LES^SENCE INVESTMENTS INITIATIVE.
This project is about supply chain engagement, relationship building, developing and creating a model we can replicate. This work is about financial and social stability but it is also about feeding the world. We will take the principles of learning and apply them someplace else.”
LES^SENCE Investmensts Initiative.
Chapter 16
The time has come to reconize the true economic asset value of natural resources- rainforest, oceans, barrier reefs and much more. The long-term economic value of these global ecosystem is best enhanced throught conservation, innovation and efficiency, and not by reckless exploitation.
Climatage change is no longer just an environmental issue: it touches every part of our lives: security, human rights, poverty, hunger, healht, economics and mass migration.
We need to adresse the question of climate justice: developing countries suffer mist from the impacts of climate change, even trouhgt they have barely contributed to the problem.
Justice is the litmus test fair any measure designed to combat climate change. This includes justice between countries, within countries and between generations, and justice for Mother Nature. Climate justice means rich countries providing poorer countries with acces to modern clean technologies to help them raise their living standards by enabling them to embark on a renewable energy revolution.
A renewebla energy revolution will have crucial economic and social benefits for the poorest countries in the world, enabling them to insulate themselve against rising energy prices and to fuel their development with a decentralized energy network without expensive grid solutios.
So, a sustainable world must be both renewable and fair. This means that we must make use of nature and the planet resources in a manner that leaves them intact and fully productive for future generations; and that the peoples and economies of the world must all benefit from the positive changes we succed in making throught the use of these resources.
The current model of social and economic development is no longer tenable. It is too mechanitic, narrowly conceived and shot-sighted. It is too costly for human values and too destructive for nature.
The only sane choice we have, as summarized in this Thesis, is to take advantage of the positive economic opportunities that are offered by the industrial transformation which must occur to move to a low-carbon society. This will enable us to protect and restore the carbon-absorbing ecosystem which have been decimated over the centuries. And it will create meaningful jobs, substantial tax receipts, Healhty economies and a sense of civilization purpose exciting challange wich can bring this divided world closer togheter, both among people, and between humanity and the natural world that is our home.
HAVE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE
Feeling good about the future is important for our happiness. We all need goals to motivate us and these need to be challenging enough to excite us, but also achievable. If we try to attempt the impossible this brings unnecessary stress. Choosing ambitious but realistic goals gives our lives direction and brings a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when we achieve them.
The principles of bio-organic farming developed in the 1950s were based on the close interaction of the microbiological processes of the land, plants and animal life, in order to protect nature and exploit its natural order for the purposes of agriculture. Through the active preservation of nature and its species, environmental pollution is prevented and the welfare of farm animals is protected, thus ensuring that bio-organic farming makes a valuable contribution to global energy solutions, producing valuable, healthy food.
For “everyday” farmers
Biochar technology, which is not widely known in Countries, makes it possible to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store carbon in the soil. It also offers benefits to the agricultural sector because it makes soils more nutrient-rich and counteracts the effects of drought conditions.
All major religions share the idea that man is appointed as a steward on earth who has to sustain and develop it. In accordance with this approach, our governing principle is not only to reduce our ‘ecological footprint’, but to spread life and to contribute towards a better and healthier condition of the land and the people that we work with. This is the only way to create and sustain conditions for a planet with more than seven billion people, where resources run short and future generations will suffer from climate change. A responsible and holistic approach is necessary to face these problems. We thus commit ourselves to sustaining and further developing all ecological spheres for the future of coming generations.
ENERGY EQUALITY FOR ALL
The time has come to reconize the true economic asset value of natural resources- rainforest, oceans, barrier reefs and much more. The long-term economic value of these global ecosystem is best enhanced throught conservation, innovation and efficiency, and not by reckless exploitation.
Climatage change is no longer just an environmental issue: it touches every part of our lives: security, human rights, poverty, hunger, healht, economics and mass migration.
We need to adresse the question of climate justice: developing countries suffer mist from the impacts of climate change, even trouhgt they have barely contributed to the problem.
Justice is the litmus test fair any measure designed to combat climate change. This includes justice between countries, within countries and between generations, and justice for Mother Nature. Climate justice means rich countries providing poorer countries with acces to modern clean technologies to help them raise their living standards by enabling them to embark on a renewable energy revolution.
A renewebla energy revolution will have crucial economic and social benefits for the poorest countries in the world, enabling them to insulate themselve against rising energy prices and to fuel their development with a decentralized energy network without expensive grid solutios.
