Take a Bite out of Climate Change » New to the Site http://www.takeabite.cc a project of the Small Planet Institute Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:06:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pre-Order Diet for a Hot Planet http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/pre-order-diet-for-a-hot-planet/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/pre-order-diet-for-a-hot-planet/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:03:04 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=861 Join us for our east coast or west coast launch party and pre-order now at Powell’s, Indiebound, Amazon., Borders or Barnes and Noble.

]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/pre-order-diet-for-a-hot-planet/feed/ 0 Diet for a Hot Planet in classrooms and reading groups http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/diet-for-a-hot-planet-in-classrooms-and-reading-groups/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/diet-for-a-hot-planet-in-classrooms-and-reading-groups/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:25:46 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=789 Reading groups have used Anna’s books with great success. Hope’s Edge, Grub, and Diet for a Hot Planet all contain Anna’s signature voice: accessible, thought-provoking, and inspiring.

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Numerous universities use Anna’s books in coursework and she has spoken in dozens of classrooms to engage students in the subject matter. Professors requiring desk copies or interested in sample syllabi that use Anna’s work can write to kate@smallplanet.org.

]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/diet-for-a-hot-planet-in-classrooms-and-reading-groups/feed/ 0 Diet for a Hot Planet Tour http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/booking-book-tour-in-2010-now/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/booking-book-tour-in-2010-now/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:27:25 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=583 Interested in hosting a Diet for a Hot Planet event? Want to know if Anna is coming to a spot near you? Contact Kate: kate[at]smallplanet.org.

]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/booking-book-tour-in-2010-now/feed/ 0 “Toward a Post-Carbon Food System” Resource Posted http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/toward-a-post-carbon-food-system-resource-posted/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/toward-a-post-carbon-food-system-resource-posted/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:17:34 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=539 Check out the new Resource we’ve posted, The Food and Farming Transition: Toward a Post-Carbon Food System, by Richard Heinberg and Michael Bomford of the Post Carbon Institute. The report focuses on transitioning our food system away from it’s current dependance on fossil fuels.

]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/toward-a-post-carbon-food-system-resource-posted/feed/ 0 “Failure to Yield” Resource Posted http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/failure-to-yield-resource-posted/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/failure-to-yield-resource-posted/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:24:04 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=533 Check out the new Resource we’ve posted, Failure to Yield, a report by Doug Gurian-Sherman of the Union of Concerned Scientists. The report focuses on the failure of genetically engineered crops to increase yields, and the challenges ahead for the global food system.

]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/failure-to-yield-resource-posted/feed/ 0 New “Agriculture and Development” Resource http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/agriculture-and-development-resource-posted/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/agriculture-and-development-resource-posted/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:51:24 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=515 Check out the new Resource we’ve posted, an IAASTD report which explores the intersection between agricultural science and hunger and poverty, in an attempt to “improve rural livelihoods, and foster equitable and sustainable development.”

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]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/qa-with-mia-mcdonald-of-brighter-green/feed/ 0 Q+A with Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/qa-with-dr-cynthia-rosenzweig-of-nasa/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/qa-with-dr-cynthia-rosenzweig-of-nasa/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:49:22 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=465 Anna interviews Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, climate change scientist with NASA. Read the Q+A here.

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]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/q-a-with-roni-neff/feed/ 0 Primer on Food and Climate Change http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/new-action/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/new-action/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:36:33 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=451 Check out this primer on Food and Climate Change, from our friends at Sustainable Table.

]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/new-action/feed/ 0 Understanding the Food System and Global Warming http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/understanding-the-food-system-and-global-warming/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/understanding-the-food-system-and-global-warming/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:38:35 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=452 Check out these key terms to better understand the food system and global warming.

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See photos from the event here.

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]]> http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/sign-the-who-farm-petition/feed/ 0 New Brighter Green Report on China http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/new-brighter-green-report-examines-ecological-public-health-food-security-impacts-of-chinas-rising-consumption-and-production-of-meat-and-dairy/ http://www.takeabite.cc/new-to-the-site/new-brighter-green-report-examines-ecological-public-health-food-security-impacts-of-chinas-rising-consumption-and-production-of-meat-and-dairy/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:38:09 +0000 admin http://www.takeabite.cc/?p=336 Skillful Means: The Challenges of China’s Encounter with Factory Farming
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