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A Dysfunctional Circle

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A Dysfunctional Circle

July 31, 2013 — 0 Comments

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Impactful Readings

A Public-Private Initiative to Reduce Food Waste: A Framework for Local Communities (Finn)
Creating a Sustainable Food Future (Inst. 1, WRI)
Global Food Losses and Food Waste
Innovating Our Way to the Next Industrial Revolution (Carstedt, Senge)
Paul Hawken: Commencement: Healing or Stealing
Reducing Food Loss and Waste (Inst. 2, WRI)
Saving Water: From Field to Fork…
Sustainability Nears a Tipping Point (MIT Sloan)
Sustainable Food Recovery Programs: Making Connections to Redirect Excess Food to the Needy (Finn)
The 9-billion people question
The Food We Waste (WRAP)
The State of Food and Agriculture, 2013 (FAO)
The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2010 (FAO)
Valuing Our Food: Minimizing Waste and Optimizing Resources (Finn)
Wasted (Gunders, NRDC)

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Feeding the 5000 Portland (Maine)
Leadership for a Sustainable Future (Goran Carstedt)
The Global Food Waste Scandal (Tristram Stuart)
The other inconvenient truth (Jonathan Foley)
The Strawberry Video (Ad Council)
Water Changes Everything
Why (Simon Sinek)
Why good leaders make you feel safe (Sinek)

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FoodPort – Concept Presentation
The Last Food Mile (UPenn)
The Necessary Revolution is Necessary Now
The scope of the Global Food Waste Problem
Valuing our Food and Water Resources — Food Security, Water Security, and Food Recovery

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2030 Water Resources Group
Alliance for Water Stewardship
California Water Foundation
Charity: Water
EPA Water Sense
Global Water Challenge
Global Water Partnership
Global Water Policy Project
International Water Management Institute
McKinsey 2030 Water Resources Group Report
Nexus: The Water, Energy, and Food Security Resource Platform
Oxford Water Network
Save the Water
Stockholm International Water Institute
Sustainable Sanitation Alliance
The Freshwater Trust
The Nature Conservancy
The Water Project
UN Water
USEPA: Water Security
Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona
Water Footprint Network
Water for People
Water.org
World Bank – Water
World Bank – Water Website
World Economic Forum: Global Agenda Council on Water Security

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