The food we eat has a massive impact on our health, but also the health of our planet. In Europe alone, it’s estimated that half the population is obese or overweight and food accounts for almost a third of all consumption derived greenhouse gas emissions. In light of this, is the adoption of a sustainable… read more
LiveWell events
Storify: Value your food conference
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LiveWell at the ICUH 2014
LiveWell for LIFE is very proud to have taken part in the 11th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), which took place in Manchester, UK from 4-7 March 2014 within the astonishing walls of the Manchester Central Convention Complex. The ICUH[1] is described as the premier non-governmental global forum for information-exchange among urban health stakeholders,… read more
LiveWell webinar – 31 March 2015
Challenging the myth of cheap food Join our speakers for a free, hour long debate on the true cost of our food. The environmental and health costs of our food consumption are currently not reflected in food prices. Our western diets – high in meat, fat, sugar and highly-processed food – place costs on public… read more
Value your food conference
The global food system is broken; whereas almost 842 million people worldwide are chronically undernourished, 1.5 billion people are overweight. The European food system accounts for almost a third of the EU’s consumption related greenhouse gas emissions, and is responsible for biodiversity loss and deforestation. It is clear that the current models of development are… read more
LiveWell at Nutrition & Health Live 2013
LiveWell for LIFE was present at Nutrition & Health Live, which took place at London Olympia on 1-2 November. This was the first, largest and most comprehensive event for registered dieticians, nutritionists and all health care professionals working in the field of nutrition. Nutrition & Health Live comprised of four parallel Conference Theatres on each of the two… read more
Second stakeholder workshop – Adopting healthy sustainable diets: key opportunities and barriers
On Tuesday 5 March 2013, WWF and Friends of Europe hosted the second LiveWell for LIFE stakeholder workshop. Fifty members of the Network of European Food Stakeholders – key food, environment and health stakeholders – met to discuss the challenges and opportunities of sustainable diets. Participants at the workshop aimed to reach a consensus on… read more
First stakeholder workshop – Appetite for change
Around 60 representatives of various food, health and environmental organisations from across Europe participated in LiveWell for LIFE’s first stakeholder workshop organised on 18 September, in Brussels. The purpose of the event was to discuss and analyse the draft results of the first project research A balance of healthy and sustainable food choices for France, Spain,… read more
Webinar report on the climate impact and benefits of sustainable diets is now available
The full report from the webinar held on 13 June on the climate impact and benefits of sustainable diets is now available for consultation: Webinar debate report If you would like continue to contribute, be updated on the project and access future discussions around sustainable diets, please don’t forget to join up to our project… read more
WWF UK One Planet Food Webinar: Tuesday 17 July 3.15 – 4.00pm
Selling Sustainability? In search of the retail business case for sustainable diets WWF’s One Planet Food Programme aims to reduce the global environmental and social impacts of UK food production and consumption. Ours and other’s analysis shows that western diets are unsustainable. If the world ate as we do we would need nearly three planets… read more