S2, E8: Are my FOOD habits destroying the planet? We need to talk about eco-anxiety
In the eighth episode of season two, We Need to Talk about Eco-Anxiety, Clover explores how our relationship with food contributes to global eco-anxiety and the climate crisis.
First up, Clover meets the founder of the food waste initiative Too Good To Go, Jamie Crummie, to discuss the enormity of our problematic global food system, and why managing food waste is the single most impactful thing individuals can do to lessen their CO2 impact. We then hear from young people about their eco-anxiety in relation to food; and Vice President of Agriculture for PepsiCo, Christine Daugherty, to find out if global corporations are envisioning a new phase for food production - and what that may look like.
Featuring…
Jamie Crummie: Founder of TooGoodToGo
Jamie Crummie is the founder of TooGoodToGo: a food waste initiative and mobile application that connects customers to restaurants and stores that have unsold food surplus.
Three things we talked about in the episode:
How broken our global food system is
How to fight food waste, and why its a systemic issue
Why managing food waste is the single most impactful thing individuals can do to lessen their CO2 impact.
Caroline Hickman, resident psychotherapist
Caroline is a psychotherapist from the University of Bath, who has spent years researching children and young people’s relationships with nature and feelings about the climate and ecological crisis; in the UK, Maldives, South Pacific and other communities already affected by rising sea levels.
In their conversation, Caroline and Clover discuss why food is one of the easiest changes we can make, yet also the most divisive.
Christine Daugherty, VP Global Sustainable Agriculture & Responsible Sourcing at PepsiCo
Christine Daugherty is VP Global Sustainable Agriculture & Responsible Sourcing for PepsiCo. PepsiCo, Inc. is an American based multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation. It ranks as one of the largest companies worldwide in terms of market value.
In their conversation, Christine discusses what's not working with the food system.
Quotes from the episode
"Fighting food waste is the no.1 most impactful, simplest solution that we as individuals, as leaders, as businesses, can do to reverse the effects of climate change."
- Jamie Crummie
"Rather than it totally being around individual responsibility, there needs to be wholesale changes to our food system. We need to understand food waste is fundamentally a systemic issue."
- Jamie Crummie
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