News

Save the date – Sustainable Diet Workshop, 18 September 2012, Brussels!

May 25th 2012

Fifty food, environment and health stakeholders from across the EU will be invited to attend the project’s interactive workshops. The first workshop will be held in Brussels on 18 September 2012 and will give the participants a first view of the LiveWell for LIFE sustainable diet case studies for Spain, France and Sweden. There will be 3… read more

Become a member of the LiveWell for LIFE online network!

We’ve established a new online network to allow the project stakeholders to connect with each other and with other individuals and organisations from the food chain sector. We want the LiveWell NING to become a focal point of the discussions surrounding sustainable diets, as its members will be able to access the latest project work… read more

LiveWell for LIFE webinar – 13th June

May 3rd 2012

WWF and Friends of Europe are running their first LiveWell for LIFE Webinar on the Climate Impact and Benefits of Sustainable diets. The online event is a key start to the project and aims to: Explore the links between current food consumption patterns and the related climate change and other environmental impacts; Build a shared… read more

The LiveWell for low impact food in Europe (LIFE) project launched 28 February 2012

May 2nd 2012

The LiveWell for low impact food in Europe (LIFE) project was launched with a policy debate in Brussels on 28 February 2012. Stakeholders learned that the food sector represents 20% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and that systemic changes throughout the food chain could improve both nutritional outcomes as well as cutting CO2 emissions. Stabilisation… read more

LiveWell for LIFE in the news

May 1st 2012

Humans ought to change their eating habits to successfully meet the 2050 targets set out in the European Commission’s resource efficiency roadmap, writes WWF-UKs Oliver Smith in Euractiv https://www.euractiv.com/cap/food-matters-setting-table-greener-future-analysis-511157  

An introduction to LiveWell for LIFE

April 30th 2012

LiveWell for low impact food in Europe (LIFE) is a project which aims to contribute towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the EU food supply chain and demonstrate what sustainable and healthy diets could look like for different European countries. Download the project introduction PDF in English. Download in Swedish Download in French… read more