June 5 is the World Environment Day. The theme for this year’s celebrations is Think.Eat.Save. Think.Eat.Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your foodprint. World Environment Day is an annual event aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. The event began in 1972 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the
Got a recipe for leftovers? Join the Love Your Leftovers competition and submit your recipes until May 26, 2013. Love Your Leftovers is a competition that asks global citizens to show their love for leftovers, and submit a recipe that they use to clean out the fridge. Launched by GreenUp! the Love Your Leftovers competition’s overall winning recipe and contributor will be announced on World Environment Day on 5 June 2013 — with a top mystery first
Many regional campaigns have recently been launched, echoing to the challenge of food waste at the national level and in major sectors, including hotels, restaurants, supermarkets and households. Perhaps surprisingly, one-third of all unused food in developed countries is wasted by households. The Think.Eat.Save campaign of the Save Food Initiative, is a partnership between UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Messe Düsseldorf, and in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge,
