Hungry city: how food shapes our lives / Carolyn Steel (2009)

Public ISBD Titre : Hungry city: how food shapes our lives Type de document : Ouvrage Auteurs : Carolyn Steel Editeur : New York : Vintage books Année de publication : 2009 Importance : 383 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-953168-5 Prix : 10,92 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] Angleterre [Motbis 2025] commerce intégré [Motbis 2025] déchet [Motbis 2025] nutrition [Motbis 2025] ville Note de contenu : Cities cover just 2 per cent of the world's surface, but consume 75 per cent of the world's resources. Global food production increased by 145 per cent in the last 4 decades of the 20th century - yet an estimated 800 million people are still hungry. In 2005, British supermarkets sent half a million tonnes of edible food to landfill - the whole food sector put together sent 17 million tonnes. One quarter of the British population is obese - one in three meals we eat is a ready meal, why? The relationship between food and cities is fundamental to our every day lives. Food shapes cities, and through them, it moulds us - along with the countryside that feeds us. The gargantuan effort necessary to feed cities arguably has a greater social and physical impact on us and our planet than anything else we do. Yet few of us are conscious of the process and we rarely stop to wonder how food reaches our plates. Hungry City examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to resolve a centuries-old dilemma - one which holds the key to a host of current problems, from obesity, the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, to the destruction of the natural world. Carolyn Steel follows food on its journey - from the land (and sea) to market and supermarket, kitchen to table, waste-dump and back again - exploring the historical roots and the contemporary issues at each stage of food's cycle. She shows how our lives and our environment are being manipulated but explains how we can change things for the better. Original, inspiring and written with infectious enthusiasm and belief, Hungry City illuminates an issue that is fundamental to us all. Contents - The land - Supplying the city - Market and supermarket - The kitchen - At table - Waste - Sitopia Hungry city: how food shapes our lives [Ouvrage] / Carolyn Steel . - New York : Vintage books, 2009 . - 383 p. ; 20 cm. ISBN : 978-0-09-953168-5 : 10,92 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] Angleterre [Motbis 2025] commerce intégré [Motbis 2025] déchet [Motbis 2025] nutrition [Motbis 2025] ville Note de contenu : Cities cover just 2 per cent of the world's surface, but consume 75 per cent of the world's resources. Global food production increased by 145 per cent in the last 4 decades of the 20th century - yet an estimated 800 million people are still hungry. In 2005, British supermarkets sent half a million tonnes of edible food to landfill - the whole food sector put together sent 17 million tonnes. One quarter of the British population is obese - one in three meals we eat is a ready meal, why? The relationship between food and cities is fundamental to our every day lives. Food shapes cities, and through them, it moulds us - along with the countryside that feeds us. The gargantuan effort necessary to feed cities arguably has a greater social and physical impact on us and our planet than anything else we do. Yet few of us are conscious of the process and we rarely stop to wonder how food reaches our plates. Hungry City examines the way in which modern food production has damaged the balance of human existence, and reveals that we have yet to resolve a centuries-old dilemma - one which holds the key to a host of current problems, from obesity, the inexorable rise of the supermarkets, to the destruction of the natural world. Carolyn Steel follows food on its journey - from the land (and sea) to market and supermarket, kitchen to table, waste-dump and back again - exploring the historical roots and the contemporary issues at each stage of food's cycle. She shows how our lives and our environment are being manipulated but explains how we can change things for the better. Original, inspiring and written with infectious enthusiasm and belief, Hungry City illuminates an issue that is fundamental to us all. Contents - The land - Supplying the city - Market and supermarket - The kitchen - At table - Waste - Sitopia

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The curious incident of the dog in the night time / Mark Haddon (2004)

Public ISBD Titre : The curious incident of the dog in the night time Type de document : Ouvrage Auteurs : Mark Haddon Editeur : New York : Vintage books Année de publication : 2004 Importance : 271 p, Format : 18 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-947043-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] langue étrangère [Motbis 2025] policier : genre Note de contenu : The curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, aptterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. The curious incident of the dog in the night time [Ouvrage] / Mark Haddon . - New York : Vintage books, 2004 . - 271 p, ; 18 cm. ISBN : 978-0-09-947043-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] langue étrangère [Motbis 2025] policier : genre Note de contenu : The curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, aptterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.

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Waiting for the Barbarians / J. Coetzee (2004)

Public ISBD Titre : Waiting for the Barbarians Type de document : Ouvrage Auteurs : J. Coetzee Editeur : New York : Vintage books Année de publication : 2004 Importance : 169 p. Format : 30 ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-09-946593-5 Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] justice [Motbis 2025] littérature étrangère [Motbis 2025] vie en prison [Motbis 2025] violation des droits de l'homme Note de contenu : For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of tiny frontier settlement , ignoring the impending war between the barbarians ant the Empire, whose servant he is, But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and inot a quixotic act of rebellioj wich lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbians is an allegory of oppressor and oppressed. Not just a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times, The magistrate is an analogue of all men living in complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency. Waiting for the Barbarians [Ouvrage] / J. Coetzee . - New York : Vintage books, 2004 . - 169 p. ; 30. ISBN : 978-0-09-946593-5 Langues : Français (fre) Catégories : [Motbis 2025] justice [Motbis 2025] littérature étrangère [Motbis 2025] vie en prison [Motbis 2025] violation des droits de l'homme Note de contenu : For decades the Magistrate has run the affairs of tiny frontier settlement , ignoring the impending war between the barbarians ant the Empire, whose servant he is, But when the interrogation experts arrive, he is jolted into sympathy with the victims and inot a quixotic act of rebellioj wich lands him in prison, branded as an enemy of the state. Waiting for the Barbians is an allegory of oppressor and oppressed. Not just a man living through a crisis of conscience in an obscure place in remote times, The magistrate is an analogue of all men living in complicity with regimes that ignore justice and decency.

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