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New sustainable food course

Starting 6 July 2011.

New course: Revaluing Food for the Future
6 June 2011

Do you want to learn what a sustainable diet is and how you can inspire others in your community to embrace it?

This free course is ideal for anyone who wants to learn more about our complex food system. It is open to residents of Hammersmith & Fulham, Lambeth, Kensington and Chelsea and Wandsworth.

When?
6.30pm – 8.30pm
Every other Wednesday from 6 July 2011

Where?
Vauxhall City Farm, 165 Tyers Street, London, SE11 5HS

What will I learn? Over eight hands-on workshops, you will gain a deeper understanding of the issues, including:
  • Health, wellbeing and food access
  • The environmental impact of food production
  • Equality: what is fair food?
  • Waste: domestic and international
  • Food celebration and culture
By the end of the course you will:
  • Have the information and skills required to change your behaviour towards eating a more sustainable diet
  • Be confident in talking with your peers about a wide range of subjects connected to sustainable food
  • Have developed the capacity to exemplify and enable others to change their own behaviours around sustainable food
  • Understand your own impact on how others see the food debate
  • Set up your own food co-op or related group
Book your place now! Email stephanie.ward@wastewatch.org.uk
or call 0207 549 0305.

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