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Understanding Your Foodprint: The Environmental Impacts of What We Eat
Photo: Matthieu Paley, National GeographicKimberly Nicholas
Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studieswww.kimnicholas.com
@KA_Nicholas@KA_Nicholas
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Photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker
12% ice-free land used for crops (size of South America)
Ramankutty et al., 2008; Leff et al., 2004 @KA_Nicholas
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Photo: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
22% ice-free land used for grazing livestock(size of Africa)
Ramankutty et al., 2008; Leff et al., 2004 @KA_Nicholas
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ALL water on Earth(1384 km sphere)
Liquid fresh water (270 km sphere)
Fresh water in lakes & rivers(56km sphere)
Data from Shiklomanov, In Gleick 1993,“Water in Crisis.” Visualization by USGS Water Science Photo Gallery
Resources Are Limited…
All soil(thanks to Jerry Glover)
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What matters most for climate: what you eat, not where or how it
was grown
Data from Table 1, Vermuellen et al., 2012, ARER. Mean value shown where range given.
Global Food System Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Beef warms the climate 5x more than cheese, 100x more than legumes
Bryngelsson and Wirsenius, Supermiljöbloggen, 22 februari 2016
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Beef Dairy Pork Chicken Legumes@KA_Nicholas
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
What we eat determines global health
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We need a new food paradigm
Slide from Jon Foley. Figure from Foley et al., 2011, Nature@KA_Nicholas
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Right now, we have too little food security…
Slide from Jon Foley. Figure from Foley et al., 2011, Nature@KA_Nicholas
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… and too much environmental harm
Slide from Jon Foley. Figure from Foley et al., 2011, Nature@KA_Nicholas
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We need more real, fair & resilient food
Slide from Jon Foley. Figure from Foley et al., 2011, Nature@KA_Nicholas
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… and less environmental damage
Slide from Jon Foley. Figure from Foley et al., 2011, Nature@KA_Nicholas
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Cassidy et al 2013
Only 59% of calories produced become foodCurrent crops could feed 4 billion more if fed directly to
people
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Debbie Anderson, myclimatechangegarden.com
Ron Finley, Guerrilla Gardening (Smithsonianmag.org)
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Solutions are all around us
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Debbie Anderson, myclimatechangegarden.com
Ron Finley, Guerrilla Gardening (Smithsonianmag.org)
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David Perry, Reuters
Solutions are all around us
The Land Institute
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Data: Scarborough et al., 2014, Climatic Change. Graphic: Brad Plumer, vox.com@KA_Nicholas
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Sweden’s diet guidelines:health + environment
2015. “Find your way to eat greener, not too much and be active” @KA_Nicholas
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We vote with our forks three times every day
Photo: Seven Stans, National GeographicFor more: One Great Meal, http://www.kimnicholas.com/one-great-meal.html
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