The Global Plastics Treaty failed again this summer, so we are asking local actors to take the next step through the Food Market Clean Up. Please reach out through the QR code to get involved. With love to our planet, xo 💌

It becomes a political opportunity then, to see who can influence policy (more than industry adjust does) to protect our health and society. Plastic production is unfortunately increasing, impacting ecosystems and present in every day items like furniture, carpets, kitchen utensils, toys, etc.

A great social justice leader of our time speaks on the exhausting efforts taken to protect those he serves in the face of undignified treatment by people who are seated in power towards himself.

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My appreciation goes to Dr. Özlem Terzi for coordinating this unique module and for supporting student researchers. I learned so much from the course and gained a lot from the interdisciplinary approach.

As a final product of the course, we could select our own topic to write a policy outlook paper. From my food system perspective, I looked into the issue of food security and wrote about the importance of food sovereignty in achieving it.

At @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, I joined an extracurricular, REPAIR (Re-focusing the European Green Deal on the protection of the environment, security and Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the Arctic’), that offers political science, legal, and environmental resource management perspectives on the Arctic.

Please consider supporting “Diaspora-ish” by pre-ordering at www.SambasivanAndParikh.com and wherever books are sold. Order directly from the small press for 25% off.

”Diaspora-ish” presents an anti-imperial, anti-racist, collective learning resource that centers historically marginalized and excluded global realities.

I'm excited to support Gayatri Sethi & partner w/ 1stPersonPress & Sambasivan and Parikh for this cover reveal. An extension of her genre-bending nonfiction debut ”Unbelonging”, Sethi juxtaposes personal observations w/ academic notes & inquiries to guide readers through paradigm shifts in learning.

The five narratives of sustainable food systems were
(1) securing food sovereignty,
(2) contributing to climate justice,
(3) doing no harm,
(4) empowering consumers, and
(5) connecting people to their food.

Our research investigated how sustainable food systems are perceived, and the analysis revealed five distinct narratives. Two priorities were agreed upon by all: A sustainable food system should (1) provide food security and (2) operate under transparent, democratic governance.