So, a sustainable world must be both renewable and fair. This means that we must make use of nature and the planet resources in a manner that leaves them intact and fully productive for future generations; and that the peoples and economies of the world must all benefit from the positive changes we succed in making throught the use of these resources.
The current model of social and economic development is no longer tenable. It is too mechanitic, narrowly conceived and shot-sighted. It is too costly for human values and too destructive for nature.
The only sane choice we have, as summarized in this Thesis, is to take advantage of the positive economic opportunities that are offered by the industrial transformation which must occur to move to a low-carbon society. This will enable us to protect and restore the carbon-absorbing ecosystem which have been decimated over the centuries. And it will create meaningful jobs, substantial tax receipts, Healhty economies and a sense of civilization purpose exciting challange wich can bring this divided world closer togheter, both among people, and between humanity and the natural world that is our home.
While we celebrate that, here is something I believe is important for you to consider:The title of this new policy describes it as an “environmental” strategy. But I can’t emphasize enough that Council must communicate climate change as a human health issue and an economic issue as it is outlined in One Planet Living principles: It involves all those things that are important to us in our daily lives, such as employment, our health, our happiness and our mental well-being. We need to focus on the human impact rather than focusing discussion on an “environmental problem”.
Feeling good about the future is important for our happiness. We all need goals to motivate us and these need to be challenging enough to excite us, but also achievable. If we try to attempt the impossible this brings unnecessary stress. Choosing ambitious but realistic goals gives our lives direction and brings a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when we achieve them.
Goals are the way we can turn our values and dreams into reality. Happiness doesn't just happen - it comes from thinking, planning and pursuing things that are important to us. Scientific research shows that setting and working towards goals can contribute to happiness in various ways, including:
Goals are most successful when they're something we really want to achieve and when we set them for ourselves - rather than being something someone else wants us to do.
LES^SENCE ECONOMY AGENDA GOALS
The green jobs agenda es one of the most important in the environmental and social justice movements. It unites people with responsability and opportunity. Green- collar jobs can cover many sectors, from low to high skill levels. They are not necessarily brand new types of jobs, but an be 'greener' versions existing job types, such as in research and development, or in manufacturing and agriculture, with associated support staff and service sectors positions. These josbs are all irectly associated with adrressing the vast panoply of environmental issues around the world, including food, water, ecosystems, energy, manufacturing, transport, buildings and waste.
GREEN JOBS
Green jobs are central to sustainable development and respond to the global challenges of environmental protection, economic development and social inclusion. By engaging governments, workers and employers as active agents of change, the ILO promotes the greening of enterprises, workplace practices and the labour market as a whole. These efforts create decent employment opportunities, enhance resource efficiency and build low-carbon sustainable societies.
RENAWABLE ENERGY
We introduce the concept of energy subsidiarity, aiming to supply as much renewable energy from local and regional sources as posible. It is becoming increasingly clear that the swicht to renewables is ultimatly dependent on political decision-making, and pressure from the general public can make all the difference. Citizen and community participation in energy production must in turn be facilitated by government policy and new business models. Goods examples from different parts of the world are now urgently needed showing how development can be powered by renewable energy. Simpler and more cost effective solar technologies are being developed, and this could make a huge impact in developing countries. The road to energy between rich and poor countries may continue to be a long, arduous and contested one possible transfer.
100% RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY
The number of cities reporting they are predominantly powered by clean energy has more than doubled since 2015, as momentum builds for cities around the world to switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources.Data published on Tuesday by the not-for-profit environmental impact researcher CDP found that 101 of the more than 570 cities on its books sourced at least 70% of their electricity from renewable sources in 2017, compared to 42 in 2015.
- Being a source of interest, engagement or pleasure
- Giving us a sense of meaning and purpose
- Bringing a sense of accomplishment when we achieve what we set out to (or milestones along the way) - this also builds our confidence and belief in what we can do in the future
Goals are most successful when they're something we really want to achieve and when we set them for ourselves - rather than being something someone else wants us to do.
LES^SENCE ECONOMY AGENDA GOALS
The green jobs agenda es one of the most important in the environmental and social justice movements. It unites people with responsability and opportunity. Green- collar jobs can cover many sectors, from low to high skill levels. They are not necessarily brand new types of jobs, but an be 'greener' versions existing job types, such as in research and development, or in manufacturing and agriculture, with associated support staff and service sectors positions. These josbs are all irectly associated with adrressing the vast panoply of environmental issues around the world, including food, water, ecosystems, energy, manufacturing, transport, buildings and waste.
GREEN JOBS
Green jobs are central to sustainable development and respond to the global challenges of environmental protection, economic development and social inclusion. By engaging governments, workers and employers as active agents of change, the ILO promotes the greening of enterprises, workplace practices and the labour market as a whole. These efforts create decent employment opportunities, enhance resource efficiency and build low-carbon sustainable societies.
RENAWABLE ENERGY
We introduce the concept of energy subsidiarity, aiming to supply as much renewable energy from local and regional sources as posible. It is becoming increasingly clear that the swicht to renewables is ultimatly dependent on political decision-making, and pressure from the general public can make all the difference. Citizen and community participation in energy production must in turn be facilitated by government policy and new business models. Goods examples from different parts of the world are now urgently needed showing how development can be powered by renewable energy. Simpler and more cost effective solar technologies are being developed, and this could make a huge impact in developing countries. The road to energy between rich and poor countries may continue to be a long, arduous and contested one possible transfer.
100% RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY
The number of cities reporting they are predominantly powered by clean energy has more than doubled since 2015, as momentum builds for cities around the world to switch from fossil fuels to renewable sources.Data published on Tuesday by the not-for-profit environmental impact researcher CDP found that 101 of the more than 570 cities on its books sourced at least 70% of their electricity from renewable sources in 2017, compared to 42 in 2015.
For a transition of 100% renewable energy system all tipes of renewables and storage technologies need to be used. Solar and wind will makes the largest contribution to electricity generation.
RENEWING THE CITY
In many towns and cities around the world a renewable energy revolution is underway. Understanding cities as dynamic and everevolving eco-technical systems can help us formulate strategies for a sustainable urban future. Developing environmentally sustainable cities is one of humanity`s greatest challenges for the new millennium. Across the world a revolution in future-proofing our urban terms has started, assuring high levels of energy efficiency and rapidly switching to renewable energy technology.
SUSTAINABLE CITY PRINCIPLES.
Compact urban development.
Renewables as primary energy supply.
Small ecological footprint.
Circular urban metabolism.
Biodiversity in landscape desing.
A city embedded in farmland.
There is no doubt now that we need a revolution in the way we live and the way we invest. The global financila crisis offers a unique opportunity to transition to own-carbon, resource-efficent and socially sustainable economy, incorporating sustainability and social responsability measures into short term economic recovery measurs, and longerterm reform of the credit and investment makers.
There is now a great dal of evidence that a combiation of feed-in tariffs, green taxes, local trade and exchange, green consumerism and consucious investing can redirect very large amonts of money towards creating a sustainable world. It will be a major contribution to the historic challenge of (re)directing adequate money flows towards:
The regeneration of the world`s ecosystems in the face of climate change and the vigorous development of an efficent and sustainable energy system for the world.
International cooperation and connectedness is going to be vital, more than ever, in meeting these challenges. A lcoal-only strategy has no hope of reforming the global energy, food trade and financial sysems. All sectors society all governments and all business will need to find ways to working togheter towards some clear common goals. There is simply too much at stake to leave it to purely market forces, or purely person action, or government regultion allone.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL
Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner.
Effects that scientists had predicted in the past would result from global climate change are now occurring: loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves.
Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat-trapping gases emitted globally, and how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to those emissions.
In many towns and cities around the world a renewable energy revolution is underway. Understanding cities as dynamic and everevolving eco-technical systems can help us formulate strategies for a sustainable urban future. Developing environmentally sustainable cities is one of humanity`s greatest challenges for the new millennium. Across the world a revolution in future-proofing our urban terms has started, assuring high levels of energy efficiency and rapidly switching to renewable energy technology.
SUSTAINABLE CITY PRINCIPLES.
Compact urban development.
Renewables as primary energy supply.
Small ecological footprint.
Circular urban metabolism.
Biodiversity in landscape desing.
A city embedded in farmland.
There is no doubt now that we need a revolution in the way we live and the way we invest. The global financila crisis offers a unique opportunity to transition to own-carbon, resource-efficent and socially sustainable economy, incorporating sustainability and social responsability measures into short term economic recovery measurs, and longerterm reform of the credit and investment makers.
