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Lisa Dyson is an American scientist, physicist, and entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Air Protein, a food tech company, reinventing how food is produced using elements of the air. As one of the companies recognized by the World Economic Forum, Air Protein aims to help sustainably and nutritiously feed 10 billion people by 2050.
Robin Greenfield and one of his Food Waste Fiascos. He held Food Waste Fiascos in major cities in which the edible food he found in dumpsters was displayed in one spot to show how much of it there is. [18] Greenfield said, The stats are enormous—$165 billion worth of food thrown out each year, or about half of all the food we produce—but it ...
A majority of food waste food is avoidable, with the rest being divided almost equally into foods which are unavoidable [clarification needed] (e.g. tea bags) and those that are unavoidable due to preference [clarification needed] (e.g. bread crusts) or cooking type (e.g. potato skins).
Lauren Singer is an American environmental activist, entrepreneur, investor, and blogger in the zero waste movement. [1] She is most notable for collecting all of the waste she has created since 2012 in a 16-ounce mason jar. [2] Her blog, Trash Is for Tossers, documents her lifestyle. She is the founder of Package Free and The Simply Co.
Waste No Food had delivered over 1,000,000 meals by the end of 2015. [7] Its partners include Levi's Stadium , the City of San Jose Mayor's Office, PayPal and the San Francisco 49ers . Waste No Food Tampa Bay is a partnership between Waste No Food and the Tampa Bay Network to End Hunger, with the goal of eradicating hunger.
Proponents maintain that BIA is an environmentally sustainable strategy for urban food production that reduces our environmental footprint, cuts transportation costs, enhances food security/safety, conserves water, protects rivers, improves health, reduces waste, cools buildings, and combats global warming. [9]
Leyla Acaroglu is an Australian designer, sustainability innovator, and educator. [1] [2] [3] She is the founder of two design agencies, Disrupt Design and Eco Innovators.She also founded the UnSchool, [4] a pop-up program that disrupts the mainstream way that knowledge is gained and shared; the program won the Core77 Design Education Initiative Award.
The main aim of the day is to raise awareness to the importance of food loss and waste related problems and their possible solutions at all levels, and also to promote global efforts and collective action towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3, which targets to halve per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level ...