Holidays with Maggi, Dec 18 @1pm slt & "Urban Agriculture/Sustainable Food, Dec 19 @ 10am slt

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Holidays with Maggi, Dec 18 @1pm slt & "Urban Agriculture/Sustainable Food, Dec 19 @ 10am slt

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We have two events this weekend.

Holidays with Maggi @ The Venus Cafe
Friday December 18, 2020 1-2pm slt:
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The Science Circle visits CDS on Saturday, December 19, 2020 10-11am slt,
Hosted by Delia Lake, the topic is "Urban Agriculture & Food Sustainability.
(Location TBA)

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Re: Holidays with Maggi, Dec 18 @1pm slt & "Urban Agriculture/Sustainable Food, Dec 19 @ 10am slt

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Urban agriculture and sustainable food
Science Circle field trip to a Second Life backyard food garden with Delia Lake
10 am SLT
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/N ... /25/43/112

UN Sustainable Development Goal #2 is Zero Hunger, yet worldwide, hunger is increasing.
• Getting fresh food to people with little waste and reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) which is currently contributing 12% globally
• Food – one of the essentials for life.
• Over 4 B people worldwide and growing live in urban areas.
• 1/3 of food produced worldwide is wasted, with people in affluent countries wasting even more, while almost 1 B people experiencing food insecurity.

Most food is produced far away from where it is eaten and is transported to us. All told, it’s estimated that it takes about 10 kcal of energy for every 1 kcal of food we get.

Can we get fresh food to people with little waste and reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs)? Yes, we could grow a significant portion of our food in or near urban areas where most people eat it, but as Joni Mitchell said it in Big Yellow Taxi (1970). “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.”

There is a nascent and growing movement toward urban and suburban farming. I have been growing vegetables in RL urban environments for decades, and in SL since 2008. On this Second Life field trip we’ll explore a few ways that each of us might advance urban farming in our solid lives.

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