SubjectEcology and environment
Ensuring that everyone eats with dignity
As a rule, the word sustainability in relation to food is understood to be linked to the concepts of local, seasonal, organic, fresh produce and even...
Towards a new food modelTowards food sovereignty
As Vandana Shiva asserts, the health of the planet and ours are inextricably linked. If we hurt the planet, we are hurting ourselves. The agri-food system has...
Towards a new food modelGleaning to shift gears
The industrialised agri-food system is unsustainable. The very agents promoting this model are beginning to look for ways to avert its collapse. Gleaning that...
Towards a new food modelThe commercialisation of agriculture: impacts and alternatives
Since the mid-20th century, agriculture has undergone more transformations than in the last ten thousand years. It has gone from being a common good to becoming a...
Towards a new food modelAdvantages and possibilities of organic farming
Agri-food systems underpinned by the principles of ecological farming continue to grow far and wide across the planet, and 186 countries already implement...
Towards a new food modelCounterurbanisation
The growth of cities is paving over nature, encroaching on farmland and stoning agriculture. If, as numerous studies show, urbanisation processes are becoming...
Towards a new food modelSchool canteens, a space for transforming the food system
The school canteen purportedly plays a major role in the diet of children and teenagers, and is also said to be a tool for learning and education. But there...
How we get around
Barcelona tops the list of European cities with the highest car density, 5,844 per km2. Although the traffic is twice that of Madrid and five times that of...
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