Futuring Food & Transitioning to Sustainability
Addressing social and sustainability issues in the current food system, the SHARECITY project in Dublin explores future scenarios of urban food sharing. Through workshops, research, and policy engagement, they aim to create transformative and inclusive visions for just and sustainable food practices. Using a Three Horizons approach, they develop three possible scenarios ranging from extending current practices to envisioning a desirable, just, and ecologically modern future. The project includes public outreach initiatives, policy maker engagement, academic papers, and a manifesto for sustainable food sharing.
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Futuring Food & Transitioning to Sustainability Dr. Louise Michelle Fitzgerald Trinity College Dublin, Ireland NEST 2021 www.sharecity.ie ERC Grant Agreement No: 646883
Context & SHARECITY Project SHARECITY ERC-funded 5 year project Practices and sustainability potential of ICT- mediated food sharing in urban contexts Food sharing: sharing practices around food including collective cooking and eating practices, community gardening and redistributing surplus food, seed sharing, community composting - sharing skills, tools and knowledge around food. Cities & food systems in sustainability transitions
SHARECITY Research Food sharing addresses many social & sustainability issues of current food system Workshops such as SHARING FUTURES & research: governance challenges faced by food sharers Challenges in engaging with policy makers on issues of food sharing faced by food sharers and researchers Futuring: visualising future scenarios of food sharing as an additional means to engage policy makers on issues of just and sustainable urban food sharing
Approach to Futuring Using Three Horizons scanning approach to identify possible futures already existing in the present Draw on SHARECITY research to date, and current debates on food futures, develop three possible future scenarios of urban food sharing. Work in collaboration with an artist to illustrate each scenario, including development of initial sketches, mood board images and rounds of illustrations. Transformative scenarios development, inclusion of marginalised perspectives.
Overview of Scenarios & Characteristics Each scenario output mediated by different priorities and choices within urban governance & sustainability Three possible scenarios: 1. Extension of Business as Usual (some food sharing, but facing challenges, lack of support and resources) 2. Desirable Future : Just and Inclusive Sustainability (sustainability within social & environmental aspects) 3. Ecological Modernisation ( greening growth, but no social justice lens)
Next Steps Public Outreach: Youth Writing Competition, Day in the Life in Desirable Future scenario Policy maker engagement including surveying on the three scenarios Academic papers on scenarios development process and engagement with policy makers Manifesto for sustainable food sharing Further information & updates: www.sharecity.ie
Thank you! Website SHARECITY100 www.sharecity.ie Email: lfitzge1@tcd.ie www.sharecity.ie/research/sharecity100-database/ Facebook Twitter https://www.facebook.com/sharecityresearch/ https://twitter.com/sharecityire @ShareCityIre www.sharecity.ie ERC Grant Agreement No: 646883
