SHARECITY http://sharecity.ie/ Sustainability of city-based food sharing Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:53:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 http://sharecity.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-site_icon-32x32.png SHARECITY http://sharecity.ie/ 32 32 We’re hiring! http://sharecity.ie/were-hiring/ http://sharecity.ie/were-hiring/#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:36:41 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6922 Position 1: Mapping food sharing in Europe
Position 2: Assessing the sustainability impacts of food sharing

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/were-hiring/feed/ 449 We’re hiring! http://sharecity.ie/were-hiring-2/ http://sharecity.ie/were-hiring-2/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:26:29 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6829 Position 1: Mapping food sharing in Europe
Position 2: Assessing the sustainability impacts of food sharing

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/were-hiring-2/feed/ 208 SHARECITY 5 years on: Not the end, only the beginning http://sharecity.ie/sharecity-5-years-on/ http://sharecity.ie/sharecity-5-years-on/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:44:13 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6661 This July marks the end of the ERC-funded phase of the SHARECITY project! Since 2016, our research has taken us from our home base in Dublin to cities across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America, investigating contemporary urban food sharing practices and their impacts on society, the economy and the environment. In this blog post,.....

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/sharecity-5-years-on/feed/ 135 Food Sharing Futures: SHARECITY Flash Fiction Competition http://sharecity.ie/sharecity-flash-fiction-competition/ http://sharecity.ie/sharecity-flash-fiction-competition/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:42:16 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6618 Image: Desirable Future Scenario © RIVA Illustrations – Fiammetta Ghedini As part of our work examining the future of food sharing governance, SHARECITY held two workshops and a flash fiction writing competition with transition year students (aged 15-16) at a local school. SHARECITY has been working with illustrator Fiammetta Ghedini of RIVA Illustrations to create.....

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/sharecity-flash-fiction-competition/feed/ 140 Caring today for our turbulent tomorrow http://sharecity.ie/caring-today-for-our-turbulent-tomorrow/ http://sharecity.ie/caring-today-for-our-turbulent-tomorrow/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:10:05 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6592 In her latest book – “AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction” –  Arundhati Roy invites us to think of the coronavirus outbreak as a portal between one world and the next one.  We can choose to walk through it dragging atrocities of prejudice and injustice or we can walk through it with readiness to imagine another world.....

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/caring-today-for-our-turbulent-tomorrow/feed/ 109 Publication Announcement: Briefing Note 4 http://sharecity.ie/publication-announcement-briefing-note-4/ http://sharecity.ie/publication-announcement-briefing-note-4/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:46:15 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6527 Briefing Note 4: SHARE IT Sustainability Impact Assessment Toolkit SHARECITY has published its fourth briefing note announcing the supports, services and opportunities available to food sharing initiatives, local authorities and food retailers through SHARECITY’s online sustainability impact assessment toolkit; SHARE IT. SHARE IT offers a comprehensive platform to holistically capture the positive social, environmental and.....

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/publication-announcement-briefing-note-4/feed/ 102 Welcome Jane Feeney, the Newest Member of the SHARECITY Team http://sharecity.ie/welcome-jane-feeney-the-newest-member-of-the-sharecity-team/ http://sharecity.ie/welcome-jane-feeney-the-newest-member-of-the-sharecity-team/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:28:16 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6471 Source: Ankit Verma personal photography Reflections on the power of food in connecting people across cultures Hi everyone! My name is Jane and I’m the new Research Assistant with SHARECITY. I’ve been following the fantastic work of SHARECITY over the past few years, and I’m delighted to join the team to support the delivery of.....

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/welcome-jane-feeney-the-newest-member-of-the-sharecity-team/feed/ 102 Food sharing meets degrowth in ‘Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices’ http://sharecity.ie/food-sharing-meets-degrowth-in-food-for-degrowth-perspectives-and-practices/ http://sharecity.ie/food-sharing-meets-degrowth-in-food-for-degrowth-perspectives-and-practices/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:00:38 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6462 In our first blog of 2021 Ferne Edwards talks about how her SHARECITY food sharing research with ethical consumer cooperatives in Barcelona informed a chapter she co-wrote with Ricard Espelt and which is published in Food for Degrowth: Perspectives and Practices, edited by Anitra Nelson and Ferne Edwards (Routledge 2021). The theory of degrowth is.....

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/food-sharing-meets-degrowth-in-food-for-degrowth-perspectives-and-practices/feed/ 82 Season’s Greetings 2020 from SHARECITY http://sharecity.ie/seasons-greetings-2020-from-sharecity/ http://sharecity.ie/seasons-greetings-2020-from-sharecity/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2020 06:34:37 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6429   Season’s Greetings 2020 from SHARECITY   By Anna, Vanessa, Monika, Louise, and Alwynne, The SHARECITY Team   Congratulations for getting to the end of 2020! The entire SHARECITY Team would like to wish everyone a happy holiday period! Certainly, 2020 has been a year that we will not forget in a hurry, with our.....

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]]> http://sharecity.ie/seasons-greetings-2020-from-sharecity/feed/ 83 On the Quest for Wisdom http://sharecity.ie/on-the-quest-for-wisdom/ http://sharecity.ie/on-the-quest-for-wisdom/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:44:27 +0000 https://sharecity.ie/?p=6405   On the Quest for Wisdom By Monika Rut Hi everyone, my name is Monika Rut and I recently completed my PhD with SHARECITY investigating ICT-mediated food sharing and sustainable food transitions in Singapore. A Doctor of Philosophy, also known as PhD or DPhil, comes from the Greek word (φιλοσοφία) for the ‘love for wisdom’......

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