scholarly journals Urban Food Autonomy: The Flourishing of an Ethics of Care for Sustainability

Humanities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Esteve Giraud
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Co2 Absorption ◽  
Culture Of Care ◽  
The People ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Autonomy Movements ◽  
Zero Hunger ◽  
Education Platform

Urban agriculture is often advanced as a sustainable solution to feed a growing urban population, offering a number of benefits: improved fresh food access, CO2 absorption, social justice and social cohesion among others. Going beyond these direct tangible/objective benefits from urban agriculture, in this paper we ask: How can growing food in the cities teach us about taking care of each other and the natural environment? We use the example of urban food autonomy movements to discuss the transformative potential of a grassroots-led initiative promoting permaculture, which is anchored in three “ethics”: care for the earth, care for the people, and fair share. Through examining the philosophical underpinnings of “autonomy” and “care”, we explore how urban food autonomy initiatives can enable the development of an ethics of care, especially using permaculture inspirations. Our theoretical review and case analysis reveal that “autonomy” can never be achieved without “care” and that these are co-dependent outcomes. The urban food autonomy initiatives are directly relevant for the achievement of the three of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals: “Zero Hunger,” “Life on Land” and “Climate Action”, and contribute to a culture of care. Indeed, urban agriculture can act as a powerful education platform for the engagement of diverse stakeholders while also supporting a collective transformation of values.

scholarly journals The ethics of care and transformational research practices in Aotearoa New Zealand

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tula Brannelly ◽  
Amohia Boulton
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Research Partnership ◽  
Research Partnerships ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The People ◽  
Dialogic Approach ◽  
The Relationship

Democratising methodologies often require research partnerships in practice. Research partnerships between indigenous and non-indigenous partners are commonplace, but there is unsatisfactory guidance available to non-indigene researchers about how to approach the relationship in a way that builds solidarity with the aims of the indigenous community. Worse still, non-indigenous researchers may circumvent indigenous communities to avoid causing offense, in effect silencing those voices. In this article, we argue that the ethics of care provides a framework that can guide ethical research practice, because it attends to the political positioning of the people involved, acknowledges inequalities and aims to address these in solidarity with the community. Drawing on our research partnership in Aotearoa New Zealand, we explain how the ethics of care intertwines with Māori values, creating a synergistic and dialogic approach.

scholarly journals Of Dhammacārinī and Rematriation in Post-Genocidal Cambodia

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1089
Author(s):  
Napakadol Kittisenee
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Spiritual Leadership ◽  
Khmer Rouge ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The People ◽  
Woman Leader

The literature over the last three decades has been trying to account for the stories of resilience by Cambodians both in their homeland and diasporas through performance and literature, visual culture, and religion to undo the legacy of displacement and traumatic experience of the Cambodians during 1975–1979, known as the Khmer Rouge Genocidal period. The repatriation of Khmer refugees to their homeland during 1992–1993 poses a question of to what extent the physical return could replenish the richness of people’s lives deprived by war-time atrocities. Dhammayietra (peace march; 1992–2018) originated by and centered around the spiritual leadership of late Maha Ghosananda has, being an exemplar, tackled this challenge. Yet, are there any significant moral contributions and ethical leadership from other sources? This paper therefore seeks to highlight the under-recognized stories of ‘Dhammacārinī’ (Buddhist Woman Leader) of Cambodia in the light of the spirituality that emerged in the post-conflict reconstruction. Based on my ethnographic accounts and engagement with Dhammayietra (2009–2018), archival research and biographical and dharma books published by the two dhammacārinīs of Cambodia, I argue that these Buddhist woman leaders attempt to offer the people of Cambodia ‘rematriation’, where the ethics of care, nurture, interconnectedness and healing join forces to counter the legacy of devastation and desperation.

scholarly journals PELATIHAN HIDROPONIK DI YAYASAN ASOFA AKSELERASI SODAQOH FIQRUL AKBAR, KAB. BEKASI

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Annisa Nur Ichniarsyah ◽  
Heny Agustin ◽  
Maulidian Maulidian
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Urban Farming ◽  
Further Training ◽  
Planting Methods ◽  
The People ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits ◽  
And Training ◽  
Vegetable Cultivation

