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Alison Blay Palmer on why she works on food
This video was used as a trailer for Alison’s induction into the Royal Society of Canada at their Annual General Meeting. Shot at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to highlight the research Alison is doing on Global Food Systems. @John Ternan.
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Reshaping the food system: what cities can do
A TEDx presentation by Joy Carey talking about the need to rethink our food systems and how the consequences of continuing with ‘business as usual’ impact on cities. She calls for alternatives to the current global food systems and how action at a city level can influence positive change, taking Bristol as an example.
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Urban Farming in Nepal and Uganda
This film, by Kyle Robinson, investigates the use of urban and peri-urban agriculture in developing cities in Africa and Asia such as Kathmandu and Kampala. The film assesses its value to a country’s economy and combating environmental threats such as climate change, as well as addressing the challenges involved in nurturing and sustaining effective urban…
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Urban Agriculture Magazine: A city compilation
The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact is going to be one of the most important legacies of Expo 2015. It acknowledges that cities, which host over half the world’s population, have a strategic role to play in developing sustainable food systems and promoting healthy diets and improved urban environments. To this date, about 50 cities…
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Rooftop gardening in Kathmandu, Nepal
This video shows the results of the rooftop gardening project that was implemented by the NGO ENPHO in close collaboration with Kathmandu Municipality and with technical support of RUAF Foundation in the context of the broader project undertaken by these organisations together with UN Habitat aiming at the integration of (intra- and peri-) urban agriculture…
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How to integrate urban agriculture into city design
A video produced by the American Society of Landscape Architects showing how urban agriculture can be integrated into city design.