New Paper
Dentsu, Tokyo Design used old newspapers to design a package for a street vendor that sells farm-grown vegetables and fruits. The brief required somethig original, easy to use and low cost.
Filed Under Creativity, Environment, Food
Food Inc.
After Fast Food Nation, Robert Kenner lifts again the veil on American nations food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of governments regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
Filed Under Environment, Food, Modern Life, Social Communication, Water, World Health
If the world were a village of 100 people
Filed Under Art, Creativity, Design, Environment, Food, Human Rights, Social Communication
Where’s the most remote place on earth?
The New Scientist publishes a map of the most remote places on earth. Surprisingly enough, less than 10% of the world’s land is more than 48 hours of ground-based travel from the nearest city.
“In the Amazon, for example, extensive river networks and an increasing number of roads mean that only 20 per cent of the land is more than two days from a city - around the same proportion as Canada’s Quebec province. ”
Nevertheless, most people still don’t have access to the most basic resources such as water, education and medical care.
Filed Under Environment, Food, Human Rights, Water, World Health
Condoms and canned food; vital.
The American consumer is heading back to basics as has been dictated by this recession; the less mouths to worry about [feeding] the better.
Filed Under Food, Human Rights, Marketing, Media & Society
Beware: sharks in danger
by Valeria Gentile
The European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Joe Borg presented today the first ever EU Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks.
Although the text is not very specific about what actions will be taken, it’s an important first step into saving species that, in less than 30 years, went from fearsome predator to canned food or luxurious dinners.
Many species today are in serious risk of disappearing. Think about it next time you listen to scary symphony orchestras…
Filed Under Environment, Food, Politics, World Health
“No thank you”- Lucca, Tuscany.
Lucca, a small city in Tuscany, has barred any new ethnic restaurants from opening within its medieval walls to apparently, “protect local specialities from the rising popularity of different cuisines. And with immediate effect, the ban spreads on to all fast food, Kebab, Thai and Lebanese restaurants. Well, lets look at this way; if you want Thai food, visit Thailand instead… etc, etc.
Filed Under Food, Human Rights