
System Innovation for Sustainability 3
Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production ? Food and Agriculture
Greenleaf Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2010
Book
Hardback
302 pages
978-1-906093-24-2 (ISBN)
Description
Focuses on providing answers to the question of how food production and consumption systems can stay within the limits of the carrying capacity of our natural environment. This work also considers the challenges of food security and nutrition in the context of sustainability and a growing world population.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Saltaire
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Academic and Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
637 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-906093-24-2 (9781906093242)
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Ursula Tischner | Eivind Sto | Unni Kjaernes
System Innovation for Sustainability 3
Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production ? Food and Agriculture
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Ursula Tischner | Eivind Sto | Unni Kjaernes
System Innovation for Sustainability 3
Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production - Food and Agriculture
E-Book
09/2017
Routledge
€53.99
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Ursula Tischner | Eivind Sto | Unni Kjaernes
System Innovation for Sustainability 3
Case Studies in Sustainable Consumption and Production - Food and Agriculture
E-Book
09/2017
Routledge
€53.99
Available for download
Persons
Ursula Tischner, Eivind Sto, Unni Kjaernes, Arnold Tukker
Content
1. IntroductionUrsula Tischner, econcept, Germany, Eivind Sto and Unni Kjaernes, SIFO, Norway, and Arnold Tukker, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, The Netherlands; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)2. Sustainable consumption and production in the agriculture and food domainUrsula Tischner, econcept, Germany and Unni Kjaernes, The National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway3. Facilitating a more sustainable food and farming sector in the UK*Paul Dewick and Chris Foster, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, UK and Steve Webster, Delta-innovation Ltd, UK4. Self-sufficiency or localisation? Sustainability and ambiguity in Britain's food policyTim Cooper, Nottingham Trent University, UK5. Transition towards sustainable consumption and production? The case of organic food in DenmarkMichael Sogaard Jorgensen, DTU Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark6. Socioeconomic aspects of farmers' markets in Sweden Helen Nilsson and Oksana Mont, International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund, Sweden 7. Open Garden: a local organic producer-consumer network in Hungary, going through various levels of system innovation Edina Vadovics, Central European University, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, and GreenDependent Sustainable Solutions Association; Matthew Hayes, Institute for Environmental Management, Szent Istvan University and Nyitott Kert Alapitvany 8. Slow Food: counteracting fast food and fast living Ingrid Kjorstad, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO) 9. Sambazon: creating environmental and social value through marketing the acai berry; sustainable agro-forestry practices in the Brazilian Amazon Burcu Tuncer and Patrick Schroeder, UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Centre for Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP), Wuppertal, Germany 10. Fairtrade Max Havelaar Norway: the Norwegian labelling organisation for fair trade Ingri Osmundsvag, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway 11. Verified sustainable agriculture: a practical experience and a significant contribution to sustainable consumption and production Chris Wille and Joke Aerts, Rainforest Alliance Bernward Geier, Colabora 12. Life events as turning points for sustainable nutrition Martina Schaefer and Adina Herde, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany and Cordula Kropp, University of Applied Sciences, Germany 13. Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) of food: overall conclusions on SCP in the food and agriculture domain Ursula Tischner, econcept, Agency for Sustainable Design, Germany, Eivind Sto, National Institute for Consumer Research (SIFO), Norway and Arnold Tukker, TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, The Netherlands; Norwegian University of Science and Technology