for putting this knowledge into practice, and help you share challenges and successes with colleagues to inspire and support others.
About
Information regarding our team, vision, objectives, and guiding principles for this toolkit. You will also find a brief background and introduction about sustainable food systems.
Professional Development (PD)
More formal, structured learning opportunities such as Learning Modules (LM), webinars and workshops, and sustainability courses. We have also designed a sustainability self-assessment that allows you to discover what, specifically, you would like to learn about nutrition and sustainability.
Resources
Documents and other materials, activities, tools, and case studies that help you to learn more about sustainable food theory, concepts and applications. Search and download resources on topics you want to learn more about, and tools to support sustainability into your own practice.
Community of Practice (COP)
Examples of first-hand experiences in nutrition and sustainability around the world, as well as the opportunity to connect, discuss, and interact with Dietitians-Nutritionists from a variety of background, roles, and geographic locations.
How to use this Toolkit
You can use this toolkit however you would like. However, we suggest one of two ways:
1. Structured Flow
- Professional development: Take the Sustainability Self-Assessment which will recommend a learning module and resources. Work through the Learning Module suggested.
- Resources: Explore the suggested resources that are most relevant to you. Keep up-to-date and deepen your learning through webinars, workshops and courses.
- Participate in the Community of Practice. Join the discussion forum, read others’ questions and stories and share your own.
Take the sustainability self-assessment to get your personalized toolkit guide for your journey to sustainable nutrition!
2. Free Flow
- Browse resources by relevance to your practice or challenges. Use the filters. Refer to the glossary as needed.
- Connect with colleagues by reading the discussion forum and stories they’ve shared – and share your own!
- If you are interested in learning more, check out the Professional Development section.
Feedback? Questions? Ideas? Contact the ICDA SFS Coordinator: ICDAsfs.coordinator@acadiau.ca