Essays about: "alternative food movements"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words alternative food movements.
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1. Beyond the Bin: Dumpster Diving as an Alternative Consumer Practice
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Title: Beyond the Bin: Dumpster Diving as an Alternative Consumer Practice - Investigating the Motivations and Methods of Urban Foragers Course: BUSN39 Business Administration: Degree Project in Global Marketing - Master level Authors: Adam Christensson and Vendela Melin Supervisor: Annette Cerne Keywords: Dumpster diving, Social movement, Consumer resistance, Theory of planned behavior (TPB). Purpose: The study investigates dumpster diving motivations, methods, and its role as a resistance against conventional consumption patterns. READ MORE
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2. Regenerative agriculture : a contested open moment
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Agriculture is both heavily impacted by climate change and responsible for greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Transitioning towards more sustainable agricultural practices is therefore imperative and requires new ways of thinking about agricultural knowledge and technologies. READ MORE
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3. Mainstreaming ‘Grow Your Own’ As a Tool for Social Change : A Study On Own Food Growers, Their Practice’s Impact, and its Communication
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : For a more equal, just, and sustainable society to emerge, much of the human population will have to change some of its paradigms and consequently behaviour in one way or another. While part of society will need to learn how to live without unsustainable conveniences and control unconscious consumption, others will need to adapt their capabilities to deal with the effects of climate change. READ MORE
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4. Att arbeta för en värld som fungerar : en studie om samtalets betydelse för att bygga ett hållbart livsmedelssystem
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : I uppsatsen undersöks hur odlingsutbildningar utanför den akademiska världen överbryggar förståelsen av varandras filosofiska synsätt och epistemologiska utgångspunkter. Studien undersöker skillnader och likheter mellan odlingsinriktningar, hur formella och informella samarbeten ser ut och redogör för samtalen som pågår mellan representanter för odlingsinriktningarna. READ MORE
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5. Digging for Common Ground : Exploring how Practitioners of Alternative Farming Methods are replicating Principles of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : As a result of the harmful environmental practices found within the industrial agricultural system and the various negative accompanied socioeconomic consequences to health, local livelihoods, and resilience of rural communities, there has been an increasing global interest in Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) and alternative farming practices, such as permaculture and regenerative agriculture, that envision a more environment-friendly and equitable food- and agricultural system. At the same time, the potential of Indigenous woldviews and knowledges, such as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), to introduce more environment-friendly land use practices and to reshape our understanding of nature becomes more publicly, but also scientifically acknowledged in the management of natural resources. READ MORE
