ToNoWaste Co-Creative Spring School: Get in Touch with Food Waste Reduction and Prevention

From 20 to 22 April, the ToNoWaste project will organise a co-creative Spring School in Vienna, Austria. They would be delighted to welcome participants to this event. More information is available here:

Reducing and preventing food waste is essential for ensuring the long-term sustainability of our ecosystems. Every unit of wasted food represents a loss of the energy, water, and other resources required to produce it. Moreover, food waste contributes to global warming—both through emissions from its disposal and from the intensive production systems that generate surplus in the first place. At the same time, millions of people face hunger and the adverse consequences of climate change, which reinforces agricultural problems1. The ToNoWaste project (https://tonowaste.eu/) connects science and practice to identify approaches that signifi-cantly reduce and prevent fresh food waste.

How do they do that?
The project TNW is supported by 21 partner organisations, connecting universities, research institutes, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), companies and praxis partners along the entire food value chain. Some of these take on the practical part by carrying out pilot actions at different levels of the food chain, from cultivation and distribution to places of consumption, and education plays a crucial role throughout the project.

The mission of ToNoWaste is to encourage stakeholders in European food systems to make better choices for more sustainable food production and consumption patterns using scientific and evidence-based tools and experiences.

In their spring school, you will learn from selected pilot actions and experiments regarding social, techno-logical, environmental, economic, political/legal, ethical, and demographic aspects. This and commonly elaborating scenarios for the food system will allow them to create a set of meaningful recommendations for decision makers across the food system. They will rely on the TNW comprehensive science-based frame-work for sustainability assessment in the area of food waste. You will uncover the connection between your research, work field, and the TNW project. This connection shall enable you to continue supporting the project

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