There is now a great dal of evidence that a combiation of feed-in tariffs, green taxes, local trade and exchange, green consumerism and consucious investing can redirect very large amonts of money towards creating a sustainable world. It will be a major contribution to the historic challenge of (re)directing adequate money flows towards:
The regeneration of the world`s ecosystems in the face of climate change and the vigorous development of an efficent and sustainable energy system for the world.
International cooperation and connectedness is going to be vital, more than ever, in meeting these challenges. A lcoal-only strategy has no hope of reforming the global energy, food trade and financial sysems. All sectors society all governments and all business will need to find ways to working togheter towards some clear common goals. There is simply too much at stake to leave it to purely market forces, or purely person action, or government regultion allone.
CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL
Global climate change has already had observable effects on the environment. Glaciers have shrunk, ice on rivers and lakes is breaking up earlier, plant and animal ranges have shifted and trees are flowering sooner.
Effects that scientists had predicted in the past would result from global climate change are now occurring: loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise and longer, more intense heat waves.
Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. The magnitude of climate change beyond the next few decades depends primarily on the amount of heat-trapping gases emitted globally, and how sensitive the Earth’s climate is to those emissions.
DEFORESTATION, A GLOBAL PROBLEM
Deforestation particulary in the tropics, has long been regarded as a major environmental problem. It is one of the biggest sources of grenhouse gas emissions and one of the primary contributions to climate change. The economic impacts of deforestation are immense the destruction of forest internationally is cuasing economic damage to the tune of S2 to S5 trillons.
The most feasible solution to deforestation is to carefully manage forest resources by eliminating clear-cutting to make sure forest environments remain intact. The cutting that does occur should be balanced by planting young trees to replace older trees felled. The number of new tree plantations is growing each year, but their total still equals a tiny fraction of the Earth’s forested land.
ORGANIC FARMING
Biochar technology, which is not widely known in Countries, makes it possible to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and store carbon in the soil. It also offers benefits to the agricultural sector because it makes soils more nutrient-rich and counteracts the effects of drought conditions.
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN THE DESERT
REFUGGES CULTURAL SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Sustainable cultural development means individual human development. The people need to be guided to their individual inspirational sources, whether these are sciences, philosophy, religion, arts or beauty. This can only be achieved through freedom in cultural life through the establishment of connections with other local cultures through a global network. Therefore, free education and spiritual development of all human beings must be the highest priority. Through a holistic approach every individual is able to unfold his full potential and skills and enables himself to improve his own life and contribute to the development of the community and country.
Our Mission is to provide access to innovative technologies that not only improve but save lives, powering and empowering communities with products that allow better and more equal access to renewable energy and clean water, while simultaneously educating about the impact of climate change.
Our Goal is to provide decentralized, sustainable, and renewable energy generation and storage systems for disaster response, recovery, and disaster preparedness; educate future generations about climate change; and be a leader in identifying and utilizing zero carbon clean power technologies and products.
Many sustainable transport strategies to reduce climate change risks have large, immediate health benefits for the majority of the world’s population, and large equity benefits for vulnerable groups. Well-designed transport policies and infrastructure investment priorities can lead to far-reaching reductions in traffic-related health risks from air and noise pollution and injuries.
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
Sustainable building is an essential aspect of widening efforts to conceive an ecologically responsible world. A building that is sustainable must, by nature, be constructed using locally sustainable materials: i.e. materials that can be used without any adverse effect on the environment, and which are produced locally.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION.
Sustainable production and consumption can be defined as production and use of products and services in a manner that is socially beneficial, economically viable and environmentally benign over their whole life cycle. The journal aims to provide a leading platform for publishing high-quality interdisciplinary papers on research and practice in this emerging field. It looks uniquely at the interactions between technology, consumption and policy to help identify more-sustainable solutions for both production and consumption systems.
Papers from engineers, natural and social scientists as well as philosophers are invited and those at the interface between these disciplines are particularly encouraged. Types of article published by the journal include original research, perspectives, short communications, policy and review papers. All papers should include some elements of life cycle thinking and should clearly demonstrate that they are addressing topics related to sustainable production and consumption. Note that papers on end-of-pipe treatment technologies are outside the scope.
The areas and topics covered by the journal include but are not limited to:
Papers from engineers, natural and social scientists as well as philosophers are invited and those at the interface between these disciplines are particularly encouraged. Types of article published by the journal include original research, perspectives, short communications, policy and review papers. All papers should include some elements of life cycle thinking and should clearly demonstrate that they are addressing topics related to sustainable production and consumption. Note that papers on end-of-pipe treatment technologies are outside the scope.
