Practical Sustainability Tools to Enhance Patient Care and Planetary Health

NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024 (length 46:09)

In this episode, Dr. Mathew Bennett sits down with Kinesiologist Lauren Jenkinson, dietitian Anneke Hobson, and Dr. Paul Oh to explore how active transport and climate-friendly diets can enhance both patient health and environmental sustainability. Together, they dive into the science behind sustainable practices, discussing how walking, cycling, and plant-based diets benefit cardiovascular health while reducing our ecological footprint. Join us for an enlightening conversation on simple, impactful changes that make a difference—for our patients and our planet.

Meat: The Four Futures (2023)

Meat: The Four Futures (2023) – A podcast series by TABLE and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), via the SLU Future Food platform. The series aims to bring us together on a journey where we can examine our past and our future, our decisions and the science that informs them. The series will explore four competing visions for meat and livestock: 1) Efficient meat 2.0, 2) Alternative “meat”, 3) Less meat, and 4) Plant-based no meat. (checked October 2024)

Urban Agrifood Systems Global Workshop (2024 Sep)

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability hosted an Urban Agrifood Systems Global Workshop from 9 to 11 September 2024 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. This brought together a diverse group of stakeholders, including representatives from local and national governments, city networks, UN agencies, and organizations working on food, health, and environmental issues in urban areas.

The workshop aimed to co-develop a comprehensive five-year roadmap with concrete modalities, roles, and actions to clarify how the urban agrifood systems community can best work together to ensure an effective transformation of agrifood systems within cities and beyond. As cities worldwide face escalating challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, rapid urbanization, social inequity, and food insecurity, this workshop serves as a crucial platform for aligning priorities, fostering collaboration, and driving collective action to address these complex issues.

The workshop comes at a critical time, building on the momentum from UNFCCC COP28 in Dubai, particularly through the Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems and Climate Action, which highlighted the role of local and regional governments and partners in transforming agrifood systems. The workshop also draws on insights from the recently released report on urban and peri-urban food systems by the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN). This report underscores the vital importance of these food systems in achieving food security and nutrition, especially amid rapid urbanization and rural transformation.

The link to the workshop report isn’t out yet, but follow ICLEI’s news release and sign up for their updates to be notified of progress.

Food EDU: Connecting food quality to human and planetary health

These recorded webinars are from Food EDU, an open-access educational platform empowering leaders across the globe to advance human and planetary health. Through online courses, webinars, a networking hub and the Good Food Fellows program, Food EDU provides educational and professional development opportunities for scientists, policymakers, and food and health practitioners worldwide. Food EDU is facilitated by the American Heart Association and the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT as co-secretariats of the Periodic Table of Food Initiative. Online courses and trainings are available on the American Heart Association’s Professional Education Hub. For more information visit Food EDU.

🇨🇦 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)

Liesel & Stacia hosted an engaging session at the International Congress of Nutrition & Dietetics (#ICND2024) in Toronto in June, focusing on the development of Nutrition/Dietetic Association (NDA) Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Networks.  The session attracted a diverse group, including seasoned professionals, those completely new to the idea, and those passionate about initiating networks at various levels. 

Utilizing Sticky Studio and other means, participants contributed valuable insights, which were synthesized into the document below titled: Effective Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Work: Key Messages for National Dietetic Associations.

We welcome any & all feedback!

🖥️ 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.
➤ Request to join the WhatsApp group at: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FUADEEbSgHQCusHcVKf4nK 
➤ Request the LinkedIn group at:  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13059833/

Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy (annual)

The 9th annual Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health (ANH) Academy Week will take place from 17 – 20 June 2024 and will feature an online programme of Learning Labs (training workshops) offered by ANH Academy partners and participation in regional events across the year. 

This approach, we hope, will retain a strong emphasis on learning and sharing while also facilitating opportunities for interaction and engagement among members. Together, we know that these are of critical importance to the ANH community. 

Past events are available through the website. Between 2016 and 2019, the ANH Academy Week was held in person, rotating between African and Asian countries to lower barriers to participation. In 2020 and 2021 the event took place entirely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while in 2022, Academy Week trialled hybrid sessions for the first time with co-hosts in South Africa. In 2023 this transition continued into a fully hybrid format from Lilongwe, Malawi.

Teaching Sustainable Food Systems in our Times (series, 2024)

This sandbox webinar series for all Sustainable Food Systems educators provides professional development opportunities to gain, enhance, and share knowledge and skills regarding two pedagogical issues of this time: (1) Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) and, (2) Online Teaching.

Field experts will lead each webinar with the sharing of equity-minded pedagogical innovations. Sandbox sessions will facilitate space for reflection, brainstorming, ideation, and sharing of practices.

Join the Teaching Food Systems Community of Practice List Serve! For Registration Info and More: TeachFoodSystems@gmail.com. Archived Webinars: https://waferx.montana.edu (posted under the ‘Education Resources’ tab)

How dietitians can protect the planet (2022)

In 2022 Clare Pettinger presented “How dietitians can protect the planet” for the Elsie Widdowson Memorial Lecture which is organised and supported by the British Dietetics Association. Each year since 2001, one senior member of the profession, at the pinnacle of their career, is invited to deliver a lecture on a topic of their choice.

Clare discusses what it means to be green, starting with us as individuals. It is a philosophical journey, one that requires us to consider how our own lives impact others who share our world. She takes us sailing the seven ‘C’s of GREEN (for people and planet) and talks about the green elephant. She will get you thinking about how we can be GREENer personally, professionally and strategically.