Abstract: urban farming means to cultivate and nurture animals in a city or within its rural area. There are variety of plants that could be grown namely vegetables and fruits. Urban agriculture is expeted to help improve the economy of the people in an area because the yields produced can provide economic benefits. The Asofa Foundation tried to capture this opportunity in the context of developing a masjid-based economy through hydroponic training for the surrounding community. Therefore, a series of training was conducted to improve the capacity of the community. The training included training on seeding vegetables in rockwool, training on transplanting, and training in preparing and mixing hydroponic fertilizers. The results of the training were that residents were able to cultivate plants using hydroponics. However, the boundary was the environmental conditions (in this case water) in Bekasi which were not good enough so that the seedlings died after being transplanted into the hydroponic kit. Further training needed can be in the form of training fruit plants using hydroponics which can withstand inadequate water conditions. Another training that can be carried out is training in vegetable cultivation with planting methods other than hydroponics that are able to accommodate environmental conditions Keywords: urban farming, economic development, masjid-based economy, trainings  Abstrak: Pertanian perkotaan adalah menanam dan memelihara binatang ternak di dalam atau sekitar kota. Beragam jenis tanaman dapat dibudidayakan terutama tanaman sayuran dan buah. Pertanian perkotaan mampu membantu peningkatan ekonomi rakyat di suatu daerah karena hasil panen yang dihasilkan dapat memberikan keuntungan ekonomis. Peluang inilah yang berusaha ditangkap oleh Yayasan Asofa dalam rangka pengembangan ekonomi berbasis masjid lewat pelatihan hidroponik untuk masyarakat sekitar. Oleh karena itu, dilakukanlah serangkaian pelatihan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan masyarakatnya. Pelatihan yang dilakukan antara lain pelatihan penyemaian tanaman sayuran di rockwool, pelatihan pindah tanam, dan pelatihan meracik pupuk hidroponik. Hasil dari pelatihan tersebut adalah warga mampu melakukan budidaya tanaman dengan menggunakan hidroponik hanya saja kondisi lingkungan (dalam hal ini air) di daerah Bekasi kurang baik sehingga tanaman semaian mati setelah dipindahkan ke dalam kit hidroponik. Pelatihan lanjutan yang diperlukan dapat berupa pelatihan tanaman buah dengan menggunakan hidroponik yang tahan kondisi air yang kurang memadai. Pelatihan lain yang dapat dilakukan adalah pelatihan budidaya tanaman sayuran dengan metode tanam selain hidroponik yang mampu mengakomodasi kondisi lingkungan. Kata kunci: pertanian perkotaan, pengembangan ekonomi, ekonomi berbasis masjid, pelatihan

scholarly journals Reimagining Our Menu for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 225-246
Author(s):  
Adam Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Responsible Consumption ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Zero Hunger

AbstractThis chapter examines the pivotal role of food in realising the ambitions of the global agendas of climate change adaptation (CCA), disaster risk reduction (DRR) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The chapter advocates for a reduction in red (mammal) meat consumption and provides evidence that doing so will directly contribute to the achievement of seven of the 17 SDGs: Goal 2) Zero hunger; Goal 3) Good health and wellbeing; Goal 6) Clean water and sanitation; Goal 12) Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13) Climate action; Goal 14) Life below water, and Goal 15) Life on land. The chapter plots out a path to improved global sustainability, with greater societal resilience through changes in global food consumption choices. Citing the EAT-Lancet Commission, the chapter proposes that government policies and subsidies will need to be redirected away from harmful agricultural practices and towards ones that are better for our health, for our environment and for our economies.

Revolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 223-246
Author(s):  
Dan Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
The People ◽  
The Face

Can Spinoza’s politics allow for a coherent theory of rebellion? The final chapter addresses this difficult but fundamental question for instigating political change, like the kind suggested in the Tractatus Politicus. On the face of it, no, though some intractable difficulties in the text are contrasted against the historical context. The chapter explores one opportunity raised by Matheron through ‘indignation’, then turns to the imitative affect of emulation as a powerful political affect for collective power and political transformation. The discussion of an ethics of care and solidarity then utilises the Cadenza’s politics of commonality, exploring how movements can organise around a powerful signifier, e.g. the People, at the centre of current debates around populism, while avoiding the foundation of a community being on a sad (and inherently disempowering) affect like fear or hatred for others. Through drawing on a range of contemporary political theorists like Rancière, Laclau and Mouffe and others, it concludes with an argument for making as many as capable as they can to think for themselves, recognise their common good, and organise together in effective political movements that can realise this, politically. A freedom for one and all.

scholarly journals Initiatives of Urban Agriculture in Semarang City: Pathways for Sustainability

2019 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Zahra Nur Hasanah ◽  
Wiwandari Handayani ◽  
Nana Kariada Tri Martuti
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
City Government ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
Adequate Provision

Urban agriculture (UA) has become a popular concept to bridge growth of urban areas with adequate provision of agricultural land, cheap and healthy food. UA in Semarang began to be encouraged by Semarang City Government since 2015 and involves family welfare groups for its implementation. Most of the people involved in UA activities are often based on hobbies whereas some of them start reaching out to businesses. This study aims to elaborate the initiatives from government, community/individual, university, and corporation to promote UA in Semarang. The methods were conducted by using interactive analysis model which is presented by Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña. By elaborate the initiatives of urban agriculture in Semarang, the study shows that initiatives from communities/individual are more promising to promote sustainability rather than initiatives which comes from the government. The major difference among initiatives is due to community eagerness to do UA activities if it comes from their interests and desires, whereas initiatives from the government are more likely to encourage community participation and as part of social innovation.

scholarly journals Urban agriculture: a timely game changer for urban residents in Nigeria.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mac-Anthony C. Onyema ◽  
Chukwudi C. Nwaigwe
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Status ◽  
World Food Summit ◽  
Zero Hunger ◽  
Sufficient Food

