👋 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!
🖥️ Connect with “Nutritionists for Sustainability” on social media
These communication groups were started by Dietitians-Nutritionists at ICND2024 in Toronto. They aim to improve peer-to-peer advice and support and to increase access to a range of practical, evidence-based, and context-specific tools and resources to support all Dietitians-Nutritionists to contribute positively to sustainability.
➤ Join the WhatsApp group by writing Stacia Nordin at (+265) 999.333.073 with an introduction to yourself.
➤ Join the LinkedIn group at: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13059833/
👇 Continue reading to learn what is in the toolkit and how to use it – or you may prefer a 5-minute video tour.
(this link takes you to a larger Zoom Clip)
Recent Updates:
- 🇨🇦 Effective Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Work: Key Messages for National Dietetic Associations. Outcome of ICDA SFS session at the International Congress of Nutrition and Dietetics (ICND 2024 Jun 12-14) 06 Dec 2024
- Nutrition policy critical to optimize response to climate, public health crises (2023) 06 Dec 2024
- Analysis: U.S. Lags Behind Other G20 Nations at Adding Sustainability Into Dietary Guidelines (2023) 06 Dec 2024
- EAT-Lancet Report: Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (2019) 06 Dec 2024
- The Food Planet Prize 05 Dec 2024
- Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) 05 Dec 2024
- FOODPathS 05 Dec 2024
- European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Food 05 Dec 2024
- WWF Consumer Meat Guides for the Baltic Region (2021) 04 Dec 2024
- Center for Ecoliteracy 04 Dec 2024
- Food Sustainability Index (2016) 20 Oct 2024
- FAO Global Roadmap for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) without Breaching the 1.5°C Threshold (2023 Dec) 03 Oct 2024
- Sustainable Collaboration: University College Dublin and Airfield Estate, Dublin, Ireland (2024) 01 Oct 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