New Economics Foundation have produced a range of fascinating reports which I have made use of over the years, particularly the CLONE TOWN report which spawned a thousand field trips...
Their new report fits directly with the work that I did on FOOD over the last few months, and particularly the article on Geographies of Food that was published in the journal "Geography" in Summer 2010
"An Inconvenient Sandwich" looks at the wider impacts on the economy, environment and society of our addiction to fast food, which is itself a consequence of societal change. Having read through the report on the way to London the other day, I can say that it is a very useful document for planning a curriculum on ideas of consumption.
One way to reduce the impacts of purchasing an inconvenient sandwich is to reduce the impact of the packaging. Marks and Spencers, who use packaging which is slightly less environmentally damaging.
The window in the box is also made from biodegradable corn starch (like the bags used in Modbury and other locations
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