Occupying only 3% of the total surface area of the planet, cities produce 80% of GDP but are responsible for 75% of CO2 emissions and consume up to 70% of the food produced nationally. Find out how these can become the engine of change and how they can foster the emergence of strategic solutions for food and environmental sustainability and the well-being of the world’s population.
This teaching guide illustrates the processes concerning urban food sustainability and the quality of life of citizens from a nutritional point of view. This guide also proposes exercises and suggestions to present this topic to students, according to different learning needs.
The key elements of "Food in the City" are summarized in this presentation as a support for the teacher and / or as a guide for presenting the contents to the class.
Listening to this interview it is possible to discover some examples of forward-looking municipal administrations, which have made food and environmental sustainability a priority. These examples can be replicated all over the world.
This video was made in 2019. See the monograph for the latest data.
The video lesson by Davide Marino – Professor of Agriculture and Food Economics at the University of Molise and Roma 3 University – explains the relationship between food and cities. For the first time in human history, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and this share is expected to reach 70% by 2050. This radical change is transforming present relationships with food. Due to massive urbanization, the new challenge will be feeding an unprecedented growing global population, while ensuring food safety and the health of our Planet.
This video was made in 2019. See the monograph for the latest data.