The areas and topics covered by the journal include but are not limited to:
Concepts and approaches
• Circular economy
• Clean technology/cleaner production
• Climate change mitigation
• Consumer engagement and communication
• Corporate social responsibility
• Eco-efficiency
• Ecosystem services
• Ethical investment and consumption
• Green/sustainable chemistry
• Industrial ecology
• Intra/Intergenerational equity
• Life cycle management
• Life cycle thinking
• Life cycle sustainability assessment
• Producer responsibility
• Rebound effect
• Supply chain management
• Sustainable design
• Sustainable lifestyles
• Sustainable policies
• Sustainable procurement
• Sustainable products and services
Tools
• Carbon and water footprinting
• Analysis of consumer preferences and attitudes
• Economic instruments
• Integrated product policies
• Internalisation of environmental and social costs
• Life cycle assessment
• Life cycle costing
• Material flow analysis
• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Scenario analysis
• Social life cycle assessment
• Stakeholder analysis
• Sustainability indicators
• System optimisation
Sectors
• Chemicals
• Construction and buildings
• Energy
• Financial
• Food
• Health
• Manufacturing
• Resources and feedstocks
• Retail
• Tourism
• Transport and mobility
• Waste
• Water
DEFINITION OF FAIR TRADE• Circular economy
• Clean technology/cleaner production
• Climate change mitigation
• Consumer engagement and communication
• Corporate social responsibility
• Eco-efficiency
• Ecosystem services
• Ethical investment and consumption
• Green/sustainable chemistry
• Industrial ecology
• Intra/Intergenerational equity
• Life cycle management
• Life cycle thinking
• Life cycle sustainability assessment
• Producer responsibility
• Rebound effect
• Supply chain management
• Sustainable design
• Sustainable lifestyles
• Sustainable policies
• Sustainable procurement
• Sustainable products and services
Tools
• Carbon and water footprinting
• Analysis of consumer preferences and attitudes
• Economic instruments
• Integrated product policies
• Internalisation of environmental and social costs
• Life cycle assessment
• Life cycle costing
• Material flow analysis
• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Scenario analysis
• Social life cycle assessment
• Stakeholder analysis
• Sustainability indicators
• System optimisation
Sectors
• Chemicals
• Construction and buildings
• Energy
• Financial
• Food
• Health
• Manufacturing
• Resources and feedstocks
• Retail
• Tourism
• Transport and mobility
• Waste
• Water
"Fair Trade is a trading partnership, based on dialogue, transparency and respect, that seeks greater equity in international trade. It contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers – especially in the South.
Fair Trade organisations have a clear commitment to Fair Trade as the principal core of their mission. They, backed by consumers, are engaged actively in supporting producers, awareness raising and in campaigning for changes in the rules and practice of conventional international trade." They can be recognised by the WFTO logo.
Fair Trade is more than just trading:
It proves that greater justice in world trade is possible.
It highlights the need for change in the rules and practice of conventional trade and shows how a successful business can also put people first.
It is a tangible contribution to the fight against poverty, climate change and economic crisis.
10 PRINCIPLES OF FAIR TRADE
WFTO prescribes 10 Principles that Fair Trade Organisations must follow in their day-to-day work and carries out monitoring to ensure these principles are upheld.
Principle One: Creating Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers
Principle Two: Transparency and Accountability
Principle Three: Fair Trading Practices
Principle Four: Fair Payment
Principle Five: Ensuring no Child Labour and Forced Labour
Principle Six: Commitment to Non Discrimination, Gender Equity and Women’s Economic Empowerment, and Freedom of Association
Principle Seven: Ensuring Good Working Conditions
Principle Eight: Providing Capacity Building
Principle Nine: Promoting Fair Trade
Principle Ten: Respect for the Environment
in writing this Thesis we have placed a strong emphasis on climate change migration strategies and the social and economic benefits that come from them. This is not to deny the necessity of adaptation measures, but these would be more specific in terms of local and national strategies to take account of conditions on the ground. We take the view that even if climate change were not happening. We would still need to change our energy systems, restore the healht of ecosystems, create more livable cities, vibrant communities and resilent localities, use less resources, spread wealht increase international peace and leave behind a world fit for our children.
How we work
Principle Two: Transparency and Accountability
Principle Three: Fair Trading Practices
Principle Four: Fair Payment
Principle Five: Ensuring no Child Labour and Forced Labour
Principle Six: Commitment to Non Discrimination, Gender Equity and Women’s Economic Empowerment, and Freedom of Association
Principle Seven: Ensuring Good Working Conditions
Principle Eight: Providing Capacity Building
Principle Nine: Promoting Fair Trade
Principle Ten: Respect for the Environment
in writing this Thesis we have placed a strong emphasis on climate change migration strategies and the social and economic benefits that come from them. This is not to deny the necessity of adaptation measures, but these would be more specific in terms of local and national strategies to take account of conditions on the ground. We take the view that even if climate change were not happening. We would still need to change our energy systems, restore the healht of ecosystems, create more livable cities, vibrant communities and resilent localities, use less resources, spread wealht increase international peace and leave behind a world fit for our children.
LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY.
Community development involved capacity building, community development process and social capital. Local Economic Development strategies are multidisciplinary, encompassing international labour standards, employment, social protection and social dialogue. This means that we work in close partnership with many ILO units and programmes, as well as with other multilateral organizations and national and local partners. Our work includes the implementation of technical cooperation projects and the development and dissemination of a knowledge base on successful local initiatives for decent work.
- The promotion of dialogue between local-level stakeholders: We support the strengthening of local chapters of employers and workers organizations, and the organization of entrepreneurs and informal workers in both rural and urban areas for effective participation and dialogue.
- The creation of employment strategies at the local level: We work hand in hand with local partners to strengthen the analysis of the business dynamics and the labour environment, improve the match between local labour markets’ demand and supply, and deliver targeted skills training.
- The strengthening of an enabling environment for micro, small and medium enterprises at the local level: We encourage membership of professional associations and formalization among entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship training and leadership, value chain upgrading, business development services and access to finance.
- The extension of social security coverage to informal workers and the local population: We support the extension of social security schemes, creation of strategies to manage risks and facilitate access to insurance, and strengthening of collective organizations providing social security.
The Sustainable Food Processing group focuses on a system oriented approach in food production via the consideration of the total value chain including emerging needs in society and their environmental, economic and social impact. Sustainable Food Processing is part of the global bioeconomy. Life cycle sustainability assessment LCSA as guidance tool is the foundation of our emerging food process development. Selected mechanical, biotechnological, thermal and non-thermal techniques to realize several objectives such as i biomass and energy use efficiency, significant waste reduction along the food value chain and healthy and high quality food production are evaluated. Innovative raw materials from algae and insects are utilized within urban farming and processing concepts to enable new ways of sustainable food supply.
SUSTAINABLE FOOD LAB
The Sustainable Food Lab is a global network of organizations accelerating progress toward a more sustainable food system. Food Lab staff advise on sustainability strategy and procurement programs, design and manage pre-competitive collaboration, and provide leadership development.
The project has reached 11 highland communities with:
- Increased access to capital through a revolving fun
- Small business management skills training
- Training on agricultural best practices
- Soil testing and conservation programs
- Access to fertilizers and other inputs at a reduced cost
- Infrastructure and training for irrigation systems
- Training and infrastructure for compost facilities
- Greenhouses and tools for seedling production
- Vegetable processing and collection centers
- Additional jobs associated with vegetable processing, seedling production and compost generation.
The National Research Programme “Sustainable Water Management” (NRP 61) developed scientific foundations and methods for sustainable management of water resources, which are under increasing pressure. NRP 61 determined the effects of climate and social changes on these resources and identified the risks and future conflicts associated with their use. The NRP developed strategies for ensuring sustainable and integrated water resources management also in the future.
Cross-border projects with international partners - International Co-Investigator Scheme
The International Co-Investigator Scheme shall support and facilitate the cooperation with partners abroad and is aimed at researchers in Switzerland who carry out projects in which a subproject is con-ducted abroad. The sub-projects abroad are co-financed by the SNSF.
The International Co-Investigator Scheme is part of the project funding and for the foreign co-applicants the same participation requirements are applied as for Swiss applicants: to hold at least a 50% position for the whole project duration and at least four years of successfully conducted research since gaining the doctoral degree.
Research teams from other countries can also participate in Swiss projects via the Sinergia programme.
Research teams from other countries can also participate in Swiss projects via the Sinergia programme.
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