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Democratising the Food System Perth 12.4.16
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The irrigation water used globally to grow food that is wasted would be enough for the domestic needs (at 200 litres per person per day) of 9 billion people - the number expected on the planet by 2050.
If we planted trees on land currently used to grow unnecessary surplus and wasted food, this would offset a theoretical maximum of 100% of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion.
10% of rich countries' greenhouse gas emissions come from growing food that is never eaten
A new paradigm focused on well-being, resilience and sustainability must be designed to replace the productivist paradigm
Sumak Kawsay / Buen Vivir
Democratising the Food System
West Perth, 12th April 2016
Nick Rose (PhD)
Executive Director, Sustain: The Australian Food Network
Lecturer, Food Systems and Food Studies, William Angliss Institute
NicholasR@angliss.edu.au
www.circlesoffood.org
www.nick-rose.com
An ancient Quechua word, sumak kawsay means ‘good living’ or the ‘good life,’ and means
more than our version of la buena vida. Often when we hear this, we may think of easy living,
and a carefree yet connected lifestyle, but sumak kawsay is much deeper than this.
Throughout South America, it is a way of living in harmony within communities, ourselves,
and most importantly, nature
notions of rights for Mother Earth and buen vivir challenge the
basic logic of capitalist accumulation and thus reflect an emerging new common sense being
advanced by movements around the world
The Politics of Money - Aristotle, 350 BCE
Oikonomia - the art of good household management for the benefit of all
Chrematistics - the manipulation of property and wealth so as to maximise short-term monetary gain