👋 Welcome to the #ICDAsfsToolkit!
This is the International Confederation of Dietetic Associations’ (ICDA) web-based toolkit that supports nutrition and dietetic professionals to integrate sustainability into practice.
🌍 Nutrition and Dietetics & Sustainable Food Systems (SFS)
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 (SFS), you can take these understandings of the what and apply it to the how … and be a part of making it happen!
Continue reading👇 to learn what is in the toolkit and how to use it – or you may prefer a 5-minute video tour.
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(this link takes you to a larger Zoom Clip)
Recent Updates:
- Learning Session: Developing NDA SFS Positions/Guidance (2024 Mar) 01 May 2024
- Food Systems Transformation WhatsApp Community (2024) 01 May 2024
- Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review (2021) 01 May 2024
- Food as Medicine Global 29 Apr 2024
- Communicating on climate change and health: Toolkit for health professionals (2024) 28 Mar 2024
- Exploring the barriers and facilitators for following a sustainable diet: A holistic and contextual scoping review (2024) 25 Mar 2024
- Teaching nutrition and sustainable food systems: justification and an applied approach (2023 Sep) 25 Mar 2024
- The Economics of the Food System Transformation (2024) 25 Mar 2024
- Teaching Sustainable Food Systems in our Times (series, 2024) 24 Mar 2024
- School Meals: Alleviating Hunger and Building Sustainable Food Systems 24 Mar 2024
- How dietitians can protect the planet (2022) 24 Mar 2024
- European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food Events 24 Mar 2024
- SFS sessions at the International Congress of Nutrition and Dietetics (ICND 2024 Jun 12-14) 24 Mar 2024
- Food Systems, Climate, Nutrition & Health Events (2024) 01 Mar 2024
🧐 What’s in this Toolkit?
This toolkit is a collection of existing resources, case studies, infographics, learning modules, 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 SFS, identify your knowledge gaps, deepen your knowledge in particular areas, understand the relevance to nutrition and dietetics, and access tools for putting this knowledge into practice.
- Home – this page provides recent updates to the toolkit and information:
- About the Project’s vision, objectives, and guiding principles;
- About our Team; and
- About SFS in brief, as an introduction.
- Learning Modules
- Here you will find more formal, structured learning opportunities. 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 practice.
🤔 How to use this Toolkit
You can use this toolkit however you would like. However, we suggest one of two ways:
1 – Structured Flow
- Learning Modules:
- Take the Sustainability Self-Assessment which will recommend a learning module and resources.
- Work through the Learning Module suggested.
- Resources:
- Explore the resources that are most relevant to you.
- Keep up-to-date and deepen your learning through podcasts, webinars, and workshops.
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.
- If you are interested in learning more, check out the Learning Modules section.
Feedback? Questions? Ideas? Contact the ICDA SFS Coordinator: ICDAsfs.coordinator@acadiau.ca