Speakers Tristram Stuart: Author and Activist
Tristram Stuart sounds the warning bell on global food waste, calling for us to change the systems whereby large quantities of produce and other foods end up in trash heaps.
Why you should listen to him:
Western countries waste up to half of their food. This is an injustice Tristram Stuart has dedicated his career to fixing. In his newest book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, Tristram shows how changing the systems that result in food waste could be one of the simplest ways to reduce pressure on the environment.
The winner of the international environmental award The Sophie Prize in 2011, Tristram is the founder of Feeding the 5000, a consciousness raising campaign where 5000 members of the public are given a free lunch using only ingredients that otherwise would have been wasted. Held in Trafalgar Square in 2009 and 2011, the event has also been held internationally.
In addition, Tristram works with a range of NGOs, governments, and private enterprises to tackle the global food waste scandal.
"Waste is certainly one of the most important environmental books to come out in years. But it is more than that. It is an indictment of our consumer culture that should make us all feel deeply ashamed. "The Financial Times
Quotes by Tristram Stuart
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“A country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to feed the American people.”
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“We, the people, do have the power to stop [the] tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food.”
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Tristram Stuart: The global food waste scandal
- 14:15 Posted: Sep 2012
Tristram Stuart on the Web
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Conferences
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- TEDSalon London Spring 2012