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Waste

Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story from Grant Baldwin on Vimeo.
I want to thank my fantastic SFU graduate students for another amazing presentation! Today, we focused on food insecurity. Food insecurity is a social determinant of health and “leads to nutritional and dietary deficiencies that are associated with the increased likelihood of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure (Cook, 2008). Food insecurity also gives rise to stress, which has health-threatening effects. People experiencing food insecurity consume fewer nutritional foods compared to those from food-secure households, and they are also more likely to choose foods that are high in fats, sugar, and carbohydrates” OHCC Public Affairs Committee Position Paper (2012). In their presentation, the group featured the Just Eat It trailer above. I’m looking forward to watching it!

Zipline

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Image via TechCrunch

“Zipline International Inc. has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to expand its humanitarian delivery drone business in Rwanda, the U.S. and beyond. The startup builds drones and runs delivery services, dropping crucial medical supplies to clinics or hospitals in areas that aren’t accessible by land.” ~ @lorakolodny

Brilliant! Finally, a drone worth flying. More here.

Submergence

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Artist Sarah Lee
The sea awoke at midnight from its sleep,
And round the pebbly beaches far and wide
I heard the first wave of the rising tide
Rush onward with uninterrupted sweep;
A voice out of the silence of the deep,
A sound mysteriously multiplied
As of a cataract from the mountain’s side,
Or roar of winds upon a wooded steep.
So comes to us at times, from the unknown
And inaccessible solitudes of being,
The rushing of the sea-tides of the soul;
And inspirations, that we deem our own,
Are some divine foreshadowing and foreseeing
Of things beyond our reason or control.

The Sound Of The Sea by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow