Archived Features Research Day Highlights Student, Faculty Work
The 12 presenters at this year’s Research Day offered attendees a first-hand glimpse into scientific work on key sustainability issues conducted with grants from the Center for a Livable Future....Read More...
‘SEE’ Campaign Launches at JHU
For two weeks in March, students on the Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Campus seemed a little perplexed by the ubiquitous posters and signs lighting up plasma message screens. “Can you SEE?” asked one message in bright green letters on purple background. A few days later the question, “Will you SEE?” flashed on the boards; then, a week later, came “Do you SEE?” ...Read More... Bloomberg School of Public Health Adopts Environmental Committee Recommendations
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will adopt a single-stream recycling program, in addition to many other activities, beginning on Earth Day, April 22. The Center for a Livable Future was one of the key departments behind developing new recommendations for revising environmental policies at the school....Read more….
CLF Announces Living for the Future Scholar
The Center for a Livable Future has named Gila Neta as its first Living for the Future Scholar. The Living for the Future Scholarship provides support for JHU doctoral students pursuing scientific research related to a range of issues that are central to CLF’s Living for the Future Program... Read More... CLF Director Testifies at House Hearing on ‘No Child Left Inside Act’
CLF Director Dr. Robert Lawrence provided testimony at a special House subcommittee “Field Hearing” on the No Child Left Inside Act. The hearing, conducted outside on Earth Day at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., was the first held on the legislation introduced by Rep. John P. Sarbanes (D-Md.). The No Child Left Inside Act would direct $500 million in federal funding over five years for environmental education....Read More...
'Water’ Website Receives Nomination
The website promoting the exhibit Water:H2O=Life has been nominated for a Webby People's Voice awards. The exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History was developed with technical assistance of CLF....Read More.... Food & Water Watch Student Video Contest
Food & Water Watch has announced a celebrity-judged “I Heart Tap Water” student video contest. It is part of Food & Water Watch’s “Take Back the Tap Campaign” that encourages college students and entire campuses to kick the bottled water habit and take back the tap...Read More....
APHA Publishes Position Paper on Food Systems
The American Public Health Association has adopted a landmark position paper, “Toward a Healthy, Sustainable Food System,” formalizing APHA’s recognition of the interconnectedness of the food system....Read More... Announcing 2008-2009 Predoctoral Fellowship Request for Applications
CLF Predoctoral Fellowships will be awarded to Johns Hopkins University predoctoral students who are committed to the discovery and/or application of knowledge in one of CLF’s three program areas: Farming for the Future, Eating for the Future or Living for the Future....Read More.... CLF to Present at Yale Seminar
CLF’s Research Director, Roni Neff, will be speaking on food contributions to climate change Wednesday, April 9, at the Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity Seminar Series as part of National Public Health Week. The Center welcomes speakers from different disciplines to present and discuss their work and its implications for the study of obesity and food policy. The Rudd Center is interdisciplinary, with meetings attended by a diverse group representing psychology, public health, law, medicine, nursing, public policy, and other fields. Meetings are open to the public, and all are invited to attend...Read More...
Research Day Planned for April 8
Make plans to attend the Center for a Livable Future Research Day on April 8. Each year, CLF presents work by faculty and students and supported by the Center. Recipients will report on their work in the areas of problems in the health impacts of food availability and access; health impacts of consumption and exposures; food security impacts of agricultural practices; and the public health implications of industrial food animal production. The program will be held from 12:00 to 5:00 pm in Feinstone Hall at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205.....Read More...
Go Home-Grown
Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun from MPH Student Sarah Henly-Shepard on why Baltimore residents and the City should work together to boost the availability of locally produced food... Read More... CLF Participates In Smart Growth Conference
The Center for a Livable Future participated in a panel discussion at the "New Partners for Smart Growth" conference recently held in Washington, D.C. Center research director Roni Neff, PhD, SM, and Anne Palmer, program director, Eating for the Future, served as panelists in “Planning to Eat Well: Creating Healthy Food Environments by Intention.”...Read More... Pew Commission Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on Antibiotic Resistance
Dr. Robert Lawrence, director of the Center for a Livable Future, was one of three panelists speaking a January 30 briefing on Capitol Hill. At right, Dr. Lawrence speaks to a reporter from the Voice of America...Read More... Mark Winne Discusses Food Policy at CLF Event
“We basically have two food systems in this country: for the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots,’’ noted Mark Winne, food policy author, in remarks to students, staff, and faculty in his presentation and book signing February 12...Read More... Center for a Livable Future Publishes Resource on Animal Feed
What is fed to animals produced for human consumption can have important implications for the health of the public. A just-released resource document, produced by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), offers a compendium of information for locating resources and detailed data regarding animal feed practices in the U.S...Read More...
How much water do you really use? The truth may shock you...
The Center for a Livable Future joins public interest organizations in design of web-based water calculator...Read More... Poultry Workers at Increased Risk of Carrying Antibiotic-Resistant E.coli
Poultry workers in the United States are 32 times more likely to carry E. coli bacteria resistant to the commonly used antibiotic, gentamicin, than others outside the poultry industry...Read More....
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