Abstract This paper leverages on the yet-unanswered calls of the 1996 World Food Summit as well as the 2nd Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations both of which support zero hunger and safe, nutritious and sufficient food. Nigeria and Africa on the whole actively engage in agriculture but this is more restricted to the rural area. This piece provides a view of the status of urban agriculture presented in both exploratory and descriptive terms thus contributing to the several academic fields in urban planning and research discourse. The farmers, government and urban managers are among key stakeholders that can step up at both local and regional scales especially in terms of governance, estate planning and urban dynamics. Although with a global outlook and dimension, case study therein presents current practices and quantitative descriptions based on surveys from metropolitan city of Lagos, Nigeria thus providing an argumentative reflection for the promotion of a wide range of urban agriculture practices. This is hoped to nourish the discussion on urban wellbeing and development.

scholarly journals Agricultura urbana e gestão territorial em Recife/PE/Brasil: qual o lugar da agricultura urbana no planejamento da cidade?

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Rubio José Ferreira ◽  
Cláudio Jourge Moura de Castilho
Keyword(s):  
Urban Agriculture ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Urban Economy ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Urban Men ◽  
The People ◽  
Territorial Management ◽  
City State ◽  
Sobre Todo

ResumoEste texto tem como objetivo, sobretudo, dar visibilidade a um problema significativo para vários citadinos: o lugar da agricultura urbana e das pessoas diretamente envolvidas nesta atividade, no processo de planejamento urbano, a partir de exemplos ocorridos na cidade do Recife/Pernambuco/Brasil. Os principais resultados apontam que a agricultura urbana e os agricultores urbanos não são efetivamente considerados pelos técnicos das ações voltadas ao planejamento urbano de Recife. Isto, talvez, porque, a agricultura urbana se constitui de uma prática social utilizada por pessoas que pertencem a grupos sociais “hiperprecarizados” da economia urbana local. A ideia de planejamento territorial efetivo deve ser capaz de orientar políticas públicas que, a partir, também, da melhora das condições das atividades agrícolas na cidade, possam garantir a superação da perversidade das relações socioespaciais existentes em muitos lugares da cidade.Palavras-chave: Agricultura Urbana; Gestão Territorial; Planejamento da Cidade. AbstractThe aim of this text is expose an important problem with regard to urban men: the place of urban agriculture and the people direct involved in this activity. It demonstrated some steps in urban planning and the case study of Recife/Pernambuco/Brazil (city/state/country). The main results show that the urban agriculture and urban farmers are in absence of the thoughts of Recife’s planers. Maybe that happens because the urban agriculture is a social practice utilized by people from the “lowest layers” of society and in a marginal area in local urban economy. The idea of an effective territorial management is to guide public policies that promote better farming activities in city and assuring the diminution of poverty and the increase of human development in many places of the city.Keywords: Urban Agriculture; Territorial Management; Planning City. ResumenEste texto pretende, sobre todo, dar visibilidad a un problema importante para muchos habitantes de la ciudad: el lugar de la agricultura urbana y las personas directamente involucradas en esta actividad, en el proceso de planificación urbana, a partir de ejemplos que han ocurrido en las ciudades de Recife/Pernambuco/Brasil. Los principales resultados exponen que la agricultura urbana y los agricultores urbanos no son, en realidad, considerados por los técnicos de acciones centradas en la planificación urbana de Recife. Esto, tal vez, porque la agricultura urbana se constituye de una práctica social utilizada por personas que pertenecen a grupos sociales “hiperprecarizados” de la economía urbana local. La idea de una planificación territorial eficaz debe ser capaz de orientar las políticas públicas, encabezada, también, por la mejora de las condiciones de las actividades agrícolas en la ciudad, para que se pueda garantizar la superación de la perversidad de las relaciones socio-espaciales existentes en muchas partes de la ciudad.Palabras clave: Agricultura urbana; Administración de Tierras; Planificación de la Ciudad.

scholarly journals Enlarging the Application of the Food Security Index at European Union Regions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa Mihoreanu ◽  
Laura Mariana Cismas ◽  
Laura Maria Danila Jianu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Zero Hunger

The food security remains a major priority and a typical issue that requires immediate international solutions. Recent studies reveal the increasing complexity of food security issues focusing on the necessity to address formal actions and solve the dramatic situations. New tools are always welcome to facilitate solutions’ implementation.In September 2015, the United Nations Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development among the goals of which the followings are fundamental: no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, clean water and climate action. The European Union joined the Program, expressing the full commitment to its implementation. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the number of undernourished people reached in 2017 about 821 million peoples, representing an increase from about 804 million peoples in 2016. The 2018 statistics of FAO state that 22% of children under-five are affected by malnutrition, while over 38 million children in the same age group are overweight.Beyond the premises, as a novelty, we contribute at the food security knowledge by calculating a regional index at European and Romanian levels to better outline the realities and provide the decision-makers with a new tool to find better solutions.

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