According to the researchers and scientists at Project Drawdown, reducing food waste is one of the top solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. On its Food Waste page, Drawdown editors say, “Roughly a third of the world’s food is never eaten, which means land and resources used and greenhouse gases emitted in producing it were unnecessary … Reducing waste also avoids the deforestation for additional farmland.”
While world-wide food waste is huge, this is a solution on which individuals can have an impact and its fairly easily embrace. Fortunately, a group of local experts can help you start right now as they provide tips and facilitate conversations on how to run a waste-free kitchen throughout a free, four-part online series beginning Thursday, Nov. 12. The Emerging Futures Network, a nonprofit organization based in Ashland, OR, is facilitating the series on the Zoom platform.
Topics covered in the classes range from defining zero waste, effectively buying food in bulk, worm composting, and more. A Food Waste Challenge, using an online food waste calculator, will help participants lower their waste footprint in a way that’s cost effective and fun. The series will also include coaching from Emerging Future Network staff on how participants can spread the word and teach their own families and networks how they, too, can have a zero-waste kitchen.
Part one of the series will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12. Subsequent classes will be from 5 to 6 p.m. on the Thursdays of Nov. 19, Dec. 3, and Dec. 10.
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Emerging Futures Network’s purpose is to engage and educate community members to implement regenerative principles and practices at the local level through solution-oriented projects. Visit them on Facebook.
Project Drawdown’s mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown”— the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change — as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
See our website for more local, national and international resources on protecting a thriving natural world.
Reminder: Get details on the upcoming Soil Symposium starting Nov. 10.